Welcome to Newcastle upon Tyne, just for laughs see if you can maybe understand or follow this welcoming conversation in our local dialect from our city here in the North East of England
I am an American who traveled throughout the UK for two months about 10 years ago, and I was really amazed at the strong regional accents in such a small country. I could not understand a word in Newcastle, but it was fun just to listen to people talk. I hope regional accents will always be with us.
As a nurse, I had to translate what a Geordie patient was saying to an Asian doctor who didn't have a clue what the guy was saying. The doctor just looked bemused first at the patient then at me. I proceeded to 'translate' into English what the patient had said. The doctor didn't say a word. Just walked out of the room totally confused. It was the funniest sight. I learned to speak 'Geordie' from my wonderful late mother who was of course from Jarrow or should I say Jarrah?
I love the Geordie accent and I love Newcastle upon Tyne. There is no better place on this earth than Ncl. Geordie people are the most friendly people on this earth. Enjoyed this poem thoroughly xx
As a Londoner, when I hear the Geordie accent it instantly puts a smile on my face. It's hard to explain but the very sound seems as though it's linked with humour/laughter/happiness. I love the Geordies.
lol I have a mate from Newcastle (he's about 30) and he talks like this. It would be sad to see this accent disappear although that's what's going to happen to regional English accents as we share this land with our European friends I'm afraid. I'm from West London and there's now a distinct 'twang' to peoples accents here which has a West Indian influence. Even the people of Indian/Pakistani origin have this twang. My generation were the last of the old 'London' accents
As a Scotsman I love how easy it is to have a conversation with a Geordie without either of you having to repeat anything you say, a lot of their lingo sounds Scottish & Geordie birds sound amazin!! lol
my transcription. can't figure out some of the words. Geordie Poem Way I Way I a bugger more. I am a Geordie. Indeed I am. Now me mother, it’s my old doll, maybe me old girl we call ‘er “mother” or “ma”, or even me “mom”. It’s father or da, ‘t’es me old man. D’you understand any as best as you can? We love the old Tyne, the river , ya kna? We love stotties too, the ones made by ma. We like our pease pudding, and our broon eel (brown ale) We like singing a song And like sharing a tear Wee wor Geordie lasses, would turn a man seed (sad) Make his hope, make his radge, make his breathless for deed (dead). And wor Geordie lads, we are the canny feen, Best food up north ‘ere, the taste is sweet as wine, Wor city, is Newcastle, upon the riva Tyne, Come and give wor all a visit, You’ll enjoy a rude find. Of bridges, and hist’ry, are well famed worldwide, Of shipbuilding and builders, full of great pride. Noo am suht’nly not Sco’ish, the’s noo doot (doubt). Different countries are Scotsmen, or you’ll hear what I’ll shoot (shout). Noo Ah lahk me coop of tea ‘ere, Ah lahk a tea break, Cuttin’ off chatter though, meek noo misteek! Ah lahk a drop of bee-uh, [and] football, I and the dogs, And after makin’ love you’ll find We’ll sleep like logs. We send out loads of singers, Musicians all o’er the world, Many o’ these are real famous, Geordie angels, wings unfurled. What I’m merely tryin’ a tell ya, Is wor city and people, and the bizz(?) Come and pay wor all a visit, I’ll be sellin’ broon eel, the local fizz. Noo ah hope ya enjoy yoursel’, As ah welcome ya one and all, To care(?) there for every Geordie here, From the biggest to the small. Way I man.
I did my degree course in Newcastle, and for the first year I lived in student accomodation. The first night two us of went out to explore some of the city centre and have a drink (bevvy). I'm from London and my drinking partner was from Sheffield. We both said, "What the **** are the locals saying?" Anyway, I ended up living there for twelve years and enjoyed every minute of it.
I understood about 30 or 40 percent. I'm American, by the way. If I concentrated really hard, I might have picked up more than that, but it's too difficult.
What I love about this video is the fact that, it's not some radgie geordies gannin mental. But a lovely poem which sums up the kind and friendly attitude in which the real geordies have. Absolutely brilliant, and well read sir!!
It would be great if you could provide subtitles to what he says - because i barely understood a thing but i'd love to get an idea! Anyway, i'm always fascinated by listening to different dialects and accents and Geordie is just extraordinary.
I was born in Newcastle but left just before my 7th birthday. I'm told I had a Geordie accent back then. I wondered if I could still understand it after all these years. And with the exception of the odd word or two, I'm happy to say I got it all. So there is still some Geordie left in me, even if the accent is long gone :-)
In Search of Ancient Ireland by Carmel McCaffrey and Leo Eaton. This book traces the history, archaeology, and legends of ancient Ireland from 9000 BC to 1167 AD when the Normans invaded Ireland. Written as a companion book to the television series of the same name.
I'm Canadian and have never been to England but I am always amazed by the variety of accents too. I catch a lot of them while watching the UK crime 'drama' "Heartbeat" and from a few other older shows. I live in Ontario and was watching a news report yesterday from Alberta. I could not detect any accent. I think most of Canada speaks English with no trace of an accent. :D
toon toon black nd white army, wey aye wor kid am black n white through and through and am propper proud of it like - nd love the image, tuxedo princess still on the Tyne :) nd the bridges as we all know them :)
which was introduced into Ireland in the eighteenth century from Europe. The first céilí was organized by the Gaelic League in 1894 as a way of gathering people together to promote a sense of Irish culture, but primarily to encourage them to speak the Irish language, which was in serious decline. The oldest known Irish music is hundreds of years old, not thousands, so it can hardly claim to be of ancient "Celtic" times.
I’ve lived in Oz the last 14 years from Co Durham and it’s funny explaining there’s at least three or four different accents between where I’m from and the Toon. It’s only 26 miles. Proper radged 😂😂😂
One of the most distinctive and best known features of the North East is its famous dialect which is a very important feature of the region's heritage. During this century the North East `language' has been somewhat watered down by the influence of mass-media, but it is still distinguished by its often musical tones and peculiar words that often originate from the ancient languages of Germanic and Scandinavian Europe.
The Angles and Saxons began to increasingly raid and settle the southern and eastern coast of Britain and in the north their initial settlement somewhere along the Tyne gradually developed into the Anglo Saxon kingdom of Bernicia. This kingdom and its people slowly expanded northward towards Bamburgh and Edinburgh where they considerably influenced the language and customs of Scotland.
Aha aye! Its weird thinking people cant understand this, because i hear it every day and can understand every word :P ahah, way aye man!!! hehe ;) Proud to be geordie xx
After a while, you stop trying to understand it and just accept it as a foreign language. Near the end, he could've started speaking Flemish in the same accent and I wouldn't have know the difference.
Bryniach was an Old Welsh kingdom before it became Bernicia. Bernicia and Deira to the south merged as Northumberland and spread west to the Irish Sea and north to the Forth Clyde. In my view the similar accents, grammar etc of Yorkshire-Lancashire is Deira and closely related to the speech of areas north of this up to the Forth-Clyde - Bernicia (and continues up the east coast to Moray due to later settlement). Those that ended up under Scotland called themselves Inglis until the 14 c.
I had hoped to be silly ... but it appears that many people missed that. I'll have to practice my silliness. BTW, I've never been on a boot. A boat, sure. But a boot? What a hoot. Hope your having a good day (or evening ...) xXmechamonkeeXx !
The widespread use of the word "Celtic" in its application to things Irish is actually rooted mainly in the nineteenth century .... Much of what we think of as being popular Irish culture originated in the nineteenth century. For example, Irish dance as we now know it was "developed" in the nineteenth century when set dancing was first introduced. Irish dancing masters adapted continental dances, like the quadrille, to the style of solo step dancing
..and leaving him breathless or dead. All Geordie boys, yes, they're quite fine. The best are from up North, and they taste as sweet as wine. (didn't understand that bit). Our city is Newcastle, a wonder of our time, come and visit us all, you'll really enjoy it. With bridges and history, we are famous worldwide for shipbuilding and as builders, full of great pride. I'm certainly not Scottish, there's no doubt. Don't confuse us with the Scots, or we won't be happy. We like cups of tea here...
A can follow this ni bova like, coz as yil be able ti gather from mee typin a yam a Geordie and aye this is a canny place like especially the strawberry pub new st james' :L no this ti me is the capital of England and the football fans is passionate. :)
Its sad that very little people still speak like that. Its mainly all charva talk or the common English geordie we use now. But we still have all our class geordie words, I'm so proud to be a geordie wouldn't change it for the world. Every time i leave forecasts i use full on geordie and its so funny when no one can understand.
Middlesbrough isn't in Geordieland and somebody from Middlesbrough wouldn't appreciate being called a Geordie. Even people from Sunderland don't always want to be called a Geordie especially when they're playing "The Toon" are the 0-3 arena.
No, I know the 'Boro isn't in Geordieland, but if you live there, you do find yourself meeting lots of Geordies over time. Especially is one is best mates with your hubby ;)
This summer I spent a weekend in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (by way of L.A., California). What a spectacular city, though I was a bit disappointed to not really hear that thick Geordie accent spoken anywhere. I think people were dumbing it down for the Yank. ;-)
Sadly yes, 'Geordie'. What you see in this video was seen as 'dumb'/bad English etc in the early days of the bbc/tv too so it wasn't aired much, and e.g. we got lots of southern slang or 'proper' English. Globalisation is to blame too IMO. Willful ignorance from our own. I said today to my friends toddler (she's at that stage where she's saying loads of words and pointing), I said 'wata!' and her father corrected me 'water'. I tried to tell him 'cultural...be proud...mothertongue' but no good.
Bernicia (Old English: Bernice, Beornice; Latin: Bernicia) was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom established by Anglian settlers of the 6th century in what is now southeastern Scotland and North East England. this is why some scots and geordies sound the same because you are the same people.
I understand it pretty well ! I am just a 55 year old guy from California , but I travelled all my life in the domestic US . I live now in Hawaii , and therefore meet a lot of tourists . I can usually talk to someone from anywhere , in the US , at least , and know where they are from . Sometimes to a very specific area . One big mistake I have made in the past is confusing Brits with other regional Brits ....they get touchy about that !
Canada/America has a NORTH AMERICAN ACCENT. We do have an accent here that differs from many others. In Canada we speak almost a pure form of what is called GENERAL AMERICAN. We however say sorry as Sore-ee instead of sarry like americans and we have a feature known as Canadian rising in which we over pronounced the OW sound in words like out or about or house. This often gives it a Oat or Oot sound depending on where you are.
I'm always amazed by the different accents that abide in such a geographically small country. (I'm from Canada.) I'm curious: Are the differences slowly disappearing due to TV and radio?
Absolutely. It’s got a name and everything. I can’t say much for myself (I’m basically just estuary), but I’m currently studying English Language, and dialect levelling happens because of more than TV, but it’s still quite a big part of it. BBC news has the most of it, cuz it still only has like RP accents. Mainly cuz there’s always prejudices to do with different dialects- we find cockney funny and Essex bitchy and so on and so forth, so we wouldn’t think of them doing the news. Obviously there’s not just levelling, more dialects are being formed, too (MLE is a good one to look in to if you’re interested), but the really old, really cool dialects are dying out, cuz people travel more too, yknow. The breadth of accents in Yorkshire though, and London- you wouldn’t believe. It’s a brilliant place, really, I love being here. There’s not much down my way, but some places, you travel 2 minutes and it’s a completely different feeling.
I'm technically not a geordie (Durham doesn't count!) but thanks to my uncle and my mum's side of the family, I'm not letting the accent go! I can understand you word for word, and I'm only 18 =p Also guilty of butchering the dialect, like! I'm throwing it into me conversations now and people can't understand me!! haha
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I am an American who traveled throughout the UK for two months about 10 years ago, and I was really amazed at the strong regional accents in such a small country. I could not understand a word in Newcastle, but it was fun just to listen to people talk. I hope regional accents will always be with us.
As a nurse, I had to translate what a Geordie patient was saying to an Asian doctor who didn't have a clue what the guy was saying. The doctor just looked bemused first at the patient then at me. I proceeded to 'translate' into English what the patient had said. The doctor didn't say a word. Just walked out of the room totally confused. It was the funniest sight. I learned to speak 'Geordie' from my wonderful late mother who was of course from Jarrow or should I say Jarrah?
Cool story ...I have a warm place in my heart for nurses ! Thanks !
Best city, best people, best accent
whey aye!
i come from here and i hate the accent lol. just an opinion
i don't care anymore. Yeh most of us Geordies hate wu own accent
I've lived for one year in Durham, been to Newcastle many times. Great people, great accent.
Durham is amazing
They should just classify this as another language at this point.
I think so too :)
phatcatrat I can understand it, and I'm American.
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agreed. spanish and Italian are different languages and if you speak one you can understand like 30% of what it is being said.
I love the Geordie accent and I love Newcastle upon Tyne. There is no better place on this earth than Ncl. Geordie people are the most friendly people on this earth. Enjoyed this poem thoroughly xx
The number of different accents and dialects in the north east is amazing.
Pretty amazing considering it's such a small geographical area.
Geordie dialect is the way I learned English and I simply love it ...
As a Londoner, when I hear the Geordie accent it instantly puts a smile on my face. It's hard to explain but the very sound seems as though it's linked with humour/laughter/happiness.
I love the Geordies.
amazing comment
did u understand what he said ?
I understand it perfectly fine.
I'm a Geordie so I understood all of that :)
This is why I turn the subtitles on.
lol I have a mate from Newcastle (he's about 30) and he talks like this. It would be sad to see this accent disappear although that's what's going to happen to regional English accents as we share this land with our European friends I'm afraid.
I'm from West London and there's now a distinct 'twang' to peoples accents here which has a West Indian influence. Even the people of Indian/Pakistani origin have this twang. My generation were the last of the old 'London' accents
I'm sweating like a Geordie in a spelling test.
Y I
njuham I am a Geordie and my grammar is excellent however I do understand the joke and I find it humorous
njuham fair enough I can't spell for shit.
njuham i
As a Scotsman I love how easy it is to have a conversation with a Geordie without either of you having to repeat anything you say, a lot of their lingo sounds Scottish & Geordie birds sound amazin!! lol
I'm scottish and understood everything
Realise this comment is way old but I was able to understand the Scots due to my geordie friends. Quite a bit of shared vocabulary like “bairn”.
I'm from gateshead and didn't understand a word
Bob, you sound just like my old pal Eddie from Benwell, God rest his soul.
my transcription. can't figure out some of the words.
Geordie Poem
Way I
Way I a bugger more. I am a Geordie. Indeed I am.
Now me mother, it’s my old doll, maybe me old girl
we call ‘er “mother” or “ma”,
or even me “mom”.
It’s father or da, ‘t’es me old man.
D’you understand any
as best as you can?
We love the old Tyne, the river , ya kna?
We love stotties too, the ones made by ma.
We like our pease pudding, and our broon eel (brown ale)
We like singing a song
And like sharing a tear
Wee wor Geordie lasses, would turn a man seed (sad)
Make his hope, make his radge, make his breathless for deed (dead).
And wor Geordie lads, we are the canny feen,
Best food up north ‘ere, the taste is sweet as wine,
Wor city, is Newcastle, upon the riva Tyne,
Come and give wor all a visit,
You’ll enjoy a rude find.
Of bridges, and hist’ry, are well famed worldwide,
Of shipbuilding and builders, full of great pride.
Noo am suht’nly not Sco’ish, the’s noo doot (doubt).
Different countries are Scotsmen, or you’ll hear what I’ll shoot (shout).
Noo Ah lahk me coop of tea ‘ere,
Ah lahk a tea break,
Cuttin’ off chatter though,
meek noo misteek!
Ah lahk a drop of bee-uh, [and] football,
I and the dogs,
And after makin’ love you’ll find
We’ll sleep like logs.
We send out loads of singers,
Musicians all o’er the world,
Many o’ these are real famous,
Geordie angels, wings unfurled.
What I’m merely tryin’ a tell ya,
Is wor city and people, and the bizz(?)
Come and pay wor all a visit,
I’ll be sellin’ broon eel, the local fizz.
Noo ah hope ya enjoy yoursel’,
As ah welcome ya one and all,
To care(?) there for every Geordie here,
From the biggest to the small.
Way I man.
make his heart maybe rush leave him breathless for dead
line 15
and dont confuse us with scotsman or youl here us all shout
line 24
seanlid123
bothe the geordie and the scotsman would be shoutin' lol
***** could you please write the whole thing for us . thank you
this made me laugh because you got the majority of it wrong. I'm a Geordie so I can understand him easily
Good attempt, but you can tell you aren't a local! You got about half of this wrong :P
Geordie. The BEST sound in the whole UK. Why aye man x
Don't stop talking and typing like a Geordie! LOVE IT!
I have a lot of relatives, old and young still talk like this hinnie.
I lived in Newcastle Upon Tyne a few years ago and it was really nice to hear this :)
I did my degree course in Newcastle, and for the first year I lived in student accomodation. The first night two us of went out to explore some of the city centre and have a drink (bevvy). I'm from London and my drinking partner was from Sheffield. We both said, "What the **** are the locals saying?" Anyway, I ended up living there for twelve years and enjoyed every minute of it.
I understood everything !!
good to hear my late friend bob hope ya with the angels pal take it easy
yes I knowing bob (Christopher) many many years was very sad when he past
I understood about 30 or 40 percent. I'm American, by the way. If I concentrated really hard, I might have picked up more than that, but it's too difficult.
Music to my ears!
What I love about this video is the fact that, it's not some radgie geordies gannin mental. But a lovely poem which sums up the kind and friendly attitude in which the real geordies have. Absolutely brilliant, and well read sir!!
The sounds of home!!
Ditto! Such a infectious, affable accent.
i mate a de like, gl to u to mate. hope to see the boro bk in the top flite again soon
@hathi444 yeah locals tend to have a `telephone accent` for outsiders, so they can understand us.
I'm Italian. I understood it all 😂 The Geordie accent is my favourite British accent ❤️
It would be great if you could provide subtitles to what he says - because i barely understood a thing but i'd love to get an idea! Anyway, i'm always fascinated by listening to different dialects and accents and Geordie is just extraordinary.
this is one of me favourite accents
I can understand most of this, but I have to listen carefully. Easier on the ears than Guy Martin! Regards from Canada.
Im from newcastle and i understood everything that was said
Great stuff Geordie
I'm from Norway and I love this accent! and by the way, in Norway no one calls me pet.. I miss that, haha :(
Spoken like a true Geordie! All the other counties wish they were us!
I was born in Newcastle but left just before my 7th birthday. I'm told I had a Geordie accent back then. I wondered if I could still understand it after all these years. And with the exception of the odd word or two, I'm happy to say I got it all. So there is still some Geordie left in me, even if the accent is long gone :-)
Wow. I got about 75% of it. I am a Yank from Atlanta.
"The old Tyne, the river ye kna'" lol
Being a Geordie I understood every word haha
It's great being able to understand geordie. English by name Geordie by nature!
Aye...Newcastle an rain, and a cold wind to Valhalla.
"Shite, fookin Mackems beat war agenn"
Actually, Geordie is quite beautiful to listen to. That doesn't mean I understood much. Well done, lads.
Awh sounds like my grandad.
Both of my nannas and grandads still speak like that
In Search of Ancient Ireland by Carmel McCaffrey and Leo Eaton. This book traces the history, archaeology, and legends of ancient Ireland from 9000 BC to 1167 AD when the Normans invaded Ireland. Written as a companion book to the television series of the same name.
so proud to be a geordie! i'm a 15 year old girl and i still talk like this.
I'm Canadian and have never been to England but I am always amazed by the variety of accents too. I catch a lot of them while watching the UK crime 'drama' "Heartbeat" and from a few other older shows.
I live in Ontario and was watching a news report yesterday from Alberta. I could not detect any accent. I think most of Canada speaks English with no trace of an accent. :D
toon toon black nd white army, wey aye wor kid am black n white through and through and am propper proud of it like - nd love the image, tuxedo princess still on the Tyne :) nd the bridges as we all know them :)
Why, aye, fine sir!
I'm new to Newcastle...just imagine.
I am from Canada and I understand him
which was introduced into Ireland in the eighteenth century from Europe. The first céilí was organized by the Gaelic League in 1894 as a way of gathering people together to promote a sense of Irish culture, but primarily to encourage them to speak the Irish language, which was in serious decline. The oldest known Irish music is hundreds of years old, not thousands, so it can hardly claim to be of ancient "Celtic" times.
I’ve lived in Oz the last 14 years from Co Durham and it’s funny explaining there’s at least three or four different accents between where I’m from and the Toon. It’s only 26 miles. Proper radged 😂😂😂
One of the most distinctive and best known features of the North East is its famous dialect which is a very important feature of the region's heritage. During this century the North East `language' has been somewhat watered down by the influence of mass-media, but it is still distinguished by its often musical tones and peculiar words that often originate from the ancient languages of Germanic and Scandinavian Europe.
listening for about a minute, and i start understanding it. Not too shabby, considering i'm not even english.
Matthias Grebe aye, but you live in Newcastle :) x
heh, I commented on that a week before i moved here :)
ooh nee bad, mate!
The Angles and Saxons began to increasingly raid and settle the southern and eastern coast of Britain and in the north their initial settlement somewhere along the Tyne gradually developed into the Anglo Saxon kingdom of Bernicia. This kingdom and its people slowly expanded northward towards Bamburgh and Edinburgh where they considerably influenced the language and customs of Scotland.
Aha aye! Its weird thinking people cant understand this, because i hear it every day and can understand every word :P ahah, way aye man!!! hehe ;) Proud to be geordie xx
...aye. Newcastle an rain, no cold wind to Valhalla. ;-)
I can understand it all :)
My dad is an old man from The Bahamas and we call our parents "ma" and "da". LoL. In America, everyone thought we were so weird.
After a while, you stop trying to understand it and just accept it as a foreign language. Near the end, he could've started speaking Flemish in the same accent and I wouldn't have know the difference.
Nick O'las I understood like a good 30% of it
Ya de nah Geordie is awld english ya nah
Bryniach was an Old Welsh kingdom before it became Bernicia. Bernicia and Deira to the south merged as Northumberland and spread west to the Irish Sea and north to the Forth Clyde. In my view the similar accents, grammar etc of Yorkshire-Lancashire is Deira and closely related to the speech of areas north of this up to the Forth-Clyde - Bernicia (and continues up the east coast to Moray due to later settlement). Those that ended up under Scotland called themselves Inglis until the 14 c.
nice tied arch bridge
I had hoped to be silly ... but it appears that many people missed that. I'll have to practice my silliness.
BTW, I've never been on a boot. A boat, sure. But a boot? What a hoot.
Hope your having a good day (or evening ...) xXmechamonkeeXx !
on about wa beloved toon ind some ov the people and things yil expect ti see ind meet. :P :)
The widespread use of the word "Celtic" in its application to things Irish is actually rooted mainly in the nineteenth century .... Much of what we think of as being popular Irish culture originated in the nineteenth century. For example, Irish dance as we now know it was "developed" in the nineteenth century when set dancing was first introduced. Irish dancing masters adapted continental dances, like the quadrille, to the style of solo step dancing
..and leaving him breathless or dead. All Geordie boys, yes, they're quite fine. The best are from up North, and they taste as sweet as wine. (didn't understand that bit). Our city is Newcastle, a wonder of our time, come and visit us all, you'll really enjoy it. With bridges and history, we are famous worldwide for shipbuilding and as builders, full of great pride. I'm certainly not Scottish, there's no doubt. Don't confuse us with the Scots, or we won't be happy. We like cups of tea here...
A can follow this ni bova like, coz as yil be able ti gather from mee typin a yam a Geordie and aye this is a canny place like especially the strawberry pub new st james' :L no this ti me is the capital of England and the football fans is passionate. :)
Its sad that very little people still speak like that. Its mainly all charva talk or the common English geordie we use now. But we still have all our class geordie words, I'm so proud to be a geordie wouldn't change it for the world. Every time i leave forecasts i use full on geordie and its so funny when no one can understand.
you need to get Geordie Mouthboard on iphone - really funny
I lived in Middlesbrough for about ten years, so I got pretty used to that accent. Then I moved to Stoke... From one Newcastle to the other lol.
Middlesbrough isn't in Geordieland and somebody from Middlesbrough wouldn't appreciate being called a Geordie. Even people from Sunderland don't always want to be called a Geordie especially when they're playing "The Toon" are the 0-3 arena.
No, I know the 'Boro isn't in Geordieland, but if you live there, you do find yourself meeting lots of Geordies over time. Especially is one is best mates with your hubby ;)
This summer I spent a weekend in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (by way of L.A., California). What a spectacular city, though I was a bit disappointed to not really hear that thick Geordie accent spoken anywhere. I think people were dumbing it down for the Yank. ;-)
Good! Geordie is one of the harder accents to get a hang of.
Understood it all being a Geordie myself
Sadly yes, 'Geordie'. What you see in this video was seen as 'dumb'/bad English etc in the early days of the bbc/tv too so it wasn't aired much, and e.g. we got lots of southern slang or 'proper' English. Globalisation is to blame too IMO. Willful ignorance from our own.
I said today to my friends toddler (she's at that stage where she's saying loads of words and pointing), I said 'wata!' and her father corrected me 'water'. I tried to tell him 'cultural...be proud...mothertongue' but no good.
Bernicia (Old English: Bernice, Beornice; Latin: Bernicia) was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom established by Anglian settlers of the 6th century in what is now southeastern Scotland and North East England. this is why some scots and geordies sound the same because you are the same people.
huh, I spent there 1.5 year. At the beginning I could understand one word from one sentence.
That's dialect, most people from Newcastle don't speak like that, love that accent! Comes from a Manc expatriate!
I understand it pretty well ! I am just a 55 year old guy from California , but I travelled all my life in the domestic US . I live now in Hawaii , and therefore meet a lot of tourists . I can usually talk to someone from anywhere , in the US , at least , and know where they are from . Sometimes to a very specific area . One big mistake I have made in the past is confusing Brits with other regional Brits ....they get touchy about that !
Canada/America has a NORTH AMERICAN ACCENT. We do have an accent here that differs from many others. In Canada we speak almost a pure form of what is called GENERAL AMERICAN. We however say sorry as Sore-ee instead of sarry like americans and we have a feature known as Canadian rising in which we over pronounced the OW sound in words like out or about or house.
This often gives it a Oat or Oot sound depending on where you are.
It's Oz from Auf Wiedersehn Pet!! LOl!
I'm always amazed by the different accents that abide in such a geographically small country. (I'm from Canada.)
I'm curious: Are the differences slowly disappearing due to TV and radio?
Absolutely. It’s got a name and everything. I can’t say much for myself (I’m basically just estuary), but I’m currently studying English Language, and dialect levelling happens because of more than TV, but it’s still quite a big part of it.
BBC news has the most of it, cuz it still only has like RP accents. Mainly cuz there’s always prejudices to do with different dialects- we find cockney funny and Essex bitchy and so on and so forth, so we wouldn’t think of them doing the news.
Obviously there’s not just levelling, more dialects are being formed, too (MLE is a good one to look in to if you’re interested), but the really old, really cool dialects are dying out, cuz people travel more too, yknow.
The breadth of accents in Yorkshire though, and London- you wouldn’t believe.
It’s a brilliant place, really, I love being here. There’s not much down my way, but some places, you travel 2 minutes and it’s a completely different feeling.
All joking aside, I simply love listening to the various accents. My favourite tends to be the Scots accent.
Scots is a language of its own with various dialects. They don't even even call it the Scots language, they call it the "Scots leid". 🙂
There's a moose loose aboot the hoose.
I'm technically not a geordie (Durham doesn't count!) but thanks to my uncle and my mum's side of the family, I'm not letting the accent go! I can understand you word for word, and I'm only 18 =p Also guilty of butchering the dialect, like! I'm throwing it into me conversations now and people can't understand me!! haha
I'm American, The most Northern of the Southern of the East in The United States of American and I understood 70% of what was spoken.
I'm English and I've lived by the Tyne. I don't understand most of it.
Got a fair bit of this and proud of it, only cos i know geordie people though..
I turned on subtitles and CZcams just went '....... I think you got this' and then disabled the button! 😀
No, the accents are strong as ever :D
The only place where accents merge is in London
I'm scottish and understood every word, maybe it's just a north east thing :)
sounds like home
Wey aye man - well yes
Divent Nah - Dont know
Lasses - Girls
Yup, it's like listening to Geordie Shore all over again :/
what do you say at the beginning?