Aha, Geordie! This page gives a brief taster:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/student/lingo.shtml
If you want to learn more there's a book called 'Larn Yersel Geordie'
which will have you conversing with real Geordies in no time!
It's an interesting dialect actually, lots of very old Anglo-Saxon words
as well as some influence from Welsh (apparently the North-East used to
be populated by Welsh speakers, and certainly the accents are not
dissimilar), and quite a lot from Old Norse. Nightmarish for outsiders
to understand though, that's for sure.
Roger
James N. McBride wrote:
> No one should ever accuse the Brits of maintaining the purity of
> their own language. Some of the dialects used in the UK are so full
> of slang and weird pronunciation that they are very hard to
> understand or interpret. A lady friend of mine came from London and
> her relatives speak Jordy {sp?) which seems to consist of mostly
> guttural grunts. Her family has a recording they use to refresh
> their Jordy each time they visit. I can understand some of it until
> they get a few pints in their bellies then it's a lost cause. They
> brought back a picture of a sign in a London store window that
> said "We Speak American."
>
> /jim
>
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