Found on the streets of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the surrounding towns and villages, the Geordie accent has it roots in working-class industry and mining. Then there’s the fact that Geordie seems to undergo an unusual amount of vowel reduction: the vowels in I, it, they, and we often become a … He calls these word-groups lexical sets and uses a key word, such as KIT, to identify them. The term is used and has been historically used to refer to the people of the North East. From the Scottish Highlands to the tip of Cornwall, every region is packed with distinct dialects, silly sayings, and funny phrases. There are different definitions of what constitutes a Geordie. Accent and dialect in the broader framework of language variation

First, Geordie pronunciation (even in “milder” accents) has many features uncommon among urban English accents.

There are also a number of characteristic vowel sounds we associate with a broad Geordie accent: listen, for instance, to the vowel sounds Mark uses in words in the following three sets: day, anyway, straightaway, later, paid, again, eight, pay, cables, pace, great, way, station, made, aches, pains, same and wavelength

Geordie (/ ˈ dʒ ɔːr d i /) is a nickname for a person from the Tyneside area of North East England, and the dialect used by its inhabitants. Here are just a few of our faves: Geordie – Newcastle Accent. His Mother In Law asked if she was dilated “ah don’t know about her, cos she’s off her head on gas & air right now” Geordie replied, “but am over the bloody moon” By Geordie H in Geordie Humour, Geordie Jokes Geordie phoned his mother in law and told her that her daughter had been rushed into the hospital and was about to give birth. The speech accent archive made me remember my very short stay in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne many years ago.

I was there for a sports trip and we stayed with school families. Funny Geordie Monologue by Gary Hogg (via Amblethwaite). New Geordie Dictionary Geordie Dictionary(Frank Graham) English Accents and Dialects Introductory survey of the main regional and social varieties of English spoken in the British Isles. The sections below list all the vowel sounds used in a Geordie accent according to lexical set.The phonetician, John Wells, introduced in his book, Accents of English (1982), the concept of using a single word to refer to the pronunciation of a particular group of English words.

Geordie vowel sounds.