What is a Geordie?
As Douglas Adams almost said, ‘Far away in the uncharted backwaters of the once unfashionable North-East of England lies an often-unregarded civilisation. Orbiting this at a distance of a few hundred miles is the rest of the British Isles. The life forms inhabiting this area are often thought of as primitive as they still think wearing warm clothing is a pretty sissy thing to do.’
 

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 Medical Terms
(Extracts from The
Fairly Truthful Guide to Geordie)

Snottysneck
Common cold

Stottinheed
Headache

Oot o’ lamp oil
Poor sight

Bad wi’ the beor
Hangover

Gettn’ the smitt
Becoming infected

Cannaswallie
Sore throat

Skitters
Diarrhoea

Arse like a Mackem rosette
Inflamed haemorrhoids

Tickheed

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Geordie Sayings
(Extracts from The
Fairly Truthful Guide to Geordie)

Chaalkin’ on the bleezer
Not speaking to each other

Gettin’ off at Manors
Not finishing the job – Method of birth control

Wey aa’ll stand tappin’
I’m flabbergasted. That is a surprise!
 
Huw’s it hingin’?
How’s life treating you?

Aadivvenwannee
I’d rather not

Yedivvenhattee
You don’t have to

Eegannin?
Are you going?

Eeganaganwiwu?
Would you like to come with us?

He’s a reet heed-the-baall
He’s mad as a hatter

S’narf snaa’n
It is snowing heavily

 Givin’ it six nowt
Putting in maximum effort

(There's loads more in the book!)
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The Fairly Truthful
Guide to Geordie
includes:
Map of Geordieland, What is a Geordie?, Cartoons,  History of the Geordie Language, Pronunciation,        Quick Guide, Geordie Casablanca, Toon and Wear Rivalry, What is Hitchy Dabbas?, Classic Geordie Humour, Geordie Sayings,Modern Geordie Terms,    Extreme Geordie, Ten Commandments, Geordie Jokes, Famous Geordies, Constitutional Amendments, Geordie Quiz, Geordie Rhyming Slang, Tyneside Firsts, Big Things, Norwegian Geordie, Medical Terms, Recipes, Old Tyneside Songs, Adopted Geordies, Geordie Phobias, Glossary and lots more facts and figures (Quite a few of them are true!)

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Guide to Geordie
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