Southerners Try To Guess Geordie Slang

"I don't think any of them made sense."
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[@alancarney4344]

These words are not slang. They are dialect. The Northunbrian dialect retains many words closely related to Old English, especially that derived from the Angles of southern Denmark and Northern Germany - the Angeln - who settled in what became Northumbria between 450 - 600 AD (over two hundred years before the Vikings). 'Gan hyem to the bairns' (go home to the children) would be understood today in Denmark.

[@historywithhilbert]

Was about to comment that. Cheers!

[@slick-whittington885]

Couldn't have said it better mesel

[@the.virgo.bookshelf6515]

The stereotype of drinking and shagging are so offensive what about patchy fake tan swearing punching police horses or greggs???? the true geordie way of life (I am a geordie)

[@Fisky-ww6ee]

Shauna L Smedley deffo a mackem yee

[@justaveganteen6912]

pissing meself

[@chickenleg8621]

Canit forgett brickin windows

[@sarahfrances3744]

Am a Geordie in all

[@fionadavies7732]

Reading punching police horses made me SCREAM

[@debian8234]

"..is goerdie like a part of newcastle" You Go Home

[@hannahgibson8837]

Made me laugh

[@JuliusCaribou]

Yee, gan hyem

[@D-L1009]

Wey ay man

[@qwerty-tb4us]

I'm a Londoner and I still died a little inside at that

[@elijahfahey5928]

Howaye ga hyme and git down on ya honkers ye wee little thing (this was a joke I do not usually speak like this)

[@soupmia]

As a geordie this pained me💀

[@shybairnsgetnowt]

I'm not even English and this pained me ntl

[@nt0338]

Same here

[@Bembieemusic]

Right

[@emmacresswell7012]

I’m Geordie but me family are Mackems, trying to teach a Canadian the differences between the 2 accents this is painful

[@soupmia]

@@emmacresswell7012 HAHAHAHAHA omg bless

[@livherman2047]

Southerners comment Northerners like 👍🏻

[@angelhalo1451]

Liv Herman .

[@nottalented9959]

Why the f do i have a Cockney accent! Ugh!

[@chadwicklufc2832]

North East

[@theineffableshipper297]

i’m both

[@nevebenson3263]

never called me mate marra and i live in newcastle

[@Blaydoner]

It's an old term, we don't use it anymore unless you're old school, also never in me life have i said honkers for knees, never even heard that term. They should have used a word like Radgie or something "whew he's a pure radgie" 🤣

[@nevebenson3263]

Mac ay exactly i mean me granda says it put it’s not modern at all

[@Blaydoner]

@@nevebenson3263 Nah mate, i cringe when i say it haha

[@serena1174]

Mac they should’ve used akka that’s better than radgie😂

[@Blaydoner]

@@serena1174 As in "he went pure akka!"? I say that all the time lol didn't think it was that well known 🤣 pure akka buzzi haha

[@user-qr6sv8le9x]

someone send this to willne

[@mir14004]

hahahahaah was thinking the same

[@Fisky-ww6ee]

scumfvcker willne doesn’t even sound Geordie

[@Amber-md8ut]

Patrick Bateman he still has a bit of an accent, just not as strong because he moved down south.

[@zeldris1246]

@@Fisky-ww6ee he was born in Newcastle

[@whyamigae9666]

“I don’t know much about the Geordie culture” “Is Geordie a part of Newcastle” 1. We don’t have any culture come on we’re not those twats down south. 2. Really pet? Really?

[@moody1965]

Our culture is just fucking factories and parties tbh.

[@booshank2327]

@@moody1965 Fucking factories sound fun.

[@Oxley016]

@@booshank2327 Aye go to the toon and gan to bijou or tup tups mate

[@YukiGersaniba]

0:21 - "NewcARstle" Me who lives near Newcastle: end my pain please

[@alexsxlo]

I feel INCREDIBLY attacked watching this video

[@chickenleg8621]

mycamrenheart - fuck me same

[@Tyndaal604]

Loads of our slang comes from Norwegian, when Dane-law was all over Northumbria, Durham, Bamburgh and what not. Hjem/ Heim literally translates to “Home” in Norwegian for example (Geordie slang we use Hyem with a silent H)😁

[@darrencuzz30]

Danish too, and it's Hem in Swedish. We're more Scandinavian than English, and I'm fine with that.

[@blotski]

Actually, just the main feature of the Geordie accent, the way we say the sounds 'ay' and 'o' sound Scandinavian. They even have a letter for the way we and they pronounce the o in 'go' - å. In fact, go in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish is 'gå' and sounds like a geordie saying 'go'. There are loads of vocabulary examples, like bairn. Child is barn in Norwegian/Swedish/Danish. The glottal stop pronounced WITH not instead of a consonant like in 'happy' is a feature of Danish (I'm told). My favourite is a word my granddad used to say, don't know if it's still used. If someone or an animal looked like it might have fleas he'd call it 'loppy'. "Gerra wash, man. You look loppy." I just thought of this as being Geordie till I discovered 'loppa' is Swedish for 'flea'. So it's obviously a Viking import. The word, not the fleas! 🤣

[@Tyndaal604]

@@blotski All correct fella! Another popularly used Geordie word is “Lass”, derived from the Norse “Laskura” which means “Unmarried Woman” 😁 I still use loppy as well ahahaha

[@dunelmian-slinger]

Contrary to common belief Northumberland and Durham were never part of the Danelaw, which has more to do with modern Yorkshire and the East Midlands and never went north of Tees. While there are some Danish words in Geordie (though less than in the Yorkshire dialect) 'hyem', in fact, comes from the old English 'hām' and is deductable by a common sound change of /ā/ > /ye/, hence we have 'styen' for 'stone' (old English: stān)

[@Tyndaal604]

@@dunelmian-slinger Northumbria as a Kingdom during the 9th to 11th centuries spanned from Edinburgh down to Deira (York), and from Whithorn to Bamburgh (Lindisfarne) left to right, Because of the Danelaw being in practice from Durham to London slashing the country apart, people North of the border also corresponded to these laws and their practices as the Saxons, Danes and Norse were all at war with the Picts during that time and that's not something you'd want to be sandwiched between haha!

[@nyawk6387]

I’m a bloody foreigner, living in the UK and I understood more than them even with me not even being close to Newcastle lol.

[@northumberlandjo1666]

I am from Northumberland, which is north of Newcastle & are accents are even stronger. So am not a Geordie, but Northumbrian. There are so many different accents in the North East, even just a few miles down the road! Just don’t get mixed up, especially between a Geordie & mackum!!

[@NauticalNightmareDeep]

“Marra” is not Geordie! It’s Makem! “Yhem” is Norwegian for home. Geordie words should not be seen as sloppy pronunciations or a poor use of language, as they are in fact of great antiquity. Indeed many old words and phrases commonly used in the old works of Chaucer and Shakespeare that are no longer used in other parts of Britain have survived as common usage in the North East. The Geordie dialect is part old Anglo-Saxon with Norwegian and German thrown into the mix. It amazes me how southerners think folk from Sunderland are Geordies they ain’t! They are Makems.

[@emmacresswell7012]

Marra is also a Geordie word

[@Zooumberg]

@@emmacresswell7012 No it isn't. Geordie here.

[@emmacresswell7012]

I’m a Geordie I’ve always used it.

[@Amber-md8ut]

@@Zooumberg I’m Geordie, I use it 🤷‍♀️

[@Zooumberg]

@@Amber-md8ut It isn't common. It is in Sunderland.

[@newmanj8690]

Josie...as a fellow "mY pArEnTs ArE GeOrDiEs" Southerner...give it up, you're as Southern as they come

[@sarahcxx9260]

I can’t believe the geordie’s on here saying they’ve never heard honkers?! I’m confused! “Get down on my honkers” is such a common term! It doesnt mean knees though, it’s like when you sit down into your feet with your knees bent if that makes sense!

[@benproud8823]

exactly

[@alancarney4344]

It's hunkers.

[@WilliamSmith-pp8qp]

@@alancarney4344 Ah yeah I didnt get that one either and im geordie but yeah hunkers makes sense but def not 'honkers'

[@Blaydoner]

Born and bread Geordie nd have never heard that in my life 😂 different generations use different slang words, kids these days don't use Geordie phrases from the 60s 😂

[@heatherboardman7004]

I am a Geordie in my 60's and we used to use this term but don't here it so much now.

[@lindakarentodd6613]

I felt very offended watching this

[@Apetitegirly]

whyyy

[@D-L1009]

Ay I agree

[@holly6705]

@Zouch i hate karens but i felt offended watching this

[@northumberlandjo1666]

I am from Northumberland & lived down south for a few years (thankfully back in gods county now!!) I used to get asked a lot of question about the North as if I was an alien from another plant! One girl actually ask if we had big stores like new look etc! I replied saying yes & that we even had electricity & inside toilets! I honestly think a lot of southerners think we all wear flat caps & get around by horse & cart!

[@Shinathen]

We do get around with flat caps and horse and carts????

[@ThatAviationGeek123]

Northumberlands the Geordie place outside toon, I can never think of a quieter more remote place, Only big shops being Hexham & Ashington like

[@northumberlandjo1666]

@@ThatAviationGeek123 have you ever actually been to Northumberland!!!?

[@richardayton6862]

Geordie in its broadest form is practically its own dialect of English. 80% of Geordie words descend directly from the Angles, as opposed to 30% in standard English. Two older speakers of broad geordie would be barely understandable to these people

[@dunelmian-slinger]

exactly it's an ancient dialect that comes from Northumbrian Old English, among other North East English, Lowland Scottish and Cumbrian dialects. It's not street slang

[@rhiannealty6103]

As a geordie myself, this is just sad.

[@elijahfahey5928]

Same

[@schuletrip]

Pya radged; Yhem not Hyem.

[@arronking4699]

Hyem is mackum yhem is geordie

[@taffelost6221]

In Norwegian it's hjem. Means the same.

[@reelfishingsibandshore.851]

Marra not geordie. Seaham Sunderland that get it right

[@cjacja21]

It's such an amazing dialect. Cuz we speak it, I guess we dont realise how unique it is. Like the word 'honkers', I thought that was just a common word, didnt realise it was Geordie!

[@D-L1009]

Never has a video me more pissed at southerners than this one

[@edmundwaugh8108]

I am Geordie and I am proud

[@Fisky-ww6ee]

It annoys me that people who aren’t Newcastle based think we say “wey aye man” literally we barely say it. It’s an old Geordie word barely gets said

[@ellabreeze871]

P4u1FVideos 1 its more mackem tbh

[@willsheen2102]

P4u1FVideos 1 u fuckin broken lad ya clearly not a geordie

[@Blaydoner]

Really? I say weyaye all the time 😂 so do pretty much all my family and friends, perhaps the posh wankers don't say it but I'm pretty sure 90% of geordies do.

[@willsheen2102]

Mac aye that kids got no clue what he’s talking about probs not even a Geordie

[@Blaydoner]

@@willsheen2102 More than likely kidda haha

[@Bookofwords]

Never once said marra in me life

[@lil-g4879]

Bookofwords how old are you? And where in Newcastle are you from? I’ve said it loads of times but I may be older than you.

[@Bookofwords]

@@lil-g4879 24, felling

[@lil-g4879]

Bookofwords that’s probably why mate, we used to say it a while ago, I’m 42. I wouldn’t say it now but I don’t live up there anymore.

[@megsy99]

I'm 24 and from Newcastle. We used to say 'so n so is me bezzie marra' back in middle school haha. Beyond cringy like. Other half is from Gateshead too and he's never really heard it or used it

[@Bookofwords]

@@megsy99 aye? It's very new information to me haha, my step nans an ex-biker lass and my grandad has a thicker accent than even me and I've never even heard them say it either

[@frostyuk2007]

Going home, Gannin Yem, is Danish inherited from the Viking invasions. Also Honkers are not your knees, they're your heels. The position "down on your honkers" is to squat, knees bent but off the ground, balanced on the balls of your feet with your bum sat on your HEELS, now ya doon on ya honkers. Don't worry, this pedantic old Geordie fart will keep you right.

[@danielirving95]

Marra is definitely Sunderland slang 😂

[@jimboll6982]

You've probably never been outside the boundaries of Sunderland, if you think that.

[@Blaydoner]

Don't know any pals that say Marra 😂 neither do they say honkers for knees, these slang words must be out dated.

[@bunbunvt_]

As a Geordie i can confirm that here in Newcastle we use marra as tomorrow. The way they use it in the video is a West cumbrian (Yorkshire) slang.

[@zapatron1939]

I always use Tmarra or something like that

[@bunbunvt_]

@@zapatron1939 yeah you can say tmarra or marra they are the same thing :)

[@k.o.b9586]

Marra it's mate in Northumberland. The morn is tomorrow. It's mad how different parts say different things when we're not that far from each other

[@TheBozzman]

Marra is more used in Sunderland than Newcastle

[@personfocusgamer5057]

There's no h in yem

[@djh9022]

There is actually

[@benanderson89]

There is if you're from Sunderland. It comes from Nordic languages (hjem is home in both Swedish and Norwegian).

[@blotski]

Lot of discussion about what constitutes a Geordie accent. I'm from Durham city and my accent is clearly not Newcastle - I say better not betta. But I live in Manchester now and people just call me Geordie and I can't (sorry, I cannot) be bothered to correct them. When I try to explain the differences between my accent and Newcastle they just think I'm splitting hairs. I think we have to accept that geordie to most people covers the whole area. Like it or not. Btw the whole video is only 4 minutes long and the 'intro' is over a minute long. Come on, guys. Just get on with it.

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

I know what you mean mate. I'm a "Sandancer" but to everyone else in the country, I'm a "Geordie" I just can't be bothered to explain it anymore, so I just accept the ignorance.

[@StantheMan370]

As a southerner, I love the Geordie accent and i use it a lot while im around so im defo gonna use these

[@schrumdumlum4898]

Pop pop bang,southerners on the floor

[@hollybarker3229]

as a geordie, not sure if i should be taking offense to this lmao

[@mikelitorous5570]

Marra is more of a mackem thing but obviously everything from the north east is geordie

[@zx50]

Yeah, Southerners probably think that. I'd probably not be very good at slang from different regions in the South.

[@prideofdurham4776]

I am a Yakka from County Durham. Our dialect is half Geordie half Queens English. We "gan down the riva" a Geordie "gan doon the riva"

[@livherman2047]

They spelt ‘yem’ wrong there is no ‘h’

[@MegaUsaname]

Liv Herman comes from danish/Norse ‘hjem’ so you can see it translated often as ‘Hyem’

[@MegaUsaname]

@Gísiu Wulf our region were anglos anyway so from the danish-german border but yeah not norse. Anyway point is I believe the old English word had a h in anyway?

[@Oxley016]

@@MegaUsaname the vikings came awa here after the saxons and sorta mixed for a bit, that's where yem and bairn and other stuff comes from

[@carlataylor511]

I'm gan hyem 😂 this was pain full to watch 😂

[@PIANOPHUNGUY]

Hyem. Hjem is Danish for home. Almost the same.

[@cameronnicholson1980]

As a geordie I find this fucking hilarious.

[@maxmk4964]

a lot of sunderland and general north east slang within here. mainly ‘marra’

[@daveelliott5855]

The interesting one is Home, Hyem which must originate from Norwegian Hjem

[@davenufc55]

Also say ken. For house

[@Oxley016]

@@davenufc55 that's more scottish, another word we use for house is gaff though

[@davenufc55]

@@Oxley016 am from Newcastle av never said gaff always ken or hyem

[@Oxley016]

@@davenufc55 nar mate ken is proper scottish and don't know how old you are but us young'ns say gaff a fair bit

[@davenufc55]

@@Oxley016 21 pal. Guess everyone speaks different tho don't they

[@Jordan-ft1jb]

Marra isn't Geordie slang. I'm not saying Geordies don't say it, or they shouldn't say it, but the word was used by miners and Newcastle wasn't a mining city. The word likely originated in Sunderland or Durham

[@davenufc55]

Wey gateshead was. And the miners went to the shipyards in newcastle and on the gateshead side to transport the coal via ship.

[@Lemonhead86]

Lol 0:29 the genuine laughter made me forget why I'm here.

[@DavyRo]

These are North East dialect not Geordie slang. I'm from Sunderland so I'm not a Geordie but we say all these words. For instance Marra is a Wearside word for mate but Geordies say it as well.

[@Ivy3h]

I’ve only ever heard marra as in “bezzie marra” but I do live in quite a “posh” town in the north. (I knew the rest, but I only got honkers with context because I forgot)

[@Oxley016]

more of a mackem thing tbh

[@yuh8423]

Being from Durham from Durham ( not now ) I have the posh accent of Durham, but the Geordie one to so I call mine Pordie 🤣

[@darrencuzz30]

I'm offended that as a Geordie bloke people think all I do is drink and shag. I drink and try to shag but get knocked back; it's a big difference.

[@TrevJericho]

As a Geordie all I can tell yous is “yer a bunch of southern 🔔 🔚’s”

[@Oxley016]

propa kernts

[@micjubba709]

Dont hear that honkers much ha

[@p4cks]

gaan yem. i'm a geordie and even i marvel at this like

[@anthonypurvis8619]

These are more Durham slang

[@slick-whittington885]

Gan hyem = derived from old norse gang heim = gone home

[@ThatAviationGeek123]

Am thankful am geordie, also thankful that we’ve a dialect pretty much designed to give southerners a brain aneurysm 😂

[@kevinhamilton1177]

when i have work alot away from newcastle people always used to ask me to say something geordie i used to always reply that i was gannin plodging it used to crack me up they tried to work it oot

[@leahhwood]

As some one from north east this is funny to watch

[@edie8931]

right but getting on your honkers isn’t your knees it’s like when you squat down and your bums like nearly on your feet

[@sophxoxo2392]

People have such a bad idea of us because of geordie shore. Sorta pisses me off a bit

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

Most of them, aren't even "Geordies"

[@justasktavi9769]

I definitely thought this was gonna be about American southerners 😂

[@inlonging]

Just Ask Tavi are you familiar at all with English geography tho?

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

@@inlonging: If she's American, she'll struggle with Geography, full stop. 😉

[@SznAep]

Marra originated from Sunderland

[@dsrgames960]

as a geordie this is just frustrating

[@richardbradley5217]

Marra is northumbrian not geordie. Its also an old noise word for friend

[@jackbrumwell1165]

im a Geordie and have never heard anybody say marra for mate.ive heard marra for marrow

[@ellabreeze871]

for all tha geordies, HAVE YA EVER SEEN A MACKEM PUNCH A HORSE nah marra 🔴⚪️🔴⚪️

[@euan4407]

Ever seen a mackem in Milan

[@slowandhightempo7862]

have ya ever seen a Mackem throw a good punch? nah Marra

[@ellabreeze871]

Slowandhightempo ya saying it’s alreet if tha lunch is canny tha, nor marra, animal abuse and got sent te tha cells for it sa dirty geordies just lunnies really

[@slowandhightempo7862]

@@ellabreeze871 1) I never said it was okay to hit a horse - it's not. 2) What I am suggesting is that the only reason a mackem hasn't is because they are physically incapable of punching - that's saying mackems are shit not that animal abuse is okay. 3) wanna try that again in English, pet?

[@ellabreeze871]

Slowandhightempo why get in tha bin ye loon

[@xmlewis3152]

Geordies in the 1800’s?

[@jsmort7829]

Ahaha yessa up the toon

[@Shagyamum]

Southerners: bellends

[@BigFilthyWob]

Geordie is the oldest English accent in the world

[@lcplfingers9997]

Marra isn't Geordie to be fair like, it's a Sunderland word that.

[@davenufc55]

Nah geordie aswell lad

[@lcplfingers9997]

@@davenufc55 Aye I've heard some Geordies use it but tend to find them saying mate. Here in Durham you get a bit of both like.

[@vincegreen7946]

I didn't know any of them and I'm a Geordie 🤔 Sure you're right there BuzzFeed?

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

Really? Are you sure you're a Geordie mate? 🤔

[@heatherboardman7004]

You can't be a Geordie if you do not know the terms used, especially hyem.

[@alisharosey7948]

Geordie "slang"? It's a dialect. Not slang.

[@liamwhitelaw73]

That’s not Geordie it’s pit yakka talk

[@reelfishingsibandshore.851]

And hyem .... Gan yem

[@theineffableshipper297]

GEORDIES UNITE

[@katecarter4201]

Never once heard Marra

[@katelynnleigh6869]

Who says marra?

[@sarahfrances3744]

Katelynn Leigh I use it for the Moro.

[@katelynnleigh6869]

@@sarahfrances3744 yeah but no one says it for "mate" lol

[@bertnufc3924]

Mackems

[@angelhalo1451]

Means friend

[@Fisky-ww6ee]

Katelynn Leigh i say it sometimes and I’m a Geordie

[@crit71]

Marra is Mackem for a mate. Most Geordies I know, including myself say mate. 🤦

[@madmackem8822]

Marra is a mackem word for mate. 🔴⚪🔴⚪

[@Shinx990]

No geordie uses Honkers to mean knees.

[@thetimelessjester738]

Hjem (Norwegian for 'Home'), not Hyem.

[@batteryman3393]

Am gan to the netty

[@badmansteve9175]

React to buzzcocks, the most puarest fastest danca in the north east

[@Oxley016]

numba 1 sella of tac to bairns

[@carolinethompson4195]

"is Geordie a part of Newcastle?" - You're joking, right? 🤨 Its 'hunkers' not 'honkers' and hjem (meaning 'home') comes from old Scandinavian. I think maybe Danish people would understand that. The stereotyping is unsurprising and offensive.

[@lukematthews9147]

It's fucking Yem there's no H

[@bellakaiser3936]

This was so easy for me 😂

[@misplacedkiwi9498]

Geordies have then best accents ever. Gives me eargasims. That accent could get me into bed....

[@stuauld4912]

These gadgies need t lorn propa English man.

[@simonecrampton5401]

I'm geordie and I don't kno half of these

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

You're not a real "Geordie" then, simple as.....

[@heatherboardman7004]

Yes, not a real Geordie

[@purplepete3260]

Not many of us say these words tbh wit yeh

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

We do, it just depends where you & the people around you are from.

[@zx50]

Honkers means squatting? I'm guessing the person who made this video has heard wrong. I say unkers when talking about someone who squatted.

[@davenufc55]

Nah that's on ur honkers

[@zx50]

@@davenufc55 Then again, I do live in County Durham. We probably say things different here.

[@alexstanley5917]

I don’t say Marra like haha

[@jancarr1]

Hunkers not honkers man

[@twosyncmattfan6935]

Why the fuck do people find it so hard

[@MrMilo2000]

Hadaway and shite man!

[@cjacja21]

Most geordie comment here!

[@gazvader]

its not honkers its hunkers

[@GW_01]

Marra is more Mackem tbh

[@damonburn5273]

Not really, I'm from Northumberland and its said plenty around there

[@paulsutton7552]

I'm from North Shields and I'm really offended by this sort of crap. Its NEWCASTLE not Newcarsole, Bloody southerners, yiz can al gan an boil yer heeds!!

[@sumairakhan4531]

I really wanna learn geordie accent!!! Can anyone help me in this

[@heatherboardman7004]

There are books you can buy, especially Learn Yourself Geordie