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[Gasbaggertie]

16a A type of open valley, particularly in northern England. This pair of northerners are arguing over dale or vale - Yorkshire dales, Vale of Pickering. Any consensus please?

[emeritus]

A vale is flat like a plain as in Vale of york.

So I would go with Dale

[pusspuss]

i have put vale

[sarumite]

I reckon dale is more suitable in this instance.

Chambers indicates .. dalesman ... a man of the dales of Yorkshire.

[pusspuss]

collins english dictionary
vale.a literary word for valley

[Catron]

I agree with Dale myself.

[pusspuss]

collins
dale, an open valley usually in an area of low hills

[Gasbaggertie]

Thanks for this! We've clearly identified confusion here - we will go with dale, I think, with apologies to Pickering and York.

[Aquagility]

This week's Katie? My coin came down 'dales'.

[pusspuss]

i have changed mine to dale

[pusspuss]

concise oxford dictionary
DALE a valley , especially in northern england

[cobbler37]

I would say "dale" - dale is more confined to northern England and Scotland whereas vale is widespread over England ie Vale of Evesham

[dwil]

agree with the last speaker - clue is the north

[Strix]

I've put dale

BUT in the spirit of muddying the waters further (!) this is the definition of vale from the complete Oxford Dictionary"

"A more of less extensive tract of land lying between two range of hills, or stretches of high ground, and usually traversed by a river or stream; a dale or valley, esp. one which is comparatively wide and flat."