‘Are we reyt?’: the course that aims to revive the Yorkshire dialect
Oct 15, 2023
3 minutes
“Mek thisen at ‘ome, lass,” says Rod Dimbleby, shortly after the Guardian arrives at his Yorkshire dialect class. He introduces the group of nearly two-dozen mostly grey-haired students.
They pipe up cheerily: “Na then,” and “ey up!”
“Are we reyt?” he asks before beginning the course, which the Yorkshire Dialect Society has created with the aim of increasing awareness of its rich linguistic history in an effort to preserve it.
This is the fifth session of an oversubscribed six-week course, Let’s Talk Tyke!,
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