[sampvt]

I am exactly the same. After 42 years of marriage to a Yorkshire lass I am pretty much Englified but certain words and phrases keep coming through and when I meet a fellow Ulsterman, I flip back to full blown Irish. My wife goes nuts at some of our phrases, her favourite is the Ulster for a cone or wafer ice cream, we call them a slider or a poke.

[jennyjuniper]

Originally Posted by sampvt

I am exactly the same. After 42 years of marriage to a Yorkshire lass I am pretty much Englified but certain words and phrases keep coming through and when I meet a fellow Ulsterman, I flip back to full blown Irish. My wife goes nuts at some of our phrases, her favourite is the Ulster for a cone or wafer ice cream, we call them a slider or a poke.

I'm a Yorkshire lass married to a Dane and after 26 years he has aquired a Yorkshire accent, whilst I have, according to some, aquired a German accent when I speak Danish!!

[sampvt]

Originally Posted by jennyjuniper

I'm a Yorkshire lass married to a Dane and after 26 years he has aquired a Yorkshire accent, whilst I have, according to some, aquired a German accent when I speak Danish!!

I speak both Swedish and obviously Danish with a bit of a Yorkshire accent as well, lol. I spent 3 years in Jonkoping and 2 yrs in Aarhus many moons ago.

[jennyjuniper]

Originally Posted by sampvt

I speak both Swedish and obviously Danish with a bit of a Yorkshire accent as well, lol. I spent 3 years in Jonkoping and 2 yrs in Aarhus many moons ago.

I like Aarhus, especially the old town. We live in Sønderborg near the German border. Swedish I find very difficult to understand, while I can read it fine. Norwegian on the other hand is easy to understand, but difficult to read. As for Finnish...forget it. I think it was made up by a bunch of people out of their minds on Wodka!!

[sampvt]

Originally Posted by jennyjuniper

I like Aarhus, especially the old town. We live in Sønderborg near the German border. Swedish I find very difficult to understand, while I can read it fine. Norwegian on the other hand is easy to understand, but difficult to read. As for Finnish...forget it. I think it was made up by a bunch of people out of their minds on Wodka!!

Aarhus was brill. I used to go the length of schola gata (cant spell it now) every weekend and a drink in each pub was impossible, lol.

[jennyjuniper]

Originally Posted by sampvt

Aarhus was brill. I used to go the length of schola gata (cant spell it now) every weekend and a drink in each pub was impossible, lol.

How many pubs were there
I see your location is Leeds. I'm from Skipton originally, so we were almost neighbours. I remember 50 years ago the nightlife in Leeds was fantastic. Is it still?