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Geordie Put-Downs: The Wittiest North East Ways to Put You in Your Place
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| 21 FEB 2017
| BYSARA NICHOL
Posted on 02/22/2017 9:27:55 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Geordie is the language and people for a chunk of Northeast England, and their accent is generally considered completely incomprehensible by the rest of the islands inhabitants.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/22/2017 9:33:45 PM PST
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smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: nickcarraway
have you ever heard Scouse (Liverpool)? need subtitles
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02/22/2017 9:41:54 PM PST
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SecAmndmt
(Arm yourselves!)
To: SecAmndmt
That’s easy compared to Geordie.
To: nickcarraway
If I recall correctly, the BBC aired a programme on the Geordies many years ago.
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posted on
02/22/2017 9:49:15 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: nickcarraway
My late wife was a Brit from that area. She could sound so posh and cultured, but the angrier she got the thicker her accent became. She was a redhead with green eyes. And she got mad a few times at me.
I miss her.
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posted on
02/22/2017 9:50:48 PM PST
by
WhirlwindAttack
(The right to swing your arms ends at my nose. I've had enough of this.)
To: nickcarraway
Wi I man. Broons a roond.
Translation. Jolly good show. (Newcastle) Brown ales for everyone on me.
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posted on
02/22/2017 9:53:33 PM PST
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Churchillspirit
(9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
To: nickcarraway
Okay...the only one I understood was “Are yee daft?”.
And we thought Ebonics was bad!
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02/22/2017 10:04:01 PM PST
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boatbums
(God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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posted on
02/22/2017 10:06:49 PM PST
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Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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posted on
02/22/2017 10:16:42 PM PST
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Salamander
(We're pain, we're steel, a plot of knives...)
To: nickcarraway
Sounds vaguely like an Ocracoke brogue.
To: Army Air Corps
If I recall correctly, the BBC aired a programme on the Geordies many years ago.Correct. I lived in the UK then. The BBC used subtitles for the program. It was funny as hell.
On a drilling rig in the North Sea our electrician was a Geordie. He spoke to me and I replied, "I can only speak English and Spanish." He was quite offended as he thought I was making fun of him. He was a really good guy and once I got accustomed to his accent and colloquialism we could speak.
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02/22/2017 10:25:36 PM PST
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cpdiii
(Deckhand, Roughneck, Mud Man, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist, THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR.)
To: nickcarraway
That’s easy compared to Geordie.
Being born a scouser, I totally agree it's easy...:^)
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02/22/2017 10:39:51 PM PST
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az_gila
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02/22/2017 10:59:07 PM PST
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TChad
(Propagandists should not be treated like journalists.)
To: nickcarraway
Nope, don’t understand any of it.
But hey, I understand and can speak Schwiizerdüütch, so I get some credit.
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02/22/2017 11:05:52 PM PST
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Yaelle
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02/22/2017 11:23:41 PM PST
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Yaelle
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02/22/2017 11:48:30 PM PST
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Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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