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Language differences in different mines
Photo by Mike Conibear
PT6 - Accents could rub off
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BH14 - Dinting or denting?
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DW2 - Picks, pecks and tadges
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BBY2 - Ripping and brushing
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BPN11 - Floor blow or floor lift
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BPS4 - Motties or checks?
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DA3 - Different gates in mines
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GB5 - Pick vs. shaft
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BPN9 - Shifter is a Yorkshire term
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BH10 - Paddies and manriders
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RCH7 - Leicestershire gates
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MW7 - Round here we use mussel bed
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SF14 - Geordies and their marras
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DJ18 - Whose language changes?
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BH9 - What's a cockameg?
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DJH6 - Men brought their dialects
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DJ17 - When snap becomes bait
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SF8 - Entrances and exits
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BPN8 - Definitely language differences
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BPN15 - Cocker, sirree - old language
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RCH6 - When is a face a bank?
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RG12 - City pits amalgamated languages
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MC2 - Different names for shovels
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SF7 - Tags, motties and checks
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DW1 - When is a runner not a runner?
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MW4 - Motties or tallies?
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PR2 - Who says 'sniper'?
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BW4 - Noper is a Derbyshire word
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MW6 - Different terms for the same thing
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SF9 - When is a pit top a bank?
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KC9 - Nottingham accent = pit talk
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RCH5 - Don't go up, it's bitting
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