Geordie Dialect of the Day The Geordie dialect

Geordie Dialect of the Day

The “Geordie” dialect The Geordie dialect is a very famous dialect of the UK because of how friendly and difficult to understand it is for many nonnative speakers. Geordie is spoken in a region of the North East of England most commonly in Newcastle.

Location Newcastle is located here

Popularity Geordie is currently a very popular accent in Britain due to its perception as a very friendly accent. Call centres (such as those who deal with customer’s complaints) often employ staff with a Geordie accent because of their perception as being friendly and helpful.

Unique Features • do etc. the words do, to and who [i: ] • have etc. forms of the verb have – had, has, have and having [ɛ] • head etc. nouns such as bread and head and adjectives such as deaf and dead [i: ] • Newcastle- stress on medial syllable, not first syllable

Famous Geordies There a few famous people with Geordie accents: • Paul “Gazza” Gascoigne http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ok. Su. St. Grupo • Ant and Dec (TV presenters) • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=733 Tn. INqen 8 • Cheryl Cole • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=1 Lx_Zqr. K 1 b. M

References How to speak like a Geordie (videojug): http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=sum. St. Cchdn 8 http: //www. bl. uk/learning/langlit/sounds/casestudies/geordie/vowel-sounds/ http: //www. wikihow. com/Talk-Like-a-Geordie