Thursday, August 28, 2014

A Yorkshireman


What qualifies you as a Yorkshireman? Whilst I am proud to mention that Yorkshire, if considered as a country, came 12th at the last Olympics and 5th at the recent commonwealth games, I have always questioned whether I can consider myself as a Tyke.
I believe that I was conceived in Yorkshire (sorry if that's a tad too much information) but born in Bristol from an Italian mother and a Liverpudlian father. I was raised in Yorkshire from about age 3 and spent all of my formative years here but I'm still not sure. I'm stateless, a man with tomato stains down his shirt front and hub caps under his arm.
Just in case you need a bit more information about what constitutes a Yorkshireman this sums it up. Translations are available.

 'Ear all, see all, say nowt;
Eyt all, sup all, pay nowt;
And if ivver tha does owt fer nowt -
Allus do it fer thissen.
Posted by Alex at 11:18 AM
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  1. Colin and ElizabethAugust 28, 2014 at 12:16 PM

    Excellent. My dad, a true Yorkshireman, used that saying ALL the time. It was part of my Childhood. For a bit more of my childhood in Yorkshire check out this post. http://inandaroundbraye.blogspot.fr/2014/08/a-short-family-history.html. Thanks for reminding me.

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