"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.

Never noticed that at all. My accent gives me away. I've also never felt the need to tell anyone unless they've specifically asked.

I can't say that I'm particularly proud of where I'm from TBH - Croydon

My Grandad was from Yorkshire. This was definitely his thing.

Also I spent some time in Doncaster recently and heard it a lot. I think it might be self fulfilling and therefore a very good thing for them. Beer was literally half the price it is down south!

I'm from New Zealand, we tend to call a spade a spade, my partner says I'm quite York ish.
That'll do (smile)

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'.

Probably couldn’t do this sketch these days

Sometimes, but I know a lot of people from various parts of Yorkshire and it's certainly not true of them all.

Anyway, if people tell me "I'm from Yorkshire", I tell them "I'm from Lancashire" 🙊

I'm from Greater Manchester actually but it's definitely the other side of the Pennines

There's something about it. DH moved down South in 1980.

He has had his tea this morning in his Yorkshire mug
When we married 32 years ago white roses were in my bouquet and used for button holes.
We fly the Yorkshire flag on our boat
Our best friends are a couple where the wife is from Yorkshire and the husband is a southerner like me. The Yorkies gang up on us .

Mostly however it's overcompensation because the Lancastrians beat them (shhhhhh). Always gave me an inner smug that dd's College was founded by Margaret Beaufort.

Yes. People do bang on about it. It's weird. Imagine saying "I'm from Bucks!" Or "I'm from Sussex" all the time 😂

I'm from Yorkshire, East Riding though not to be mistaken with the rest of the riff raff DH is from South Yorkshire and will announce it at any given opportunity.

@Westfacing

Gawd yes, gobby Scousers!

By the way... I went to the same school as Ringo Starr

I lives in Liverpool for a few years. I Heard the same story so many times From different people, their mum was chatted up by "John/Paul/ ringo (never George) and their dad thumped them
Always made me smile, those poor beetles getting thumped every time they went out the door lol

@mumda

Which thing would a vegan from Yorkshire tell you about first?

😂

Yorkshire Tea always makes me laugh. It was invented by marketing people in 1977. My very Yorkshire Grandad, who did indeed like his tea strong ("go on then I'll have half a cup") would never have known it. It's certainly not traditional.

What an odd thread - frankly it’s pretty nasty.

DH is from Yorkshire and I ever hear him mention it unless someone asks, as I've trained him out of it. His entire family on the other hand, never stop going on about it.

Last Yorkshire day (on the group WhatsApp when they were all congratulating each other on their happenstance of birth) they said I could be an honorary Yorkshire person for the day, I said "no thanks I like being from (XYZ) county".

That shut them up

It's not something I've really noticed. Although, I have noticed that non Yorkshire people feel like they have a right to take the piss out of our accent.
It's very annoying.

I'm not from Yorkshire but I'm married to someone who IS from Yorkshire and we live in Yorkshire. It's all true OP.
We run a business and I swear everyone at work is in endless competition to be more from Yorkshire than the last.
I'm from Lancashire and they hate that 😂

That's why the brontes shut themselves in that wee house and didn't talk to anyone for ages. Every time they went outside all they could hear was "I'm from Yorkshire".

This really made me chuckle

My brother in law was from Yorkshire. He didn't mention it excessively except when he was making tea (had to be Yorkshire) or making Yorkshire puddings from scratch. Other than that he wasn't particularly proud.

His family however.... they seemed to mention it as a badge of honour for the following: being rude/blunt/tight.

"I said I'm not paying 50p for that! I'm from Yorkshire!"
"I told her exactly what I thought of her, I'm from Yorkshire".

That was just them though.

Yes! I know someone who does that although they only moved there a few years back.
Although the next thing they usually say is a complaint about the amount of rain.

I live in the SE and it's not just Yorkshire people. Anyone north of Watford will shoe-horn their birthplace into the conversation.

Always wondered, if you live in the North do Southerners do this?? My guess is not.

@meloncolic

I really, really want to go to Yorkshire now! Where would you go on your hols if you’ve never been and have a DH and various primary DC?

I hesitate to answer as I’m not from Yorkshire but I have enjoyed visits to Yorkshire despite all the people talking in Yorkshire about being from Yorkshire. York is a fab city break for primary ages DCs. Or a cottage somewhere like Whitby or nearby coast.

@Benes

It's not something I've really noticed. Although, I have noticed that non Yorkshire people feel like they have a right to take the piss out of our accent. It's very annoying.

I get the opposite, DHs family are from and still live in Yorkshire, whenever MIL visits us further south she feels the need to take the piss when DD and I pronounce something differently to how she would

Yorkshire is such a beautiful county, I love to holiday there.

In fact I'm in Yorkshire as I write on a three day break (the weather is fabulous)

I'm from Lancashire.

OP is right and it is all about cultural identity, isn't it? There are a lot of people in Yorkshire; 5 million of them, in fact; which puts Yorkshire, population-wise, on a par with Scotland and the Republic of Ireland, for example.

Yorkshire, by and large, also has very clearly defined outer boundaries: the coast to the east, the Tees to the north, the Pennines to the west and the Humber to south. Only in the area around Doncaster and Sheffield is it less distinct. So Yorkshire people get a clear sense of when they are passing into and out of Yorkshire.

Yorkshire was a Viking kingdom for a while so many of the place names are unusual eg Fangfoss, Muker, Slaithwaite. All this helps foster that sense of distinctiveness. TV shows like All Creatures Great and Small, Last of the Summer Wine and Heartbeat all influenced perceptions inside as well as outside Yorkshire, at least for people of a certain age!

Whether that means you should be reminding everyone else you are from Yorkshire is another matter....Anyone for a fat rascal from Betty's?

Which thing would a vegan from Yorkshire tell you about first?

Imagine meeting a vegan, cross- fitter from Yorkshire, you wouldn’t get a word in

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I can't believe we got to page 6 without anyone mentioning James Martin! (At least I think that's who you were referring to @Deathraystare ?)