Yorkshire Dialect @YDialect
The official twitter page of The Yorkshire Dialect Society. 116 years young and committed to exploring the history, diversity and future of Yorkshire dialects. yorkshiredialectsociety.org.uk Yorkshire Joined March 2013-
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I know it's 3 months away, but put this in your diary! There will be cake. @KateBurland1 @YDialect #phdchat #phdlife
Calling all dialect enthusiasts! Have you heard of a 'thible' and if so we'd really like to hear your definitions/pronunciations. Pls RT.
Next YDS Public Meeting: Influences on Yorkshire Dialects. Sat 10th Oct, Mapplewell Village Hall, Barnsley, S71 6AL. All welcome. Pls RT
2/2 Please note that the YDS AGM will precede this, and will start at 1pm Sat 18th April, Queen’s Mill, Aire Street, Castleford WF10 1JW
1/2 YDS Public Meeting Sat 18th April 1:45pm Queen’s Mill, Aire St, Castleford WF10 1JW All welcome! Admission £3 including refreshments
@weesmmc @martyn_joseph We are very pleased with the reaction our notices have got! Ta for punt! Hoping for follow from @YDialect!
'Why speaking proper still counts as having an accent' newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2015…
Do Chesterfield folk live in 'houses' or 'arses'?! bbc.in/P4JkCe
Very proud of students' Dialect and Literature posters, and how articulate and engaging they were in talking about them to @YDialect.
2/2 With excellent speaker @JaneLHodson Sat 22nd Nov, 1pm, Mappin Hall, Sheffield, S1 3JD. All welcome! Pls RT.
1/2 The wait is over! YDS Autumn meeting, Sat 22nd Nov, 'Representations of Sheffield Dialect in Film and Literature'
Our #dialectdominoes event on Sat will feature poetry readings from Alan and Carol Walker @Beam_Wakefield @YDialect
I want to go to a Hull cafe today on my perambulations and overhear somebody saying 'This skern tastes like a stern'
2/2 Please tweet/email us photos of Yorkshire dialect from Le Tour route or locations where examples can be found. RT yorkshiredialectsociety.org.uk/general-news/n…
1/2 We are looking for examples of Yorkshire dialect from the route of the Tour de France for dialect research.
You can now follow/like us on Facebook! facebook.com/YorkshireDiale…
An enormous thank you to @stephencree at Orange Crush Media for our fantastic new website. See it for yourself here: yorkshiredialectsociety.org.uk
Today is the day! Our brand new website has just gone live! Take a look and and please RT. yorkshiredialectsociety.org.uk
2/2 ‘Discovering John Hartley’s Clock Almanacks 1867 – 1916’ Talk by Rod Dimbleby with slideshow, performance of Hartley’s poems and prose.
1/2 Next YDS meeting: Sat 21st June, 2pm, St John Divine Community Hall, St John’s Street, Rastrick, HD6 1HT. All Welcome. Please RT

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