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The Geordie dialect and identity are primarily associated with a working-class background. [7] A 2008 newspaper survey found the Geordie accent to be perceived as the "most attractive in England" among the British public.
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.
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Many historical northern dialects reflect the influence of Old Norse. [14] [15] In addition to previous contact with Vikings, during the 9th and 10th centuries most of northern and eastern England was part of either the Danelaw or the Danish-controlled Kingdom of Northumbria (except for much of present-day Cumbria, which was part of the Kingdom of Strathclyde).
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:
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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.
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.