even from north to east leeds.
Leeds has over 16 museums and galleries including 9 that are council-run. When I was a lad in Pudsey, "laik" was used all the time. *Katie* I think there is definitely a difference between a north and south Leeds accent.
I think is due to the location of heavy industry and mining in to the south of the R.Aire whilst the north has always being more rural. [100] The industry supported over 19,000 full-time equivalent jobs in 2016. I hear more southern accents in the pubs in chapel allerton/horsforth and headingley than I do leeds accents. My father-in-law lives near a railway crossing in North Yorkshire and he has seen cars waiting unnecessarily because the sign says "Wait while the lights show". by grumpytramp » Thu 08 Nov, 2007 12:15 am, Post
Normanton, to the south, has a very flat way of speaking, but I doubt that anyone's heard of that. [29] In the late Georgian era, William Lupton was one of a number of central Leeds landowners with a mesne lord title, some of whom, like him, were textile manufacturers. When pollution became a problem, the wealthier residents left the industrial conurbation to live in Headingley, Potternewton and Chapel Allerton which led to a 50% increase in the population of Headingley and Burley from 1851 to 1861. Headingley Cricket Stadium is home to Yorkshire County Cricket Club which is the most successful cricket team in England, with 33 County Championship wins (including one shared). [162], In 2018, Leeds embarked on a five-year cultural investment programme, culminating in a year of cultural celebration in 2023. [80], In Leeds, 108,000 people work in the public sector—24% of the workforce. The brewery asked Mr Archibald to suggest a name. The person or organisation's name cut off, so was inaudible. is the city's main football club, additional clubs include Guiseley AFC and Farsley Celtic. I got 8/10 in your section "good ear" and donot for a minute consider someone from the midlands would think my accent akin to theirs. (Northern England Accent).
Katharina Scherke, 'Arnold Hauser and the Social History of Art', in Peter Weibel. Part of the city centre[133] is pedestrianised, and is encircled by the clockwise-only Loop Road. The station itself has 17 platforms, making it the largest in England outside London. [206], There are plans to create a National Poetry Centre in Leeds.[207]. I think the expression 'to laik'is more predominant in Bradford than Leeds.I've worked with blokes from all over Yorkshire and dialects can vary from one town to the next.The first time I came across 'laik'was visiting an old mate who'd married a Bradford lass.When I called(not ca'l'ed)his wife told me he'd gone to watch city laik and I thought it was a place! In 1801, 42% of the population of Leeds lived outside the township, in the wider borough. I just love people who say that they "don't have an accent". EmmaHaving lived in Leeds most of my life, (north and south) I can tell the difference between a north Leeds and a south Leeds accent. [98] In the 2017 Condé Nast Traveler survey of readers, Leeds rated 6th among The 15 Best Cities in the UK for visitors. It's hard to describe really but it's to do with the subtle way some words are pronounced, especially containing the letter 'o' for some reason. Others include Sheffield, Bradford and York. In March 2017, The Times voted Leeds as the number one cultural place to live in Britain.
I live in the area and have had the mickey taken out of my strong Leeds accent in pubs and bars. The Leeds Improvement Act 1866 sought to improve the quality of working class housing by restricting the number of homes that could be built in a single terrace. [36] The city has developed from the decay of the post-industrial era to become a telephone banking centre, connected to the electronic infrastructure of the modern global economy. Leeds has a well established LGBT+ nightlife scene, predominantly located in the Freedom Quarter on Lower Briggate. I'm proud to be from leeds and i'm making sure my kids learn as much of my accent as poss, so they will sound half scottish half leeds !.Good to see fellow loiners comments though- well interesting. The Gregory Fellowships, as the residencies were known, were given to painters and sculptors for up to two years to allow them to develop their own work and influence the University in any way they saw fit. Leeds is located 169 miles (272 km) north-northwest of London,[54] on the valley of the River Aire in the eastern foothills of the Pennines.
i moved from scarborough 2 years ago, and i had a "scarborough" accent, but now i've been in leeds for 2 years i have picked up a leeds accent, now all my friends back in scarborough say i sound different, but i don't think i do. [180] The Otley Folk Festival (patron: Nic Jones),[181] Walking Festival,[182] Carnival[183] and Victorian Christmas Fayre[184] are annual events. [121], Armley Mills, Tower Works, with its campanile-inspired towers, and the Egyptian-style Temple Works hark back to the city's industrial past, while the site and ruins of Kirkstall Abbey display the beauty and grandeur of Cistercian architecture.