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Great Yorkshire accents and hillarious
Great Yorkshire accents and hillarious
Yorkshire Accent
Using a Yorkshire vernacular there is a cruel description of the typical Tyke*:
"Yarkshire born an' Yarkshire bred
Strong in arm
But weak in th'ead...."
*Tyke - the generally accepted term for a Yorkie - no - not a chocolate bar but a Yorkshireman (and woman, presumably). It can be used in a derogatory manner but not always apparently. I wouldn't dare call a "strong in arm but weak in the head" Yorkshireman a "tyke, but I have heard the Yorkshire county league cricket team referred to as "the tykes".
"Yarkshire born an' Yarkshire bred
Strong in arm
But weak in th'ead...."
*Tyke - the generally accepted term for a Yorkie - no - not a chocolate bar but a Yorkshireman (and woman, presumably). It can be used in a derogatory manner but not always apparently. I wouldn't dare call a "strong in arm but weak in the head" Yorkshireman a "tyke, but I have heard the Yorkshire county league cricket team referred to as "the tykes".
Don't think they play cricket in Yorkshire. They play "crEEk it" don't they?.
"Speaking of cricket, I noticed that there are no Scottish teams in the Twenty20 Cup going on now. How popular is cricket over there? Is it more or less popular than rugby?"
These are the teams for the Twenty20 Cup and the divisions each team is in -
Current standings
North Division
..............................points
Nottinghamshire...........9
Lancashire...................8
Leicestershire...............5
Yorkshire.....................3
Durham.......................3
Derbyshire...................2
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Midlands division
---------------------Points
Warwickshire..............9
Gloucestershire..........7
Northamptonshire......4
Glamorgan................4
Worcestershire..........4
Somerset..................2
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South Division
.........................Points
Surrey..................6
Kent.....................6
Sussex.................5
Middlesex..............5
Essex...................4
Hampshire.............4
It's called Twenty20 cricket because each match is VERY unlimited overs - just 20 overs for each time and only 1 inninigs each, rather than two, are bowled. It's exactly like a One Day Match except in One Day Matches 50 overs each are bowled. And, of course, in NORMAL cricket, Test Cricket, unlimited overs are bowled and matched can last up to 5 days.
Twenty20 cricket didn't catch on at first, but it's now became hugely popular throughout England. And, of course, cricket as a whole is popular in England, second only to football and ahead of Rugby Union.
There are no Scottish teams in Twenty 20 cricket. Cricket is not as popular in Scotland. But Scotland DID have a team in England's Liverpool Victoria County Championship (which is cricket's equivalent of football's Premiership), which is Test cricket - and that is Scotland. The actual Scotland team itself plays against England's county teams in that league. So did Ireland. Those two teams aren't taking part in it this year. It just depends on when they are allowed to.
Yorkshire are currently top of LV County Championship Division 1 (it's spit into two divisions). Lancashire are 5th. SAnd no lancastrian would like Yorkshire to become champions.
These are the teams for the Twenty20 Cup and the divisions each team is in -
Current standings
North Division
..............................points
Nottinghamshire...........9
Lancashire...................8
Leicestershire...............5
Yorkshire.....................3
Durham.......................3
Derbyshire...................2
---------------
Midlands division
---------------------Points
Warwickshire..............9
Gloucestershire..........7
Northamptonshire......4
Glamorgan................4
Worcestershire..........4
Somerset..................2
------------------------
South Division
.........................Points
Surrey..................6
Kent.....................6
Sussex.................5
Middlesex..............5
Essex...................4
Hampshire.............4
It's called Twenty20 cricket because each match is VERY unlimited overs - just 20 overs for each time and only 1 inninigs each, rather than two, are bowled. It's exactly like a One Day Match except in One Day Matches 50 overs each are bowled. And, of course, in NORMAL cricket, Test Cricket, unlimited overs are bowled and matched can last up to 5 days.
Twenty20 cricket didn't catch on at first, but it's now became hugely popular throughout England. And, of course, cricket as a whole is popular in England, second only to football and ahead of Rugby Union.
There are no Scottish teams in Twenty 20 cricket. Cricket is not as popular in Scotland. But Scotland DID have a team in England's Liverpool Victoria County Championship (which is cricket's equivalent of football's Premiership), which is Test cricket - and that is Scotland. The actual Scotland team itself plays against England's county teams in that league. So did Ireland. Those two teams aren't taking part in it this year. It just depends on when they are allowed to.
Yorkshire are currently top of LV County Championship Division 1 (it's spit into two divisions). Lancashire are 5th. SAnd no lancastrian would like Yorkshire to become champions.
Adam has given the answer to the question you asked about cricket and Scotland - it's nothing like as popular up here as it is in England - most of us find it very b-o-r-i-n-g - it's so slow moving and for most of the time these guys in white seem to stand motionless - scattered miles apart over the whole field - or pitch as it should be called, apparently. The only bright spot is when one of the batsmen whacks the ball (very, very hard and about the same size as your average orange) with such force that it sails way up into the heavens, whizzes right over the top of the pavilion and smashes through a nearby householder's greenhouse or the plate glass windows of their patio doors. That makes it all worthwhile. As far as the batting side is concerned that's a six - ie. six runs added on to the current total. If the batsman merely smashes the ball at ground level and it zooms across the pitch past the opposing side's fielders (ie players) who try in vain to catch it and it reaches the boundary line (ie the outer edge of the pitch) - that's a four (ie four runs for the batting side).
Cricket games are very thin on the ground round here so I only watch it on TV now and again and then mainly to see the cool scenery in white .......Pietersen, Broad, Flintoff........ :-)
Freddie Flintoff was not available to play the other day - he was at one of Elton and David's wild parties.
Cricket games are very thin on the ground round here so I only watch it on TV now and again and then mainly to see the cool scenery in white .......Pietersen, Broad, Flintoff........ :-)
Freddie Flintoff was not available to play the other day - he was at one of Elton and David's wild parties.