Yorkshire Dialect

The Yorkshire dialect is the traditional form of English spoken in the historic county of Yorkshire in northern England, an area long divided into the West, North and East Ridings and covering a range of local sub-varieties. Once spoken across every social class from farmers to mill workers and miners, it underwent substantial leveling over the course of the 20th century as radio, television and population movement eroded many of its traditional features, though it remains strongest among older and working-class speakers. Recognizable traits include pronouncing night and right as neet and reet, using were with singular subjects as in I were, and a distinctive vocabulary of owt, nowt, summat and aye for anything, nothing, something and yes.