geek_andy Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Hello, Whilst having a smoke with friends over the weekend, I recollected reading an Internet article describing a tribe discovered in a remote part of the world (I thought South America) that, for some inexplicable reason, all spoke with a Yorkshire accent. I know it sounds completely ridiculous, but has anyone heard this before? I'm assuming I've come across an article on a spurious website such as Ananova, or a site of similar repute, but would love to read it again. Please tell me this rings bells with someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misspedantic Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Remote land named Jump. What were you smoking by the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinz Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I think it was Arnold Shufflebottom from Parsons Cross. Went to chippy, got lost and ended up in the Upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon. I think the language is officially known as "Tetley". One of his descendants.... http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRGIN-CH2PTzO0qKTSvBSETmqCWesK-kSK8YoFSmOZmSiHUjlxIvg Not sure of his descendants over there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just_words Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Could quite easily believe it, there's Yorkshire blood all over the world... Not heard anything specific though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vResistance Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I heard about that, it turned out they picked it up from watching Emmerdale Farm and 'Heartbeat' on satellite tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampster Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Sounds like something that would be reported at http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I doubt this story very much although I read a story about Danish troops once being stationed near Hull during the war and they and the locals could understand each other without knowing the other's language because of similar roots of the languages. I know French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese speakers who can understand each other for similar reasons. I've also heard some Americans pronounce words exactly the same as Irish people do although the accents are different. The same goes for Australians and cockneys. Accents do change as people move around the world. English people of Asian or African descent usually have an accent slightly different to white English people so I can't imagine anyone in another part of the world having a Yorkshire accent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Remote Tribe Found In Stocksbridge Speaking with Yorkshire Accents Come on own up who else wanted to change the thread title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppet2 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 It could be worse, they could have been speaking with the Brummie accent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 There is a colony of Welsh in the Patagonia region of Argentina. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Wladfa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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