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ARTICLES RELATED TO Geordie - Vocabulary | | | |  Geordie - Vocabulary: Encyclopedia II - Geordie - The Geordie dialectGeordie derives much less influence from French and Latin than does Standard English, being substantially Angle and Viking in origin. The accent and pronunciation, as in Lowland Scots, reflect old Anglo-Saxon pronunciations, accents and usages.
Pronunciation of personal pronouns differs markedly from Standard English: Geordies use "yous" (IPA: /juəz/) for plural "you", "me" (/mi/) for "my", "uz" (See also:Geordie, Geordie - Derivation of the term, Geordie - Geographical coverage, Geordie - The Geordie dialect, Geordie - Vocabulary, Geordie - Geordie in the media, Geordie - Famous Geordies Read more here: » Geordie: Encyclopedia II - Geordie - The Geordie dialect |
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| | | | Geordie - Vocabulary: Encyclopedia II - Geordie - Geordie in the media In recent times, the Geordie accent has featured prominently in the national media, arguably more so than ever before, perhaps encouraged by the success of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet in the early 1980s. Television presenters such as Ant and Dec, and Marcus Bentley, are now happy to use their natural accents on air. The commentator on the UK edition of Big Brother is often perceived by southerners to have a Geordie accent (North-East accents do sound very alike to the untuned ear). However, he grew up in Stockton on Tees. Brendan Fost ...
See also:Geordie, Geordie - Derivation of the term, Geordie - Geographical coverage, Geordie - The Geordie dialect, Geordie - Vocabulary, Geordie - Geordie in the media, Geordie - Famous Geordies Read more here: » Geordie: Encyclopedia II - Geordie - Geordie in the media |
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| | | | Geordie - Vocabulary: Encyclopedia II - Geordie - Derivation of the term One explanation is that it was established during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. The Jacobites declared that the natives of Newcastle were staunch supporters of the Hanoverian kings, in particular of George II during the 1745 rebellion. This contrasted with rural Northumbria, which largely supported the Jacobite cause. If true, the term may have derived from a popular anti-Hanoverian song ("Cam ye ower frae France?"), which calls the first Hanoverian k ...
See also:Geordie, Geordie - Derivation of the term, Geordie - Geographical coverage, Geordie - The Geordie dialect, Geordie - Vocabulary, Geordie - Geordie in the media, Geordie - Famous Geordies Read more here: » Geordie: Encyclopedia II - Geordie - Derivation of the term |
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