Pitmatic: Talk of the North East Coal Field Paperback – Illustrated, 14 July 2007

I am with a band called Pitmatics so I bought this to get some background learn the lingo. I like the stories and the insights into the Pitmatic dialect. Well researched and easy read. Issues: the subediting leaves something to be desired - peppered with spelling mistakes. And I would have liked to see an index of the Pitmatic terms in the book, as well as having them scattered through the sections; if you are looking for a word its hard to find it. Otherwise interesting book and I've got a couple of ideas for songs from it!

Pitmatic: The Talk of the North East Coalfield (Wor Language)  Bill Griffiths is the undisputed authority on north-east dialects and this book shows his thorough and academic approach to his subject. This is far more than a dictionary of pit language: it is a complete history of the way miners talked both at work and socially. It is as much sociology as linguistics and a most facinating record of a way of life recently gone. Bill Griffiths deserves thanks for preserving this.

This is the best dictionary of pitmatic that I have ever read. Purely North Eastern language is dying out in the region, but for those of us who grew up speaking it, this is a welcome addition.It's a reminder of a world gone in my lifetime, and will appeal to future generations of scholars, or those interested in the past.

Having worked twenty five years in the North-East mines it brought back the way in which every day communication was used.Probably hard to understand if not from a mining background, but could be a good amusing book for any one interested in the mining folklore.

This is a great book, well written & researched. Personally I would like to have seen more domestic 'pitmatic' content.

A good book and how a almost lost northern language as helped me to remember certain sayings and phrases from my childhood.

very pleased with the book

Pleased, book in ideal condition.