How my father gave me a terrifying lesson at 10

Re:How my father gave me a terrifying lesson at 10 by rahoulb on Monday June 08, 2015 @07:23AM (#9678275)

I live in Leeds now, but grew up in Nottingham (70 miles south, also coal-mining country) and we said "owt" and "nowt" - but pronounced like "oat", not "out".

Also your stereotypical Yorkshire would shorten "the" to "t'" (going down t'pit) - we would drop it completely "guin' dahn pit".

Sometimes I reckon Yorkshire folks think I'm taking the piss the way I say things.

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Re:How my father gave me a terrifying lesson at 10 by tragomaskhalos on Monday June 08, 2015 @07:55AM (#9678367)

I was at Uni with a bloke from Burnley, and he used to say "obbat" and "nobbat" (for "owt" and "nowt" respectively), although I've never heard them since.

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