What is a "Geordie"?
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InfiniteAcademic
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What is a "Geordie"?
Is a true cockney only born within the sound of the Bow bells or is that a load of old cobblers? I guess the sound range depends on atmospherics, the camponologists talents and your hearing ability.
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Is a true cockney only born within the sound of the Bow bells or is that a load of old cobblers? I guess the sound range depends on atmospherics, the camponologists talents and your hearing ability.
W
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"Young Geordie women wear miniskirts and crop tops at -26 deg C and in that sense are similar to young Aberdeen women (quines) who wear miniskirts and crop tops at -27 deg C."
This is very insulting about the fair ladies of Aberdeen ….they are capable of withstanding much lower temperatures before the need for proper clothes!!
Although it must be said that in particularly Baltic wintry conditions I have seen some(wimps) wearing “furry” slippers in the snow when they nip off to the shop for a pint of milk .
It is actually a byelaw in Aberdeen (and I believe Newcastle) that you cannot wear a jacket on a Friday or Saturday night out irrespective of the weather. This is in relation to the extended drinking Hours for pubs and Clubs. It lessens the risk of people carrying weapons when they only have their shirt pocket and the pockets of their “Briks” (trousers ….from the word “breeches”)and they have to stash 60 Benson & hedges, mobile ,wallet etc in said pockets.To toughen people up the Taxis have to Hide at closing time and if any Taxi is spotted he (apparently) risks losing his licence if he actually stops for someone.
Other Cities have tried to control the risk of violence in different ways ,in Glasgow and Dundee a Curfew was imposed where it was an offence to be in possession of an offensive wife or girlfriend but with nobody left on the streets and no trade in the bars this has to be rescinded. As an alternative way of controlling violence Glasgow passed a byelaw where women had to take it upon themselves to remind everyone that “pitting the heid on “ (headbutting) was not acceptable as a conflict resolution tool .for this reason they still to this day end every sentence with the words “no butt, bye the way” ( meaning..”No headbutting ,by way of the byelaw”).
Getting back to the “Geordies” They are indeed the best England could come up with (in comparision to the Celtic Lords of Scotland and Ireland) some say that when God was making man he used the best of the best in Scotland and Ireland ,still had some good bits left over for Newcastle and as for the rest he used the leftovers progressively as he went South (Sarf) then again maybe I just made that up
I was always told the calling someone a Geordie when they came from Sunderland was a big no no (told by a bloke from Sunderland) so its interesting that the definition is wider in some peoples eyes (mind you he would argue that black was white with a couple of Newcastle browns down his neck)
Oh and "by the way no butt" I think the term Ned came from teddy boys in the fifties (teddy boys being a derivative of "Edwardian" due to the edwardian frock coat style of teddy boy jackets .......because teddyboys had a reputation for violence Ned (a short version of edward) came to be associated with troublemakers, hooligans etc
"Young Geordie women wear miniskirts and crop tops at -26 deg C and in that sense are similar to young Aberdeen women (quines) who wear miniskirts and crop tops at -27 deg C."
This is very insulting about the fair ladies of Aberdeen ….they are capable of withstanding much lower temperatures before the need for proper clothes!!
Although it must be said that in particularly Baltic wintry conditions I have seen some(wimps) wearing “furry” slippers in the snow when they nip off to the shop for a pint of milk .
It is actually a byelaw in Aberdeen (and I believe Newcastle) that you cannot wear a jacket on a Friday or Saturday night out irrespective of the weather. This is in relation to the extended drinking Hours for pubs and Clubs. It lessens the risk of people carrying weapons when they only have their shirt pocket and the pockets of their “Briks” (trousers ….from the word “breeches”)and they have to stash 60 Benson & hedges, mobile ,wallet etc in said pockets.To toughen people up the Taxis have to Hide at closing time and if any Taxi is spotted he (apparently) risks losing his licence if he actually stops for someone.
Other Cities have tried to control the risk of violence in different ways ,in Glasgow and Dundee a Curfew was imposed where it was an offence to be in possession of an offensive wife or girlfriend but with nobody left on the streets and no trade in the bars this has to be rescinded. As an alternative way of controlling violence Glasgow passed a byelaw where women had to take it upon themselves to remind everyone that “pitting the heid on “ (headbutting) was not acceptable as a conflict resolution tool .for this reason they still to this day end every sentence with the words “no butt, bye the way” ( meaning..”No headbutting ,by way of the byelaw”).
Getting back to the “Geordies” They are indeed the best England could come up with (in comparision to the Celtic Lords of Scotland and Ireland) some say that when God was making man he used the best of the best in Scotland and Ireland ,still had some good bits left over for Newcastle and as for the rest he used the leftovers progressively as he went South (Sarf) then again maybe I just made that up
I was always told the calling someone a Geordie when they came from Sunderland was a big no no (told by a bloke from Sunderland) so its interesting that the definition is wider in some peoples eyes (mind you he would argue that black was white with a couple of Newcastle browns down his neck)
Oh and "by the way no butt" I think the term Ned came from teddy boys in the fifties (teddy boys being a derivative of "Edwardian" due to the edwardian frock coat style of teddy boy jackets .......because teddyboys had a reputation for violence Ned (a short version of edward) came to be associated with troublemakers, hooligans etc
BettySwuttocks
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What is a "Geordie"?
Thanks for the assistance, everyone.
Thanks for the assistance, everyone.
What is a "Geordie"?
'Geordie' is an abbreviation of 'George' (another of those abbreviations which actually make the name longer, like 'Johnny' for 'John'.) So I've got a hunch that it originated in Scotland when England was ruled by King George I, II & III during the Jacobite rebellions and all that. The Scots probably called the people over the border in Northumberland 'Geordies' and it eventually became more localised to Tyneside.
Newcastle and Sunderland are both basically just Scottish refugee camps anyway. (And I should know, because me Mam's family emigrated to Sun'lan from north of the border.)
'Geordie' is an abbreviation of 'George' (another of those abbreviations which actually make the name longer, like 'Johnny' for 'John'.) So I've got a hunch that it originated in Scotland when England was ruled by King George I, II & III during the Jacobite rebellions and all that. The Scots probably called the people over the border in Northumberland 'Geordies' and it eventually became more localised to Tyneside.
Newcastle and Sunderland are both basically just Scottish refugee camps anyway. (And I should know, because me Mam's family emigrated to Sun'lan from north of the border.)
ilovemrkite
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What is a "Geordie"?
Two main theories:
1) King George - we were a major part of the armed forces which backed King George so we became known as Georges men which gradualy corrupted to Geordies.
2) George Stephenson invented a mining lamp which didn't cause explosions when in contact with flaofftopicble gases - useful when you're in a mining situation type employment ;-). The miners wearing them called them after the inventor, and again, gradual corruption led to miners being called Geordies.
If anyone wishes to dispute either of these theories, I'll knut yer, oops sorry, I mean please go ahead
Bill
Two main theories:
1) King George - we were a major part of the armed forces which backed King George so we became known as Georges men which gradualy corrupted to Geordies.
2) George Stephenson invented a mining lamp which didn't cause explosions when in contact with flaofftopicble gases - useful when you're in a mining situation type employment ;-). The miners wearing them called them after the inventor, and again, gradual corruption led to miners being called Geordies.
If anyone wishes to dispute either of these theories, I'll knut yer, oops sorry, I mean please go ahead
Bill