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How did the Geordie accent originate in North East England?

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Geordie Origins. Dialect Origins. One of the most distinctive and best known features of the North East is its famous dialect which is a lively, friendly, endearing but sometimes impenetrable feature of the region's heritage. During this century the North East `language' has been somewhat watered down perhaps through the ... read more

Indeed many old words and phrases commonly used in the old works of Chaucer and Shakespeare which are no longer used in other parts of Britain have survived as common usage in the North East. Of course some Geordie words are of more recent origin or are corruptions or words borrowed from other regions, but often the similarities between Anglo-Saxon and Geordie can be quite surprising. read more

Geordie (/ ˈ dʒ ɔːr d i /) is a nickname for a person from the Tyneside area of North East England, and the dialect spoken by its inhabitants. The term is also used to refer to anyone from North East England. read more

The original Geordies were miners from Felling coal pit. After an explosion in 1812, George Stephenson invented the Geordie lamp in 1914. So all north east miners were nicknamed Geordies. Also railwaymen, keelmen and sailors. read more

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