*Comment Part 1* As soon as I heard *Jon* speak, I was certain that he was going to say he's from the *City of Bradford* or the *City of Leeds* in *West Yorkshire,* and I was correct. He sounds like someone I know, or hear on TV a lot, but I can't work out who. First he said his accent is *"specifically Leeds"* then went on to say *Castleford, Wakefield...* (Castleford is a town in the City of Wakefield, but as most people think Wakefield is a town, they assume they're separate places when they aren't. Just like most people assume Keighley a town in the City of Bradford, is a separate place from Bradford). However I wouldn't trust his word completely however, as there's people in *Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield* and *Wakefield* who claim they're from *Leeds* because it's the 3rd (technically 2nd) biggest city in the UK, behind *Birmingham* and *London* (which isn't actually a city), therefore it's more well known. I'd say *Jon* is actually from *Castleford* in *Wakefield,* because I can't see any reason why he'd mention a small town like *Castleford,* over large towns and cities like *Bradford, Keighley, Halifax, Huddersfield,* etc unless he was actually from *Castleford.* I'm from *Bradford* the *7th biggest city in the UK* (again technically 6th if we exclude London which isn't a city), which is the world's first *UNESCO City of Film,* the home of the *National Science and Media Museum,* the original home of the soap *Emmerdale* for 21 years, the record 7 time winners of the *Curry Capital of Britain* award (which was permanently cancelled when the founder died in 2016), the former *Wool Capital of the World,* the place where two of the *World's Biggest Tea Brands* originated (not that anyone realises, as they're always associated with another town in Yorkshire), home of the *UNESCO World Heritage* village *Saltaire,* and home of the world famous authors the *Bronte Sisters* among other things. *Yorkshire* isn't *"one of"* the biggest counties in the UK, it is the *biggest historic county in the UK.* *Doncaster* in *South Yorkshire* the home of Jon's wife, is practically right next door to *Sheffield* the home of your ancestors. *Sheffield* is known as the *"Steel City"* because it was famous for *Steel* manufacturing, just like *Pittsburgh* in the *USA.*
*Comment Part 2* Even though I'm from *West Yorkshire,* it isn't as easy to distinguish the difference between *West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire* and the *East Riding of Yorkshire* accents as Jon says it is. I even struggle to tell the difference between certain *Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Lincolnshire* accents sometimes. Some accent's which are easy to spot from those counties are: 1 - *Barnsley* and *Sheffield* in *South Yorkshire* (as people from South Yorkshire, especially from Barnsley, use words and phrases which no-one else in Yorkshire uses. They seem to have picked up a lot of bird themed greetings from the East *Greater Manchester,* North *Derbyshire* and North *Nottinghamshire* like "You alright Duck/Chick/Cock/Cocker") 2 - *Hull* (and it's surrounding towns) in the *East Riding of Yorkshire (as they pronounce a lot of words which contain the letter *"O"* with an *"E"* sound, and pronounce a lot of words which contain the letter *"I"* with an *"A"* sound. For example: *Snow, Throw, Oh, Crow, Time, Five, Right* etc would be pronounced as *Sner, Threr, Er, Crer, Tahme, Fahve, Raight* etc) 3 - *Middlesbrough* (and it's surrounding towns) in *North Yorkshire* (which is basically a mixture between *Yorkshire* and *Geordie* accents) 4 - *Manc* which is from *Manchester, Greater Manchester* (who sound like the *Gallagher* brothers, and almost everyone in *Shameless* the TV series, as *Shameless* was set and filmed in Manchester, not Liverpool). 5 - *Boltonian* which is from *Bolton, Greater Manchester* (who sound like *Paddy McGuinness* and *Peter Kay* who are both comedians). *Home and Away* and *Neighbours* aren't popular anymore. *Home and Away* used to get played straight after *CITV* (Children's ITV) on *ITV* just before the regional *ITV News* (which is *Calendar* in Yorkshire's case), and *Neighbours* used to get played straight after *CBBC* (Children's BBC) on *BBC One* just before the regional *BBC News* (which is *Look North* in Yorkshire's case). At their peaks they were both pulling in as many as 20 million viewers, and averaged between 5 and 10 million viewers. Yet since they moved to *Channel 5* (the 4th, sometimes 5th most watched TV network in the UK) in the 2000's, their viewing figures have declined massively. They both now struggle to get a million viewers each. All *British* soaps viewing figures have declined massively in the last 20 years too, however they're nowhere near as low as the *Aussie* soaps, and are still some of the most watched shows on *British* TV. *Coronation Street* averages 7 million viewers, *Emmerdale* averages 6.5 million viewers, and *Eastenders* averages 5 million viewers. However *Hollyoaks* (the 4th biggest soap) has also suffered a massive decline in the last year, as it's gone from an average of 1 million, to an average of around half a million. Being born in 1985 I watched *Home and Away* and *Neighbours* every single day, as a child and in my teenage years, however I haven't watched them since the early 2000's, because of things like work, and going out with my mates. Them being on *Channel 5* doesn't help, as shows by the *BBC, ITV* and *Channel 4* dominate the ratings.
*Comment Part 3* I've always liked *Australians.* I said a few months ago, if I could pick the country I was born, which isn't my own country, I'd have picked *Australia* because of the lifestyle. I compared weather, sports, cost of living, travel, music, beer, and *UNESCO* titles, of *Sydney* and *Melbourne,* and *Sydney* won but only just. *Melbourne* seems a bit too classy, and arty for me, according to the above options which I compared online. An angry *Russian* got mad at me for picking *Australia* for some reason. TV was also a major factor. If *Spain, Greece* or their islands, broadcast a lot of *British* and *American* shows like *Australia* does, then they'd have been contenders too. *Americans* and *Londoners* however I hate, as they're all idiots who are ignorant to everything outside of their own bubbles. I see misinformation being spread by *journalists* (both American, and British most of which live in London), and *Americans* in general, on a daily basis, and it drives me mad. I'm constantly correcting (or trying to correct) their mistakes, but most of the time they're not interested, and refuse to correct their mistakes. *Journalists* can't be bothered doing proper research on the things they're writing about, which can easily be found on websites like *Wikipedia* (yes I know it's not always correct). For example: 1 - I'll see them spell the names of famous people and places incorrectly. 2 - I'll see them credit American TV companies for British TV shows, or the *BBC* for *ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, UKTV* or *Sky* shows. 3 - And I'll see them use incorrect spellings and grammar, among other things. *Londoners* think because the government give them everything (by giving them tax breaks, using tax payers money to build attractions, and even steal attractions and money from Northern towns and cities) and their lives are perfect, then the rest of the UK must be perfect too. They claim to pay for everything up North, which is true to an extent, however we could pay for things ourselves, if the government stopped cutting our council budgets, stealing our attractions, moving our businesses to *London.* And *Americans* think everything is *American.* They simplify words, they change the meaning of words, they create new words to replace the words which definitions they changed. They also can't resist renaming *films, TV shows, books, games, brands* etc. They're constantly trying to take sole credit for *British* TV shows, which they had little or no involvement, in the commissioning, funding or production of, and their global audiences take their word for it.
*Comment Part 4* As for serial killers, *Bradford* has at least 3 in *Peter Sutcliffe* aka *The Yorkshire Ripper,* *Stephen Griffiths* aka *The Crossbow Cannibal,* and *Donald Nielson* aka the *Black Panther.* *The Yorkshire Ripper* mainly killed people in *Bradford* and *Leeds,* with a couple more in *Halifax, Huddersfield* and *Manchester.* *Leeds* and *Bradford* have some of the highest crime rates in the UK, along with most of the other big cities in the UK. I'd say the thing which most likely prompted Jon and his wife wanting to move to *Australia,* was the TV series *Wanted Down Under* which was first broadcast in 2007, and is still broadcast today. It involves families going over to *Australia* for a couple of weeks, to see if they would want to leave their extended families in the UK, and move to *Australia* permanently. They'd look at houses in *Australia,* and work what they could afford after selling their home in the UK. They'd compare the wages of the job they do at home, with the wages they'd get in *Australia* for the same job, or something similar usually, unless of course they fancy getting a completely new career. They'd compare how much they spend on food, utilities, mortgage etc at home, with what they'd have to spend in *Australia.* They'd compare the lifestyle they'd have in *Australia,* with the lifestyle they have in the UK. And they'd see what the schools are like if they have kids. Then they'd vote on whether they want to emigrate or not, after watching a message from their parents, grandparents, siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, and friends saying how much they'd miss them if they left, or giving them their blessing to leave. *Robin Hood* apparently came from *Yorkshire* according to some historians. There's some stories about him in *Yorkshire.* *Robin Hood's Grave* (a grave which is apparently his), is in *Brighouse* which is in the borough of *Calderdale, West Yorkshire,* between *Bradford* and *Huddersfield.* There's a village in *Leeds* called *Robin Hood.* There's a village in the *North York Moors National Park* between *Whitby* and *Scarborough* called *Robin Hood's Bay.* And the *Doncaster Sheffield Airport* was called the *Robin Hood Airport* until December 2016. So maybe *Robin Hood* did actually come from *Yorkshire* after all.
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I could listen to this guy all day... I just love his voice!
*Comment Part 1*
As soon as I heard *Jon* speak, I was certain that he was going to say he's from the *City of Bradford* or the *City of Leeds* in *West Yorkshire,* and I was correct. He sounds like someone I know, or hear on TV a lot, but I can't work out who.
First he said his accent is *"specifically Leeds"* then went on to say *Castleford, Wakefield...* (Castleford is a town in the City of Wakefield, but as most people think Wakefield is a town, they assume they're separate places when they aren't. Just like most people assume Keighley a town in the City of Bradford, is a separate place from Bradford).
However I wouldn't trust his word completely however, as there's people in *Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield* and *Wakefield* who claim they're from *Leeds* because it's the 3rd (technically 2nd) biggest city in the UK, behind *Birmingham* and *London* (which isn't actually a city), therefore it's more well known.
I'd say *Jon* is actually from *Castleford* in *Wakefield,* because I can't see any reason why he'd mention a small town like *Castleford,* over large towns and cities like *Bradford, Keighley, Halifax, Huddersfield,* etc unless he was actually from *Castleford.*
I'm from *Bradford* the *7th biggest city in the UK* (again technically 6th if we exclude London which isn't a city), which is the world's first *UNESCO City of Film,* the home of the *National Science and Media Museum,* the original home of the soap *Emmerdale* for 21 years, the record 7 time winners of the *Curry Capital of Britain* award (which was permanently cancelled when the founder died in 2016), the former *Wool Capital of the World,* the place where two of the *World's Biggest Tea Brands* originated (not that anyone realises, as they're always associated with another town in Yorkshire), home of the *UNESCO World Heritage* village *Saltaire,* and home of the world famous authors the *Bronte Sisters* among other things.
*Yorkshire* isn't *"one of"* the biggest counties in the UK, it is the *biggest historic county in the UK.*
*Doncaster* in *South Yorkshire* the home of Jon's wife, is practically right next door to *Sheffield* the home of your ancestors. *Sheffield* is known as the *"Steel City"* because it was famous for *Steel* manufacturing, just like *Pittsburgh* in the *USA.*
*Comment Part 2*
Even though I'm from *West Yorkshire,* it isn't as easy to distinguish the difference between *West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire* and the *East Riding of Yorkshire* accents as Jon says it is. I even struggle to tell the difference between certain *Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Lincolnshire* accents sometimes. Some accent's which are easy to spot from those counties are:
1 - *Barnsley* and *Sheffield* in *South Yorkshire* (as people from South Yorkshire, especially from Barnsley, use words and phrases which no-one else in Yorkshire uses. They seem to have picked up a lot of bird themed greetings from the East *Greater Manchester,* North *Derbyshire* and North *Nottinghamshire* like "You alright Duck/Chick/Cock/Cocker")
2 - *Hull* (and it's surrounding towns) in the *East Riding of Yorkshire (as they pronounce a lot of words which contain the letter *"O"* with an *"E"* sound, and pronounce a lot of words which contain the letter *"I"* with an *"A"* sound. For example: *Snow, Throw, Oh, Crow, Time, Five, Right* etc would be pronounced as *Sner, Threr, Er, Crer, Tahme, Fahve, Raight* etc)
3 - *Middlesbrough* (and it's surrounding towns) in *North Yorkshire* (which is basically a mixture between *Yorkshire* and *Geordie* accents)
4 - *Manc* which is from *Manchester, Greater Manchester* (who sound like the *Gallagher* brothers, and almost everyone in *Shameless* the TV series, as *Shameless* was set and filmed in Manchester, not Liverpool).
5 - *Boltonian* which is from *Bolton, Greater Manchester* (who sound like *Paddy McGuinness* and *Peter Kay* who are both comedians).
*Home and Away* and *Neighbours* aren't popular anymore. *Home and Away* used to get played straight after *CITV* (Children's ITV) on *ITV* just before the regional *ITV News* (which is *Calendar* in Yorkshire's case), and *Neighbours* used to get played straight after *CBBC* (Children's BBC) on *BBC One* just before the regional *BBC News* (which is *Look North* in Yorkshire's case). At their peaks they were both pulling in as many as 20 million viewers, and averaged between 5 and 10 million viewers. Yet since they moved to *Channel 5* (the 4th, sometimes 5th most watched TV network in the UK) in the 2000's, their viewing figures have declined massively. They both now struggle to get a million viewers each. All *British* soaps viewing figures have declined massively in the last 20 years too, however they're nowhere near as low as the *Aussie* soaps, and are still some of the most watched shows on *British* TV. *Coronation Street* averages 7 million viewers, *Emmerdale* averages 6.5 million viewers, and *Eastenders* averages 5 million viewers. However *Hollyoaks* (the 4th biggest soap) has also suffered a massive decline in the last year, as it's gone from an average of 1 million, to an average of around half a million.
Being born in 1985 I watched *Home and Away* and *Neighbours* every single day, as a child and in my teenage years, however I haven't watched them since the early 2000's, because of things like work, and going out with my mates. Them being on *Channel 5* doesn't help, as shows by the *BBC, ITV* and *Channel 4* dominate the ratings.
*Comment Part 3*
I've always liked *Australians.* I said a few months ago, if I could pick the country I was born, which isn't my own country, I'd have picked *Australia* because of the lifestyle. I compared weather, sports, cost of living, travel, music, beer, and *UNESCO* titles, of *Sydney* and *Melbourne,* and *Sydney* won but only just. *Melbourne* seems a bit too classy, and arty for me, according to the above options which I compared online. An angry *Russian* got mad at me for picking *Australia* for some reason. TV was also a major factor. If *Spain, Greece* or their islands, broadcast a lot of *British* and *American* shows like *Australia* does, then they'd have been contenders too.
*Americans* and *Londoners* however I hate, as they're all idiots who are ignorant to everything outside of their own bubbles.
I see misinformation being spread by *journalists* (both American, and British most of which live in London), and *Americans* in general, on a daily basis, and it drives me mad. I'm constantly correcting (or trying to correct) their mistakes, but most of the time they're not interested, and refuse to correct their mistakes.
*Journalists* can't be bothered doing proper research on the things they're writing about, which can easily be found on websites like *Wikipedia* (yes I know it's not always correct). For example:
1 - I'll see them spell the names of famous people and places incorrectly.
2 - I'll see them credit American TV companies for British TV shows, or the *BBC* for *ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, UKTV* or *Sky* shows.
3 - And I'll see them use incorrect spellings and grammar, among other things.
*Londoners* think because the government give them everything (by giving them tax breaks, using tax payers money to build attractions, and even steal attractions and money from Northern towns and cities) and their lives are perfect, then the rest of the UK must be perfect too. They claim to pay for everything up North, which is true to an extent, however we could pay for things ourselves, if the government stopped cutting our council budgets, stealing our attractions, moving our businesses to *London.*
And *Americans* think everything is *American.* They simplify words, they change the meaning of words, they create new words to replace the words which definitions they changed. They also can't resist renaming *films, TV shows, books, games, brands* etc. They're constantly trying to take sole credit for *British* TV shows, which they had little or no involvement, in the commissioning, funding or production of, and their global audiences take their word for it.
*Comment Part 4*
As for serial killers, *Bradford* has at least 3 in *Peter Sutcliffe* aka *The Yorkshire Ripper,* *Stephen Griffiths* aka *The Crossbow Cannibal,* and *Donald Nielson* aka the *Black Panther.*
*The Yorkshire Ripper* mainly killed people in *Bradford* and *Leeds,* with a couple more in *Halifax, Huddersfield* and *Manchester.*
*Leeds* and *Bradford* have some of the highest crime rates in the UK, along with most of the other big cities in the UK.
I'd say the thing which most likely prompted Jon and his wife wanting to move to *Australia,* was the TV series *Wanted Down Under* which was first broadcast in 2007, and is still broadcast today. It involves families going over to *Australia* for a couple of weeks, to see if they would want to leave their extended families in the UK, and move to *Australia* permanently. They'd look at houses in *Australia,* and work what they could afford after selling their home in the UK. They'd compare the wages of the job they do at home, with the wages they'd get in *Australia* for the same job, or something similar usually, unless of course they fancy getting a completely new career. They'd compare how much they spend on food, utilities, mortgage etc at home, with what they'd have to spend in *Australia.* They'd compare the lifestyle they'd have in *Australia,* with the lifestyle they have in the UK. And they'd see what the schools are like if they have kids. Then they'd vote on whether they want to emigrate or not, after watching a message from their parents, grandparents, siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, and friends saying how much they'd miss them if they left, or giving them their blessing to leave.
*Robin Hood* apparently came from *Yorkshire* according to some historians. There's some stories about him in *Yorkshire.* *Robin Hood's Grave* (a grave which is apparently his), is in *Brighouse* which is in the borough of *Calderdale, West Yorkshire,* between *Bradford* and *Huddersfield.* There's a village in *Leeds* called *Robin Hood.* There's a village in the *North York Moors National Park* between *Whitby* and *Scarborough* called *Robin Hood's Bay.* And the *Doncaster Sheffield Airport* was called the *Robin Hood Airport* until December 2016. So maybe *Robin Hood* did actually come from *Yorkshire* after all.
Where's the second part?
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