Apparently the word "twat" had the same origin as ginnel or the word began as "twichell" which meant an alleyway between bushes or walls, going back to the 11th century. You can see the, um, parallels.

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Good to see Northern England getting more explicit recognition from the OED.

I was also delighted to be reminded of the existence of the word "apeth", which I have not heard in speech for decades, and to learn of its etymology; as a child, I thought it had something to do with apes!

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Pronunciations from Northern England

John Cooper Clarke: 'A national treasure? I hate that'

He is about to become the first poet to headline a UK arena, but says he isn't ready for national treasure status.

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The Peter Mitchell exhibition at the Photographers’ Gallery (London) is fabulous.

He has spent his life photographing ‘dying buildings’, scarecrows, working class communities, etc in Leeds.

My snaps do NOT do justice to his work at all.

It’s only ten quid to go into the Photographers’ Gallery (five if you have an Art Pass) and that gives you access to all the exhibitions they have on.

#PeterMitchell #photography #PhotographersGallery #London #Leeds #Yorkshire #NorthernEngland #ukphotography #photographers #streetphotography

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Northern women forced to provide £10bn in unpaid care a year due to hole in NHS provision

Researchers warn of ‘perfect storm’ leaving northern women worse off than counrterparts in rest of country ‘across almost every metric’

The Independent

LOCAL ELECTIONS PREVIEW

Andrew Teale of Britain Elects has also now published part 2 of his mega-preview of this week's elections. This part covers the English Midlands and North, but avoids Lancashire:

https://medium.com/britainelects/previewing-the-2nd-may-2024-local-elections-part-ii-northern-england-and-english-midlands-bad3cafc8739

#ukpolitics #Midlands #WestMidlands #EastMidlands #NorthernEngland #NorthEast #TeesValley #Yorkshire #elections

Previewing the 2nd May 2024 local elections Part II — Northern England and English Midlands

Welcome to Part II of the annual Andrew’s Previews megapreview, covering everything that goes on in the ordinary local elections in England and Wales on 2nd May 2024. This year marks the 50th…

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