> He is a Geordie, and had great trouble getting himself understood.
> Especially by me !!
Well I'm more of a Mackem than a Geordie but I still have problems when
I talk to people in Bristol as they can seldom understand me. When I was
at university in Durham (only 20 miles south of Newcastle) most of the
students (and some locals!) still couldn't understand me, so much so
that one of my friends who could understand what I was saying usually
had to interpret for other people. Amusing to say the least as it always
seemed to make the person who had no clue what I was saying feel very
small and embarrassed! It did get eventually better..... then I moved to
Bristol and it started all over again.
> I'm sure he used to throw more "Geordie-isms" into his sentences to
> get a rise out of people.
I do throw in as much dialect as possible to get a rise out of people.
You just can't resist doing it sometimes ;)
Best wishes,
Gareth.
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