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14-Jun-2003, 03:12 AM
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Geordies...
I recently heard a comedian from the UK speak of and in the Geordian accent and describe it as the funniest accent in the UK. 'Start off rough as nails and finish off as if you're too excited to speak without spitting', he said. BUT, where do you find people speaking (normally) with this accent? Pray enlighten moi...
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15-Jun-2003, 01:09 AM
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I'll have to look up where Newcastle is now. How far is the blast radius for catching that accent?
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15-Jun-2003, 01:29 AM
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15-Jun-2003, 02:39 AM
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Thanks Sarah.
So would people from Middlesborough speak with it as well? Would all people in Newcastle talk with it?
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15-Jun-2003, 02:54 AM
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No idea, stoke on trent is the furthest North I've been in my life!
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15-Jun-2003, 10:40 AM
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Middlesborough has a similar accent but kinda blended with Yorkshire.
I read a study once that gave a good account of how the accent changes pretty slowly as you go north from Yorkshire through Newcastle and into Scotland. The same from Lancashire through Cumbria into Scotland. Funny how accents sounds similar to people who are not familiar with them. I could quite easily be mistaked for having a Yorkshire accent rather than Lancashire by a foreigner - yet I can tell to withing 5 miles around where I live which town someone is from.
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15-Jun-2003, 11:06 PM
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Stroke on tent!!! That's disgusting, oh sorry - my mistake.
Funny Yoda, I had some Edinborough Scots in over the weekend and asked if they were from Yorkshire. A bit of fast talking and I managed to calm them down though 
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15-Jun-2003, 11:10 PM
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Jim...Jim,Jim, Big mistake asking a Scot if they're English - same goes for a Taffy(welsh) mind you!
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16-Jun-2003, 06:55 AM
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Yeah, I don't usually make that mistook but their accent really threw me. They sounded Yorkshire to me. I calmed them down by saying that people in Yorkshire don't really like 'Southerners' either. That and smiling a lot
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18-Jun-2003, 12:56 AM
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when all else fails, take the mickey out of the Glaswegians, nobody likes them
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