Pocket Geordie English

Geordie has its own distinctive vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. Many of its features were once present in other dialects; sadly, these were mostly eradicated when the English language was standardised during the eighteenth century. In the colliery villages, a distinctive variety of Geordie, 'Pitmatic', is spoken, in which terms used in mining have entered everyday speech. This compact, handy book provides a canny introduction to one of the most recognised, most ancient and least appreciated dialects of English.