Blog feedLost language of Pitmatic gets its lexicon
31st July
A dialect so dense that it held up social reforms has been rescued from obscurity by the publication of its first dictionary, says this article on the Guardian Books website. Thousands of terms used in Pitmatic, the oddly-named argot of miners in north-east England for more than 150 years, have been compiled through detailed research in archives and interviews.
Read the full story on the Guardian Books website.
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