Generally, Yorkshire folk speak quite understandable English, and even many dialect speakers have a "posh voice" that they can put on to speak to tourists; however, some phrases may catch you out.
Owt or nowt - means anything or nothing (both words can be used separately).
Love - is used when greeting "Hi love" or "Yes love"
Snicket/Ginnell - The former is a covered alley, the latter an uncovered one. E.g. 'I heard him racing down the snicket!'.
There are also words like "hither" "sethee" "thee" "thine" "thy" "duntha" and numerous others and if spoken as dialect is very difficult to understand by people from outside the region.
Some small industrial towns in West and South Yorkshire may be more difficult to understand. However, these are not popular tourist venues.
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