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Pitmatic is the dialect of the former mining areas in County Durham and around Ashington to the north of Newcastle upon Tyne, while Mackem is used locally to refer to the dialect of the city of Sunderland and the surrounding urban area of Wearside".
According to the British Library, "Locals insist there are significant differences between Geordie [spoken in Newcastle upon Tyne] and several other local dialects, such as Pitmatic and Mackem. Pitmatic is the dialect of the former mining areas in County Durham and around Ashington to the north of Newcastle upon Tyne, while Mackem is used ...
Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (/ nj uː ˈ k æ s əl / ⓘ new-KASS-əl, RP: / ˈ nj uː k ɑː s əl / ⓘ NEW-kah-səl), [5] is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located on the River Tyne's northern bank opposite Gateshead to the south.
Pitmatic or 'Yakka', a group of dialects spoken in mining towns of Northumberland and Durham Coalfield Berwick dialect , spoken in Berwick-upon-Tweed , the northernmost town in England Northumbrian proper, the only rhotic or variably rhotic dialect left in the region (Northumberland and northwest Durham), nearly extinct, which uses the ...
Pitmatic is the dialect of the former mining areas in County Durham and around Ashington to the north of Newcastle upon Tyne, while Mackem is used locally to refer to the dialect of the city of Sunderland and the surrounding urban area of Wearside".
Ashington is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, with a population of 27,864 at the 2011 Census. [2] It was once a centre of the coal mining industry. The town is 15 miles (24 km) north of Newcastle upon Tyne, west of the A189 and bordered to the south by the River Wansbeck.
Newcastle upon Tyne: Frank Graham. ISBN 978-0-902-83383-8. Lyrics of 25 songs introduced by Tom Gilfellon, past member of the High Level Ranters band. Lloyd, A. L. (1965). Tommy Armstrong of Tyneside: Songs of the Great Balladeer of the Coalfields (sleeve and liner notes for vinyl record). London: Topic Records. Topic Records id 12T122. OCLC ...
However, a Mackem would pronounce these words as "mack" or "tack" (hence the origin of the term "Mackem"). For other differences, see the respective articles. For an explanation of the traditional dialects of the mining areas of County Durham and Northumberland see Pitmatic. Glottal reinforcement for /k/, /p/ and /t/. This feature is usually ...