Yorkshireman

Dales county resident

A Yorkshireman is a man from Yorkshire, the historic county in northern England.

The term carries cultural associations with plain speaking, thriftiness, and stubborn pride: A true Yorkshireman never pays full price.

Yorkshire identity runs strong, and Yorkshiremen are known for dry wit and directness that outsiders sometimes mistake for rudeness.

identity

moors

Uncultivated peaty highlands

East RidingYorkshire subdivision, northeast England
LeedsWest Yorkshire's largest city
SheffieldSouth Yorkshire manufacturing city

Bradford · Hull · Wakefield · Huddersfield · Barnsley · Doncaster · Halifax · Rotherham · Scarborough · Harrogate

stereotypes

frugal

Sparing with resources

stubbornRefusing to change course
grittyCoarse or courageous
hardworkingCommitted to sustained effort

dour · practical · no-nonsense · tough · stoic · blunt · plain-spoken · self-reliant · proud · unpretentious

dialect

thee

Second-person object, antiquated

nowtNorthern English for nothing
summatDialectal "something"
bairnScottish word for youngster

lass · lad · ta · breadcake · flat cap

culture

Wensleydale

English cow's milk cheese

cricketChirping legged insect
coal miningUnderground carbon extraction
brass bandsMusical groups of metallic instruments

Brontë sisters · James Herriot · whippets · pigeon racing · parkin · allotments

Categories

BritonsBrit, British, Welshman, Scot, Londoner
Yorkshire Residentstyke
British IslesEngland, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland
British RegionalGeordie, Brummie, Mancunian, Glaswegian, Cornish

Opposites

regional english identity - rival county

YorkshiremanLancastrian

English dynastic faction member

Mancunian · Liverpudlian

geographic origin - north/south england

YorkshiremanLondoner

Capital city resident

Family

New York, shire, Englishman, Yorkshire, Scotsman, York, New Yorker

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