Meaning of Yorkshirism | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of Yorkshireism.

alt-of, alternative

Examples

“[W]e may yet hope to rejoice with our favourites in the brightness of a July noon, and find ourselves, to use a Yorkshirism, ‘in clover.’”

“Her voice was pleasant, quite devoid of Yorkshirisms, and the words she used were interesting and well chosen.”

“As for names, we spell Richard (Dick) Eccles as Dic, because he is at Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire. It is a Yorkshirism. When he is outside Yorkshire we spell it Dick!”

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