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To: CondoleezzaProtege

In Northern England each county sounds different!


30 posted on 11/07/2021 1:22:55 PM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: outofsalt
In All Creatures Great and Small, the vet who speaks standard British English winds up in Yorkshire and has a hard time understanding locals speaking the Yorkshire dialect.
36 posted on 11/07/2021 4:01:15 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: outofsalt
In Northern England each county sounds different!

Sharp-eared Philadelphians can tell which corner you are from. "Yo, Sixt' n' Shunk, doll!"

40 posted on 11/07/2021 4:45:51 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude. --Frederick Douglass)
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