Monday, 27 June 2011

Vocabulary common with the Newcaste 'Geordie' accent.

  • Aa, Aye, Ai - Yes.
  • Aboot  - About.
  • Ahent - Behind.
  • A'reet - Hello / Alright?
  • Pet - A some what endearing term, like 'love'. 
  • Baccy - Tabacco.
  • Banter - Chat / gossip.
  • Buk - Book.
  • Chud / Chuddy / Chut / Chutty - Chewing gum.
  • Dinnar - Don't know.
  • Divvie - Stupid person.
  • Gob - Mouth.
  • Hacky - Dirty.
  • Hinny - A term of endearment 'honey'.
  • Hoose - House.
  • Ma / Mar / Mam - A variation of 'mum'.
  • Nowt - Nothing / None.
  • Whey aye - Yes.
  • Toon - Town.
  • Wo / Wa / Woh / Wot / Wat - What.
  • Ye / Yuh - You.
  • Yous - You lot / all of you. 
From looking at this list of common vocabulary used by people with the Geordie accent, I can see that most of their words are pronounced phonetically.

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