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2. Pitmatic - Wikipedia

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   Pitmatic – originally 'pitmatical' [2] – is a group of traditional Northern English dialects spoken in rural areas of the Great Northern Coalfield in England. The feature distinguishing Pitmatic from other Northumbrian dialects , such as Geordie and Mackem , is its basis in the mining jargon used in local collieries .

3. Portal:North East England - Wikipedia

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   Tyneside playwright Lee Hall first performed the hugely successful Billy Elliot as a reading at Newcastle's Live Theatre. Charles Algernon Parsons developed the steam turbine in 1884 in Newcastle. This revolutionised the generation of electricity. Newcastle Breweries, famous for its Newcastle Brown Ale, began in 1890, but were acquired in 2008 ...

4. Mackem - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. NorthStandard P&I Association - Wikipedia

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   The North P&I Club was founded in 1860 and headquartered in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK with regional offices in Greece, China (Shanghai and Hong Kong), Japan, Singapore, Ireland and the United States. The Standard P&I Club was fully known as the Standard Steamship Owners Protection & Indemnity Association and was founded in 1884.

6. Geordie - Wikipedia

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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".

7. Newcastle upon Tyne - Wikipedia

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   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.