The Northumbrians (Geordies) are often stereotyped in England as dummies and the butt of jokes, sorta like the Texas AGGIES.
And I guarantee you can NOT understand their regional dialect as it isn’t based on standard English.
http://www.northeastengland.talktalk.net/GeordieOrigins.htm
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