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OTHER DIALECT SOCIETIES
Visit our fellow societies to discover the wealth of differing dialects across the North of England from coast to coast

Durham and Tyneside Dialect Group

East Riding Dialect Society

Lancashire Dialect Society

Lower Tees Dialect Group

Northumbrian Language Society

 
 
 
 
CREDITS
"Free Gifs & Animations" from:
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OTHER SITES OF INTEREST

Dacha's Digital Domicile

Plenty to browse on this site, plus YDS info
 
 
Barry Rawlings' dialect site hosted by York St John College - descriptions of dialect and its origins, resource pages for students and researchers, and samples of dialect text.
 
 
Hosted by Wakefield & District U3A, and including poems, humour and recipes, with sound recordings.
 
 
British Library site with examples of speech recorded by Leeds University in the 1950s and 60s.
 
 
Site hosted by YDS Publicity Officer Dr Barrie Rhodes on the origins of Viking words.
 
 
Web page featuring prolific author and YDS vice-president Arnold Kellet.
 
 
Web site featuring YDS member John Waddington-Feather, whose dialect works are known world-wide.
 
 
Visit here if you want to know more about Nicholas Rhea, the man whose books inspired the long-running ITV series (known to his friends in the YDS as Peter Walker).
 
 
Click here to visit the web site of poet, author and YDS Council member Gerald England.
 
 
A fascinating web site containing Wilf's autobiography, photos, drawings of his inventions, and more. Worth a visit if you need cheering up!

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The YDS - established 1897 and still flourishing

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