I really enjoyed the audio clips. Would it be correct to say the East and West dialects are similar and North is more 'plain'? I could definitely understand the North Riding audio clips easier but can't decide if it was the dialect or Mr. Bill Cowley's smooth voice. Regardless, when any of the voices went into a 'fast forward' riff I could not keep up.
Very informative, Thanks.
The North is gentler on the ear on the whole, but I think 'country' accents everywhere are. It's taken me more than 30 years to actually understand what Dalesfolk are actually saying. My husband is from West Yorkshire, when he was in the RAF his accent was understandable English lol but since we moved here it's becoming more and more Yorkshire. My accent has always been what people call posh lol, I'm a product of my education lol.