Learn the Yorkshire Accent

(86.9MB, 89 minutes) 2011 Edition

This download includes a written examination for learning a Yorkshire accent, and the following sound files featuring Accent Help coach Jim Johnson:

Play Audio Sample:

1. Introduction to Sound Placement, Intonation and Helpful Hints for learning a Yorkshire accent (4:43)
2. Consonant sound changes for speaking with a Yorkshire accent (14:05)
3. Vowel sound changes for Yorkshire (4:23)
4. changes to Diphthongs in a Yorkshire accent (4:56)
5. Alternate Pronunciations for words and names when speaking with a Yorkshire accent (3:57)
6. Wrap up on learning a Yorkshire accent (2:14)
7. Female from Huddersfield Yorkshire England reading (1:22)
8. + her conversation (1:50)
9. Female from Bradford West Yorkshire England reading (1:15)
10. + her conversation (:45)
11. Male from Middlesborough North Yorkshire England reading (1:03)
12. + his conversation (2:32)
13. Male from Rotherham South Yorkshire England reading (1:22)
14. + his conversation (19:04)
15. Male from Aston South Yorkshire England conversation (9:48)
16. Couple from Leeds South Yorkshire England reading (2:37)
17.  + their conversation - part 1  (4:38)
18.  + their conversation - part 2  (8:52)

Yorkshire is the largest county in the UK in the north of England.  The accent is sometimes known as Broad Yorkshire or Tyke, and has been used in All Creatures Great and Small, The Full Monty, and The Secret Garden, among other plays and films.

You might find our free "How to Learn Accents and Dialects" guide helpful as well, which is also included in this download.

Though these sound files have been remastered to reduce background noise, most of these recordings are made "in the field" so you will hear such things as birds, cars or other people in the background.  A transcription of the conversations is included to help you follow along. This download also contains four versions of the written materials:  A printer-friendly pdf, a pdf that is in a larger format for use on a portable reading device, and both mobi and epub editions for other portable readers.