Wp/nth/Pitmatic
Pitmatic (originally: "Pitmatical", colloquially knawn as "Yakka") is a group o traditional Northern Inglish dialects spoken i rural areas o the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield iv England.
Ane separatin dialectal development frev other Northumbrian dialects, sic as Geordie, cam frae the mineworkers' jargon used i local coal pits. I Tyneside and Northumberland, Cuddy is an abbreviation o the name Cuthbert but i Durham Pitmatic cuddy denotes a horse, specifically a pit pony.[1] In Lowland Scots, cuddie usually refers to a donkey or ass but may also denote a short, thick, strong horse.[2]
Accordin te the British Library, "Locals insists there is significant differences atween Geordie [spoken i Newcastle upon Tyne] and other local dialects, sic as Pitmatic and Mackem. Pitmatic is the dialect o the former minin areas i Coonty Durham and aroond Ashington te the north o Newcastle upon Tyne, while Mackem is used locally te refer te the dialect o the city o Sunderland and the surroondin urban area o Wearside".[3]
Traditionally the dialect as spoken i Northumberland, wi rural Northumbrian communities includin Rothbury, used the Northumbrian burr. This is noo less often heard; sin area's deep mines wes closed doon, younger folk talks i local dialects that usually disn't include characteristic.Template:Citation needed The guttural r soond can, hooiver, whiles still be heard amang some elderly populations i rural areas. The variety spoken in Durham is nane-rhotic but traditionally still subject te the Nurse-north merger in words like forst 'first' and bord 'bird',[4] which came about as a result of burr modification.