Bart11 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) Hello, I was living there for one year, and I really like your accent! I would really appreciate your tips as locals since i'm searching for information about this phenomenon so as to develop a sociolinguistic study to study perceptions of people from South Yorkshire regarding locals being called "dee-dah". However, I have some doubts that maybe you can solve: I would like to know up to what point this is just a local phenomenon from Sheffield or whether people people from Barnsley or Chesterfield are also using d instead of t ? Another question is concerned with the use of pronouns thee and thou...are also used in Derbyshire or rest South Yorkshire (being pronounced with t) or pronouns thee and thou are only used in Sheffield? Thanks in advance! Edited March 17, 2021 by Bart11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedith Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 4 hours ago, Bart11 said: Hello, I was living there for one year, and I really like your accent! I would really appreciate your tips as locals since i'm searching for information about this phenomenon so as to develop a sociolinguistic study to study perceptions of people from South Yorkshire regarding locals being called "dee-dah". However, I have some doubts that maybe you can solve: I would like to know up to what point this is just a local phenomenon from Sheffield or whether people people from Barnsley or Chesterfield are also using d instead of t ? Another question is concerned with the use of pronouns thee and thou...are also used in Derbyshire or rest South Yorkshire (being pronounced with t) or pronouns thee and thou are only used in Sheffield? Thanks in advance! When I was in east Yorkshire on the coast, the visitors were called 'comforts' ... comfort day, comfort week, comfort month!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollypolly Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 I worked in Leeds for a few years and anyone who came from Sheffield was automatically referred to as a 'Dee dah dooley'. I'd never heard it said before so they had to explain it to me even though I'm Sheffield born and bred. Funny thing was though, their accents were so strong I could never understand anything they said. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedith Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 On 17/03/2021 at 17:40, Rollypolly said: I worked in Leeds for a few years and anyone who came from Sheffield was automatically referred to as a 'Dee dah dooley'. I'd never heard it said before so they had to explain it to me even though I'm Sheffield born and bred. Funny thing was though, their accents were so strong I could never understand anything they said. 😀 I worked in Leeds for a while, they are referred to as Wessies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest busdriver1 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 I have only heard it used as an insult. Strangely the term Geordie started off as an insult but has now been taken on as a badge of pride by Geordies. Oh dear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedith Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 5 hours ago, busdriver1 said: I have only heard it used as an insult. Strangely the term Geordie started off as an insult but has now been taken on as a badge of pride by Geordies. Oh dear Here in the west country the visitors are referred to as Grockles in Somerset and Devon and Emmets in Cornwall, just ignorant locals I'm afraid. You tend to find that the people who use that derogatory term are usually 'Grockles' or 'Emmets' themselves. I would never use a term like that, I find it offensive. Lets face it, if the west country doesn't have the visitors the place is finished. You can't run a council on beautiful beaches and pasties. As for a cream tea, dairy first then jam, ha, ha; Cornwall do it the other way round, chuffin Cornish, ha, ha. Your rough cider is in Gloucestershire, Somerset and Devon, Cornwall is not known for its cider, mind you Healey's at Goonhavern do a pretty good one called Rattler. Lesson over, ha, ha!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmiss Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Bit of inverted snobbery- my dad, a Yorkshire man born and bred, regularly used thee and tha but looked down on the young man I brought home 50 years ago who used ‘de and da’. He told me ‘tha can do better than that’, hopefully that young man has made a fortune somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 I was born in Buxton (Derbyshire) does that make me a Dee Dar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 10 minutes ago, cressida said: I was born in Buxton (Derbyshire) does that make me a Dee Dar? More a Der Der. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Just now, Jim Hardie said: More a Der Der. Pointless answer but not unexpected coming from you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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