here in cumbria everyone is familiar with these words -in fact they are inlaid in the pavement in cockermouth. however, you won't find the word 'yan' in the scrabble dictionary (we've had to insert it in our pub) amazing when you some of the extraordinary foreign words contained in there.

(must get round to changing my name on here seeing as i came yam to cockermouth about overa years back, marras)