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== Authentic recordings == The [[Survey of English Dialects]] in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s recorded over 30 examples of authentic Yorkshire dialects which can be heard online via the [[British Library Sound Archive]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Survey of English Dialects - Accents and dialects {{!}} British Library - Sounds|url=https://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/Survey-of-English-dialects|access-date=14 May 2021|website=sounds.bl.uk|archive-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514110618/https://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/Survey-of-English-dialects|url-status=live}}</ref> Below is a selection of recordings from this archive: * Miss Madge Dibnah (b.1890) of [[Welwick]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|East Yorkshire]], "female housekeeper".<ref>{{cite web|title=Welwick, Yorkshire - Survey of English Dialects - Accents and dialects {{!}} British Library - Sounds|url=https://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/Survey-of-English-dialects/021M-C0908X0047XX-0400V1|access-date=13 May 2021|website=sounds.bl.uk|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411150038/https://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/Survey-of-English-dialects/021M-C0908X0047XX-0400V1|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the Library, "much of her speech remains part of the local dialect to this day".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stewart |first1=Mary |last2=Gilbert |first2=Holly |date=11 September 2020 |title=Science and Technology |url=https://www.bl.uk/if-homes-had-ears/articles/technology-and-gender |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=British Library |archive-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212121/https://www.bl.uk/if-homes-had-ears/articles/technology-and-gender |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |orig-date=1995 (Date of recording) |title=Yorkshire dialect: Miss Dibnah explains the different methods for baking white bread, brown bread and spice bread |url=https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/yorkshire-dialect-miss-dibnah-methods-for-baking |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=British Library |type=Audio recording |archive-date=9 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209174951/https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/yorkshire-dialect-miss-dibnah-methods-for-baking |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Cooper Peacock (b.1887) of [[Muker]], [[North Yorkshire]], farmer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Muker, Yorkshire - Survey of English Dialects - Accents and dialects {{!}} British Library - Sounds|url=https://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/Survey-of-English-dialects/021M-C0908X0046XX-0500V1|access-date=14 May 2021|website=sounds.bl.uk|archive-date=15 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515114803/https://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/Survey-of-English-dialects/021M-C0908X0046XX-0500V1|url-status=live}}</ref> * Unidentified of [[Golcar]], [[West Yorkshire]], mill worker.<ref>{{cite web|title=Golcar, Yorkshire - Survey of English Dialects - Accents and dialects {{!}} British Library - Sounds|url=https://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/Survey-of-English-dialects/021M-C0908X0010XX-0100V1|access-date=14 May 2021|website=sounds.bl.uk|archive-date=8 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708203420/https://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/Survey-of-English-dialects/021M-C0908X0010XX-0100V1|url-status=live}}</ref> * Mrs Hesselden (b.1882) of [[Pateley Bridge]] North Yorkshire.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire - Survey of English Dialects - Accents and dialects {{!}} British Library - Sounds|url=https://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/Survey-of-English-dialects/021M-C0908X0046XX-0900V1|access-date=14 May 2021|website=sounds.bl.uk|archive-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514103630/https://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/Survey-of-English-dialects/021M-C0908X0046XX-0900V1|url-status=live}}</ref> * Ronald Easton (b.1895) of [[Skelton, York|Skelton]], North Yorkshire, farmer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Skelton, Yorkshire - Survey of English Dialects - Accents and dialects {{!}} British Library - Sounds|url=https://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/Survey-of-English-dialects/021M-C0908X0046XX-0200V1|access-date=14 May 2021|website=sounds.bl.uk|archive-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514103615/https://sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/Survey-of-English-dialects/021M-C0908X0046XX-0200V1|url-status=live}}</ref>
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