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# geordie

«geordie» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person from Newcastle upon Tyne or Tyneside in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a Geordie, Geordies; Geordie — the dialect); adjective (Geordie)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (UK) A Geordie is a person from Newcastle upon Tyne or Tyneside in North-East England. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geordie/#m1)

2) (UK) Geordie is the strong local accent and dialect spoken there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geordie/#m2)

3) Geordie is also a Scottish and Northern pet form of the name George (a name). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geordie/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons about accents and dialects, Geordie is a famous British example with its own words: «howay» (come on), «hinny» and «pet» (dear), «bairn» (child), «canny» (nice, good), «gan» (go), «whey aye» (yes, of course), «nowt» (nothing). Dialect is not wrong English; it is a local way of speaking, and Standard English is used for exams and formal writing. Phrases: «a Geordie accent», «a proud Geordie».

### examples

- My uncle is a Geordie from Newcastle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geordie/#x1)
- She speaks with a strong Geordie accent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geordie/#x2)
- «Howay, man!» is Geordie for «Come on!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geordie/#x3)
- In Geordie, «bairn» means child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geordie/#x4)
- «Whey aye, pet!» said the Geordie bus driver, meaning «Yes, of course, love!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geordie/#x5)
- Geordies are proud of their football team and the Tyne bridges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geordie/#x6)

### note

Usually a capital G. Countable for people («two Geordies»), uncountable for the dialect. Trap: not everyone from the North-East is a Geordie; people from Sunderland are called Mackems.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «geordie» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geordie/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.