Transactions 1981 - 1990 - Yorkshire Dialect Society

the successful transfer of [a] pun to another vernacular and environment [in Michigan],
we are struck by the way a story collected almost a century after emancipation mirrors
the condition of life on the plantations." 1985. Part LXXXV. Vol. XV. pp 24-28.
• Smith, J.B., 1, Cornish English 'Way to go': A Note on Dialect Syntax and its Reflection in
Dialect Literature. "The degree of variation amongst English dialects at the morphological
and syntactic levels is greater than is generally acknowledged." 1987. Part LXXXVI. Vol.
XVII. pp 43-46.
• Smith, J.B., 2, A Yorkshire Pied Piper. A Yorkshire connection with the folklore
concerning the ratcatcher of Hameln. 1989. Part LXXXVIII. Vol. XVII. pp 7-17.
• Smith, J.B., 3, Pigs, Whistles and Tokkyu-Shu. Various explanations for the "Pig and
Whistle" pub name - Tokkyu-Shu is reputed to be a rice wine close in flavour to
"Newcastle Brown" beer. 1990. Part LXXXIX. Vol. XVII. pp 6-9.
• Smith, Ken Edward, 1, edited by, James Burnley's Recollections of Ben Preston.
Concerning the author "Burnley's friendship and literary contact with Bradford's foremost
dialect poet, Ben Preston." 1983. Part LXXXIIL Vol. XV. pp 36-41.
• Smith, Ken Edward, 2, John Thwaite. Dialect poet of Hawes. 1984. Part LXXXIV. Vol. XV.
pp31-39.
• Smith, Ken Edward, 3, Editorial. In dialect, Y.D.S. described as "Ninety year owd an still
going strong!" 1987. Part LXXXVI. Vol. XVII. page 4.
• Smith, Ken Edward, 5, Book Review. Dialect and Accent in Industrial West Yorkshire by
K.M.Petyt 1987. Part LXXXVI. Vol. XVII. pp 48-49.
• Smith, Ken Edward, 6, Book Review. The Ballad of the Yorkshire Ripper by Blake
Morrison. "The dialect ... we might describe ... as 'synthesised West/North Riding' ..."
1987. Part LXXXVI. Vol. XVII. pp 50-52.
• Smith, Ken Edward, 7, Yorkshire Dialect in Charlotte Bronte's "Shirley". 1988. Part
LXXXVI I. Vol. XVII. pp 17-23.
• Smith, Ken Edward, 8, Book Reviews of dialect poetry: Ruth Harrison Dent's A Lew"/
Heeaded Deealesebread Lass, J. Trevor Shaw's Yar Sarah (Huddersfield dialect),
Christine Thistlethwaite's Times and Seasons: Rhymes and Reasons (West Craven
dialect), Kenneth Wadsworth's Talkin' Brooad, and Wylbert Kemp's Holmfirth by
Lamplight. 1988. Part LXXXVII. Vol. XVII. page 55.
• Smith, Ken Edward, 9, Book Review of Loreto Todd and Ian Hancock, International
English Usage. 1988. Part LXXXVII. Vol. XVII. page 57.
• Smith, Ken Edward, Mollie Baskerville. West Riding dialect writer. 1989. Part LXXXVIII.
Vol. XVII. pp 18-24.
• Smith, Ken Edward, 11, Fred Brown: A Biographical Sketch. Deals with the Keighley-born
dialect poet. 1990. Part LXXXIX. Vol. XVII. pp 20-23.
SOMERSET(SHIRE) DIALECT. 1990. Part LXXXIX. Vol. XVII. page 15.
SUFFOLK DIALECT. 1990. Part LXXXIX. Vol. XVII. page 14.
SUSSEX DIALECT. 1990. Part LXXXIX. Vol. XVII. page 15.
THORNTON-LE-DALE, speech of, 1870s. 1988. Part LXXXVII. Vol. XVII. page 54.
THWAITE, JOHN, grocer and dialect poet. Of a sheep leaving Wensleydale:
Ah's off te t' Haas wi' hunderds maar,
An't' rooads as dree as lang.
1984. Part LXXXIV. Vol. XV. pp 31-39.
TODMORDEN, speech of. See Patchett, J.H.
• Waddington-Feather, John, 1, John Hartley (1839-1915). Halifax-born dialect writer.
1983. Part LXXXIII. Vol. XV. pp 8-18.
• Waddington-Feather, John, 2, A Short Commentary on Black American and Yorkshire
Dialect Poetry of the 19 th and Early 20 th Centuries. 1987. Part LXXXVI. Vol. XVII. pp 34-
42.
WALSDEN, Speech of. 1990. Part LXXXIX. Vol. XVII. pp 34-43.
WILTSHIRE DIALECT. 1990. Part LXXXIX. Vol. XVII. page 15.
WORCESTERSHIRE DIALECT. 1990. Part LXXXIX. Vol. XVII. page 14.
• Wright, Frank, Young Crofter's Letters (1 st published in the Crofton Smoke Signal.) In
dialect. 1987. Part LXXXVI. Vol. XVII. pp 26-29.
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