 The term Geordie may refer to either a native of Newcastle upon Tyne or the dialect spoken by the inhabitants of that city. The word first emerged in the early 18th century when the citizens of Newcastle declared their support for the English kings George I and II, the last British king to come from the House of Hanova. The dialect, mainly localized in the area of Newcastle, merges into the Northumbrian and Scottish dialects in the north and Durham and Yorkshire dialects in the south. The Geordie dialect contains sound elements very similar or identical with standard English, however there are some exceptions. The R phoneme is realized as a uvula R like the French or German R, often referred to as the Burr. The initial H is not dropped as it is the case for many other PDE dialects and word final In is pronounced as In. The vocabulary exhibits a wide range of words that are sometimes very similar and sometimes quite different from standard English such as a lang instead of a long, grand instead of fine or great, ban instead of child or champion instead of great and lovely. Grammatical peculiarities of Geordie include the use of plural instead of singular forms and vice versa. Furthermore, past forms are often replaced by other past or present forms and pronouns are often replaced by other singular or plural forms as you can see in these examples.