HB Longbone & Son Geordie Dialect Translator Tea Towel

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But: A kind of spoken full stop or ‘period’. Sentences are often ended with the word ‘but’. For example, when describing someone a Geordie may say “she’s a canny lass but”. This means that she is a nice girl or perhaps an endearing or attractive girl. It doesn’t imply that there is some unspoken flaw in her character that the speaker is reluctant to reveal.

Bairn: A child. Anglo-Saxon (especially Angle) and Viking word. The phrase “shy bairns get nowt” is the Geordie version of “if you don’t ask, you don’t get”.If there is a word or phrase that you think is omitted, then please Add a Word or Phrase to the Translators He returned to Newcastle as a teenager without a North East accent, but with an American twang from the German-American school he attended in Frankfurt! that’s a shame, it would be nice for my little city to be on MTV in the U.S. 😀 You can get unedited shows on iTunes in the UK, i’m not sure if they are available in the U.S. they may be. posted on Friday 21st December, 2012 at 18:12

It is also said to have originated as a secret way of communicating by coster mongers when carrying out illegal street trade in the mid-nineteenth century and has evolved into a complex and often very confusing “language”. Melanie – That’s because it’s a Geordie dictionary, and that’s not a Geordie word 🙂 posted on Tuesday 26th February, 2013 at 10:05Worldie/worldy is once again NOT a Geordie word. It just means something amazing, e.g. when talking about girls like they call them a “worldie” it means they are amazing, hot, etc. etc. etc. In Season 5 they go to Amsterdam but how is it that they don’t know Amsterdam is in The Netherlands, and not Germany? What do you think about the Geordie dialect? Are there any words that you've only ever heard in this part of the country? When to use it: This is one of the most famous, and most misunderstood, bits of Geordie accent. “Howay!” can be taken to mean “Come on!” in both positive and negative associations. Positive: “Howay woman! That were champion!” Negative: “Howay man! I haven’t got all day.”