Ayup

[cheekee]

Now then is tha lahykin again us by t'way we speak? Ah'll tell thee this, in-t' other countries of't Europe, Yorkshire accent'd be classed as language on it'sehn.

And actually, there's some truth in that crazy statement. There isn't that much difference between Spanish and Catalan, and it's only perhaps a matter of time until "Scots" is recognised as a language in itself.

Anyone ever noticed how some lyrics in Arctic Monkeys songs just for one example contain Yorkshire dialect which isn't used outside the west riding. Wondered if this has ever confused anyone abroad trying to listen to the actual lyrics

Is it true in Yorkshire that "tin tin tin" means it isn't in the tin ?

(sorry).

[grahamw48]

No, cos you missed a 't' out.....the most important one.

[grahamw48]

Your first lesson in 'Yorkshire'.

Repeat ten times...

tint int tin .

[Iani]

i believe its called Gaelic

Well there's that, from what I understand something spoken only by old people in the Western Isles, but due to political attempts to revive it, kids are being forced to spend years at school learning it (Or is this one of those "must not says"), or am I wrong there?

But then (or so I'm told) there is "Scots", which unlike Gaelic is a living language - but is officially still classed as dialect - and is spoken by a majority of Scottish.

Or put another way, think Robert Burns?

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy o' a grace
As lang's my arm.

Or

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind ?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne

Some though would just say "oh that's just Scottish accent" - but there are languages classed as languages which are nearer than the gap between Scots and English.

[Iani]

Is it true in Yorkshire that "tin tin tin" means it isn't in the tin ?

(sorry).

At school, we used to say "tin tin" was what a very fat man would say to a very fat woman when they were "on the job"

[lastlid]

But then (or so I'm told) there is "Scots", which unlike Gaelic is a living language - but is officially still classed as dialect - and is spoken by a majority of Scottish.
.

I lived up there for about 6 years and travelled through Aberdeen for about 23 years and worked with the Scots and I can safely say that the majority of Scots speak English. But they do pepper it with some of their own local words. And of course the accent is distinctly their own.

Also my ex wife was Scottish and her parents were from Dundee and Orkneys respectively. They never spoke Gaelic.....though they did, however, bang out the ochs the ayes and the noos quite frequently.

[Arthur Little]

Furry Boots[/B]?- they looked so confused Made me chuckle!"

Aye ... that yin fairly tickle't me 'n' 'a'! ... nae wunner they wur !

Aiberdeen Bus Driver: "Furry boots ye *ga'en?" OR "Far ye *gaen?" ("Where are you going?") *oft'times followed by the word "like".

Dundonian] Visitor: (in reply) ... "Eh dinna ken hoo faur!"

[lastlid]

Aye ... that yin fairly tickle't me 'n' 'a'! ... nae wunner they wur

Aiberdeen Bus Driver: "Furry boots ye *ga'en?" OR "Far ye *gaen?" ("Where are you going?") *oft'times followed by the word "like".

Dundonian] Visitor: (in reply) ... "Eh dinna ken hoo faur!"

Ah. Arthur. Now we have an expert in on this topic....

[Arthur Little]

Ah. Arthur. Now we have an expert in on this topic....

Kind of you to say so ... I used to mimic some of my bosses at work!

[lastlid]

Kind of you to say so ... I used to mimic some of my bosses at work!

I think thats about the equivalent of me enjoying Pete n' Dud....

[Arthur Little]

(sorry).

... it's ME who should be called "cheekee" ...

... as in