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Whare de yea belang?

A Dictionary of North East Dialect

Bill Griffiths author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McNidder & Grace

Published:27th Jun '24

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Until the 20th century, dialect was a marker of economic, social and cultural change. We know that the North East maritime connections with the Dutch led to the introduction of many 'new' words. The Scottish influence of the keelmen (fisherman) on the Tyne and their effect on local language was much more radical. Although the Tyneside dialect and identity and this way of speaking is fast waning, the popularity of discovering this language and dialect shows there is still a great interest in the languages and dialect of the past.

'A seminal dictionary of North East dialect', Independent. 'A vivid guide, not only to the distinctive vocabulary of the North East, but also the ways in which dialect words contain echoes of the long history of the region and its people,' Professor Keith Wrightson

ISBN: 9780857162700

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280 pages