Strangely enough when I read a dialect poem out to our friends from Bergen in Norway they understood it very well and said that I was speaking old Norse! I think it sad that dialects and even accents are fading away - they are part of our rich heritage.
Phil
Throughout the N East there are examples of there are numerous examples of old Norse words being incorporated into Anglo Saxon English
-Gate (as is Coppergate in York) gate is a street in Norwegian , even today.
-By , (as in Thornaby, Whetherby etc) by is a town in Norwegian
Ganzee , (pullover) comes from Ganse in Norwegian
I am sure there are many many others too.
We may be an island but we have had more than a few influences on our language over time.
