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The term itself, according to Brockett, originated from all the North East coal mines. [1] The catchment area for the term "Geordie" can include Northumberland and County Durham [2] [3] or be confined to an area as small as the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and the metropolitan boroughs of Tyneside. [9]
The concise new Partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional English. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-21259-5. Robinson, Mairi (1985). Concise Scots Dictionary. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press Ltd. ISBN 1-902930-00-2; Ronowicz, Eddie; Yallop, Colin (2006). English: One Language, Different Cultures. Continuum International Publishing Group.
The derived term "Brummie" can refer both to the people of the area, and the local dialect and accent. [22] "City of a Thousand Trades" [23] – with reference to the city's former industrial might. "Venice of the North" – a name likening the city to Venice, Italy, in southern Europe, due to both having a large number of canals. [24]
Pitmatic – originally 'pitmatical' [2] – is a group of traditional Northern English dialects spoken in rural areas of the Great Northern Coalfield in England.. One lexical feature distinguishing Pitmatic from other Northumbrian dialects, such as Geordie and Mackem, is the use of mining jargon used in local collieries.
Smoggie is a colloquial term used to refer to people from the Teesside area of North East England. The term is also used to describe the local accent and dialect spoken in the area. The term relates to the area's notoriety for its high levels of pollution from local industry, which resulted in a thick smog that often blanketed the region.
The following is a list of adjectival forms of cities in English and their demonymic equivalents, which denote the people or the inhabitants of these cities.. Demonyms ending in -ese are the same in the singular and plural forms.
In honor of Black Twitter's contribution, Stacker compiled a list of 20 slang words it brought to popularity, using the AAVE Glossary, Urban Dictionary, Know Your Meme, and other internet ...
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.