Yorkshire is home to an array of distinctive dialects that often confuse those who do not live in the region.
We asked our readers onMore than 450 people got involved in the conversation and this is what they had to say:The Yorkshire words and phrases that confuse southerners. Picture: Tony Johnson.
“I now live in France and with the very hot weather neither the French or the English understood ‘I’m mafting’.” – Carol Hunt"As a southerner just moved to Yorkshire I am pronouncing everything wrong. But I love the word snicket instead of alley way.” – Alison Croot
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