It developed as a separate dialect from other Northumbrian dialects such as Geordie partly due to the specialised terms used by mineworkers in the local coal pits. as i 'durham-er' myself, i can safely say that our accent is not posh, don't be fooled by all the students. The biggest urban area is the town of Darlington to the extreme south of the county which has a population of 100 000 people. honestly, you make it sound like we're from another planet! ahem.

Pitmatic (originally "pitmatical"), also colloquially known as "yakka", is a dialect of English used in the counties of Northumberland and Durham in England.

We aim to support our residents on their journey with us, in whatever way we can. and there is a big difference between geordie and a durham version of geordie.

The writer had been bantering with mates at work for weeks trying to decide if the Loose Women presenter is a Geordie or a “County Durham lass”. County Durham is a largely rural county in North East England with a population of 510, 800. We are a national Housing Association, providing homes and services for a diverse range of customers. The county town is Durham, a cathedral city.. County Durham can refer to the modern ceremonial county, the smaller area of a unitary authority, or the historic county with different boundaries. As for Durham city itself, my mum grew up there but has what you might call the "posh Durham" accent, which isn't much of an accent at all but with "Northern" vowel sounds (e.g. It is located to the north of Yorkshire and to the south of Northumberland. County Durham (/ ˈ d ʌr ə m /, locally /ˈdɜrəm/ listen) is a county in North East England.

"grASS" instead of "grARSE").