She grew up in North Yorkshire, surrounded by people speaking dialect. My parents were both what I would call bilingual, switching from standard English to dialect.” ...

The vast majority of the words used in Yorkshire dialect today are derived from Old Norse (the language of the Vikings) and Old English (Anglo-Saxon).

The Angles laid the first foundations of the Yorkshire dialect and it still retains many old words that have since been discarded from Standard English.

Voices Yorkshire dialect expert Dr Barrie Rhodes tells us about the fate of dialects and why we speak like we do.

Seong-Jae Kong (pictured), who now lives in Seoul, is better known as Korean Billy and has been using comedy to help people learn about several different English dialects.

When we think of speaking proper English we think of Received Pronunciation (RP) which is known as “Queen’s English” or “BBC English” - but in fact the Yorkshire dialect and phrases such ...

“Students are more receptive to this method, academics say, because there is no value placed on either dialect, but an acknowledgement that there is a difference,” according to the Fox story.

Learn about the difference between accent and dialect, the variety of accents and dialects in the English language, and the ways writers can use dialects in fiction with this guide for KS3 English ...

My parents were both what I would call bilingual, switching from standard English to dialect.” Her fascination was such that she began writing down expressions used by her mother and father.

Of course, the differences in Yorkshire dialect are not only between the old Ridings, which were created by the Vikings. Variations can occur over a range of just five miles or less, Barrie points ...