Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Geordie is also a nickname for a resident of this same region, [9] though there are different definitions of what constitutes a Geordie, and not everyone from the North East identifies as such. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Furthermore, a Geordie can mean a supporter of the football club Newcastle United . [ 12 ]
The people of Newcastle, called "Geordies", have a reputation for their distinctive dialect and accent.Newcastle may have been given this name, a local diminutive of the name "George", because their miners used George Stephenson's safety lamp (invented in 1815 and called a "Georgie lamp") to prevent firedamp explosions, rather than the Davy lamp used elsewhere.
Knockoff Geordies (slightly pejorative, "wrong side of river") Gerrards Cross Jerrys, Crosstitutes Glasgow Glaswegian, Keelies, [24] [25] Weegies [26] Glastonbury Glastoids, Ding-a-Lings (a centre of New Age activity) Glossop Hillmen (due to its proximity to the Peak District), Tuppies (after the P. G. Wodehouse character Tuppy Glossop) Gloucester
Geordie is a masculine given name. It may also be a nickname for people named George or associated with the Tyneside area of North East England. Notable people known as Geordie include:
A Geordie is a person from the Tyneside region of England; the word is also used for the dialect spoken by such a person. A geordie can come from north or south of the river all the way to South/North Shields.It is a diminutive of the name George, Geordie is commonly found as a forename in the North-East of England and Southern Scotland.
Mackem, Makem or Mak'em is a nickname for residents of and people from Sunderland, a city in North East England.It is also a name for the local dialect and accent (not to be confused with Geordie); and for a fan, of whatever origin, of Sunderland A.F.C.
The city's retailers wanted to capitalize on the increased traffic, so they tried to erase the negative connotation around "Black Friday," even briefly attempting to call it "Big Friday." But the ...
Geordie, the most famous dialect spoken in the region, largely spoken in Tyneside, centred in Newcastle and Gateshead [3] [5] Mackem , a dialect spoken in Wearside , centred on Sunderland Smoggie , a dialect spoken in Teesside ; an area at the southern tip of region which straddles the border of Yorkshire and County Durham