"I'm from Yorkshire" : anyone else notice this?

[Odilla]

Why do people from Yorkshire feel the need to tell you that? It is fairly unremarkable given that the collective Yorkshire counties form a large part of England so lots of people are from there.

Yet still they do. Repeatedly. And will shoe-horn this revelation into any given conversation. Eg "I'm from Yorkshire so I don't like spending money on heating". Well yes I'm sure this is true; nevertheless this is not a special circumstance given that most people do not enjoy spending money on heating. Or they take something that is particular to them and still gas on about Yorkshire eg "I'm from Yorkshire so I don't wear blue shoes".

Never have I met a crowd of people so keen to assert common identity yet so unaware as to how common identity actually works. Although ironically that's an identity of sorts.

Sashh

I've just watched the video . The 3 Yorkshireteers can provide the sound track for this thread!

@sashh

Yorkshire is patently not better than everywhere else. Have you even been to everywhere else?

Australia 3 times
Mauritius
Indonesia
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
Ecuador
France
Spain
Italy
Switzerland
Luxemburg
Germany
The Netherlands
Belgium
Singapore

I've lived in (apart from God's own county)
Lancashire
London
Oxford
Wolverhampton

Well done. Have a .

Yorkshire has a strong regional identity and the people from there are rightfully proud of it. The population of Yorkshire is larger than Scotland (which makes me doubt every person from Yorkshire bangs on about it because that is a LOT of people). Its economy is larger than Wales but we never hear much about Yorkshire becoming independent yet (as with large swathes of the North) for our SE centric government you would think Yorkshire doesnt exist!
Let the people of Yorkshire have their identity and their pride! (yes I do live in Yorkshire but I was not born here so sadly cant claim it )

[quote Foolsrule]**@JudgeJ* @MuggleMadness* @Nnique

I can only assume you’re ok with everyday sexism, racism and so on too It’s not so very long ago that these things were classed as mild ribbing… Didn’t the cricketers try and use banter as a defence for their blatant racism at Yorkshire CC club? Except it wasn’t banter, was it? And neither is this.[/quote]
What do you think this is then? Countyism?

Really not noticed, now Liverpudlians on the other hand.....

My husband does this he left York 30 years ago ffs!

@LowlandLucky

Spot on - I'm half Yorkshire and half Cornish so I'm double blessed 😉

Husband is from Manchester & mum (the Yorkshire side) & I chose white roses for lapels for our wedding - her partner was Lancastrian too 😸

[quote Foolsrule]**@JudgeJ* @MuggleMadness* @Nnique

I can only assume you’re ok with everyday sexism, racism and so on too It’s not so very long ago that these things were classed as mild ribbing… Didn’t the cricketers try and use banter as a defence for their blatant racism at Yorkshire CC club? Except it wasn’t banter, was it? And neither is this.[/quote]
All you are doing here is showing quite how ignorant and dismissive you are about actual racism and prejudice.

I went on a course with work a couple years ago and it was in Barnsley. Most of the people in attendance were from Yorkshire and definitely made it known they were. When it came to brewing up they made a big deal they can only drink Yorkshire tea and asked if I'd ever tried it! I literally live less than an hour away but do talk with a manc accent and I'm sure they thought I was an alien haha!

May i add, my very Yorkshire husband was announcing to local people in Crete when they asked us where we were from- ‘oh we are from Yorkshire’ (WE are not, he is, and nobody in a greek mountain village does not know what or where Yorkshire is). I just gave him an eye roll and walked off

I've lived there for 12 years and have since moved abroad. I have a Yorkshire sized hole in my heart, I miss it so much.

Proud to say that my DD is a proper Yorkshire lass having been born there and all (and with a father from Yorkshire). Our next child will be born in but that is not quite the same

Just to add I spent all my summers as a child in a small village in North Yorkshire with my Nana - the people there were the nicest ever - lived in Berkshire suburbia - not in the least friendly and would have moved up to Yorkshire in a heartbeat.

Manchester folk too are very warm and welcoming - well the blue part anyway 💙😉💙

Well… I’m from Yorkshire and never heard anyone do this personally. Maybe they reserve it for non-Yorkshire folk, not sure. Not something I’ve ever come across though.

I think a lot of Yorkshire people can be quite blunt and say it like it is, nothing wrong with that of course, but maybe they sort of feel they need to justify why they are like that ?

This thread is so good 😂

I had a friend from 6th form college who was from Yorkshire and yes she did mention it a few times. I am originally a Londoner though (proper London) and I think that does get mentioned quite a bit. I like in Sussex now and know one defines their character by their county here!

@Babyroobs

I think a lot of Yorkshire people can be quite blunt and say it like it is, nothing wrong with that of course, but maybe they sort of feel they need to justify why they are like that ?

In my experience people use being blunt and saying it is when they really mean being thoughtless and rude and offering their option when it’s neither requested or required.

I'm from Yorkshire and I am incredibly proud of the fact. I haven't lived there since I was 18 and have no trace of a northern accent left sadly, but I will always be "Yorkshire born and Yorkshire bred". I think there is a real pride in the landscape, the history, the warmth of the people and a strong sense of identity even though it is a large county. I live down south now and there is no strong identity around the county I now live in. Yorkshire is ace!

You notice the ones who tell you. That doesn't mean we all tell you

With regards to Yorkshire bluntness I don’t think it’s rude really, it’s more getting straight to the point without lots of “muckin abaht “ first.
I have experienced far more rudeness in London for example.

haha my fiances relatives are from Yorkshire and it's the first thing they tell people when they meet them!

@Pangolin44

I'm from Yorkshire. I only tell people if they ask (or if they're from Lancashire, I'm contractually bound, as a Yorkshire woman, to point out that it's on the wrong side of the Pennines).

Exactly!

So catty

In my experience people use being blunt and saying it is when they really mean being thoughtless and rude and offering their option when it’s neither requested or required.

Now I think that definitely is a thing, but being blunt in a Yorkshire way without any ill intent is also a thing. Since leaving Yorkshire I've had to learn to be a LOT less blunt because I realised people thought I was rude - I really didn't mean to be. Also, the culture of interacting with strangers isn't the same especially down south. In my youth I once stayed with a friend in London, they didn't have a garlic press so I popped next door to ask to borrow one. Both my friend and the neighbour were mindboggled (though they did lend me one!). My friend had never even spoken to the neighbour. I just assumed they would be on good terms.

people mimicked my accent all the time and spoke in cod-Yorkshirisms around me

I live in the south east and I get this every day almost. I've lived here 20+ years but the novelty seems not to wear off. Either that or people don't realise they're doing it. It's always a really bad Yorkshire accent as well.
I haven't lost my accent much as I spend a weekend a month back up there, primarily to keep it topped up as much as anything.