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116 Chattie v Chettie So where does the great chattie v chettie boundary exist? Just south of Ryhope is the answer. But instead of chettie being a pitmatic thing (Durham coalfield dialect) it%u2019s very much an east Durham thing (see Figure 4). Two in three people from Seaham and Peterlee would say chettie, while hardly anyone from nearby Houghton and Hetton uses it. There is some recognition of it elsewhere in County Durham, but nowhere near as much as on the coast.As for chattie, its patterns follow those of fish lot, with it being more popular in Sunderland, Penshaw and Shiney Row but much less so elsewhere. On average around half of people Figure 4: Which word comes more naturally to people when refering to a potato, based on where they mainly grew upin Sunderland said they would use it, with respondents living in the SR5 area (covering Southwick through to Town End Farm) having the highest usage. A quarter of people from Boldon, Cleadon or Whitburn would choose not to use either, the highest of anywhere surveyed.