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  2. Geordie - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Northumbrian dialect - Wikipedia

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    The traditional dialect has spawned multiple modern varieties, and Northumbrian dialect can also be used to broadly include all of them: 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

  4. Pitmatic - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Richard Oliver Heslop - Wikipedia

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    He compiled several books and wrote numerous papers on the subject of the North East England, the Northumberland and Geordie dialect and use of words. His best known and most popular was “'Northumberland Words' (published in 2 volumes in 1893-4)“, the first real dialect dictionary of Geordie words and their meanings, and a set of monumental ...

  6. Northumbrian burr - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. List of Geordie characters, events and places - Wikipedia

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    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

  8. Mackem - Wikipedia

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    A perceptual dialect study by the University of Sunderland found that locals of the region consider Geordie and Mackem to be separate dialects and identify numerous lexical, grammatical, and phonetic differences between the two. [14] In fact, Mackem is considered to be more closely related to Durham dialects than to those of Tyneside. [15]

  9. Dorothy Samuelson-Sandvid - Wikipedia

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    Dorothy Samuelson-Sandvid (14 November 1902 – August 1984), known as Dorfy, was a noted dialect author and journalist [2] who specialised in the Geordie dialect. Early life [ edit ]