LESSON 3: PLACE NAMES.

Barlick (Barnoldswick, transferred to Lancashire in 1974)
Barns-lay' (Barnsley)
Boro Middlesbrough
Bra't-fud (Bradford)
Brad-istan (Bradford slang - owing to its large Asian population)
Brid (Bridlington)
Cass (Castleford - also "Cas Vegas")
Chick (Chickenley, estate in Dewsbury). Also, "Chickadelphia", usually used in Ossett and Horbury as an ironic description for this much-maligned area.
Cunnys-brer (Conisborough)
Donny (Doncaster)
Doncatraz (Doncaster Prison)
Fev (Featherstone)
Flam-brer (Flamborough)
Al-i-fax (Halifax)
Arrow-gu't (Harrogate)
Udders-feeld (Huddersfield)
Ull (Hull)
Nares-brer' (Knaresborough)
Lee-ads (Leeds)
Meccy, or Meks-brer (Mexborough)
Norm or Normy {Normanton}
Ponty (Pontefract - also, "Ponty Carlo")
Ro-mish (Rawmarsh)
Scar-brer' (Scarborough)
Sheff (Sheffield)
Sarth Ems-all (South Elmsall)
Shat (Skelmanthorpe)
Slimethorpe (Grimethorpe, often derogatory)
Ta't caster (Tadcaster - also Tad)
Tod (Todmorden)
Wayk'feeld' or Wayki (Wakefield)
Wi't-be' (Whitby)
Yo-ark (York)
Ar't West (to the West)
Back o-erm (Back Home)
Bubber-ist-with (A fictional place made up from the names of towns)
Cleck-udders-fax (A fictional place made up from the names of the town: Cleckheaton, Huddersfield and Halifax)
Darn-in't smoke (London)
Darn-Sarth (Down south)
Darn-tarn (Down to the centre of the town/city - also "Up-tarn")
God's Own Country (Referring to the high esteem in which Yorkshire people regard their own county)
See-sard (Seaside)
Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire (South Yorkshire generally but specifically Sheffield)
Up' no-arth (Up north = home)
Yok-sha (Yorkshire)
Yok-sha Day-ells (The Yorkshire Dales