YORKSHIRE. 



PROVINCIALISMS. 



THE DIALECTS OF YORKSHIRE 



are flrikingly various. 



The provincial language of Cleveland dif- 

 fers more widely, in fome refpects, from that 

 of the Vale of Pickering, though fituated only 

 twelve or fifteen miles from each other, than 

 the Dialec"l of the Vale does from that of 

 Dcvonlhire, which is fituated at an oppofitc 

 extreme of the kingdom. The Eaftern More- 

 lands are a barrier which formerly cut off all 

 communication between the two Diftrid:s. 

 But this cannot be the only caufe of dif- 

 ference : the language and the manners of 

 their rcfpeftive inhabitants appear to have 

 no natural affinity : they are, to prefent ap- 

 pearance, as diftincl: races of people as if they 

 were defcended from differenr roots. The 

 pronunciation of the Vale bears a ftrong ana- 

 logy to the Scftcb } while that of Cleveland, 



which. 



