Peterlee, England
The Peterlee Accent
Peterlee sits inside the Wearside and Durham dialect area, which covers Sunderland, Durham and the Durham coalfield, England. The nearest other area is Teesside, about 1km away.
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What people in Peterlee sound like
- “Mak” and “tak” for “make” and “take” — the classic Mackem–Geordie split.
- “Marra” for a workmate, shared with Cumbria across the Pennines.
- “Charver” for a lad, and “howay” shared with Tyneside.
- H is kept more often than in Teesside to the south.
These are the markers of the Wearside and Durham accent as a whole. No survey claims every speaker in Peterlee has all of them — the full Wearside and Durham profile sets out where the region varies.
Dialect areas near Peterlee
Is your accent from Peterlee?
There is no way to answer that from a description. The test asks 29 questions about the words you use and how you say them, scores your answers against the Wearside and Durham English profile and every other profile in the survey, and shows you where people who answer the way you do actually live.