Ot-Geordie Accent

susanbones2003 rdas at facstaff.wisc.edu
Sat Jul 10 20:01:14 UTC 2004


--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Monica Coyne" 
<monica.coyne at t...> wrote:
> A Geordie is someone who is "Born within sight if the Tyne", the 
river
> that runs through places such as Newcastle and Gateshead.  I'm 
trying to
> think off famous people with Geordie accents but I'm struggling.  
The
> accent is very strong, more a dialect really, many of the words 
come
> from ancient Norse.  Inspector Morse's side kick Lewis was played 
by a
> Geordie in the TV series.  Many famous footballers: Alan Shearer, 
Chris
> Waddle and of course Paul "Gazza" Gascoigne.  Sting is a Geordie 
but
> doesn't't have much of an accent.
> 
> Monica

Could Filch be a Geordie? And Lupin, is he just the average Oxford 
don in accent? Unassuming, correct but not in your face about it?
J





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