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Geordie Dialect of the Day
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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.
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Location Newcastle is located here
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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.
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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
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Famous Geordies There are a few famous people with Geordie accents:
Paul “Gazza” Gascoigne Ant and Dec (TV presenters) Cheryl Cole
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References How to speak like a Geordie (videojug):
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