Talking Yorkshire

As a Yorkshireman I suppose it goes without saying that I miss the county of my birth. Yes, I miss the contrasts of the rolling dales and gritty mill towns, but most of all I miss the people.

Something of the character of Yorkshire people comes out in the dialect but you don't see it written much anymore. These little gems on the Open Writing web site by my old Huddersfield Examiner colleague Mike Shaw are a fine example of the genre. You never heard Compo speaking like this in Last of the Summer Wine. Minestchyer e' weern't a Yarkshire lad.