Geordie
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Geordie is a distinctive English dialect and accent associated primarily with the people of Newcastle upon Tyne and the surrounding Tyneside area in northeast England.
Aliases (1)
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English dialect
→
regional accent → |
| associatedWith |
Tyneside communities
→
people of Newcastle upon Tyne → |
| belongsTo |
Northern English dialect group
→
|
| contrastedWith |
Mackem dialect
→
Received Pronunciation → Yorkshire English → |
| country |
England
→
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Newcastle English
→
|
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Newcastle United F.C. supporters
→
Tyneside popular music and comedy → |
| hasFeature |
distinctive intonation patterns
→
distinctive vowel pronunciation → non-rhotic pronunciation → retention of certain Old English forms → use of glottal stops in some consonants → use of local vocabulary items → |
| hasLexicalItem |
aye
→
bairn → canny → clarts → gan → gannin → haddaway → hinny → howay → lass → marra → netty → nowt → owt → radgie → scran → toon → |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
/uː/ fronting in words like "toon" for "town"
→
distinctive realization of /r/ as non-rhotic → monophthongal realization of certain diphthongs → |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus |
marker of local identity
→
strong regional stereotype in the UK → |
| influencedBy |
Northumbrian Old English
→
Scots → |
| influences |
perceptions of Tyneside culture
→
|
| language |
English
→
|
| region |
Newcastle upon Tyne
→
North East England → Tyneside → |
| usedBy |
many working-class speakers in Tyneside
→
some middle-class speakers in Tyneside → |
| usedIn |
everyday speech in Newcastle upon Tyne
→
local media in Tyneside → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
North East England
→
|
hasDialect |
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
("Geordie dialect")
→
|
hasLocalDialect |
|
British English
→
|
hasRegionalVariety |