Yorkshire Dialect: It's Just Nooan Cricket
...Ah 'ad a feelin' it wer too gooid ter be true, an' sure enuf two o' their batters gate ther yeds daan an' we cudn't shift 'em...
The gentlemanly game of cricket can produce its share of dissent, as Mike Shaw's dialect tale reveals.
Me an' mi mates wer wetchin' t' cricket between yar lot an' another teeam fra up t' valley.
They'n allis bin reight malice matches, an' we 'ad plenty ter shaat abaat wen tuthri o' their men wer aat i' nooa tahme.
"By gum, it meks a nahce change fer yar bowlers ter be knockin' 'em ovver sooa sooin," Ah sed ter Jooa Sykes an' Jack Bamforth, who wer sharin' a seeat wi' me.
Ah 'ad a feelin' it wer too gooid ter be true, an' sure enuf two o' their batters gate ther yeds daan an' we cudn't shift 'em.
Th' excitement died daan wen t' batters gate on top, an' we started talkin' abaat t' last Test match an' th' England captain.
"Well, Ah wer wetchin' it on t' telly wen 'e wer aat, an Ah dooan't think 'e did owt wrang," Ah sed. "Awl 'e did wer look at 'is bat an' shek 'is yed on t' way back ter t' tent, but yond match referee sed it wer dissent."
Just then a reight rooar went up fra t' spectators sittin' raand us wen one o' t' batters wer run aat. At leeast, th' umpire put 'is finger up, an' ther's nooa tv replays i' yar league.
T' batter sed nowt but 'e tuk 'is tahme abaat walkin' off, an' if looks could 'a killed, yond umpire would a' dropped daan deead on t' spot. On 'is way past th' umpire ter t' pavilion 'e suddenly lifted 'is bat as if to fot 'im a claat, but th' umpire did a quick shuffle aat o' t' rooad' 'at Fred Astaire would 'a bin praad of.
"Nah then, Ah reckon tha can call that dissent," Ah chuckled. "At leeast, it would 'a bin if 'e'd landed 'im one!"
