Lancashire Vs Yorkshire Accent, Culture, and Making Tea

[@noahjulius5062]

When Braidley (Lancashire) said ‘oh no, go, flow, and below’ he sounded American for some reason.

[@KoriEmerson]

Thats because that’s where a lot of Americans ancestry is from those two areas. I’m in Utah. The vast majority of the pioneers were from Yorkshire, Wales, and Leeds. You can ABSOLUTELY hear it in our accent to this day.

[@britishjohn62]

Lol 😂 I feel the same, I currently live near Fire Island in New York and that’s like how they speak, PS they also like their tea like that, if Fire Island had a British name, it would be called New Blackpool because the ocean and culture.

[@CikisHelyzet]

Yeah. I've lived in both countries and that's not a common Lancs way of speaking

[@jordanvalencia9597]

@@CikisHelyzet I agree, my wife is from Morecambe, Lancs, and most of the time she sounds like woman from Yorkshire, and Morecambe is a coastal town north of Blackpool.

[@jerseydevs2000]

As a Yank I enjoy listening to the differences in regional English accents. Please consider doing some Midlands accents next (West v. East, Birmingham vs Derby etc).

[@dewhatwhat3033]

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[@fedorvoronovcomposer]

having lived in Brummy for a while as a foreigner, I still don't know what the famous Birmingham accent is, so that would have been an extremely interesting one to watch

[@britishjohn62]

The DanTDM accent (Northamptonshire) 😂

[@ajs41]

I live between Birmingham and Derby so its a bit of a mixture.

[@Truffle_Pup]

Posh skewl init clearleh

[@Phoenix-bl9dg]

I'm an Italian girl moving to York with my English boyfriend next month, so I'm watching lots of videos about Yorkshire accent, which I love. I think it's so warm and friendly! 😊 I'm also a student of English language and literature at University so I love learning more about accents and dialects. I really like this yt channel! And I love both the Yorkshire and the Lancashire accent. 😊❤

[@victoriaplum997]

She’s a cockney, nobody sounds like that in Yorkshire.

[@emperater]

So many accents in the UK it's incredible. I'm sure Italy is probably the same though, someone from Naples probably sounds very different to someone from Florence.

[@behemoth5344]

@@emperater they do indeed, they are two totally different linguistic groups.

[@laurenhowarth2363]

I feel like the lancashire lad was poshing it up a bit we defo dont talk like that

[@lukeleighton3872]

lauren howarth we do a bit near Blackpool

[@pchoward7842]

Defo?

[@laurenhowarth2363]

It means definitely lmao

[@220773]

Absolutely agree with ye, lass.

[@laurenhowarth2363]

Thanks mate

[@productplacement39]

Here's the funny thing about the two of them. I know both accents from Yorkshire and Lancashire are distinctly strong compared to the RP accents, but when they were providing examples of words and sentences Loren had somewhat of a pulled-out accent but Braidley's accent sounded reserved. But when they started conversing with each other during the instructions on making tea, Braidley's accent came out stronger than Loren's.

[@AliIslamic07]

It’s Braidley not Bradley he clearly said it in the vid

[@keithbentley6081]

He's affecting a generalised Manchester accent to sound more cultured, weird as that seems. Yes, accents are certainly changing, becoming blander. Actually the girl sounds like many parts of Lancashire, especially near the border.

[@b.bradley6525]

That is nothing like a Manc accent, that's some knocking the rough edges off a non-distinct Lancashire accent. He would have much longer vowel sounds, particularly on the As especially if they were followed by an R or an L. Car would become caarr and calm would become caa(l)m(uh).

[@chrispbacon3042]

Being a Lancashire born lad that has grown up in Australia listen to these two talk about which county has the better beaches is a bit of a joke.

[@arnolddavies6734]

Doubt if Yorkshire or Lancashire would even know what a decent beach is.

[@keithfrost1190]

As my mother used to say "If it doesn't come from Yorkshire, it's not worth having". She also used to say "If thy does oat fer noat do it fer thee sen".

[@AFrogInTheStars]

as an American, does that say, "If you do anything for nothing, do it for your sin." how accurate is that?

[@keithfrost1190]

@@AFrogInTheStars Very good, you're almost right. If you do anything for nothing, do it for your SELF. In England a Scotsman is considered tight (unwilling to spend his own money). A Yorkshireman is said to be a Scot with a generosity bypass. My experience has proved both stereotypes to be generally untrue.

[@stevecarter8810]

My other favourite "tha can allus tell a yorkshireman... But tha cannot tell 'im much" ie you can always tell (spot) a yorkshireman, but you can't tell him much (cos he already thinks he knows it all)

[@Zenovarse]

If thou doest all for nought, do it for thee sen.

[@diane64yorks]

Hear all, see all, say nowt,. Eat all, drink all, pay nowt, And if ever tha does owt for nowt, Allus do it for the'sen

[@Downsvving]

As an American, I find it so fascinating that the lore surrounding House Plantagenet & the War of the Roses still survives to this day in the spirit of friendly sports rivalry. So cool.

[@MarkAbRobert-jv6it]

To be fair there where more Frogs and Taffs involved in the war of the Roses than Yorkies and Lanckys. Im from East Lancashire close to rhe old west riding of Yorkshire and found that i pronounce some words like the lass and others like the lad.

[@Zhiivago]

I went on vacation to Benidorm just to be able to be near these amazing people. I love everything British and English, and these dialects are like music to my ears. I'm originally from Bosnia, living in Sweden. For me the Lancashire dialect is the most fascinating!

[@mrfriendlyguy]

I love your accent videos. The Lanchashire pronounciation of some words sounds like how I would say it in my Australian accent, but strangely enough some of the Yorkshire pronounciations for other words sounds like I would say it.

[@ahmedalshalchi]

Mr friendly guy .... I think you need for some extra English lesson before learning accents.... It is " pronunciation " not " pronounciation " !!.... Check this link please kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZm9e2SHaKyGq6s

[@mauriciovillabona7066]

@@ahmedalshalchi, This comment section is a great chance to improve our English level no matter the country where we are from. You are right, Ahmed, the word that mrfriendlyguy wrote was misspelt. And I also want to help you in correcting a couple of things you wrote. This is the correct way to write this sentence "I think you need some extra English lessons". Moreover, the video you shared is very useful, though, there's a misconception regarding the way of speaking. On the one hand, English has got many accents, so it's not appropriate to affirm that there is a correct one. On the other hand, even non-native speakers can be very proficient when they speak their second language. Proficiency isn't necessarily linked to native speakers and this happens in every single country/language since there are people who really care about the way they speak and there are others who don't. Therefore, the accent you like is OK as long as you make the effort to improve your level every time you have the chance. Kind regards from Colombia.

[@FionaEm]

Yep, I could hear some of our Aussie vowels in both the Yorkshire and Lancashire ppl's words - even though our overall accent is probably closer to a London one. I guess it reflects the mix of Brits who came here from 1788.

[@onlytruerose1333]

@@FionaEm I think the Aus accent has a strong thread of the Manchester accent as well as London because of the way Mancunians and Aussies both say words like 'car' and 'bargain'. They don't pronounce the 'r' in those words and pronounce the 'a' as in 'aaagh'. I have Mancunian people in my life for decades and I love the way Mancunians say 'avocado'. It always makes me smile! 😁

[@FionaEm]

@@onlytruerose1333 Hmm, not sure. My grandfather was from a town near Manchester and I can't remember many similarities. I'd say that, on balance, our accent is partway between Cockney and RP - but I guess it all depends on who's doing the listening 🙂

[@joshnicholson2934]

As a Yorkshire man I'd love to take part in something like this

[@beetroot_chutney]

I think there’s a lot of crossover between Lancashire and Yorkshire accents, depending on the part of the county you’re from. I grew up in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, and the accent there to me has more in common with this lady’s accent than this chap’s. Fun video!

[@dannyboy6114]

I'm from St helens and my accent is a little yorkshire. Which is quite bizarre.

[@VincentSmith-i7o]

East Lancashire/West Yorkshire very much 6 of one half a dozen of the other. Born in Blackburn and proud to be Lancashire

[@Theringodair]

Love the Lancashire accent.

[@will_levitt926]

Dark Frontier I love the Yorkshire accent cause I live in North Yorkshire

[@Theringodair]

@@will_levitt926 Love Yorkshire accents too.

[@gomongio]

Yeah, Lancashird has the most likeable accent of the two.

[@DemeterTelphousia-Erinyes]

The Yorkshire accent- well there are quite a few different ones! This is definitely an East Coast one. The Leeds and Bradford ones are totally different to each other, despite almost touching geographically! The North Yorkshire one is different again ( mine!) and South Yorkshire has Barnsley, Doncaster and Sheffield ones which are different to each other. West Yorkshire towards Lancashire gets similar to it as you’d expect.

[@StephenRyan1951]

I'm from Leeds and yes, you're right. Leeds and Bradford sound different.

[@pacificoceania5828]

I lived in Manchester for two yrs before moving to London . British has too many accents. I love them a lot .

[@stevecarter8810]

English *

[@SagaciousFrank]

So when I hear people drone on about this country needing more diversity, it's makes me laugh because we were diverse enough without having mass immigration to these isles. In fact historically many regions didn't get along because of their diversity in spoken language, culture, and resultant rivalry that arose from those differences.

[@letsnottalkaboutit1727]

4:42 I love how I’m so British I automatically knew she meant Dench before even saying it

[@MarkSlater4]

the lad from Lancashire knows nowt bout lanky

[@ianrushsmoustache2282]

Mark Slater exactly he's more Manc than Lancashire

[@khushix9443]

Ian Rush's Moustache what makes manc less Lancashire lol

[@AndrewSpencer69]

Where is bloody Radcliffe anyway?

[@Luke-qr7pm]

That's because hes from greater manchester. Radcliffe is next to Bury

[@MarkAbRobert-jv6it]

Greater Manchester like Merseyside is an abomination created in 1974. Both Liverpool and Manchester are traditionally Lancashire cities.

[@sonnyday6210]

Am frum Barnsley, and difference between ours n Sheffield accent is unbelievable, Its only 10 miles away

[@keithramsell9955]

As a Sheffielder I can vouch for that. BOTH are WONDERFUL!!!!

[@elnolde754]

What a lovely Lady from Yorkshire Loren is! And Braidley deserves a huge 'Thumb up' as well. Thank You Anne for Your great content and relentless work.

[@wataru7709]

Please do more accent videos, Anna! Personally I would like the Edinburgh accent.

[@CaptainSiCo]

Edinburgh vs Glasgow would be interesting!

[@ambzcloud]

The Yorkshire accent is so lovely and full of character!

[@walterwhite5578]

That true you really have to know your accent otherwise you can mistake it for a dial back version of a Manchester accent

[@ambzcloud]

@UCk3c5s9E-ucMxGXnSY8PdgA Why are you telling ME this?

[@metastract]

Thanks, Amber 😄👍🏻

[@johnthorp3649]

Her Yorkshire accent is nowt like mine. I'm from South Yorkshire and it is completely different.

[@StuntdoubleDane]

@@johnthorp3649 Im from North Yorkshire not too far away from where she is from and i talk different to her as well.

[@letsnottalkaboutit1727]

0:10 the most Lancashire response: yes, come on Lad!!!!

[@andreismolko9935]

Thank you, Anna! This was as charming as informative. I'm upset that a few years ago I started learning American English, because today I know exactly that original British sounds mush more organic and beautiful.

[@mauriciovillabona7066]

Although practicing a specific accent for several years makes accent switching a challenging task, willingness and determination are your allies to achieve that new goal. It can be a bit tiring for your throat at the beginning when you pronounce some long vowels; well, that happened to me since my mother tongue is Spanish and that language hasn't got such vowels. But as time passed by, it became easier. I'd like to know your process after you start making that change. Best wishes from Colombia.

[@andreismolko9935]

@@mauriciovillabona7066 Thank you for sharing your experience. However, I didn't mean that I started changing my practice in accordance to British version. I work in the U.S. from time to time, so my choice was determined by that. But despite this, I can't help loving original British, because in my personal opinion it sounds much better.

[@ayushmaitra03ayubawu]

That's true i agree. Even i love it so much 💕🇬🇧

[@ked7426]

It was great for me, as we don't come across someone from Redcar often, a place I lived. Haweswater Road was where I lived, it was a while ago so there's been changes. We used to get live crabs from the fishing boats at the beach. My Dad was born and bred in Guisborough, Roseberry topping, Captain Cook, used to go to, and his monument not too far away. Roseberry was great for bilberry picking, but my Mum visited, and said saddly it no longer is. Very interested in the lemontop, as I've not tried, maybe next I visit, I'll have to go.

[@SpeakEnglishWithVanessa]

This was such a fun video, Anna! Now I wanna try their tea, too. 😀

[@TheCurlyclub]

Speak English with Vanessa 😂 ‘wanna’ where is that in the dictionary. Too funny.

[@silasriver109]

Wanna? Are you sure that you should be teaching people to speak English, Vanessa?

[@Acadian.FrenchFry]

I'm American, but my grandmother's family originally came from Ditton Lancashire. His accent was more American sounding than I expected. Ironically he makes tea exactly how I do (minus using sugar). He was a cutie too!

[@summerxiii13]

I was thinking that too!

[@jesusenriquelopezzapata4094]

0:13 those lamps look like avocadoes

[@ninjakidsbymarcel2495]

I lived and went to school in Hull, Yorkshire for 6 years from 81 to 87. I have loads of friends from both Yorkshire and Lancashire. Never really heard or saw much difference. We just sort of meld together when we talk and hang out. Lovely comparison though. We have the Yorkshire Dales and Sean Bean though!

[@smit_1449]

My first thought about this video? war of the roses in a nutshell

[@keithwebster5161]

He don't sound anything like we do where i live on the Lancashire/Yorkshire border, we put letters in we leave letters out and we string all the words together. We had a dog that would run his ball down the hill to you if it got stuck in the grass i'd say " tintgunerroljack" ( It isn't going to roll Jack).He knew exactly what I was saying and he'd try again.

[@manuelocanafont961]

Me encantan los acentos del norte y Yorkshire es mi taza de té (además de gustarme el té a la manera de Yorkshire) Grandes recuerdos de Leeds y York. Cada vez que veo Downton Abbey my soul is full of spring.

[@manuelocanafont961]

I love Northern British accent and Yorkshire accent is my cup of tea (apart from liking the Yorkshire tea-style. Great memories of Leeds and York. Every time I watch Downton Abbey my soul is full of spring.

[@CJMapping]

I live in York County, PA, and across the river is Lancaster County, PA

[@jagtai]

I have to admit that I prefer the Lancashire one. Although I'd have to spend some time with both to be able to understand more than half of it without subtitles. Sounds absolutely charming, both of them, though.

[@quatschkopq186]

2:06 Henry Tudor beat Richard III oh when the battle turned into pure murder Henry store Richard's crown on his ride back to town he was top man, he could go no further where is that from?

[@england6317]

Study history war of the roses 1455 to 1485 leading up to the Tudor dynasty

[@christianschwalbach7561]

@@england6317 The rhyme not the history

[@england6317]

@@christianschwalbach7561 oh sorry lol

[@joshuaward1991]

It would have simply been a rhyme taught in school :) Probably unattestable.

[@stevecarter8810]

Yorkshire

[@DrAElemayo]

That guy is so freaking cute

[@danilasahaja7636]

Yeshhhh

[@lockandloadlikehell]

My eyes never left her thicc thighs and cute little face

[@diffie.hellmannn]

But at the same time he's a douchebag

[@AntoniusReginaldus]

@@diffie.hellmannn Not at all.

[@ellabrown9781]

samyang noodles how??

[@RM-fh2kf]

More Yorkshire please!! 😁 Thank you for the video! 💗

[@chriswoodworth1894]

I have lived & worked in South West London since 1975 and (I am told) I still have a strong Lancashire accent. But beyond the accent, Lancashire (and probably Yorkshire) used to have a very distinct dialect. My grandad was the last person I know who could still use it, although my English teacher used to write poetry in the Lancashire dialect. Anyone from elsewhere would really struggle to understand it (eg ah’m fair clemmed = I am thirsty)

[@missmuffet3874]

Clemmed means hungry. e.g. Av had nowt ate all day, am bloody clemmed.

[@chriswoodworth1894]

@@missmuffet3874 Tha’s reet, tha knoas

[@missmuffet3874]

@@chriswoodworth1894 sorry I spelt wrong. It's clempt I think. That's it in Wigan anyway. 🤣🤣

[@maqsoodalam519]

One of the best English spoken teacher and improve correct pronunciations for online video chat

[@emmapark8530]

It would be interesting to see a Dorset v Somerset or devon v cornwall

[@emmapark8530]

Or country Dorset v town dorset

[@EnglishLikeANative]

Great suggestion

[@randomyoutubechannel2470]

@@EnglishLikeANative Merseyside vs Cheshire.

[@nacholibre1962]

Except not long ago they would never have said “on the”. They would have said “on’t” (pronounced “ont”. The Yorkshire people also frequently use Rs in place of Ts and drop Ts with the hard glottal stop elsewhere. Hence, “Put it in the table” becomes “Purri’ on’ table”.

[@TheHazzasez]

I'm from Lancashire, but have also lived in Yorkshire. I think the latter has more of interest, but Lancashire as a county, used to be much larger and encompass Manchester & Liverpool up until about 1974 when it was divided up, administratively speaking . There would be much more variation of accents if those two cities were still included, as they have their own sounds completely. There are still clear variations from town to town. Bolton, Blackburn, Burnley & Wigan in the centre, north & east of Lancs tend to have a stronger accent. Whereas, Preston, Blackpool, Lancaster more to the north & west are softer. In the south & west you hear Liverpudlian mixing in.

[@joshhales4718]

Lancashire still includes Manchester and Liverpool, as well as the south west Lakes and Barrow - Lake Windermere is the border. Various governments have repeatedly stated that the 1974 changes were purely administrative and that the county boundaries didn’t change. Best county! 😉

[@TheHazzasez]

@@joshhales4718 Thanks for info, It's a bit confusing, but that makes more sense now.

[@joshhales4718]

Harry Peter Graves Cheers! It is confusing, sadly, but I always want to spread the word, because obviously those cities and that Lakeland area are so great! I wish that the admin areas had Lancashire in the names - could have had South East Lancs; South West Lancs; Central Lancs; and then what’s now Cumbria could have been Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands. Something like that... Basically like South Yorkshire, West Yorks etc. Then it would be clear that whilst they are separately administered, they are still part of the same county. I’d like to see them changed to be honest! All the best.

[@jamiemartinez8674]

I'm American from Los Angeles, I have a daughter born and a raised in Blackburn, Lancashire.(Long story)I love her accent us I'm biased..lol.Great people from North of England..

[@Mark64W]

@@joshhales4718 Thank you sir for your comment . It's like Saddleworth that is / was in the West Riding of Yorkshire , although the lovely people from Diggle . Delph , Greenfield , Dobcross , Uppermill etc have what I would describe as Lancashire accents . ' Yorkshire Day ' was established on 1st August 1975 as a ' celebration ' of being in Yorkshire and not Greater Manchester , which is quite simply an administrative area ( as you correctly pointed out ) . All the best , Mark .

[@strangerinwhite]

I love Loren, the Yorkshire accent to me is beautiful.

[@angelarasmussen1800]

I found it interesting that the pool and school words as spoken by the Lancaster lad were how I say them in America. Yet, the dear type words spoken by the Yorkshire lass we're how I speak then in America. So interesting that certain dialects in England show up with linguistic sets 8 would love if Anna explained how that happens.

[@ademcfade]

I'm from Clitheroe, the East Lancashire accent is a lot different to the Radcliffe accent. much Bouncier.... And the letter r is a massive factor in the sound of all the words. But then again if you go 5 miles in East Lancashire you get completely different accent, going between Blackburn, Burnley, Clitheroe and Accrington you will get for completely different dialects. I now live in Leeds, and it's a very different accent to the the lady's in this video. She almost has some hull influences where she says no, nerrr... Kind of sound Fascinating to watch

[@zoeywyllie1411]

Yorkshire and Lancahshire are basically sibling counties. We will act that we hate each other but secretly love each other

[@akhlaqkhan8987]

That's true 👍

[@fro0tyl0opy87]

I always put in tea bag and sugar in together first, then pour over boiling water (has to be boiling!). A reputable brand of tea will only need about 15 seconds steep/ brew time and pour the milk over the tea bag before removing the tea bag. This is how I do it anyway. Remember, the quality of the water is crucial also. I find softer water makes a better cuppa than hard water.

[@PiousMoltar]

I used to live in Middlesbrough, near Redcar. I did grow to really like the accent. But that two-syllable thing they do in words like "school" cracks me up. Interestingly, I found that people from the area pronounced words like "no" more like "nor", not "ner" as the girl is doing here, that almost reminds me of the atrocious Hull accent.

[@Krishna-nu8nv]

Both are adorable.. And Lauren's accent makes her sound so innocent as well.. 😍 All the best to both of you. Keep coming to Anna's channel regularly..

[@wataru7709]

Yea they are adorable indeed!

[@andrecustodio2432]

What a difference between accents! Here in Brazil we have lots of different accents too!

[@marceloesteves3601]

Oi Andre vc poderia dizer qual é seu sotaque?

[@andrecustodio2432]

@@marceloesteves3601 Eu sou de Santa Catarina, mas mesmo dentro do meu estado tem sotaques diferentes

[@TT-nc3qh]

Do you like Portuguese accent from Portugal?

[@jemmajames6719]

Bridlington and Robin Hoods bays are lovely!

[@john.andrew.brighton]

I am from Yorkshire so I know how I like my tea. My mom is from Ireland and she likes tea like me. My dad’s from Germany and he likes his tea like Lancashire

[@Searcher626]

Such great spirit of the old Britain from this video!

[@wataru7709]

Lancashire! I have waited for this content as I studied there before

[@a40a40]

Well I’m from Bury (next to Radcliffe) and many of the words I pronounce sound more like the Yorkshire accent (Eeyer for here etc) but mower on the flower not mo on the flo. We don’t pronounce “w” at the end of words either flo not floW.

[@mariazitamako4950]

I love these accent videos! Thank you for representing the Yorkshire and Lancashire accents. Somehow Lancashire is more familiar to me, although Yorkshire is also very beautiful. 💕

[@Beldoras]

Your comment is from 3 years ago so not sure if you will see this but if you like to watch tv, look up Emmerdale that is a show set in a fictional but traditional Yorkshire dales village and has some Yorkshire accents but they aren't that strong since they have to make it easy for other folk to understand 😂 and for Lancashire accent there is a show called Coronation Street where you will hear some Lancashire accents as that is set in a fictional part of Manchester I do believe. Take care! 👍

[@fezhat7096]

@@Beldoras The trouble with those two shows is that they use actors from all over the north. There are many Lancastrians in Emmerdale although it is set in Yorkshire and many Yorkshire folk in Coronation Street although it is set in Lancashire. They also both throw in North eastern actors too who sound more Geordie than Yorks/Lancs.

[@richardparker1901]

Er ner! Her accent is the Northumbrian version of Yorkshire, rather than the West Riding type heard in Leeds or Barnsley, for instance.

[@NeutralDice]

The Lancashire accent a bit easier to understand Great stuff, hope to see more "versus" videos

[@asseyez-vous6492]

If you went to Bury, you would not be saying that! 😂

[@greylady9923]

Are these two a couple? If not they should be. Adorable.

[@erlandandersen5782]

Now, this is quite amazing, I don't know if it's just me, but I actually think I can hear that the Lancashire accent has links to Norwegian language, while the Yorkshire accent sounds more like being influenced by Danish tongue! Being a Norwegian myself (pardon my English) I'd luv to know if other Scandinavians (Norwegian, Danish, Swedish) have similar, or different, impressions. Due to earlier Danish linguistic influence in England, I'd find it especially interesting to see some Danish comments to it. :) FYI: Current Norwegian and Danish (and Swedish) written languages are rather similar. Hence often referred to, rightfully or not, as a common Scandinavian language. But differences, basically in pronunciations and intonations, tend to make the spoken versions rather different (btw, we've got two official written languages in Norway, and I'm referring to our so called 'bokmål' - Eng: 'book tongue'. It's our most commonly used written language. Derivated from Danish, as one result of our past political unity with Denmark. Hence no big wonder current written Norwegian and Danish are similar. Our so called 'nynorsk' - Eng: 'new Norwegian' - is another story. It differs more from Danish, but I won't go in details here. It's a rather complex matter. I'm afraid it'd become a somewhat long 'comment', more confusing than clarifying...) I'd think the differences between Norwegian and Danish languages were even more distinct in ancient times. Even if I'm not an expert on old Norse tongue, or modern Scandinavian languages, for that sake, I happen to know that old Norse tongue can be divided into *at least* two branches. The western old Norse tongue (Norwegian) and the eastern old Norse tongue (Danish, Swedish). I also happen to know that settlements of Norwegian immigrants were quite significant in parts of Ireland, Scotland and along the northwestern coast of England some 1000+ years ago. Which can still be seen in quite a few Norse-influenced names in for instance Wirral, Merseyside and Lancashire. Those were the days of the so called Danelagen, when Danish influence were significant in other parts of England. Including Yorkshire, if I'm not mistaken (google is my friend here, 'Danelagen' is a good search word...) The funny thing though, to me personally, speaking current Norwegian language with a northern accent, I probably pronounce English words and sentences more like Braidley from Lancashire than any other English accents I know of, including the nice Yorkshire accent. And it's *not* me intentionally trying to copy Lancashire accent. It just turns out that way. Quite automatically. I wonder if a Dane would say the straight opposite? Would she/ he speak English more like Loren from Redcar, Yorkshire? And would a Dane think the Yorkshire accent sounds Danish-influenced? Or is it just me, hearing some «influence» that just doesn't exist? Like I've mentioned for starters, I'd luv to know if there are any fellow Scandiavians having made any similar reflections after watching this excellent video! :) PS. Not sure if I ought to mention this, it's clearly not a linguistic matter, but when making a cup of tea, which I tend to do whenever I'm occupied by something having to do with Britain - like watching this video, I'll probably have a nice cupper as soon as I've finished this :) - I even squeeze the teabags like Mr. Wilson from Lancashire points out one should! I defo agree it's important, as I think the tea gets significantly better that way. Kinda uncanny, aye? ;)

[@erlandandersen5782]

Correction: Looks like I put it a bit misleading when it comes to current official languages in Norway: It's correct that we have two official languages, but 'bokmål' (Eng: 'book tongue', which is derivated from Danish) and 'nynorsk' (Eng: 'new Norwegian', based on Norwegian dialects) are more like two official versions of the same language. The other official *language* is Sami, which is being used by the Sami people. It's a very different language, belonging to another language group than Norwegian. I don't find it likely Sami language was spoken by any of the Norse immigrants in Britain 1000+ years ago. Hopefully I've cleared up any eventual confusion on the subject now... (I told you this is a complex matter, aye? ;)

[@anthonyleighton4754]

The Danes not just bacon Jan molby and carlsberg...

[@rogerrodgers6550]

AGREED! There was a strong Norse settlement in Lancashire whilst in Yorkshire there was a big Danish influence. Many villages in Yorkshire still have Danish type names eg Selby; Thornby; Huby etc. The Danes crossed the North Sea whilst the Norse went around Scotland and settled in eg Lake District (Cumberland) North West England and Dublin in Eire.

[@barrysteven5964]

It has to be said that both areas incorporate more than one accent. Her accent was very distinctive to her region of Yorkshire and her pronunciation of 'go', 'no' etc was special to that region and you hear it especially in the Hull area. You would never hear that in places like Leeds, Bradford and Sheffield. Braidley's accent is typical of the Bury area but pretty different again to Blackburn and Burnley just a few miles away. That's the thing about England. You can generalise about areas but in fact each town has its own accent. And in cities quite often different parts of the city have their own accents. In Manchester the accent changes from north to south of the city centre. In the Newcastle region the accent north of the Tyne is not the same as south of the Tyne. This is changing now as people move around a lot more than in the past.

[@user-j4dywwh456]

Derry vs Belfast next please!

[@john.andrew.brighton]

Lauren was right about heat rising because heat rises then cools which dumps rain on places like Lancashire and then there is less rain on the “leeward” side which is drier

[@johnnycolon3208]

Aye, spot on there. It's always soaking here in East Lancs. Good old Pennines trapping the damp in. It's like living in a duck pond 😅

[@tillgeiger9046]

I'm used to the Lancashire accent cos I live near Manchester so yehh

[@pchoward7842]

I'm from Hull sorry ull east Yorkshire and I tell you what both were wrong on tea making You get a teapot warm it up with hot water add tea leaves pour water in teapot let it steep for 5 mins. Then add a splash of milk according to taste then with a tea strainer pour the tea into the mug. I've yet to visit Lancaster but I'll say one thing regarding the last battle you won. You were lucky we had an off day.

[@janruudschutrups9382]

The Lancashire accent sounds a bit closer to RP than the Yorkshire accent. As a non native speaker I find it easier to follow.

[@user-vi6wf4gh9x]

That's because it isn't a proper Lancashire accent! He's from Greater Manchester ffs

[@user-vi6wf4gh9x]

@Chris Fosdyke Well Manchester is Lancashire but the accents around there definitely aren't proper Lancs. I'm from Blackburn myself which is proper Lancs.

[@timelord5920]

He was trying to be posh and speak proper

[@janruudschutrups9382]

@@timelord5920 *properly? Sorry, I'll see myself out now. 😋

[@hannahdyson7129]

@@user-vi6wf4gh9x Which is historically Lancashire

[@randigerber1926]

I'm a Yank and I was multitasking, so I might have missed it: was there a map? If not, a map of England/UK would have been great to visually identify the areas.

[@SomeOfTheJuice]

Being a Midwesterner over in the states, this leaves me so confused in terms of faking British accents. Like, I love both accents, but I listen to myself faking it, and I realize how different words I've heard in different British accents have resulted in the fake one being just some weird mess of an amalgam of them.

[@phoebestephenson6197]

There are different dialects in Lancashire. There's a farming accent and a kind of dulled down version. But it'll change as you move around the county.

[@cymruisrael]

They're both wrong about making tea. Firstly, you don't make tea, you make a brew. Secondly, you make tea in a teapot, not in a mug!

[@SagaciousFrank]

Strange, I've always lived in Lancashire, and although my accent is, unsurprisingly, mostly similar to the lad from Lancashire, I pronounce some words more similar to those of the lass from Yorkshire - maybe it's because I've always lived in East Lancashire right near Yorkshire.

[@marceloesteves3601]

Wow, how different are the accents......quite different from Anna's as well....

[@davidhines68]

Thank you, I've been looking for exactly this. Now I can watch TV and pay attention to the differences.

[@Someloke8895]

'old on, 'ow come when listing famous folk from Yorkshire, Sean Bean weren't on't list?

[@embee3690]

AND Sir Patrick Stewart!

[@Ivy-og5xd]

Same with Peter Kay for Lancashire haha

[@lionelhardcastle7271]

@@embee3690 Ben Kingsley also and like Dench and Stewart you wouldn't know it from the mode of speech. Sean Bean and Jodie Whitaker are the bigger names that I can think of that still speak with the Yorkshire accent.

[@mattpotter8725]

AND Jarvis Cocker? Or even sports stars like Geoffrey Boycott or Michael Vaughan!!! I guess this girl is from Redcar, which let's face it is barely Yorkshire anyway (and she seems to think Darlington is in Yorkshire)!!! Love the accent she has, but you need someone more from the centre of Yorkshire, not on the edges.

[@conorsmith8551]

David coverdale 👍

[@neileyre6019]

Unfortunately both failed on the tea making. Hot water is not correct. The water must be boiling when it goes on to the tea to scald it. Boiling water for tea off the boil for instant coffee.

[@valentinewu2031]

Please make a similar video like this between Scotland and England~

[@BooksMusicMe17]

The thing is, as you can see from the other videos, there is no "one" Scottish or English accent, so it's hard to make a fair comparison.

[@royalebethany882]

im from lancashire but i guess i have a mix? i say stuff like below and floor in a lancashire way, but words like school and here in a yorkshire way!

[@sunolili862]

yorkshire actually has a lot of famous rock/metal bands from def leppard to while she sleeps, don't they?

[@shapeshifter8778]

AA

[@dauntlesschicken9756]

Loren is so adorable 💓

[@stunninglad1]

There is also the posh Lancashire and posh Yorkshire accent to consider of course. I think Lancashire has England's best accent with the home counties coming in a close second.The fact that I live in Lancashire has nothing to do with me forming my opinion.

[@circusmice]

Try living or going to another county other than Lancashire.

[@PowerThrash]

Her accent is closer to the East Yorkshire variant which is why there are the wide vowel sounds like "eerr nerr!" (oh no!) but most of Yorkshire dialect doesn't have this feature, in my experience.

[@tomEwylde]

This felt like first dates ahahahah also this helped my accent learning, cheers :D

[@22ergie]

Regardless the accent, WHO "applies" sugar (to tea). I think everyone who speaks English would say 'adds'?

[@user-vi6wf4gh9x]

03:05 "I'm the wrong person to represent Lancashire here" AYE too reyt you are lad! 😒

[@laurenhowarth2363]

Hell yeah

[@AkiraUema]

Thank you for this brilliant video. I love when you show more about different regions in the UK, with their accents and their culture.

[@danchostoyanov3752]

2 minutes into the video and already laughing! 😂😂 great video again Anna

[@OhSkyeLanta]

I'm pretty sure the DM of my campaign is from northern england yorkshire side because he pronounces "shrubbery" The Best, and because he apologized for it when we first started "but you'll get used to it, or at least that's what my wife says," and his daughter screamed "dragooooonns" in the most adorable way, but I'm trying to make sure before I make any northern england jokes. suffice it to say "lots of planets have a north!" (9th Doctor) is what immediately jumped into my mind XD

[@Contrafactum]

Damn, they sound like they come from different parts of Massachusetts!

[@paulbradford6475]

See my reply above.

[@Contrafactum]

I'm not sure to which reply you are referring. I obviously knew that these were clearly UK accents, but remainders of these speech patterns still exist in New England and North Carolina. While there are huge differences, words like York (Yawk) and Pool (poowell) are handled in MA the same way. Remnants of these accents and the beautiful Cornish accent still have a home in parts of the US.

[@stevecarter8810]

Yes my Yorkshire wife and I went to Boston ma, she says pahk the cah in the yahd like they do. Her family is from Hull, England and we saw a hull, ma on our route

[@dannestrom]

My stepmom came from Yorkshire, but the Yorkshire accent in the video seems to be quite different to what I grew up with. My stepmom's relatives lived in many different places, but none of them were near Redcar.

[@nunusaboy3729]

Yorkshire is just perfect

[@AmariMalik14]

Famous from Lancashire. Scott fitzgerald boxer btw ive met him and andrew flintoff and sir tom finney and nick park

[@markkubiak8296]

Her accent is beautiful. Yorkshire!

[@ninjakeks9326]

Maybe it is just me, but I feel it is amazing how the northern Yorkshire accent sounds a bit like a Saxon accent (from Germany). Old English and Anglo-Saxon ist basically the same thing so maybe the similarity of some accents is natural.

[@indiekiddrugpatrol3117]

The more northern you go in England the closer it is to old English (old Northumbrian) Tyne and Wear accents and also Lowland Scots in Scotland are the closest dialects to old English

[@nylanelson5212]

He sounds just like an American accent. As an American I like listening to her speak because her accent is different from mine. I love listening to people talk with different accents 💜

[@laylajohnson8899]

Who sounds Mercian? The Lancashire guy? No he doesn’t lol

[@laylajohnson8899]

@@user-oz3cl6fq3k no he bloody well doesn’t. You need your ears cleaning out

[@barrysteven5964]

He sounds American? I presume you are joking. In which part of America do people have an accent like him?

[@ditzygypsy]

Noooo. Not even remotely similar to any American accent whether N. Jersey, S. Jersey, Philly, NYC, Kentucky, Alabama, Oklahoma, Minnesota… . All those are very, very different from each other and I can identify every single one of them if the person speaking says the right words. Clearly you not only mistakenly think everyone in the US sounds the same, but that they also sound like someone from northern England??

[@ahmedalshalchi]

I started to like Yorkshire because of Loren...

[@julieanderson100]

Love it. At first, I was thinking the Lancashire accent isn't so different from the American (standard) accent, but then the got to hear, near, clear and the Yorkshire way was more similar

[@SagaciousFrank]

Wait, wait, wait... Tea (and coffee, for that matter), should only be made with whole milk. In fact semi-skimmed and skimmed shouldn't ever be used for anything.

[@jaytee777]

The Beatles were from Lancashire!!

[@jaysonmahaguay5888]

Liverpool, mate

[@jakedeane5304]

Jayson Mahaguay exactly, Lancashire

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

No, they were from Liverpool, which has a totally distinctive accent

[@jakedeane5304]

ThinWhiteAxe still historically Lancashire

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

@@jakedeane5304 if we're talking about geography, yeah, but if we're talking about accents that's different

[@marymyers4751]

The Boston accent come from these 2 regions and Yorkshire is really close. Flowah for floor....It is really cool.

[@bilbobeutlin3]

Go for Lancashire! Blackpool, Fleetwood, Poulton-le-Fylde, come on, that's a nice place to be. Lovely people and gorgeous accents. Got a lot of friends there. Greetings from Germany xx

[@Less1leg2]

bingo, Lancashire family traits for sure. My Great Grandparents and more spoke exactly like Lancashire people. All the vocals to the letter and utterances.