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The Geordie dialect shares similarities with other Northern English dialects, as well as with the Scots language (See Rowe 2007, 2009). Dorfy, real name Dorothy Samuelson-Sandvid, was a noted Geordie dialect writer.
Bentley's voice-over work and distinctive Geordie accent has led to him becoming one of Britain's most recognised voices. Bentley has also appeared on stage and in London's Burning. Although he rarely makes public appearances, his public profile has been raised since Big Brother ' s revival on Channel 5.
The show’s bosses, he found out years later, were immediately sold on how one particular line from the audition script sounded in Bentley’s languid Geordie accent. That line was, “Darren is ...
The traditional Northumbrian dialect is a moribund older form of the dialect spoken in the area. [3] It is closely related to Scots and Cumbrian and shares with them a common origin in Old Northumbrian. [4] The traditional dialect has spawned multiple modern varieties, and Northumbrian dialect can also be used to broadly include all of them:
Her next role in 28 Years Later, the long-awaited sequel to Danny Boyle’s apocalyptic zombie movie 28 Days Later, will see her take on a Geordie accent – and the 31-year-old star has been ...
A 19th century dialect map indicating the range of the Northumbrian burr within Northumberland and Durham. The Northumbrian burr is the distinctive uvular pronunciation of R in the traditional dialects of Northumberland, Tyneside ('Geordie'), and northern County Durham, now remaining only among speakers of rural Northumberland, excluding Tyne and Wear.
Geordie dialect words; Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings; Fordyce's Tyne Songster; France's Songs of the Bards of the Tyne - 1850; The Bishoprick Garland (1834, by Sharp) Rhymes of Northern Bards; Marshall's Collection of Songs, Comic, Satirical 1827; The Songs of the Tyne by Ross; The Songs of the Tyne by Walker
Pitmatic – originally 'pitmatical' [2] – is a group of traditional Northern English dialects spoken in rural areas of the Great Northern Coalfield in England.. The feature distinguishing Pitmatic from other Northumbrian dialects, such as Geordie and Mackem, is its basis in the mining jargon used in local collieries.