The word LITTLE

I've never heard it been pronounced that way - I've heard people use 'ickle' which makes me shudder a bit (Sorry ickle adams!).

No, it's a twee attempt at appearing cute, which fails miserably in my opinion. Baby talk in adults should be a hanging offence.

I know several people who do this, all from the Yorkshire area - and before I'm flamed I know at least as many Yorskire folk who pronounce it correctly.

No, it's a laziness thing IMO. Lots of people from my area / work area do this and it drives me insane, some also say bokkle <shudder>.

Similarly annoying is saying buzz instead of bus (although this may be a slight colloquialism).

<Yorkshire person raises hand>

Now, I don't pronounce little as lickle, however, I don't pronounce the T's either. I would say that my version is more lit'ul (very short t, more like a d) but not as in lidl ?

? Oh good, I'm glad I'm not the only one that gets wound up about it. Somone said it on the Jamie programme and I wanted to hit the TV!

Its popular over in Bolton. It drove me up the wall when I worked there. You could also hear "Bockle" and "Hospickle". Grrr.

Hospickle - ?

I worked in Trafford for a bit and everyone was 'rushed to the ospickle'. Babies had bockkles. Loathe it with a passion.

Likle or likkle is how my Jamancian relatives pronounce it and me sometimes.

My MIL says liccle and hospikal and it drives me insane, it sounds awful. We are from Yorkshire but I don't see that as any excuse and it grates at me when shes says it to my 1 year old son who is just learning to talk.

exactly WSS i am from Yorkshire too

I'm in Birmingham and some people at work say lickly, ospickle, bockle and (worse by far) I heard someone in the cateen yesterday ask for a cheese and pittle sandwich. It's like they just swap the sounds over - aargh

I am from Bolton and yes some of the strange people say hospickle even noogle for noodle.We just blame it on the inbreeding lol.

Some people do still talk very strange with t' before everything they say.I gawn t'market.

WTS - we speak proper here and everyfink

? have you seen the name of this company?

https://icklebockles.co.uk/

Oh dear! ?

Yup, I've heard those too from my friends who live there. A more Lancashire thing than Yorkshire (me being from Yorkshire but living in Lancashire and married to a Wiganer)