First of all the Geordie accent is completely opposite to received punctuation. For example speakers do not pronounce the Rs unless it is followed by a vowel sound in that same phrase. However the Geordie accent is dying out as old tradition fade. According to BBC The main reason for the loss of old words is that "Geordies aren't geographically isolated any more. Today's Geordies are more likely to spend their weekends on cheap breaks to Barcelona and Budapest than at the beach at Redcar or Whitley Bay on their doorstep."
The Geordies not only pronounce English words in their own way but they also have completely different versions of many standard English words like "our" pronounced "wor" and words like "yous" for "you". Even though the Geordie dialect may still be alive, it's changing as more of us become part of the global village. In addition to this, they love to overuse the word “like” but a Geordie would stick it on the end of a sentence, not in the middle like others do. Also they use the word “me” a lot which is used where the speaker likes to emphasize a personal viewpoint. “I was hevin nowt to dee with it, me like.” (“Personally, I was having none of it.”)
Geordies are stereotypically seen as uneducated because of how they speak, this reflects how society sees them in a negative way. Another stereotype of the Geordies is that they can have fun. I personally know this from the programme 'Geordie shore'. This is because they always go out partying and seem to claim that they are the best for drinking and getting 'smashed'. This goes back to them being uneducated because being on a program like that clearly proves that they didn't have enough qualifications to get somewhere further in life which is why they ended up in that kind of show drinking and having 'the best time of their lives.'
The Geordies not only pronounce English words in their own way but they also have completely different versions of many standard English words like "our" pronounced "wor" and words like "yous" for "you". Even though the Geordie dialect may still be alive, it's changing as more of us become part of the global village. In addition to this, they love to overuse the word “like” but a Geordie would stick it on the end of a sentence, not in the middle like others do. Also they use the word “me” a lot which is used where the speaker likes to emphasize a personal viewpoint. “I was hevin nowt to dee with it, me like.” (“Personally, I was having none of it.”)
Geordies are stereotypically seen as uneducated because of how they speak, this reflects how society sees them in a negative way. Another stereotype of the Geordies is that they can have fun. I personally know this from the programme 'Geordie shore'. This is because they always go out partying and seem to claim that they are the best for drinking and getting 'smashed'. This goes back to them being uneducated because being on a program like that clearly proves that they didn't have enough qualifications to get somewhere further in life which is why they ended up in that kind of show drinking and having 'the best time of their lives.'
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