Hull is a city with a fierce independent streak that runs much deeper than our cream telephone boxes.
The accent is unlike any other in the UK and has a vocabulary all of its own, with sayings and phrases that will be lost on most people outside of Hull and East Yorkshire.
There are sayings that have been shouted across the tenfoots for decades, if not centuries, but few ever stop to think where they might have come from.
Among them is the infamous threat of a "snickersneeze", made by parents when their kids are playing up or being mardy.
Here, Hull historian Mike Covell explains what are thought to be the origins of this odd threat that would see bairns belting up (or stifling laughter) from the minute it was made.
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"The term Snicker-snee can be traced back to the 1690's – 1700's when it was introduced in England via the Dutch," he says.
"It came from the Dutch words of steken, or stick, which meant to cut someone. Snee came from the Dutch word to thrust or cut someone and usually described a fight, or a threat before a fight; 'I'll snickersnee you'."
Dutch influences are rife in Hull with many of the Hull families trading with the Dutch, and a number of historic properties across the city have Dutch influences, such as gable ends.
Historical evidence shows many Dutch families came to Hull and resided on High Street and across the town at that time.
Mike says: "Obviously Hull has stuck, or should that be steken, its own version and added the Z to the end.
"The earliest mention of the term that I can find in Hull came about on Tuesday, February 4 1908, when the Hull Daily Mail reported on the play, Mikado, which was being shown at the Theatre Royal, in Hull.
"The review featured reference to a fight, which it described as a "Snickersnee."
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