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11-26-2007, 12:34 PM | #1 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| Yorkshire or Yorksure? I know, funny question. Maybe people from the UK can answer this. How is it supposed to be pronounced? Yorkshire or Yorksure?
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11-26-2007, 12:35 PM | #2 |
Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida
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| I say Yorkshire, but I'm from the US. I hope you get your answer.
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11-26-2007, 12:36 PM | #3 |
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| It's Yorkshire here in S.A
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11-26-2007, 12:40 PM | #4 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| LOL, I guess I don't need an answer. I'm just curious. I always hear tv shows that are taped from the UK and when they say the name of one of their towns, they say (for example) Buckingham"sure" not Buckingham"shire". I actually think Yorksure is correct.
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11-26-2007, 12:43 PM | #5 |
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| My brothers wife and her family moved here 5 years ago from England. They correct me every time I say Yorkshire ... they say Yorksure! (sounds like york and shirt without the "T" in shirt) :-)
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11-26-2007, 12:46 PM | #6 |
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| i like yorksure, it sounds more uk
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11-26-2007, 01:14 PM | #7 |
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| Completely depends on where in the UK they are, different areas of the country have different accents and pronunciation. Just like people in new york don't speak the same way as those in texas. Some people say yorksheer, yorkshur, yorkshire, yorksha, yorksure, there is probably more. Myself, i'm from the midlands and I kinda say yorkshur.
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11-26-2007, 01:16 PM | #8 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/yorkshire I guess everyone is right. I think I like Yorksure.
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11-26-2007, 01:17 PM | #9 | |
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| Quote:
Seriously though, round here it would be pronounced as Yorksha... I'm from Nottinghamshire and no one pronounces the shire as that, it's always Nottinghamsha or just plain laziness makes it Notts! lol
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11-26-2007, 01:51 PM | #10 |
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| I say it yorkshur or yorksure (there's no difference, right?). I've actually never heard it said york-shire and I was surprised that's how so many of you say it. Maybe it's a regional thing in the US also?
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11-26-2007, 01:54 PM | #11 |
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| Yorkie I have always said...York-sure, not York-shire..I do not know anyone who knows the breed who says York-shire... |
11-26-2007, 01:56 PM | #12 |
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| I always say yorkshure too
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11-26-2007, 02:01 PM | #13 |
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| i say York-sure too!! UK=Yorksha -hehe. i dont know why, but i LOVE their accents!! (maybe ill start saying it like that too-haha.)
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11-26-2007, 02:01 PM | #14 |
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| Well, the English (England) accent makes thing sound differently, just like it is with other those who have Chinese, East Indian, Russian, Italian, Spanish, French, etc. accents. A Chinese person would probably put emphasis on a different vowel/syllable than an Italian. England accents sounds differently, but they don't spell it differently. It's not actually "Yorkshure," it's still 'YorkSHIRE.' They just don't say it the same way as us, but it's still spelled "YORKSHIRE" all over the world, regardless of where you're from. When you hear people from England say "knickers," (underwear) it sounds like they are saying "knickas." But it's not spelled "knickas," it's 'Knickers.' Hope that helps!!! |
11-26-2007, 02:03 PM | #15 |
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| i say yorkie! haha
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