Aal Aboot Geordie By David Simpson (Paperback, 2012)

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Intended as an informative but light & accessible exploration of all things Geordie this book examines the origins of the Geordie dialect of Tyneside through its Anglo-Saxon Scandinavian & Dutch roots It

Includes:: an A-Z glossary of Geordie words along with explanations of the Northumberland burr & topographical words like chare lonnen heugh & haugh The book examines the Geordie dialect's relationship to the Scots language & Geordie's place in a wider European context The book

Includes:: a table comparing Geordie & north European words including those of Scandinavia The two main theories explaining how the word Geordie came about are examined linking its roots to either the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 or the development of a miners' safety lamp
- the Geordie lamp
- by George Stephenson in 1815 Comparisons are made to the neighbouring dialects of Sunderland Northumberland & Teesside & the book pinpoints the origins of local rivalries within the region Some of the best-known Geordie songs are featured in the book including the Blaydon Races Keel Row Bonny Bobby Shafto & Cushie Butterfield with an explanation of their origins There is a brief history of Newcastle Brown Ale Newcastle United the Geordie Netty & some examples of Geordie food There are features on the keelmen a particularly distinct Tyneside community who made a significant contribution to Tyneside culture & an examination of their links to the Tudor & Elizabethan clans called the Border Reivers The reiving roots of the Geordie surnames Charlton Robson & Armstrong are explored in which it is revealed that the region's passion for football is more than four centuries old