Say What?

I have mentioned the Yorkshire accent before in my posts and I know I've talked to people about it here and there, but it is really hard to understand unless you hear it. I was informed today that there are some really wonderful poems, web site and videos on the internet that I could share with you all so I chose a few things to highlight what I'm talking about. Enjoy :)

The words below are just some examples...

GLOSSARY: A
Yorkshire term	Definition
allus	always
'appen	maybe, possibly e.g. "I'll 'appen that's it" for "that's possibly true"
aye	yes

GLOSSARY: B
Yorkshire term	Definition
backend	Autumn
bad 'un	no good
badly	not in a good state of health, i.e.'How's Martha?', 'She's badly.'
baggin	packed lunch
bagsey	childhood term, i.e. 'bagsey my turn!'
bairn	child
bait/ bait box	snack/ packed lunch
bap	bread bun
bazzerking	relaxing/ telling off (?)
beck	brook
beefin(g), blubberin(g)	crying
be reight	it'll be alright
berg	mountain
best y' do	see that you do
black bright, black as't face o' spades	very dirty
bog	toilet
bonce	head
bonny	pretty
brant	steep e.g. "'tis a brant hill"
bracken	ferns
bray/braying	beating e.g. "you'll get a good braying" or "I'll bray you"
breadcake	bread roll or bap
butty	sandwich

GLOSSARY: C
Yorkshire term	Definition
cack-handed	left-handed, clumsy
carr	marsh
chat	fir cone
chelpin'	talking
childer	children
chippy, chip 'ole	fish and chip shop
chuckin(g) your guts up	being sick
chuddy	chewing gum
chuffed	pleased, excited
clarty	dirty, muddy, sticky
clemmy	stone (of a size you might throw)
clout	cloth or slap
cludger	toilet (in Knaresborough)
coal 'ole, coyle oyle	coal cellar
coit/cooat	coat
croggy	riding on the cross-bar of a bicycle