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Geordie

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 non-native speakers.

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Geordie

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  1. Geordie Dialect of the Day

  2. 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 non-native speakers. Geordie is spoken in a region of the North East of England and most commonly in Newcastle.

  3. Location Newcastle is located here

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. Famous Geordies There are a few famous people with Geordie accents: • Paul “Gazza” Gascoigne http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okSuStGrupo • Ant and Dec (TV presenters) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=733TnINqen8 • Cheryl Cole • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lx_ZqrK1bM

  7. References How to speak like a Geordie (videojug): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sumStCchdn8 http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/case-studies/geordie/vowel-sounds/ http://www.wikihow.com/Talk-Like-a-Geordie

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