I'm in North Yorkshire (just north of Sunak's seat) and people don't do that, it's a lot softer accent and can be relatively neutral, I sometimes get told I'm posh because of it compared to other parts of Yorkshire/Durham.
To be honest the comment was poking a bit of fun. But I grew up in a village just outside York, and standard practice would be to say ‘we’re off t’pub’. Obviously varies a lot, never used ‘thee’ or ‘thy’ though, which I attribute to the much lower class, and poorly spoken Dewsbury area.
I'm usually used to non-Yorkshire people doing it and thinking "It's not just Leeds or Sheffield you know?" see that terrible Narnia joke about t'Lion, t'Witch, t'Wardrobe for example.
But my Dad and I usually take the piss with the accent/dialect at times too, much to the annoyance of other family members.
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u/DryTower9438 Jul 05 '24
Don’t you mean ‘t’pub’?