Introduction
The people of
Newcastle are called Geordies and their accent is also given that name. Many English-speaking people find it very
difficult. It is similar in some ways to Scottish English (compare the Geordie examples with the Scottish ones). People say ay for yes
and there are words like bairn, which
are found in both dialects. Newcastle English has a peculiar sing-songy
intonation. There are several examples of Geordie vocabulary in our recording: gan = go, divven = don't , wor = our, dunsh = crash, fettle = mood, canny = careful.