"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.

It's God's own county, I feel sorry for those of you who are unfortunate enough to be southern/from the Midlands.

This thread is , of course very funny but it's mostly also very affectionate about the people from Yorkshire, or Wales, or Cornwall, or even London.
And their, er, foibles.
I like it very much - - we've become, or are in danger of becoming, so homogeneous these days.
As a Londoner 😉 and a Mumsnetter can I put a word in for the best ever gin - Beefeater? (Or any gin with the words London Dry on the label)

if you need a smile, watch someone from 'God's own country' react when someone from Scotland or the more Northern English counties casually refers to Southerners and they realise they are included in the disparaging, dismissive or condescending reference.

Yorkshire is like Cornwall in that people strongly identify with their county.

Funny that those from Lancashire (the opposing side of the War of the Roses) don’t have the same affiliation with their county.

Affiliation to a city is very strong throughout the UK. Those from Liverpool are scousers first, English second.

We're a proud folk 🤣

You sound jealous OP. Bet you're a southerner.

I don’t understand the Yorkshire hate?

I find people from all areas do this, I had an ex from London and he managed to slip it into every single conversation he was from big shiny London etc. It’s just something people do.

@Zilla1
I have noticed that when I'm North of where I live, when I'm heading home on the motor way and have to follow directions for "THE SOUTH" or "LONDON" I do feel pretty bitter about it.

I’m from Yorkshire and I find it a bit embarrassing TBH. People automatically think you’re thick, uneducated and tight with money. I wish I had a nicer accent.

I have a friend from Yorkshire who lived in north London for a long while but has moved to a lovely place near Hull which might not be in Yorkshire now but I believe used to be and therefore always will be.

He talked about his roots a lot and was most distressed that his son, who was born in London and still lives in London had a London accent.

I told him I recently saw a film set in Bradford, his home town, and was surprised to find he wasn't in it.

Mind you, I go on about being from Essex a lot. It's better than Yorkshire.

I slept with a Yorkshireman once. He was pretty good, but as he finished and in the immediate aftermath where we were catching our breaths he said, "Boom. And that's how we do it in Yorkshire."

Never watch channel five, it’s a whole ode to Yorkshire with theQueen of Wakey, Jayne McDonald at the helm (disclaimer I love her). There was another programme on where they were at Salts mill and the presenter just talked and talked about how special Yorkshire and Yorkshire people were as if no other people or area possessed the traits she was describing.

@SiobhanSharpe

This thread is , of course very funny but it's mostly also very affectionate about the people from Yorkshire, or Wales, or Cornwall, or even London. And their, er, foibles. I like it very much - - we've become, or are in danger of becoming, so homogeneous these days. As a Londoner 😉 and a Mumsnetter can I put a word in for the best ever gin - Beefeater? (Or any gin with the words London Dry on the label)

Beefeater is the best gin. I can't stand that Bombay Sapphire stuff and as for anything that boasts about its botanicals - if I wanted to drink perfume I'd go to Superdrug.

@WeasilyPleased

My sister's exmil is the epitome of this. No beach anywhere in the world compared to Bridlington and her first words to our mum were "You can't make Yorkshire pudding like we can in Yorkshire" My mum replied " It's never been very high on my list of priorities actually " She wasn't even from proper Yorkshire either. She was from Sheffield 😂

I think I love your mum! (Not getting into the argument about Sheffield, but isn't that where God's own Yorkshireman Sean Bean is from?)

I think most people who've moved away but feel a strong connection to their birthplace do this.
BIL is Irish and SIL was born in Liverpool and they do this all the time.

This thread has made me chuckle this morning. I once went out with a bloke from West Yorkshire, he was always wanging on about being from Yorkshire, he even gave me a book called How to speak Yorkshire to "help me understand him" . Firstly, he was speaking English and secondly, I'm from a neighbouring county...I knew all the slang words. I binned him off not long after that.

@SaintVal

I never understand why people say they are from a county. I always say I'm from X city/town but not the county. Counties are vast and come with so many variables, including accents. I said to someone on the phone yesterday 'the sun is shine in X city' and they replied 'it's also shining in Essex!'. Well, whereabouts in Essex? It's massive!

Anyway, I went off piste there but some of the loveliest people I have met have been 'from Yorkshire'.

This is fine, unless the town you’re from is small and one of many with the same name. It’s easier to say the county than to get embroiled in a never ending cycle of ‘No, not that one’, ‘Not that one either’.

Yorkshire people are apparently renowned for being "careful " with their money
My former nextdoor neighbour was a little old Yorkshire chap wi' a flat cap
His favourite saying was"
"Ear all, see all say nowt
Eat all, sup all pay nowt
And if ever thi' does owt for nowt, do it fer thi'sen"
🤣🤣🤣

Can't say I've notoced this, no.

@CatsOperatingInGangs

Todmorden is in Calderdale, West Yorkshire. It has an Oldham postcode though because they’re awkward

THANK YOU

My eyes bulged when I saw the Lancashire comment. Jesus Christ imagine saying that in the actual town?! There would be a full scale riot.

For the poster who said Hebden feels like Yorkshire and Tod feels like Lancashire. Nope. Keep going and when you arrive in Burnley town centre… that’s What Lancashire feels like

I also hate this 'I'm from Yorkshire' bollocks.

It's because I'm from Lancashire

I slept with a Yorkshireman once. He was pretty good, but as he finished and in the immediate aftermath where we were catching our breaths he said, "Boom. And that's how we do it in Yorkshire."

OK that's taking it a bit far

It's definitely a 'thing' - one of my oldest friends is from Barnsley and although she's lived down south now for longer than she lived in Yorkshire she's still full of 'You can take the girl out of Yorkshire...'/ 'Ah, well, I'm from Yorkshire, so...'/ 'I'm from Yorkshire, we don't...' type sayings. She also spends a lot of time trying to unravel why she has such trouble getting along with people whilst proudly announcing that she 'tells it like it is because she's from Yorkshire'

I have noticed it with people from other places as well though - I can remember going for a job interview in London years ago where the recruiting manager kept banging on about the fact that they were in 'The City' (they weren't, they were just in London).

"Yes, I've managed large conferences..."
"AH! But you haven't done it IN THE CITY, have you?"

"I'm from Wales, we know about singing/it's not real rain unless you need a canoe/rugby is a religion, not a sport"

"I'm Italian - we don't do personal space/subtle isn't really our thing/shouting at each other is just casual breakfast conversation"

"We're

Just been to a garden centre, in Yorkshire. They have a shop part that's sells all sorts of weird bits and bobs and I saw these glasses. Did make me laugh. The irony.

@SiobhanSharpe

This thread is , of course very funny but it's mostly also very affectionate about the people from Yorkshire, or Wales, or Cornwall, or even London. And their, er, foibles. I like it very much - - we've become, or are in danger of becoming, so homogeneous these days. As a Londoner 😉 and a Mumsnetter can I put a word in for the best ever gin - Beefeater? (Or any gin with the words London Dry on the label)

We are all more exposed to one another’s culture (via the internet, plus more accessible travel) so the differences won’t be as profound as they were, although I think the regional differences (especially accents) will remain.

The U.K. is extremely unique imo as I’ve never seen another place on the planet to have such variances in accents. From Scouse, to Mancunian, to Geordie, to Cockney.. from a West Country pirate accent to the Brummie accent of Ozzy Osbourne..etc. And that’s just England. The long history (1000 plus years) and the parochialism have created these mini cultures despite being in close proximity to one another (Liverpool and Manchester for example just 30 miles apart).

Keep going and when you arrive in Burnley town centre… that’s What Lancashire feels like

I did once. Never again.