Fishing and Folk combines dialect vocabulary and literature as a way of explaining the North Sea coast and its social development is something of an experiment - a history-by-vocabulary possibly unique to this title. This book brings together a subject as challenging as the coast itself, with its scenery, weather, wildlife, boats and fishing operations, salmon-tickling, smuggling, communities and people. This is the final book in Bill Griffith's successful 'Work Language' series, the previous two being Stotty 'n' Spice Cake and Pitmatic: The Talk of the North East Coalfield.

‘Fishing and Folk is a detailed work that draws together history, etymology and socio-linguistics to produce an original and interesting perspective on communities which have changed almost beyond recognition over the past few decades.’ The Mariner’s Mirror - Journal of the Society for Nautical Research

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