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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