What's all this about Yorkshire then?

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UC - 01 Nov 2006 00:02 GMT

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5234444.stm

'Owdo, tha sees?"
"Champerton."

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John Dean - 01 Nov 2006 01:16 GMT

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5234444.stm
>
> 'Owdo, tha sees?"
> "Champerton."

What's all this? Pretty self explanatory, I should have thought.
Mind you, it's hard not to see "Champerton" as a misunderstanding of
"Champion" and there's no doubt that "a piece o' paah" is a piece of pie,
not a piece of pork pie (though it might be IRL) and the cliches extend west
and north of Yorkshire.

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UC - 01 Nov 2006 18:32 GMT

> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5234444.stm
> >
> > 'Owdo, tha sees?"

What's 'Owdo, tha sees?"

> > "Champerton."
>
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> not a piece of pork pie (though it might be IRL) and the cliches extend west
> and north of Yorkshire.

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Ian Noble - 01 Nov 2006 21:02 GMT

>> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5234444.stm
>> >
>> > 'Owdo, tha sees?"
>
>What's 'Owdo, tha sees?"

"My goodness me, how delightfully pleasant to encounter you again. If
I may make so bold as to enquire, I trust that you find yourself in
the best of health?"

Cheers - Ian

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John Dean - 02 Nov 2006 02:39 GMT

>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5234444.stm
>>>
>>> 'Owdo, tha sees?"
>
> What's 'Owdo, tha sees?"

Owdo = "How do?" short for "How do you do"
"Tha sees" = "You see" (still commonplace in Yorks to use the thee / thou
forms for first person singular.
I have to say, I don't find this a likely construction. "Owdo" is generally
sufficient on its own. "Tha sees" isn't necessary or appropriate at this
stage of a conversation.

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Discussion Groups / English Usage / November 2006

What's all this about Yorkshire then?