Geordie accent case study

geordies appear to have rich and varied regional dialect. Some words almost appear as if they're from a diferent language, this is because invasions into England meant that the North East was linguistically isolated therethe dialect has evolved differently in the following 1500 years.

A few words which are paticulalry different include:

'Marra' meaning mate

and

'spelk' meaning splinter

The word Geordie refers to Natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

There are several theories about how the word 'Geordie' was derived but they will be quick to tell you that their accent and dialect is very different from the surrounding 'Pitmatic' or 'Makeem'

It is believed that the Geordie accent isn't just conquering dialect levelling but also spreading; I believe this to be due to the media, popular T.V shows such as Geordie Shore show the Geordie dialect as more cool and popular with young people, this creates divergence and also changes attitudes towards the accent.

I believe older people watching a show in which young Geordies act perhaps foolishly and irresponsibly will associate the accent with low intelligence, and due to the cheating and lying in the show, particularly un-trustworthy. However, they might associate it with more friendliness because of their up-beat nature