Vocal Voices

‘Yorkshire apostrophe’ row raises bigger question: do we even need them?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/art ... -need-them.

Yorkshire Dialect Society wants apology from council for anti-litter poster that should have read ‘Gerrit in t’bin’

A professional Yorkshireman.

Years ago Wakefield Council wanted to ban apostrophes on street signs, probably on the grounds that Wakefield councillors are too thick to know how to use them.

‘Gerrit in t’bin’ is not North Yorkshire dialect. It is more Wakey, Cas, Barnsley, Donny if anything.