Geordie
Under Geordie means both a member of the population around Newcastle upon Tyne in northern England and the prevailing dialect of English. Geordie as a dialect is closer to the language of the Angling and has taken significantly fewer influences from French and Latin than southern English .
| phoneme | Geordie | example |
|---|---|---|
| / æ / | a ~ ɑ | b a ck |
| / ʌ / | ʊ | str u t |
| / aɪ / | ɛɪ | sh i ne |
| / aʊ / | əʊ | n ow |
Like most Northern English dialects, the vowels are clearly similar to the German pronunciation, so / æ / as in "c a t" are pronounced as [ a ] and / ʌ / as in "c u t" as [ ʊ ] . The pronunciation of the "i", which comes very close to a German "oi", is also striking. There are also differences in the personal pronouns : Geordies use we instead of us , youse as the plural of you , me instead of my , us instead of me and wor for our .
Web links
Wiktionary: Geordie English - explanations of meanings, origin of words, synonyms, translations (English)
- Newcastle English (Geordie) . une.edu.au (English)
- Sounds familiar? British Library's 'Sounds Familiar' website - Examples of Geordie and other English versions
- TynesideTraditional . soundcomparisons.com - Hover & Hear, pronunciation comparisons