We asked our readers on Facebook what words and phrases people needed to know before they moved here.
![15 words and phrases you need to know before you move to Yorkshire.](https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjM3OGY0MjA2LTM4MWItNDM3NS05ZWUzLTYzN2VjNTA4ZjVlNjpiNjMxOGFjYS1mNWM3LTRiZjgtYmVlMy05ZmIwOTEzYjA1Mjk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. The Yorkshire words and phrases
15 words and phrases you need to know before you move to Yorkshire. Photo: Simon Hulme
![Now then, we best get started with an easy one. When a Yorkshireman or woman starts a sentence with ‘Now then’, it is simply a way of greeting one another. For example, ‘Now then, how are you doing?’ ‘Not bad thank you’.](https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmVmNDAzOGMyLTc0YzgtNDFkNy1hMTk2LWJlZmIxYjMxYTFjZDozZTBhMWE2NC1hMmQ2LTRmZDYtOWRhNy0zMGJlZjNjMTVkYTU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Now Then
Now then, we best get started with an easy one. When a Yorkshireman or woman starts a sentence with ‘Now then’, it is simply a way of greeting one another. For example, ‘Now then, how are you doing?’ ‘Not bad thank you’. Photo: James Hardisty
![David Darling; “Owt definitely. My first week in Yorkshire, a colleague asked me "Do you want owt from town?" My reply: "I'm not going to town, so don't need a lift!"” Owt in Yorkshire just means ‘anything’. ‘I.e ‘What do you fancy for tea?’ ‘Owt’.](https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjhlNjQ2YWFiLTM2YjktNDkyMi05ZmJkLWE2MTIzNDQ5YjU1ZDowOTVkODYwNS0xZDkwLTQxYjktYTc1Yi03NjYwYmY5MGQ3NjM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Owt
David Darling; “Owt definitely. My first week in Yorkshire, a colleague asked me "Do you want owt from town?" My reply: "I'm not going to town, so don't need a lift!"” Owt in Yorkshire just means ‘anything’. ‘I.e ‘What do you fancy for tea?’ ‘Owt’. Photo: Tony Johnson
![Similar to owt, nowt simply means ‘nothing’. For example, ‘What are you up to today?’ ‘Nowt much, just chilling’.](https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmJkNjVkYTIwLTZiODYtNDc3NC04M2QwLTY2ZjA4MjRjZDA1MzpjOWYyZGJhMS1hNDRhLTQ4OWYtOWM4Ni02OWMyY2ZlMzg1MDM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. Nowt
Similar to owt, nowt simply means ‘nothing’. For example, ‘What are you up to today?’ ‘Nowt much, just chilling’. Photo: Bruce Fitzgerald