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Geordie: Encyclopedia Ii - Geordie - The Geordie Dialect
Geordie derives much less influence from French and Latin than does Standard English, being substantially Angle and Viking in origin. The...
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Geordie: 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...
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Geordie: 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 we...
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