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Scarborough accent hard to understand? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.153.135.127 (talk • contribs) 21:49, 21 April 2005 (UTC)

Just for the record, I find it hard to understand. Don't know about everyone else. It's getting towards the Middlesbrough twang - as you'd expect, seeing as it's in that direction. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.56.22.47 (talk • contribs) 20:07, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

It's not that difficult, pretty similar to most of the NER accents. The bit missed here is the assumption that all Yorkshire accents are the same, normally there's a strong division into West Riding (WR) and North and East Riding (NER) accents. Even these accents can be divided by area, e.g. Hambleton is different from York, though both are NER. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.15.128.97 (talk • contribs) 23:39, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

One item missed in the vowels section is the different 'a' and 'o' used in the NER flavour of the Yorkshire dialect, which is more akin the more Northern accents (e.g. Geordie, Mackem). For example the 'a' in 'cake' or the 'o' in 'coke'. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.15.128.97 (talk • contribs) 23:31, 1 May 2006 (UTC)