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I have never seen "the" abbreviated (or contracted?) into "t'" before. Is this common in some dialects of English?
by deckar01 9y ago
I have never seen "the" abbreviated (or contracted?) into "t'" before. Is this common in some dialects of English?
- phillc73 9y agoNot a great reference, but best I can find on short notice: https://www.wikihow.com/Speak-With-a-Yorkshire-Accent https://www.wikihow.com/Speak-With-a-Yorkshire-Accent Part 1, Section 4. Edit: The Vocabulary and Grammar section here discusses Definite Article Reduction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_dialect#Vocabulary_and_grammar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_dialect#Vocabulary_a...
- gerdesj 9y agoYes it is. It is common in Yorkshire and Derbyshire at the least - so roughly the north Midlands and up in England. Probably several other regions use it as well. The North of England is often referred to as t'North by pretty much everyone. It is sometimes pronounced a bit like "tut" with the second t silent. The following word is often affected as well. Actually its bloody hard to try and describe. Your best bet is to find something on Youtube spoken with a Yorkshire accent. Good luck trying to understand it!