I was in the midst of preparing a post for this morning with a subject of Cockney Rhyming Slang, but there seems to be an interesting thread starting on the new "work area" blog, as I was afraid it might, that I need to quickly bring over here to our public blog before it fully develops, so everyone can give input. I sense it is the beginning of an important new aspect, or division, of what I am trying to discover here. At least this poor sheltered American has never heard of the word "Geordie" before. And, since the work blog is intended only for "storage and arrangement" of actual words and phrases (and the posting of pictures of mostly naked young men, apparently) I am quickly making the transfer of this possible new thread:
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I'm Here :)
Hiya, what's up lads and lasses? ahm heor te answer the canny invitation frem Max, he is truly awesome lad and was the first mate that I've been so close from the net.
I hope that I can keep amuse him with my articles :)
Up the Toon!!! Howay the lads!!!
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relax max said...
One more thing. Sorry to keep bothering you, but...
I think the way you talk is ever so cool--I love it! But please help these poor ignorant American ears--it's Scottish, right? Or.....?
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relax max said...
Cockney?
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relax max said...
None of the above?
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linda said...
Max, you appear to be talking to yourself - take a breath!
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claire said...
He is speaking Geordie or trying to :)
North East of England.
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a.a.a. said...
Yes, "Up the Toon" gives it away :) Geordie it is, spoken only in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north east of England (not in Scotland and not to be confused with Newcastle under Lyme, as I tried to explain to a French journalist the other day).
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relax max said...
Thank you everyone. Please note that I am transferring this thread over to the regular blog now so eveyone can see it and get involved with commenting on it instead of just we few. Thank you Eddy! Good ears, Claire and a.a.a.! (So, aaa is what you are to be, then, I guess :)
Please continue commenting and analyzing this Geordie dialect as it is new to Max. Intriguing! Thanks.
Only, let's do it on the main blog, please.
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Note to all: Let's make the above conversation be our post for this morning, and simply begin adding to this sprouting little seedling down in the regular comments for THIS post, shall we?
Anyone?
ReplyDeleteThis is fascinating to me. Is it just a dialect restricted to this particular town? A particular group of people or culture? How did it get started? How is it possible to be spoken only in this limited area? Can you really tell that closely where a person is from in Britain--even if he is halfway across the world now, as Eddy is?
Give me some history or background if you can, please!
Claire, you are from that area, aren't you? I've never heard you speak, of course. Or did you move in later? Or is it really restricted to that one very specific area?
ReplyDeleteI realize Eddy is purposely writing his posts and comments in that sort of phonetic manner, because it sounds cool. At least to me. If YOU were writing the way you SOUND, Claire, would YOU be writing that way, too? Or are you in the midst of being insulted right now? If so, forgive me. I am just trying to understand this thing.
As a matter of record, I don't absolutely KNOW that Eddy is halfway across the world. But his posts show to be coming in from Indonesia.
ReplyDeleteMax is talking to himself again, right? Nobody out there?
ReplyDeleteI come from the North West of England and yes I can tell the different dialects :)
ReplyDeleteIf I was writing phonetically it would be different.
Yeah. Well, that's really interesting Clair. What's your point, hon?
ReplyDeleteAnd by the way, my dear--just a friendly word of warning. If you keep messing around with those dogs you're gonna end up missing more than an e.
ReplyDeleteIf you know what I mean.
Thanks for the comment, Claire. We may need that expertise. It's good to hear from you this evening.
ReplyDeleteI was just reading you earlier posts, as I seemingly have nothing better to do today.
ReplyDeleteThere are some that claim that geordie is actually the oldest form of English still existing in England. Other areas were influenced by the many invaders we've had historically. I do not claim that to be true, as I am not a historian, or a person who studies dialects, but I have read it from a few sources. Not that you can believe all that you read.
If you don't mind me asking, and this is not meant to insult you by any means, but what is the difference between geordie and the Cockney spoken in London's East end? They LOOK similar to this poor American's inexperienced eye. Of course I have never heard the geordie dialect spoken...
ReplyDeleteto be honest cockney might as well be a whole different language to me. I know geordie, and picked up some yorkshire accent, but that's about as far as I go.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, if you were ever to hear me speak you'd probably think I am austrailian. My accent is all muddled up from living in the NE, Yorkshire, Austrailia, The Netherlands and the US.
I will however try to research the differences for you, if you could hear Geordie and Cockney, you'd be able to tell the difference.
Oh an other geordie fact, it is the preferred accent for commercials as it is perceived as the friendliest accent. Those with a brummie accent are less likely to succeed in an interview. Facts I learnt at uni, and are in no way meant to offend anyone out there.