In September I had no idea what alreet, scran, why-aye, toon, tatties or divvent meant but I'm glad to report that I have come a long way in understanding Geordie! I still hear words each week that I don't know and an article that Newcastle Library put together proves that I still don't know a lot of Geordie words! According to the article:
"The top 20 Geordie words as nominated by people from across the region were:
1 Gannin (Going)
2 Canny (Well, fine, very)
3 Clarts (Mud)
4 Hinny (Honey, sweetheart, friend)
5 Divvent (Do not)
6 Clarty (Muddy)
7 Hoy (Throw)
8 Nettie (Toilet)
9 Doon (Down)
10 Lass (Woman, girl, wife)
11 Hacky (Dirty)
12 Hadaway (Go away)
13 Hyem (Home)
14 Plodge (Wade)
15 Toon (Town)
16 Why-aye (Yes, I agree)
17 Alreet (Alright)
18 Claggy (Sticky)
19 Knaa (Know, no)
20 Marra (Workmate, a match/equal) "
It was interesting for me to read the list because some words that I hear all the time and think are great (ta, tah rah, scran, pet, cuppa, etc.) are not on the list but others I've never heard before are on the list. Then again, some of the words I like are probably just be ordinary British words and not specifically Geordie. I'm sure I will miss the Geordie accent a bit when I go home and it will be interesting to see if any words automatically come out when I get home resulting in funny looks for people having to ask me what I'm mean.
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