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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.
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:
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.
Many historical northern accents reflect the influence of the Old Norse language strongly, compared with other varieties of English spoken in England. [16]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 ...
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 ...
The Liverpool accent, known as Scouse, is an exception to the Lancashire regional variant of English. It has spread to some of the surrounding towns. Before the 1840s, Liverpool's accent was similar to others in Lancashire, though with some distinct features due to the city's proximity to Wales.
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.