What does Escapist now about Yorkshire?
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*flying kick to the face*SckizoBoy said:
Patrick Stewart still has a hint of Yorkshire in him! As does Ben Kingsley I think... Although most of them would have had to get rid of their accents (if they had them, some people just don't have an accent) when they work in Hollywood because a lot of people can't understand HE'S BRITISH BUT HE ISN'T FROM LONDON? WAT????
I can't imagine a Picard saying "Mek it so, t' number wun!" going down very well. Small time TV actors from Yorkshire have the most broad exaggerated accents ;_; And Tom Hardy in Wuthering Heights was a bit "eee by gum Cathy, Ilkey moor Baht'at, Yorkshire pudding, owt and nowt for are lad" sometimes but he was still good in that movie.
We have wonderful tea, Yorkshire puddings, flat caps, whippets, dominoes a good farming community, a long rivalry with Lancashire (in which I feel horribly compromised as my mother comes from Lancashire, whereas my father comes from Yorkshire), like our cricket, and lovely pubs. I come from Leeds, it is a pretty nice city, and there is a lot of countryside, especially if you go to Yeadon, Guisely and Otley. However, but I went to Nottingham University and I would much rather live in Nottingham than live in Leeds (which a lot of people find strange, but I had a really lovely time there).
The only part of Yorkshire I've actually stayed in is Hull. They have a fucking big bridge there. That's literally all I remember, apart from the usual stuff about puddings, cricket, whippets and daft accents.
I suppose being the son of a Mancunian, Yorkshire is never a subject of interest or discussion as far as my family are concerned. Dad usually characterizes Yorkshire men as being thick and tight-fisted, and harbours an intense dislike for John Prescott.
Oh and by the way, Yorkshire. Your tea is shite.
I suppose being the son of a Mancunian, Yorkshire is never a subject of interest or discussion as far as my family are concerned. Dad usually characterizes Yorkshire men as being thick and tight-fisted, and harbours an intense dislike for John Prescott.
Oh and by the way, Yorkshire. Your tea is shite.
Oh, I'd so watch that! XDEeveeElectro said:
And hmmm...
Artina89 said:
This ought to be interesting! =PWadders said:
Oh, before I forget... isn't Ambridge in Yorkshire?!
Is Leeds in Yorkshire? Leeds Festival is good fun, even if it is seen as the poor relation to Reading Festival. Seriously, Greenday couldn't be arsed to cross the North/South divide last year.
Tea, Yorkshire pudding, Emmerdale, Yorkshire Terriers and this band.
Tea, Yorkshire pudding, Emmerdale, Yorkshire Terriers and this band.
After I posted it, the thought did occur to me that making a joke about a spat between cricketers from 30 years ago probably confused most people, but I am glad that someone got the joke.SckizoBoy said:LOL, post of the day. Though I don't think there are enough cricket fans to truly appreciate the full truth of it!albino boo said:
another Yorkshireman proudly throwing his flat cap into the ring. More specifically I'm from Pontefract (like the cakes the doctor mentioned in the yorkshire who episode, also yahtzee mentioned them once).
Fun fact: there's a Haribo sweet factory there, I have been told it's the only one outside of germany - seriously check the back packaging and you'll see dunhills pontefract. Currently on a work placement year in Malta, confirmed that to be the case here as well as in the netherlands.
Fun fact 2: before the parliamentarians knocked it down at the end of the civil war, pontefract castle was the most powerful castle in the country, and the last royalist held castle of the war. As well as the (supposed) site of Richard II's murder. The reason the castle was built? William the Conqueror took over and the area I live kicked up the biggest shitstorm about it. Twice. There's no other real strategic value to that castle except that it stopped rioting.
Fun Fact 3: there's a structure in the town centre called the Buttercross where people used to sell their wives if they didn't want them anymore.
I also live near Wakefield, smallest city in the country, it only qualifies as a city because it has a cathedral, otherwise its just a big kinda shitty town.
Fun fact: there's a Haribo sweet factory there, I have been told it's the only one outside of germany - seriously check the back packaging and you'll see dunhills pontefract. Currently on a work placement year in Malta, confirmed that to be the case here as well as in the netherlands.
Fun fact 2: before the parliamentarians knocked it down at the end of the civil war, pontefract castle was the most powerful castle in the country, and the last royalist held castle of the war. As well as the (supposed) site of Richard II's murder. The reason the castle was built? William the Conqueror took over and the area I live kicked up the biggest shitstorm about it. Twice. There's no other real strategic value to that castle except that it stopped rioting.
Fun Fact 3: there's a structure in the town centre called the Buttercross where people used to sell their wives if they didn't want them anymore.
I also live near Wakefield, smallest city in the country, it only qualifies as a city because it has a cathedral, otherwise its just a big kinda shitty town.
Well, very little considering I live there. My home is in Doncaster and I commute to Sheffield every day for uni, but I've still seen very little of the place. Literally the only location that springs to mind that would be well-known is Meadowhall, and that place is full of rude people. Seriously, I've never known people so reluctant to move out of your way, it's a chore just looking around.
Oh, and I own a Yorkshire Terrier, and I quite like Yorkshire puddings ^^.
Oh, and I own a Yorkshire Terrier, and I quite like Yorkshire puddings ^^.
So many Yorkshiremen here. I'm proud :')
U fuckin wot m8Daystar Clarion said:Yorkshire Pudding.
That's all you really need to know about Yorkshire, since the rest of it's a dive and not worth visiting.
[sub]Come at me Hazy and Binnsy >
I know that Christopher Hitchens, our lord and our saviour, didn't like people from Yorshire. He also said he'd be a better person if that weren't the case. No reason that I know of was given.
We should have a Yorkshire meet-up. Though that might start a fight on who's city we go to. xDFroggy Slayer said:So many Yorkshiremen here. I'm proud :')
U fuckin wot m8Daystar Clarion said:Yorkshire Pudding.
That's all you really need to know about Yorkshire, since the rest of it's a dive and not worth visiting.
[sub]Come at me Hazy and Binnsy >
I won't be fighting especially hard for Wakefield if this happens. It actually is kind of a dive...sky14kemea said:We should have a Yorkshire meet-up. Though that might start a fight on who's city we go to. xDFroggy Slayer said:So many Yorkshiremen here. I'm proud :')
U fuckin wot m8Daystar Clarion said:Yorkshire Pudding.
That's all you really need to know about Yorkshire, since the rest of it's a dive and not worth visiting.
[sub]Come at me Hazy and Binnsy >
Gods own Country (says the Barnsley man) been working in Nottingham for the last 12 months and from what I get from the outside opinion is that we are up there as some of the most friendliest people you'll ever meet and apparently our accent as a charm to it... I also know we had mines at one point, however Thatcher closed those and jobs are fairly scarce around her. Which is why I have to travel to Nottingham and dig for a living.
Have no interest in it at all. Of course I have no desire to go to any part of England. You are looking at a man that knows nothing about where you live. Know I could just go look up some info. Don't think I will. Okay there is my little rebellion against this post. Of course if I won a free trip there, I guess I would be stoked. My biggest problem is the fact that I can't take most British accents, it drives me nuts.
As a man of the North I can say:
It is God's Own County, the holy land of green, rolling pastures, pies, chips and pasties in gravy and of course the home to all true Yorkshirians.
Its purity is compatible to the White Rose of House York, it is an oasis amongst a desert, a Heaven amongst the barren wastes of Earth, a land of Gods amongst profligates and heretics...
That is the land I call Yorkshire
True Story
It is God's Own County, the holy land of green, rolling pastures, pies, chips and pasties in gravy and of course the home to all true Yorkshirians.
Its purity is compatible to the White Rose of House York, it is an oasis amongst a desert, a Heaven amongst the barren wastes of Earth, a land of Gods amongst profligates and heretics...
That is the land I call Yorkshire
True Story
