An Athersley man has been rushed into hospital after being attacked by locals who mistook him for a foreigner.
According to witnesses, the incident occurred outside a local off-licence when a group of youths asked the man to buy them some alcohol. When he replied in Queen's English the group incorrectly thought he was speaking in a foreign tongue and attacked him amid chants of "f*ck off back to thi uwan country".
The man - who has asked to remain anonymous over concerns for his safety - comes from a traditional non-working-class family and had previously only ever spoken in his native dialect, but was inspired to talk proper after watching The Crown. In a short statement he told us "A waint bi tranner speyk reight ageean, a can tell thi"
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