Aye, lads, yer right. refers to the old rivalry between Yorkshire and Lancashire. Still goes on - my wife is from Oldham, and I am from Ilkey - the Heart of the one and only truly God's country, Yorkshire.
We have lived in USA nigh on 30 years & we both have our accents - why would we want to lose them? We are fiercely proud of where we are from.
Well I am. Coz I am from Yorkshire. She's from bloody Lancashire, but after 30 years, I thought she would have picked up on my Yorkshire accent and tried to improve her speech. But she still refers to that great black american creature we want to see in the wild (but from a suitable distance)as a "burr". And those double decker passenger things as a "buzzz"
So to wind her up when we get going on the Yorks/Lancs thing all I have to say is...
Now, then, whooda thort 30 year ago we'd both be drinking Budweiser the Crap - or -leis?
(See Monty Python - 4 Yorkshiremen sketch)
Rock on Yorkskshire.
Shep the ex Sheep Shagger.
ex becoz they are hard to find, in Georgia, USA
and also I am too bloody old to catch one.
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