Learn A Geordie Accent | Newcastle Accent Tutorial

Learn a Geordie accent with this Newcastle accent tutorial featuring a native Geordie accent. Sophia, a native Geordie joins Anna English to explore the features of a Geordie accent and to offer some insight into some common Geordie dialect words.
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[@seviravio9256]

Jade thirwall bring me here😭😂😂😂

[@jhelorizamokasim7582]

Hi I'm Jeed!

[@bitchysehun6070]

same

[@clark._]

same

[@nari5569]

Lmao same 😂

[@Mohamedgray09]

Same😂😂

[@keilahreighdugenia1809]

If i have a accent like this i will never shut up

[@mikebee2226]

Its music to the ears isnt it ;-)

[@kireclebnul]

sounds about like a geordie, yup

[@Person-gk5ee]

In England if you’re not from Newcastle we hate the geordie accent

[@darkwave9345]

@@Person-gk5ee where you from?

[@Lou-ls7ln]

@@Person-gk5ee I keep seeing this sort of comment….for what reason??

[@multi_fandomedits8336]

I came here to learn Jade and Perrie's while talking

[@erayaltun2313]

omg same

[@gunes13nydn]

I can still understand Perrie's accent from time to time. But never Jade's accent without subtitles! Nice, sometimes even the subtitle doesn't understand Jeed..😂😂

[@markymark8196]

I love Sophie - she's hilarious and expressive. If she had TV show, I'd watch it.

[@SuperRobertoClemente]

I was like wait, is this meant to be funny? Why does she shake her head so much?! LOL!!! I want to hang out with this person!

[@roryhall1592]

Isn't life wonderful. I am 60 years old and have lived in Australia for 58 years and yet I understood everything Sophie was saying. It has brought tears to my eyes as I have just realised that my mother whom passed away some years ago spoke Geordie. I new she was from the north of England but it was only now that I have made the connection. The funny thing is that I now feel home sick for the north. Time for a visit I think. I have never been back to England in those 58 years.

[@ionerosin2523]

Please,get back!

[@mikebee2226]

Music for the ears it is. My parental grandparents came over from Glasgow in the 1930s & settled in Detroit, Michigan forever. When I was a young lad I had trouble understanding their brogues which they kept all their lifes. I loved hearing stories of their life in Glasgow, the boat ride to America & adapting to American life. They both made super delicious scones. He cooked as much as she & did the dishes also. They lived far into their 90s & I miss them so much. RIP pappy & nanny.

[@malfromthetoon6705]

If she was from Newcastle she would be proud and tell you , most other places they say near Newcastle .

[@roryhall1592]

@@ionerosin2523 I would love to. Stupid covid :-( But inspired now to do some research and plan a trip.

[@roryhall1592]

@@malfromthetoon6705 Wow, how little do I know about my mum. Think she was born in Speenymoor and lived in Durham for a period of time. Time to get out the family tree.

[@ouarirou1884]

If English is like that, I will not bother myself to correct my pronunciation, I will let it as it is

[@tedarcher9120]

Try skottish, it's the best

[@Nutamago]

@Sredni Vashtar sko'ish

[@jblondon1327]

Don't bother. Not worth it.

[@jblondon1327]

I gave up years ago. No point. It looks like it's anarchy out there. Whats the point in memorising for instance if one word is with the short "a" or long "a" if then depending from where you are from some use the long some use the short?

[@TheBlackDogChronicles]

When non-native speakers learn English, it tends to not be a regional accent but rather a RP or 'received pronunciation' accent. Focus on using that, as it is the form of English that most people can understand.

[@MaruHieta]

Sounds like Geordie has retained a lot of Norse/Norwegian features from Viking times. Like it a lot!

[@maggy8197]

I was actually thinking the same watching this video, "bairn" is quite similar to "barne" from Norway. Did you find more examples in the conversation as well? I love it too (big viking fan here haha).

[@willmcpherson2]

@@maggy8197 "hjem" for home is the same in Norwegian, although in Norwegian the "h" is not pronounced.

[@tomarmstrong5244]

Not really. The accent derives from the settlement of the 'Angle' people from Angeln, in southern Denmark, from about 500 to 600 - two hundred years before the Vikings, who didn't settle much in the NE. They mainly settled in Yorkshire.

[@chaosgyro]

It carries a lot of cross pollination with Scottish due to the north's border region nature.

[@dancesmokesmile344]

I’m Norwegian so that was my first thought when she said hjem or yen or whatever, but it was pronounced pretty close to ‘hjem’ which is our word for ‘home’

[@cassiusendrigo2622]

“SUPA BES” - jade from little mix

[@yarniwolf]

Sophie has an amazing energy that transfers through.

[@nastyleon5857]

I agree but this will not teach u the geordie accent

[@SinisterBlade.]

True

[@zx50]

@@nastyleon5857 Very true. The video needed someone who actually lives and is from Newcastle.

[@nastyleon5857]

zx50 P exactly

[@thenightporter]

I want to throw her into lava.

[@certs743]

Sophia is lovely. Geordie sounds like it shares alot in common with Scots from what I can tell from this video.

[@erinquinn215]

where she comes from is the DMZ between England and Scotland, it's a lawless place

[@JohnnyZenith]

@@erinquinn215 Lol.

[@BlaZeHawkzzz]

Erin Quinn 😂

[@irenedezwaan4592]

My mother is a Geordie with a Scottish mother, and the two accents do blend together quite smoothly.

[@grantdeluxe5274]

Quite frankly I’m offended that geordie and Scottish has “it shares a lot” in the same sentence. Struggling to see the similarities as an outsider looking in

[@hen-rex]

As a foreigner, I found the Geordie accent to be quite charming compared to the stiff Southern English accent we learn in school as learners of a second language.

[@stevenedwards9715]

Hi And goodbye

[@CarpetHater]

Strange how we learn UK english in school, but nearly everyone still speak in an american accent anyway, it becomes a weird mix of english words with an american accent.

[@jontalbot1]

I lived on Tyneside for 11 years and am watching this just because I love the dialect. This concentrates on words but Geordies sing when they speak

[@thomsboys77]

There’s multiple southern English accents

[@silencionomus]

Stiff? You've not been around, mate.

[@tmc3567]

She says everything in a weird way then suddenly says "Mouth" normally. 😆

[@miketheq7739]

I expected her to go "moof"

[@GandalfTheGay98]

traditionally, Geordies pronounced mouth as mooth. A lot still do, but some of the younger people pronounce it like she did

[@nutsriket9687]

@@GandalfTheGay98 Exactly true! One of the Geordie lasses on Geordie Shore once said “moof”, and I was puzzled by that! 🤣

[@anonymoususer2756]

I should’ve kept my MOOF claused!

[@SH-hp1of]

Not a geordie accent but a really good pit yacker accent. Geordie is Tyneside (Newcastle), mackem is Sunderland, pitmatic/pit yacker is Durham and smoggy is middlesbrough/Teesside. We don't group ourselves as having a geordie accent. Each area is proud to have their own accent.

[@gahoohoohahoohoo]

Came here to say this, being grouped in with Durham made me a lil sad. we all have our own proud roots, let them be themselves without only being recognized as geordie.

[@benowers]

Tyneside isn't just Newcastle

[@willm7918]

What's Cumbrian?

[@bhavneetsingh1198]

But technically how different would it sound to a non native speaker. I guess it will be very similar for us. True though, every accent has its roots.

[@tomarmstrong5244]

The original 'Geordies' were the Durham miners. It is only recently that the term 'Geordie' has been appropriated by Newcastle. Right up to the 1970s the term was used to describe all folk from Durham and Northumberland.

[@kroo07]

Back in the 1960's I was one of five 12 year olds trainspotting on Bournemouth Central station. A train came in and a man got off near us. He said something completely unitelligible to us. We just looked at him speechless so he repeated what he said. More silence from us until one said "why is he trying to speek to us in Russian?". He spoke again more slowly, and then agian more slowly. It sounded something like "way orz thur tree ayn tar poo ell". Finally he spoke one word at a time for us to guess its meaning, like a game of charades. He was asking "Where is the train to Poole". I came to realise in the following years that he wasn't Russian he was a Geordie.

[@sayhice1358]

lmao

[@fava7753]

Dasvidanya nyet problema , wor kid . Lmao .

[@nicholasthorn1539]

When German speakers with different accents fail to understand each other they use English. I wish we native English speakers could use another language in the same way when in the same position

[@walterwhite5578]

lmfao

[@larsw8776]

@@nicholasthorn1539 😁 No.

[@serenityq26]

i like the none posh accents. KEEP IT REAL! geordie, cockney, yorkshire, essex i love em

[@Person-gk5ee]

Big up Yorkshire we’re deffo the best

[@davidmelodyrian]

I am American, and I have been getting to know many English accents. The Geordie accent has become my favorite. Something about it feels warm, sincere, friendly, easygoing and unpretentious. What's not to loove? ;)

[@Person-gk5ee]

We hate it here in England.

[@olafharoldsonnii4713]

@@Person-gk5ee 🤣🤣🤣country bumpkins

[@stachu1027]

@@Person-gk5ee i love it

[@kardkovacsi]

@@Person-gk5ee As a non native English speaker, this makes more sense for me than the Royal English where there are only 60-70% correlation between the written and pronounced words. They pronounce the sounds as it is in a Latin language. Without knowing the Geordie accent I could figure out 90% of the sounds after watching 2 minutes of this video.

[@hads5279]

Mine is Mancunian.

[@tarekaidi981]

Sophie sounds like she ran away from a Game Of Thrones episode

[@georgegarside1776]

She’s my cousin

[@tompeled6193]

She hasn't went through the Great Vowel Shift.

[@dmitriysmirnov9084]

Or maybe luny assylum.

[@dmitriysmirnov9084]

@Werewolf O. London, Esq. Uel, vet's vud bi enaver stori ven.

[@hudsondonnell444]

Did a Geordie end up on the Iron Throne?

[@cryosleeper1119]

Moved to Newcastle some years ago from Canada. Couldn’t understand anyone for 6 months! Most locals have much stronger accents than the woman in this video. Moved back to Canada but now I can understand a Geordie accent (and several Scottish regional accents) perfectly well.

[@cryosleeper1119]

Ibraheem M. Yeah sometimes. 🙂

[@cryosleeper1119]

Crystal Phoenix It took me a while to understand people. You do eventually learn to understand if you have to. Especially if you live and work with them every day. It helped that my husband was a Geordie too. 😁

[@moo2776]

Shes not from newcastle man she doesnt represent us at all shus pua shite

[@jonnya4209]

Did you not watch Spender? I read you guys got it in Canada. Bit of a triage. I mean I'd watch Due South(and did) if it was the other way round.

[@cryosleeper1119]

Jonny A Never heard of Spender. Never watched due south. Nobody in Canada acts that way anyways.

[@toddsundell5586]

Love these local English accents. Once you know what they're saying, they're so charming! This is such a wonderful accent!

[@TynesideLife]

Choosing someone from County Durham was a faux pas. Their accent is more closely linked to the Wearside (Mackem) accent than the Geordie. The vowels are pronounced quite a bit differently. I’m from Gateshead and you’ll hear a traditional ‘Geordie’ accent anywhere within a 5 mile radius of Newcastle city centre. Beyond that and it incrementally changes

[@tomarmstrong5244]

The original usage of the term 'Geordie' was to a slightly patronising term to describe Durham miners by the posh folk from Newcastle. And Geordie was used to describe anyone from Durham and Northumberland as late as 1970. As there has never been a working mine in Newcastle (that Norman implant in the North East), Toonies from Newcastle are the last folk that should be allowed to call themselves Geordies.

[@TynesideLife]

@@tomarmstrong5244 hi, actually it’s not quite that. I cover history in my channel and there’s no definitive origin, although it does go back to the Jacobites rebellion. Miners from Newcastle and Tyneside were also referred to as Geordies. There are plenty of mines from this region, the mine at Spital Tongues is one of many. Oakwellgate in Gateshead is one of many from the Gateshead side. They were collectively called Geordies due to the use of the George Stephenson safety lamp, as opposed to the Davey lamp used in the rest of the country. Although Co Durham miners were also called ‘Geordies’ their accent is labelled as ‘Pitmatic’, more closely linked to a wearside accent. Since your video was about the ‘Geordie’ accent, I just thought I should mention it. Thank you for your response 😊👍🏻

[@tomarmstrong5244]

My accent is Pitmatic. There certainly were mines on Tyneside, but so far as my research has shown none that ever produced coal in Newcastle itself, though one in Jesmond came close. Growning up, all let's say Northumbrian accents were referred to as Geordie, and then sub-dived into Toony, Tynesdide, Wearside (I'd never heard the word Makem before about 1972, and I'm from the red and white tribe), Pitmatic and Northumberland. Anyhoo, keep up the good work.

[@TynesideLife]

@@tomarmstrong5244 Hi Tom, yeah, coal was produced in newcastle. The famous Victorian tunnel alone transported coal from Spital Tongues during the mid 1800’s. To the Tyne. There are more on the Tyneside belt. All miners locally using the ‘Geordie lamp’ were referred to as Geordies. It gets even more interesting when the German King George I took control in the early 1700’s resulting in the Jacobite uprising. Newcastle closed the town wall gates when the Jacobites came and the term was used by them to mock the folk of Newcastle for supporting the ‘Geordie Whelp’ king. George is a Greek name with many derivatives, including Geordie and probably came across with the Romans. Of course, all the other terms you refer to are correct as well. These cultural nicknames are fluid and non binding, with several overlaps. All the best Tom 👍🏻

[@JacobMoen]

That "Yem" is pronounced "hjem" and means "home" is super interesting to me. In Danish, "Hjem" is indeed "home". And "Børn" means "children" which is suspiciously close to "Bairn". There are more words, although that is not surprising, considering our shared history. :)

[@philshort7801]

Yep, when I went to Norway a few years back I could pick out bits of speech, recognisably similar to Georgie.

[@philshort7801]

Geordie even!

[@pitmatix1457]

The Geordie accent is still remarkably close to Freisian! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZamYqx3lrx6aZY

[@louiseju]

I'm Danish and also noticed the similarities to Danish words as well.

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

@@gavt5816 and most importantly Northumberland was Anglo-Danish and not Anglo-Norman for a long time. A lot of Anglo-Saxons went north when William I invaded. After the Harrying of the North, the remaining population were fiercely anti French/Norman.

[@MacakPodSIjemom]

I'm not native English speaker, and I'm no more than intermediate level speaker, but I want to say that I like Geordie accent more than any other British accent.

[@ajs41]

Its one of the most unusual ones from England, along with Scouse.

[@olafharoldsonnii4713]

@@ajs41 mancunian is better than scouse

[@flyboy712]

Don't copy a Geordie accent, no one will understand you!

[@parlormusic1885]

Two things struck me: As an American I was surprised from time to time when the words were pronounced exactly as I would pronounce them, but generally the accent is a little hard to follow for me. And second, Sophie was having way too much fun. :)

[@nuts5365]

christ

[@jeffaz83]

THIS IS NOT A GEORDIE ACCENT

[@CeluiEtSeul]

"Rollah Coastah, Poopah Schoopah, Oompa Loompah, Kawasaki!" Okay, I think I got it packed down.

[@EnglishLikeANative]

Ah good old Jimmy Car

[@sempermutabilibus8300]

Sophie seems so warm and friendly. I love her!

[@evedegroot1091]

Semper Mutabilibus Geordies are like that :)

[@georgegarside1776]

She’s my cousin

[@Zenith_123]

@@georgegarside1776 whats her @

[@emanuellandeholm5657]

Luck! Itsa flawden gaw!

[@ajs41]

Geordies have a reputation for being warm and friendly.

[@sazji]

It’s fascinating how the Northern accents tie into US southern accents. The “fawer” for “four” is very typical for many inland southern accents.

[@brennatheelvenqueen5576]

Exactly! I’m from South Carolina and recognize a lot of the sounds

[@JTRocks4Ever]

I was thinking the same. You can find alot of these sounds in American accents.

[@davidostrowski679]

Hi Anna, just wanted to say I've always loved your videos. I'm a native speaker from London (estuary for life!) and it was pretty much down to you and English with Lucy that I became a TEFL-certified online teacher (mainly business English with professionals in Russia). One of my specialities is British English Pronunciation and I bloody love perfecting my British accents and for some reason ended up watching this again!!

[@harleyquiinnnn]

omg I love Sophies facial expressions along with her pronunciation haha

[@johnhelms8226]

Some Geordie words seem to derive from Old Norse, such as “bairn” (barne) for children and “yem” (hjem) for home.

[@tubular7752]

John Helms this is true for most northern counties, as well as Scottish English and even scots. This is because of Viking Invasions I believe in Scotland in I believe the 12th century.

[@yokibadoki3194]

but i think old anglosaxon also had hem as home. in austrian german home is also Heim. but her pronoucation rememberrd mi a bit to jiddisch.

[@evedegroot1091]

I’ve never heard anyone say that?

[@Chibanah]

@@tubular7752 Incorrect. Anglo-saxons were the first germanic peoples on Britain, who were speaking the old English, they were who pushed back the celto-roman or romano-british people to West (Welsh) and North (Scottish). The viking were speaking the scandinavian germanic language, probably they still could understand each other quite well in that time. The difference between South and North is rather that fact, the Normans have conquered England, and they were speaking old french, and their influence was stronger in Southern England.

[@ulwur]

And the letters are pronounced as in Nordic languages, atlest as in Swedish.

[@genatzvalee]

Sophia is so nice and funny! Geordie accent definitely adds up to her appeal. I love Northern accents, they are so friendly, informal and cool.

[@PhoenixBaltimore]

Absolutely love the Geordie accent - thank you to Sophie for speaking proper and helping me learn the accent - I love it because of it's rhythm and flow. And yes it's gentle and inviting.

[@lindsay556]

The way her mouth looks when it rests after speaking. 😂 another thing I noticed is she looks either extremely happy or extremely surprised

[@MrJarl66]

The further north you go, the more "norse" words can be found. Some words they use in Scotland are words we use in north norway, or not to far away from the sound of it. Like Geordie "Gan"-Norwegian "Go",(go, going), Geordie "Bairn" - Norwegian "Barn", (child, children), Geordie "Yem" - Norwegian "hjem" (home). Great channel, love it.

[@Liam1Smith2]

I can happily say I’m proud to be a geordie

[@daisyrodriguez7921]

I think you're both hilarious!. I love your videos! I am at University now learning Linguistics and these videos are helping me greatly. Thank you so much. xx.

[@ZackRekeSkjell]

I love this accent! The word "yem" actually sounds a lot like the Norwegian "hjem", also meaning home.

[@parallax_6162]

geordie reatains much of the old english / anglo saxon words and inflections which is why some local dialect slang and sounds are similar to scandanavian languages, as well as newcastle as a city having historic ties to begen in norway which still gifts newcastle with a magnificent christmas tree every year

[@fava7753]

Think you mean BERGEN .. larn ti spell man will yi. . 😁 .

[@silviomp]

Sophia is super friendly. This video brightened up my day.

[@CarlyBoothheartsmovies]

Sophie radiates such positive energy, it’s adorable.

[@matt46142]

I’m American and this is my first time knowingly listening to a Geordie accent and I love it. I think it sounds very friendly, open, and energetic!

[@globetrotter9212]

I fell in love with Geordie accent. 😘

[@katiehempsall6164]

Yeah it’s not very formal I talk like that lol

[@tedarcher9120]

All north english accents are so cute

[@lukefortune1976]

I fell in live with Sophie!

[@gyalsnextman4725]

Ney way Have yi actually mate that’s pua fuckin wicked

[@hannahdyson7129]

@@tedarcher9120 Nope . Blunt . Not nice

[@fastwalker2163]

A lot of thanks, Anna! :) "Learn accent" videos are very interesting! And useful, of course!

[@katrinaprice4513]

I'm Geordie living in Australia, I've lost my accent, but my dad and Granda spoke Geordie. A lot of people told me my dad was hard to understand but I never had a problem. I miss the dialect.

[@tuttimondipossibili]

I LOVED NEWCASTLE, ITS PEOPLE AND GEORDIE LANGUAGE! Thanks for this video so I can keep practicing Geordie ❤️ I am Neapolitan from Italy, kisses and hugs

[@imad80anwar41]

Hi Anna, Your lessons on accents are great . Thank you for yor efforts.They help me alot in improving listening and speaking skill. I hope all the best for you, With regards.

[@theinkbrain]

Love it. This is a lovely, lovely accent and people who speak like this seem 100% more genuine than others.

[@billps34]

I'm Scottish, and I can generally understand Geordies better than I can understand some Londoners/southerners. I live only about 100 miles north of Newcastle, and only 50 miles from the English border. There are so many words that are very similar in my Scots dialect: doon, toon, divvent, canny, bonny, bairn, gaun hame (gan hyem/go home), hen (hinny), dae (dee/do), the night (tonight), the day (today), and pronunciation of four like fower, and film like fillim, so all of these are fully understandable to me.

[@svetoslavtodorov2427]

I lived in Newcastle for a while and ever since I can understand scots quite well. I'm not sure if it was BT or EE but they have customer support based in Scotland and the person I spoke to was quite surprised I can understand him quite well. Apparently that's not what he experience on daily basis.

[@erlandandersen5782]

Thanks for lots of interesting videos on English accents. Such as this one. Being Norwegian myself, I find it interesting and nice to register Geordie accent obviously has similarities with our language too. E.g the Norwegian word for kid is 'barn'. Quite similar to Geordie's 'bairn'. And Geordie 'yem' (home) sounds pretty much like 'hjem' (silent 'h') in Norwegian. Same meaning. I'm no expert on old languages/ linguistic influences, not at all, but I'd think these similarities have to do with the influences from Norse tongues in Britain some 1000+ years ago?

[@basedxennial6269]

As a Swedish speaker, and native English speaker you're 100% correct. You'll hear the word "bairn" (barn) for child or "bairns" to talk about kids, particularly your own from Scotland to Yorkshire. Ye ken me? Hyem (hjemme/hemma) in Geordie and hame in Scots dialects of English definitely have their roots in the conquests of the "Danes". The linguistic fingerprints of the Norsemen are all over the accents and slang terms in the Northeast in particular, and the north in general

[@tomarmstrong5244]

The accent derives from the Angles (who became the English) who came from southern Denmark (Angeln) atout 500-600 AD. I'm from Co.Durham, and to say, for example, I'm going home to see my children I'd say 'Am gan yem to see the bairns'.

[@chrisstucker1813]

@@basedxennial6269 if we’re talking about the North East, the slang didn’t come from the Norsemen. The Vikings didn’t settle in large numbers in the North East and spoke Old Norse; also, Danelaw territory didn’t go any further north than Durham. These Geordie words come from Old English spoken by the Angles who came from the Schleswig-Holstein region. These Angle tribes began to settle in the North East in the 400s - several centuries before any Norseman set foot on English soil. Geordie dialect can be traced back to Old English, not Old Norse. But then again, these were sister languages and had similarities.

[@broman178]

Good to see one video on the Geordie accent. I'm still patiently awaiting a video on the Potteries accent/dialect (as I probably mentioned in the Yorkshire accent video) and if you are considering any more accent videos in the future I would suggest videos for the Cheshire dialect (probably the most overlooked and least highlighted dialect of Northern England), a traditional rhotic Lancashire accent (since Braidley's accent in the Yorkshire/Lancashire vid to me sounded closer to Mancunian), Cumbrian dialect, East Midlands (e.g. Derby or Nottingham), Edinburgh accent/dialect and some Welsh accents (preferably one on a separate area/region like Cardiff, Swansea, South Wales Valleys, Mid or North Wales as Welsh accents are just as different as the ones in England). I guess its probably too much to ask but those are just some suggestions from me.

[@letozabalmaty]

I am a person from Kazakhstan and I fond of Germanic languages especially the western branch and English included, I find this girl's accent very interesting. When I heard her ''Gan'' and I was like - whoa! This is, in fact, the archaic form of the verb Go which was spoken in the middle and old English periods. Possibly the Londoners adopted Gan as Go, but in northern accents, it had not occurred I assume. And the same with Lass which is actually from old Norse laskura. Looking for another accent video!

[@superior96]

That's pretty interesting, thanks for sharing.

[@kevino4372]

Hi Borat

[@letozabalmaty]

@@kevino4372 how is your mum?

[@Foundry_made]

I'm an American born and raised with the Western Pennsylvania variant of the North Midlands dialect. I love Northern British accents but Geordie is definitely my favorite.

[@davidralphs6429]

I’m really enjoying these accent videos. In parallel, I’m watching videos on the evolution of the English language and when you get a breakdown of words you can see how much Old Norse is in there. The vowel shift didn’t happen in Geordie perhaps because of remoteness so words like house are very close to the way it would have been pronounced a 1,000 years ago. It’s been fascinating and understandable how people from Wolverhampton claim that their accent is very faithful to original Anglo Saxon pronunciation. Liverpool fell under Danelaw in the 10th century and broken down, word by word, you can hear the Scandinavian influence. It’s true the energy and delivery of the actors really helps and it would be good fun to present the academic aspect off this in a spin-off channel.

[@erickj.933]

Geordie sounds like a totally different language to me (non- native speaker of English), but I still love it!=D

[@shadowcore88]

If I heard that unprepared there's no way I would get anything... And I am working in intentional company for 9 years, speaking English every day

[@euro8029]

Yes, that's true! Geordie was voted the most friendliest in the UK like. I studied there for a year (I'm from Texas) & it was a massive learning curve, even as a lingusitics student 😅

[@garysmith4425]

My mate frank was originally from Austin Texas he spent the majority of his adult life in Newcastle so sounds geordie with a Texas drawl !

[@euro8029]

@@garysmith4425 haha, love that!!

[@infoanalysis]

Any culture that associates a mule "Hinny" as a term of endearment must be friendly indeed.

[@martinlowery3859]

My local ASDA Supermarket in Byker, Newcastle actually has the baby goods aisle labelled as Bairns and the sweets aisle as Kets , 100% true and I love it 😀

[@cheningonzales]

Hi! I’m from California. I think it depends on how much exposure an individual has to different cultures, backgrounds, and diversity someone has throughout their life. I understood her perfectly! ♥️

[@monikamoldvay6102]

Some words are definitely Germanic/nordic. The chatting part is the best. Love it!

[@isseymiyake5227]

Birmingham accent, please

[@EnglishLikeANative]

Yes that one is being edited at the moment.

[@mikr0bi]

Liberpool to pleeesae

[@alanastone5241]

@@mikr0bi no thanks

[@wanderer1955]

Go to the Pakistani accent video it's exactly the same. Here are some watchwords. "ALLAH"!! "DIE IN THE NAME OF ALLAH"!!! "ALLAH IS THE GREATEST"!!! "ALL KNEEL TO ALLAH"!!!! Hope this is of some help to you.

[@drey8]

I'll look forward to hearing Black Country then.

[@razorsharpbt7078]

I found this very fascinating. I live in the southeastern United States and when Sophie explained how her grandparents would say "walk" and "talk," it sounded very similar to how we say those same words here - very interesting!

[@amyhatto4420]

i love the geordie accent, my nan who very sadly died on the 24th July is from south shields and I've always loved her accent. it is such a friendly, happy accent definitely.

[@emrahokumus2832]

Useful video, Geordie to me is really one of the most difficult accents there is to understand, especially when people speak fast. Thank you. You ladies look lovely by the way :)

[@Assimilator1]

No way, Glaswegian is orders of magnitudes harder! I've been by them (on a ferry) & not realised they were even speaking English until after a few minutes when a key word was spoken!, lol. (I'm from SE England btw)

[@joninosaka]

I've loved Northeastern accents every since the first time I heard it. I love the way they say the letter "H" as "haiche" and the long "A" and "O" sounds. I don't care if its considered lower-class.

[@stephenrowell9373]

Geordie is one of my favourite English accents as well, I like it even more after listening to Sophie , she is great !.

[@holygroove2]

I can't get enough of these videos! Thank you immensely!

[@Ellen_Seokjin]

She is so funny, why?😂❤

[@danielchahua923]

Is she high(ed)...... maybe?

[@wanderer1955]

Surely you mean whyeye! Mun.

[@xCranoLoco]

Ikr, it's cute 😂

[@silmiaumat2377]

She said she went to university so I think she studied drama

[@paulbowen3686]

Trust me, it's not funny when you piss a geordie lass off. Accent totally changes and cuts you deep!

[@almobazyusif8162]

That's an amazing lesson .. hhhh this accent is funny and I love it .. thank you so much .. you make me better Anna .. We love you , ANNA .. I'm from Sudan.

[@jackisbadatgames6068]

I think I’ve watched this a thousand times now. Love it!

[@gsf67]

I'm from New Zealand, and without sounding patronising, the Geordie accent is my favourite, I had never heard it until I started watching "Auf Wiedersehen Pet". If you could understand OZ, you could understand any accent.

[@johneyton5452]

The original series is still in the top 5 TV shows ever imho.

[@gsf67]

@@johneyton5452 the original and second series were great, I felt that the third and fourth series were a bit naff in comparison.

[@jamieatkinson3470]

The "learn geordie from a mackem" tutorial

[@markrae1317]

She certainly doesn't sound like a proper Geordie.

[@michaelkenny8540]

She sounds much more 'normal' when speaking to the other woman compared to the exaggerated 'faux' geordie accent she uses in the examples at the start. The Mackem joke will be lost on anyone not from the area.

[@hugh-munguschungus260]

Shes a reet divvy like

[@carlataylor511]

Literally we don't pronounce things the same🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@hugh-munguschungus260]

@Werewolf O. London, Esq. neyone gives a toss if ya geordie or not ya pillock

[@joakimblomqvist7229]

Extremely interesting! Yem sounds almost exactly like the swedish/scandinavian word for home. Suppose there are these kind of similarities because of the common seafaring traditions since the 800s, Vikings and fishermen and traderoutes. Same with bairns, barn, børn and loads of other words of course. Similarities also somewhat applies to the extrovertness among coastal dwellers in the North sea region. My granddad (sailor in the early 1900s didnae speak a word of English but always was able to communicate with his collegues wherever they came from in this region!

[@user-cg2nz2uy8e]

Sophie took my breath away. She's amazing.

[@MignonB1]

I'm a native New Englander from Massachusetts in the United States, and the Geordie pronunciation is the most similar to the dialect here in my state, albeit without a heavy "accent". I'm often told I drop my "r's" for example. Obviously, Massachusetts was one of the original 13 colonies here in the United States, so there was definitely a British influence to our dialect here in the Northeastern United States.

[@jona.scholt4362]

As an American (Kalamazoo, Michigan in case you're wondering) I find these regional accents fascinating. I also wonder how people in Britain keep them all together; probably the same way we recognize and tell apart a Boston, Long Island, Deep South, Cajun, Texas or Minnesota/Upper Peninsula Michigan accent. But as a "non-British English-Speaker" the nuances are hard to keep together. Not between a Yorkshire and an Essex accent per se, but between competing northern accents for example. Anyway, I love these videos, cheers!

[@ajs41]

What do you mean by keep together?

[@infoanalysis]

I'm from Long Island most people on the west coast will lump me with downstate NYers or even with Boston, but once in awhile someone will single me out as a long Islander, I couldn't do it, but some people have just that good of an ear. I suppose this would be true with some dialects of England and elsewhere.

[@tangofett4065]

I’m from Georgia and I can pick a Michigan accent out from maybe a couple of words. We have a lot of Michigan transplants down here.

[@jona.scholt4362]

@@tangofett4065 I'm sure this is the case in other states as well, but there are different accents in Michigan. Someone from the UP sounds much different than someone from SE Michigan/Metro Detroit. West Michigan and the northern Lower Peninsula sound about the same and are sort of a blend between SE Michigan and the UP. Good rule of thumb is the more Canadian a Michigander sounds, the farther north they're from and the more "Chicago" they sound the farther West/SW they're from.

[@tangofett4065]

@@jona.scholt4362 most of the ones here pronounce it “Michi-gaaan”. I think that might be the western side, closer to Wisconsin.

[@coolrae1979]

I enjoy your videos. I can find a lot of similarities in this accent and my southeastern Kentucky accent. I'm from the spot where Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee come together in the Appalachians.

[@jackisbadatgames6068]

Oooh, yeah, that‘s true. I’m from TN (out in the flat lands lol) but I’ve heard it. Maybe immigrants from Northern England, or Scots?

[@wordyo24]

I have never heard this accent until today. It’s wonderful.

[@juliahartshorn2473]

At first I thought, why do we need a English program on speaking Geordie (I love the accent), but I have only heard it in fiction/drama, and from people living in London where I am. This video was stunning. I'm amazed how broad regional accents can be here in modern Britain (sheltered life)! 😊

[@yesperh]

Great video, thanks! It is so interesting with accents. Enjoyed the Geordie "yem" ("home") which resembles Scandinavian languages ("heim", "hem", "hjem" etc.) - although not certain if there is a connection :)

[@Steff2929again]

It's not borrowed from Old Norse, instead it stems from Old English. There are similar forms in many Germanic languages: heim, hem, heem, hiem, hjem. They all share a common ancestor in the old Proto-Germanic haimaz.

[@alvarosanchezperez]

I have never listened that accent! Interesting to know about this. It’s really incredible how English has different accents, depending where you live, depending who is native for other English place. Same situation as Spanish it is, comparing where you are, to whom you speak in... ☺️👍🏻😜

[@GMBethHarmon]

Every natural language has accents. People are just more aware of their existence if the language itself is spoken widely.

[@pabloalvez915]

Great video, as always. Could you please make one on the Leicester /Derby /Nottingham accent? Thatd be really cool. Keep up the great work 👍💖👏

[@spotifypremium0]

I’m from Newcastle, so I’m a geordie. Sometimes we say ‘Quid’ meaning a pound. It would be like this in a sentence as a geordie, “alreet? Can I borrow 5 quid mate? I’m getting the bus to toon”

[@jackaubrey8614]

In the British Army in the eighties and our signals officer always said that if our codes were ever compromised he would just put Geordies on all the radios and get them to speak normally to each other and any enemy listening wouldn't have a clue what they were saying....:) Also, one thing that didn't come over in the video is that Geordies tend to speak much faster than the examples and also have a tendency to string words together in a sentence? "Are you going down the town" comes out as "areyagannindoonthe toon".....

[@svetoslavtodorov2427]

Yeah I mentioned the same 2 years ago. They speak so fast it's unreal and everything sounds like a single word. As a non native english speaker going straight to geordie land was far too ambitious on my side. First year I barely could understand anything at all. But it was a good learning curve. If you can understand geordies you`ll not struggle with any brit accent. Including scots. I`ve worked alongside people from all over UK and never really had issues to understand anyone. Mackems, Scausers, Brummies, mancs and so on.

[@BarerMender]

My favorite accent is from the mountains of Eastern West Virginia. I'm a West Virginian myself, but I've only rarely heard it and can't describe it, but it's the most beautiful accent of all. During a miner's strike back in the '80s network news interviewed a miner in that area. He had a Swedish accent overlaid with that Eastern West Virginia accent. I could've listed to him all day.

[@youcantdiealonewithcats]

I love West Virginian accents too. I'm from North Carolina born and raised, but my sister (who has a different mother) was born and mostly raised in WV. She spent about 15-20% of her childhood in NC. She came to live with us during most of her middle school years, and some of the kids would tease about her accent. Which is ironic because North Carolinians (and all US southerners) are THEE most teased over our (varying) southern "hillbilly" accents which probably all sound more or less the same to someone from up north, or from another country altogether. But in reality, WE know that there are subtle, and sometimes significant differences. Even between North & South Carolina accents. And as you said, different regions within the same state. One word my sister says very differently and gets lots of comments on is "wash". She says it like "warsh" or "worsh" (with a distinct "r" sound in there). "I'm gonna warsh the dishes", "the warsh machine is actin up", etc Mountain accents seem always to be very distinct, Appalachian mountain accents are often not quite understood by fellow Carolinians! Language is such an interesting, complex, and beautiful thing!

[@BarerMender]

@@youcantdiealonewithcats My mom would say "worsh." I turned away from that one pretty young. The one that really bugged me was "pin" for "pen," which led to using "ink pin" and "stick pin" to differentiate. The worst accent I ever heard also came from West Virginia. It was the mud-in-the-mouth accent from the nicer side of Huntington. When Oprah Winfrey aired from there, I was embarrassed for the whole state.

[@Aristocat86]

I love Sophie. Her delivery ❤️❤️❤️

[@PrincessTiffie]

Stumbled across this looking for tips on the Geordie accent for a story. Thank you for having the bonny lass Sophie help you. I love accents, and am happy I stumbled onto your channel

[@peggyluk619]

I’m from Hong Kong 🇭🇰 and I studied in Durham like 10 years ago. I lived with a host family and listening to Sophia speaking does remind me of the days I lived there. Awwww I miss Durham so so much! Btw my host mum always called me “pet”. If Sophia reads this, would you mind explaining the meaning to me as well? Cheers!

[@philalexander4672]

It's just what we say...for example, little old ladies, gays, and lesbians call me 'pet'. It's not meant to be patronising but some from the South think so no matter what you say to them.

[@wataru7709]

I love accent videos! This reminds me of my favourite British film Billy Elliot.

[@paulbowen3686]

And yet Billy elliot aka as actor Jamie bell is from billingham 30 Mike's away and definitely not geordie at all.

[@davidmcelvaney3576]

Teesside accent

[@kevin15776]

I love Sophie's expressiveness

[@brennatheelvenqueen5576]

From southern USA here. Looking up accents from where my ancestors were from. I really enjoyed this video and even recognize some of the accent as same as mine! Pretty cool!

[@eva-uw9de]

I love the Geordie accent, if not to fast spoken I ( as a german) have no trouble understanding it.

[@melezenisaun502]

I literally struggle to make out what they are saying coz I'm not a native speaker.

[@sevvolenski6441]

Just to give some clarification on when Sophie said she's a Pityaka: Pitmatic is a different accent/dialect to Geordie and is found in Durham and Northumberland, it developed with Coal Mining communities in those areas and some words have completely different meanings in Yaka than they do in Geordie. It's dying out/merging into the standard english with a Geordie accent, but can still be heard with the older generations. E.G. I would say "Dog" with a short o sound, Pityakas would say "Durg". Similarly, the accent (Geordie/Northumbrian) can be divided into about four different regions, North for the Borders/North Northumberland (say from Wooler to Rothbury) , South for South Northumberland (Morpeth to Blyth), Tyneside (Geordie*) and West Tynedale (say Wylam to Haltwhistle). So for example, Home: NN = Hyem T = Yem OR Hyem OR Hee-yem SN - Hee-yem WT = He-em More distinct in the past since it's all blending together nowadays, but there are still differences to be heard. While we do have a LOT of scandanavian words in our Dialect, Nothumbrian is closer to Old English than is is to Danish/Noregiean/Swedish. One thing we have almost lost is the Northumbrian Burr. Hard to explain without hearing it, but it is a peculiarity in British English apparently: Wikipedia: "According to Påhlsson (1972),[1] the Burr is typically pronounced as a voiced uvular fricative, often with accompanying lip-rounding ([ʁ(ʷ)]). Approximant, voiceless fricative, tapped and trilled uvular pronunciations occur occasionally. The data for Northumberland and northern Durham in the Survey of English Dialects (gathered in the 1950s) suggest that in addition to full pronunciation in syllable onset, uvular /r/ in these dialects was usually maintained in syllable coda position, typically as uvularisation of the preceding vowel". *Geordie is a touchy subject amongst us, what constitutes at true Geordie differs from person to person. Not so important these days as our accent has been standardised and diluted, but call someone from Sunderland a Geordie and you'd be glared at, both by the Geordie you''re speaking too and the person from Sunderland.

[@kevinbradley796]

Very interesting but I was always told a true Geordie is someone born within the sound of the foghorns on the Tyne (as I was) so anything else is Northumbrian or Wearside etc. And the Teesside accent is definitely not Geordie

[@lesjames5191]

I haven't heard the northumbrian burr for years!

[@Ensaan]

Lovely . I love Sophie very much , she is just more natural than the ordinary.

[@daniellinehan8467]

I'm from Bristol where I was "born and raised on the playground was where I spent most of my days" but I always loved the Geordie accent and they seem like such a warm and friendly bunch

[@aemrng]

I love Sophie’s playful attitude 🥰😜 and accent

[@MauroPanigada]

Bairn makes me think of Icelandic (as well as Norwegian, Swedish, …): the word for "child" is "barn".

[@erikeriksson3615]

Exactly 👍and several other words to like yem means home in West Scandinavian Hjem in Norway and Denmark. And the sounds of the letter's it's like a Scandinavian speaking English without correction. Greetings from Scandinavia.

[@fava7753]

That is correct a mix of old Northumbrian , Dane Viking , and Anglo Saxon . Kip means sleep or bed in Anglo Saxon if my memory is correct , large herring fishing villages on Northumberland coast had rows of huts for their workers to recouperate in , waiting for the next boats to return the catch , ie kip huts . Craster . springs to mind Seahouses was another ., Northumberland had a large Viking contingency . Also Norwegian ie scandinavian countries . As is yem in Geordie , meaning home , ie hyem. Sweden ,also bairn in Geordie is barn in Scandinavia . There is the strong unmistakeable Scandinavian connection . Well spotted . .

[@heartsthekitteh6239]

It makes me think of the word "bare," as in to bare children. So maybe a past participle form like "given" is to "give," so could be "bairn" to "bare."

[@erikeriksson3615]

@@heartsthekitteh6239 We have " bare" in Scandinavian also is the same mening to carrey something you can say. Bära på ett barn ( bare children) We have the word given also ( giver, ger, and so on) We have a word in Swedish very similar to children but it's means animal children to goats ( killing) and kid means animal children to roedeer and it's spelled exalty like English kid. Very interesting thoughts and ides and can be connected to word bära bare to carry. The English for us Scandinavians are very easy because we contect the words to very commen things that in English has lost the meaning from old Anglonorse. Greetings from Scandinavia and Sweden.

[@ashleyrhodes9974]

I think it had something to do with the Vikings, raping and pillaging their way through Northumberland.

[@Coriiander]

First time viewer. What a great quality video.

[@StratosFear1992]

Originally from Mauritius, been living in Gateshead (just south of Newcastle) for 6 months now, and Geordies are the absolute nicest people I've come across. Warm, honest, always helpful and genuine. I use the local slang whenever I can and howay man, the locals luv it!

[@angelocatapang6054]

sophia what a gem.even for a young geordie lass.

[@garysmith4425]

Not a geordie

[@lesjames5191]

@@garysmith4425 people in the north east are always called geordies,its a generic thing.

[@garysmith4425]

@@lesjames5191 not to geordies it's not lol

[@badtimesprepper6913]

I'm a Geordie who lives in Germany for the last 25 years .my accent is as strong as the day I left That lassy speaks next generation Geordie it's softer /posher accent then mine. Because she's living in the south she's adjusting so people understand her where with me it's a totally different language so I didn't have to adjust. Words she left out. For hinny you can also say pet. Eight =eyt Hey you =Who yee Walking= wa-kin Working= walking Wirl = aworl A horse= a gallowa Around= aroond Long=Lang Alright= alreet/areet depending on your generation. No= na or nor I would say 90% of Geordie is slang and 10% is Scottish.

[@happyman8938]

Let's imagine I travel across the UK and decide to visit Geordie region.Wouldn't it be a problem to ask a random person to speak to me in normal english or it sounds kinda offensive??

[@geoffwheadon2897]

@@happyman8938 smack. Hahahanee bother kidda, divnt tak tha piss.

[@jackisbadatgames6068]

I was gonna say, there seem to be significant parallels with Scottish as well as the Norse. From my limited ear-time with it, that is.

[@badtimesprepper6913]

@@jackisbadatgames6068 aye ya reet (yes your right) Viking invaders to Scotland who became settlers as the years went on. Then moved down into north of England.

[@jackisbadatgames6068]

@@badtimesprepper6913 I cannae believe I’m reet! Divvent tell naebody! Haha

[@carlitocarlo4463]

Sophie is georgeous! I Just fell in love. Not only because of her accent! I`m german but i love to developed my english language skills into several dialects. Usually native speakers put me somewhere into Australia. Sounds a bit similiar to this dialect. Also i think its one of the loveliest english accents and im perfectly understanding it even as a non native english speaker.

[@murakyo79]

I love this accent... I saw a movie where the main character spoke with this accent and I fell in love with it ever since.