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Thread #118793   Message #2572204
Posted By: Paul Burke
20-Feb-09 - 08:11 PM
Thread Name: BS: Lancashire and Yorkshire - Norse origins
Subject: RE: BS: Lancashire and Yorkshire - Norse origins
It's often forgotten that a third group accompanied the Angles and Saxons in the conquest of Britain- the Jutes.

Now think a moment- they were from Germany- how would THEY pronounce their name.

The YOOTS.

Where in Britain do people use a word like that?

In Derbyshire of course. Even eighty year old men call each other "youth"- pronounced YOOT.

I rest my case.