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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Geordie canonical | 9 |
| Geordie (for people from Tyneside) | 1 |
| Geordie dialect | 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
ⓘ
surface form:
Northumbrian Old English
Scots ⓘ |
| influences | perceptions of Tyneside culture ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| region |
Newcastle upon Tyne
ⓘ
North East England ⓘ Tyneside urban area ⓘ
surface form:
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 (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Geordie dialect
this entity surface form:
Geordie (for people from Tyneside)