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draven on June 8, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: How my father gave me a terrifying lesson at 10

I'm not a native speaker and it was quite hard to understand everything. Reading the sentences aloud made it a bit easier though.

stordoff on June 9, 2015 [–]

Even as someone from Yorkshire, it's a little difficult to read, because you rarely see it written out. Hearing it definitely helps

My Grandfather is a softer version of this dialect, and I listen to him without a problem, but if he tries to write the same way he speaks, it can be difficult to follow.

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