Geordie Dialect

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

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• accent
• newcastle upon tyne
• north east england

[mottledbrain]

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?

[funnypoetbob]

@mottledbrain You get our televison program called Auf Weidersen Pet, very popular down there too :o)

[hathi444]

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. ;-)

[funnypoetbob]

@hathi444 Many of the younger Geordies have lost the old dialect and changed it about quite a lot, sad but true

[chloerandomness]

i am geordie so i speak just lyk that haha!x......

[chloeliveslifeloud]

@SuzanneBa Same here :)

[handcandyrocks]

you need to get Geordie Mouthboard on iphone - really funny

[A64595]

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!!

[Sowha898]

I'm from Norway and I love this accent! and by the way, in Norway no one calls me pet.. I miss that, haha :(

[liamofthornhill]

im from yorkshire and can understand gordies fine but when i was down soulth recently shop attendents and taxi drivers i came across coluld not understand me "tha must ava strong accent thanos"

[SuzanneBa]

Geordie through and through here. I know that in Newcastle my accent isn't that strong however to those not from Newcastle it sounds like a strong accent. However it's always MAM not Ma or Mum etc and I'm sure I didn't hear the word "pet" (a term of endearment) mentioned. All Lasses are "pets" and it's warming when you get called that.

[TheWomblemaster]

@hathi444 yeah locals tend to have a `telephone accent` for outsiders, so they can understand us.

[p3rs0n42]

@pinkandr08 Haha wey aye! :P It's coming on canny now, like! =]

[adamski895RS]

It's always Mam. Never Mum