Yorkshire should follow in the footsteps of Wales when it comes to being recognised for its own language as well as having its own governing powers, an Ilkley author said. Did you know with a Digital ...

Think you know your 'Ey up' from you 'Nah then'? Yorkshire is famous not just for it's rolling hills, historic towns and strong cups of brew - it is also loved for it's distinctive dialect which has ...

Across Yorkshire, we have some weird and wonderful words we use in everyday conversation, but some bits of Yorkshire dialect are a little more obscure. If you consider yourself an expert in speaking ...

When you meet someone new in person, one of the first things you notice is how they speak – if they speak the same language as you or have a different accent. You’ll also notice if they use different ...

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To those who live here, there is nothing unusual about the way we speak, but the Yorkshire dialect is often thought of as simple speech for simple folk. But it has a long and ancient history, with ...

From Bradford Opera Festival, Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra and Bradford Festival Choral Society comes the world première of celebrated Yorkshire poet, playwright and broadcaster Ian McMillan's new ...

A FAMOUS Yorkshire dialect expert and historian has died, aged 83. Dr Arnold Kellett, a former Mayor of Knaresborough and retired senior languages master at King James School, Knaresborough, died ...

Financial support for the Dialect and Heritage Project has come from National Lottery Heritage Fund (£530,500), the University of Leeds’ Footsteps Fund and alumni donations (£110,000), and partner ...