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The Durham Dialect Project was formed in 2000 AD to promote the study
and use of dialect English as spoken now and formerly in the North
East.
It
grew out of research into local speech and literature carried out in
the mid 90s and published in North East Dialect: survey and word
list (Centre for Northern Studies, University of Northumbria,
1999.
The groups project involved
the use of questionnaires to research the use of dialect in the north
east of England.
To study the findings of their
research please look at
Summary Report
The group also have their own
web site, which can be found at
http://www.pitmatic.co.uk
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