‘Are we reyt?’: the course that aims to revive the Yorkshire dialect

Rod Dimbleby of the Yorkshire Dialect Society leads the course. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

“Mek thisen at ‘ome, lass,” says Rod Dimbleby, shortly after the Guardian arrives at his Yorkshire dialect class. He introduces the group of nearly two-dozen mostly grey-haired students.

They pipe up cheerily: “Na then,” and “ey up!”