Professional Geordies ......

Sounds like Gordon is a moron...

 

That's the sad thing Charlie, the whole of the NE seems to be turning into one big Geordie caricature of itself.

My family are Border Reivers who we've tracked back 500 years, and they were 'neighbours' of yours.

There are fantastic differences, from the Weardale sheep farmers to the Northumbrian fishermen, but it all seems to be swallowed up these days. When I hear the likes of Cheryl Cole saying, "His city will be proud of him," when she's talking about some lad from Rothbury or South Shields it's a shame.

It used to be Scousers that continually went on about their accent, their culture, their city etc ........ now it's Geordies.

Some of them aren't even real Geordies which is tragic imo.

 

Agree with you smug and iif it is any consolation I am a miners son from northumberland and immensely proud of being a northumbrian. I get it when people who know no different call me a geordie but when my mates in rossendale say it I remind them I am from Northumberland and proud of it in the same way as they are valley people and not mancs. Its called identity and northumbrian is mine not geordie

 

You get this all over the UK now. I'm not sure when it came in but it's certainly been around all of my lifetime. When I was a kid I was encouraged to tone down my accent as much as I could without losing it, I was encouraged to remember where I was from but be polished.

Regional accents used to hold people back but they've now become incredibly stylish. The likes of Oasis, The Arctic Monkeys, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, The Only Way is Essex, Geordie Shore, Ant and Dec and all of the other s**tty trappings and byproducts of s**tty celebrity cultures has made it cool.

People seem to think an accent is an identity, a personality and a selling point when really it's pretty unimportant and says f** all about a person.

Hands down the worst people for it are the cockneys. They put so much effort into it they sound in pain.

 

I always say that they're so cockney it hurts

 

I moved to Newcastle a couple of months ago for university, and already I've noticed some of the Durhamites/Teessiders slipping into Geordie accents that they certainly didn't have before. 18/19 years old for goodness sake! There's something "cool" about talking with a harsh accent, not just geordie but cockney, scouse etc as well. Not sure what it is but people do seem to be getting obsessed about it.

 

Don't get me wrong mate, I'm not just targeting 'Professional Geordies' .... it's just more annoying because I used to be one.

When you see the likes of Ray Winstone laying on 30 trowel loads of fake Cockerney accent it makes me cringe.

 

I would defy any person south of Durham that could pick the difference of accent from someone from Sunderland or Newcastle, including you

 

I can define any accent from Middlesbrough up to the Scottish Borders and I'm sure many other people can.

There are big differences, even between some of the Durham villages ..some neighbouring villages have 'thee & thou' whereas others don't.

The Sunderland accent is nothing like mine, from Consett, and the nearer you get to Gateshead the more 'harsh' it becomes.

People north of Blyth still roll their R's and the border accent is a mad blend of Northumbrian and Scottish.

 

He was with Jimmy Nail recently on TV and Jimmy called him Gordon no problem. Smells a bit like bull.

 

Both you and ACS from consett? Mmmmm.

 

There is no Mmmmm ..... I only say 'Consett' because no one has heard of the nearby place where I actually grew up.

These ****ers, who think they know the NE, know **** all about their own heritage.

Their 'culture' is Greggs, Geordie Shore & Cheryl ****ing Cole

 

I can tell the difference easily between a Middlesborough and a Newcastle accent, but if it's Sunderland & Newcastle I don't think I could. It'd be like asking somebody to tell the difference between an Eccles accent and an Ashton accent for me (both suburbs of Gtr Manchester for those who aren't familiar).

Luckily for me, you all wear either red and white stripey tops or black and white stripey tops so I can tell the difference. Helpful people.

 

Take your point... Manchester is harder because they all wear light blue

 

I'd say Eccles people have a touch of that soft burr of the mill towns whereas Ashton has a harder Peak District/Yorks edge.

The worst are the 'Gallagher brothers impersonators' who just manage to make themselves sound deranged

 

Well done, you ****er.

The guys from Moston, Harpurhey etc are the ones you're referring to, the Sun-she-iiiiiine lot. The ones who think this city is pronounced 'Manchestoh'.

I think they were around long before the Gallagher's mind.

 

Sorry mate, I couldn't stop myself!!!

 

You're lucky I like you!

You going to watch (or have you already seen) the film about Northern Soul mate? I'm undecided, probably just download it and watch it when the Mrs ****s off out for a night.

 

I'm a bit torn if I'm honest. I'll love the setting, the soundtrack and the culture but judging from the trailer it was just a bog standard coming of age/romantic piece of ****e.

I'll most likely watch it online when it's available but I don't have especially high hopes for it.

 

Yeah I got that impression, low budget and a bit try-hard. You'd probably come away from the cinema thinking it was good simply because of the sound track.

I watched a few movies last weekend actually, Prisoners was one, that was fairly good. Also watched Lucy which was a massive let down, she didn't kill enough people for my liking. Fault in our stars as well, (for the Mrs obviously ) that had her crying like a lost child for about an hour non stop, I didn't cry obviously, I'm nails.