Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group / Build a Diction'ry....                   

   
COLLECTIN' DIALECT...  (IN THE NORTH-EAST)

help us build up a working list of words in use!
gi'us a word (dialect or non-standard), its meaning, and an example of how it's used and where, in the boxes below and press 'send' (at the end) to e-mail them to us. ta! -
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gi'us a word....
word
what does it mean?
what area or town is it used in?
how is it used?
(give a phrase or sentence)
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All contributions welcome - dialect, charver, slang, newisms... if it's in use in the North-East, it's worth logging!

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