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Pocket Yorkshire English

Pocket Yorkshire English

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The roots of Yorkshire’s various dialects can be found in the mingling of Anglo-Saxon speakers with Scandinavian settlers from the eighth to the eleventh centuries. Their need for mutual comprehension made Yorkshire the birthplace of modern English. This pocket-sized book celebrates Broad Yorkshire, also known as Tyke and Yorkie, and explores glottal stops, dropped Hs and the definite article ‘t. May you have a reet grand time wi’ ‘t.