General news

Today (7th August 2026) Yorkshire Dialect had another mention, this time within the BBC ‘Womens Hour Programme, when Council Member Christina Longden prompted an item about accent and dialect. She…

July 16th 2026 and the BBC website publicises MP’s comments about dialect discrimination. Here’s the link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2d2mnmqg3o Worth noting that several MP’s added a voice to the growing clamour for…

Author and scholar Malcolm Petyt has released a 2nd Edition of his popular book discussing the dialect used by Emily Bronte in Wuthering Heights. Bronte’s character Joseph is given a…

The 129th Annual General Meeting takes place at Gracious Street Methodist Church, Chapel Street, Knaresborough at 1:30 pm on May 9th, 2026, in the Castle Room. The public are permitted…

On John Craven’s ‘personal’ episode broadcast on 24th August 2025 Yorkshire Dialect Society Chairman Rod Dimbleby gives John some background to how the dialect works The full episode is available…

The latest YDS publication is something very special, a translation into West Riding (Bradford) Yorkshire Dialect of one of the world’s most popular books, The Little Prince.   Written and…

The YDS classes teaching tykes how to talk reight is so popular that a waiting list has had to be created. This link https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/yorkshire-dialect-classes-rammed-students-27811393 has the full story. The Let’s…

Do you fancy a Bilberry Pie?  It’s the latest publication from the Yorkshire Dialect Society and is a selection of pieces written for the Summer Bulletin between 1976 and 2000. They…

  If you are looking for a particular article from any of the Summer Bulletin editions, the latest database is now available (link below) that should  facilitate your search – listed…

If any members would like a more active role in the running and shaping of the YDS, here’s an opportunity – the society currently has several general vacancies on the …

        The YDS’ very own Eric ‘Bloodaxe’ Scaife (looking rather more ‘pastoral’ than usual) and the rather more contemporary bus on which his dulcet Yorkshire tones can…

  RECENT PUBLICATIONS     Dales Dialect Verse. Roger Nelson. £5.95 + £2.80 p&p   Readers of the YDS Summer Bulletin will be familiar with Roger Nelson’s poetry and with…

  Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society (TYDS) is one of the two annual publications produced by the society (the other being the Summer Bulletin). Both publications are included in…