What precisely is a "Geordie?"

[Shatnertage]

I've got to confess that my education has...certain gaps. I just had a gentleman from the northeast of England in my office talking quite animatedly about a man who he's researching who was a "Geordie." Apparently he's also looking into something called the "Geordie Mafia."

When he said that, I almost lost it completely, because I pictured a bunch of guys wearing oil filters on their faces trying to emulate Levar Burton.

I figured this was some kind of English slang, and knew that several resident of that fair isle grace these boards, so I thought I'd share.

Plus, no one else would understand why I had to suppress a laugh at the thought of a Geordi Mafia.

 

[CorporalClegg]

It's not the "CRIMSON FORCE FIELD!"?

 

[RoJoHen]

Just googled it. Apparently it's the UK version of Jersey Shore.

 

[Holdfast]

All you need to know is that Geordie Shore is the British TV version of Jersey Shore...

... I seem to recall an MTV exec interviewed at the time of Geordie Shore's commissioning being asked just exactly what sort of parallels there were between the two places. They replied with something like: "Jersey Shore is all about people enjoying the summer, and in Newcastle they behave as if its always summer, as evidenced by the lack of coats even when its freezing, and the year-round miniskirts".



(short answer: Geordies are people from Newcastle. Some may want to debate the use of the word people in this context, but I'm an ecumenical and generous sort. )

 

[StolenThunder]

Geordie is a term for people from Newcastle/Gateshead - a city in the north-east of England. They have a distinctive accent.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

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[Shatnertage]

Thanks, guys. He certainly was a very interesting gentleman, to say the least.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

"Why aye man! I can get Warp 9.9 for yas like!" - Geordie La Forge

 

[An Officer]

You're probably better off not knowing.

 

[WillsBabe]

Geordie as distinct from a Mackem.

 

[sevenstars]

Oil filter? I thought that was a hair clip.

 

[DS9Continuing]

As stated, it's simply the name for the dialect/accent/culture associated with the Newcastle area of the North-East UK.

Similarly, Liverpool begets Scousers, Birmingham begets Brummies, East London begets Cockneys, etc.

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[Pingfah]

^ I am a Brummie. Although I have largely rid myself of the evidence over the last 20 years.

 

[John Clark]

Geordie as distinct from a Mackem.

And probably safer not to mix the two up

 

[Ethros]

Someone who will call you a "poofter" if you ever wear a coat, even if it's below freezing.

 

[Holdfast]

Similarly, Liverpool begets Scousers, Birmingham begets Brummies, East London begets Cockneys, etc.

Very biblical choice of words.

To continue the theme, we are of course still waiting for the Great Flood to sweep away these antediluvian mistakes...

 

[scotpens]

^^ Nothing wrong with Scousers, as far as I can see. A city that gave us the Beatles, Jennifer Ellison and Katie Downes can’t be all bad.

 

[DS9Continuing]

If you even look at the city of Liverpool across the river Mersey, your wallet magically disappears from your pocket and the tyres disappear off your car.

.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^^ Nothing wrong with Scousers, as far as I can see. A city that gave us the Beatles, Jennifer Ellison and Katie Downes can’t be all bad.

And of course Dave Lister.

 

[Roshi]

Geordie...