Ryedale Folk Museum

This is the final post on the Dialect Questionnaire Project conducted by the University of Leeds in partnership with Ryedale Folk Museum. 158 respondents completed the questionnaire. Scroll down to see the words that no one selected… Would you have used any of the following words? If you haven’t drunk anything for a long time, you will be very... No one selected: DROUGHTY or PADDOCKED If you haven’t eaten any food for a long time, you will be very... No one selected: CLAMMED OUT, PINED or WALLOW What do you call something that you eat between meals? No one selected: BAGGINGS, BITE OF TEN O'CLOCK, BITING-ON, MINNING-ON, CLOCKS, CROUST, DOWAN, FORENOON-DRINKINGS or PACKING What do you say you’ve got when your head hurts? No one selected: THE HEADACHE What do you call a very small piece of wood that has got into your finger? No one selected: SHIVE, SPLICE, SPOAL or STOB What do you call any running water smaller than a river? No one selected: SIKE Scroll down to view the bar charts an...

If you've taken part in the Dialect Questionnaire Project: here's a quick reminder. If you didn't take part and you're interested in the project then just for fun: scroll down and think about which words you would use. There are a list of multiple-choice answers for each question. There are no right or wrong answers. It is your opinion. 1. If you haven’t drunk anything for a long time, you will be very... clammed up o  droughty o   dry o   gegged o   paddocked o   parched up o   thirsty o     other  o 2.  What is left at the bottom of your teacup after drinking your  tea? dregs o grogs o tea-grains o tea-grounds o tea-leaves o tea-slops o monkeys o   slop o other o 3. If you haven’t eaten any food for a long time, you will be very... clammed out o clammish o famished o famishing o gant o hungered o hungry o  pined o wallow o yap o other o 4. What do you call something that you eat be...