quote:Originally posted by Bartelby:
I had to read that a couple of times before I *got it* R2, I must do a crappy Yorkshire accent.
There are quite a few different ones, Lexie, but the t' = the is from the Western side, and the same in the Eastern side of Lancashire.
Sheffielders sound more like Nottingham and North Yorks sound a bit like Geordies. Hull and Leeds are very distinctive and unmistakable as well. 'Four' and 'Pour' sound like 'far' and 'par'.
No-one can figure mine out as I was born in Somerset, but lived in Lancashire and West Yorks. I have been asked if I was Australian!