Southerners and their odd pronunciation

[mrs_overall]

I've got the radio on and a Southerner has just pronounced Yorkshire as "York-sheer".

You say "shire horse" not "sheer horse", so why change it?

Odd!

[looobylooo]

i have a southern friend and the way he says theatre grates a little lol .. thea'er... (the-a-er) lol ...

[Count-A-Strong]

Mmmm. You don't say sha horse either but as a Yorkshireman most of us pronounce it as Yorksha.

[looobylooo]

oh and birmingham .. he says birminam .... but i think thats just him, not cus hes southern! lol

[mrs_overall]

I disagree Count-A - I'm from Yorkshire and I pronounce it....Yorkshire

[looobylooo]

im in the midlands, so im neither here nor there, so i pronounce yorkshire with a bit of eer and a bit of ire

[gina32]

i live in northampton and people call kettering ketrin! dialect or plain lazy?

[stewey]

I agree with the count. Whenever I say, or think, of the name of a UK county I put an 'sha' at the end: not a 'shire' or 'sheer'.

[mrs_overall]

Obviously there is no one on here from "Darn Sarf" as I haven't had any abuse yet lol

[looobylooo]

whereabouts in the US are you stewey?

[Coldicote]

I'm inclined to think of 'shire horse' as a well known title and pronunciation in its own rignt. When it comes to counties it is not unusual to hear them pronounced as ... sher or ...sheer in almost any part of the country. Do all Yorkshire people pronounce shire as in shire horse?

[mrs_overall]

coldicote - I can't speak for all Yorkshire people, but the posh ones like me do lol

[stewey]

In the Ontario part, Looby:)

[Count-A-Strong]

So you actually say York-shire? You must be from Harro-gate ;-)

[looobylooo]

very nice too! :o)

whats the weather like out there at the min?
its humid here with lots of the rain

[mrs_overall]

Ah, Harrow-gate lol

No, I'm from North Yorkshire but no where near there

[craft1948]

I say shire horse, but Yorksher

[pastafreak]

As an American who's lived here 20+years...in the south-I'm still not sure. It usually comes out as 'sher'.

Stewey is a Canadian cousin...;-)

[craft1948]

I sometimes say Kent as well.....

[ummmm]

Gina...I find Kettering people say 'Kettrin' me duck...lol (where in N'pton are you?)

I say Yorksheer....

[stewey]

It's going up to 26 this afternoon, but cloudy and a good chance of rain.