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15 Leeds and Yorkshire slang terms explained Yorkshire Slang, Proper English, Time Out, The Thing, Leeds, Yorkshire, The Road, Walking

The Leeds dialect is a curious thing. Words that are used only a few miles up the road have no meaning whatsoever to a Loiner’s ear. For example, I had a friend from Bradford who told me, while we were walking back to her house after a night out, that we’d have to go down the ‘snicket’. I had no idea what she meant until I realised she was referring to the ‘ginnel’, which to those who speak Proper English, would have been the alleyway. But here’s the thing: the very idea of a Leeds dialect…

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