More the Danelaw, really, according to linguists.Mau95 said:I just realised. Would the Roman occupation of England have anything to do with this? The Hadrian's wall and resulting cultural differences?
No idea what that means, but thanks anyway.thylasos said:More the Danelaw, really, according to linguists.Mau95 said:I just realised. Would the Roman occupation of England have anything to do with this? The Hadrian's wall and resulting cultural differences?
Viking occupation of Northern England. Lots of local dialect words and names in the north have scandinavian roots.Mau95 said:No idea what that means, but thanks anyway.thylasos said:More the Danelaw, really, according to linguists.Mau95 said:I just realised. Would the Roman occupation of England have anything to do with this? The Hadrian's wall and resulting cultural differences?
Surely all us Ley folks must stick together! Keighley, Shipley and Barnsley!Zantos said:The divide is that straight line just below Yorkshire where you instinctively don't like anyone from below it. Come to think of it though, anywhere outside Yorkshire is a bit iffy. As is North, East and West Yorkshire. And Sheffield, Doncaster, anywhere that isn't Barnsley really. In fact, I'm not a big fan of those dingle easts either.
It's just one of those things that doesn't mean anything and is just fun to jibe at. Someone might call it a humorous satire on old stereotypes of insular British people afraid of the unfamiliar. I wouldn't though, not being one of them southern folk.
People from outside of Yorkshire aren't really that good at Keefley.Daeric said:Surely all us Ley folks must stick together! Keighley, Shipley and Barnsley!Zantos said:The divide is that straight line just below Yorkshire where you instinctively don't like anyone from below it. Come to think of it though, anywhere outside Yorkshire is a bit iffy. As is North, East and West Yorkshire. And Sheffield, Doncaster, anywhere that isn't Barnsley really. In fact, I'm not a big fan of those dingle easts either.
It's just one of those things that doesn't mean anything and is just fun to jibe at. Someone might call it a humorous satire on old stereotypes of insular British people afraid of the unfamiliar. I wouldn't though, not being one of them southern folk.
I just thought a good way to test if your from the north is how you pronounce my hometown of Keighley.
Keighley's good. I myself came from Barugh Green, try pronouncing that one. Honourable mention to people from Barnsley and the pronouncing of Dodworth, although the real challenge I think is Slaithewaite.Daeric said:Surely all us Ley folks must stick together! Keighley, Shipley and Barnsley!Zantos said:The divide is that straight line just below Yorkshire where you instinctively don't like anyone from below it. Come to think of it though, anywhere outside Yorkshire is a bit iffy. As is North, East and West Yorkshire. And Sheffield, Doncaster, anywhere that isn't Barnsley really. In fact, I'm not a big fan of those dingle easts either.
It's just one of those things that doesn't mean anything and is just fun to jibe at. Someone might call it a humorous satire on old stereotypes of insular British people afraid of the unfamiliar. I wouldn't though, not being one of them southern folk.
I just thought a good way to test if your from the north is how you pronounce my hometown of Keighley.