Collins Taak of the Toon: How to Speak Geordie

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Sid Waddell. Collins Taak of the Toon: How to Speak Geordie

TAAK OF THE TOON

Contents

Introduction

THE ENTIRE GEORDIE NATION

WELCOME STRANGER

Glossary

WOR HISTORY AND WOR HEROES

WAALKING AND WORKING

GEORDIE AT HYEM

HOW TO LIVE ON 30 BOB A WEEK

AH’M SCRANNY, MAMMY

GEORDIE ON THE BEOR

GEET GEORDIE JUICERS

GEORDIE ON THE PULL

GEORDIE SPORTS (INCLUDING FIGHTING)

OF CLUBS AND CULCHA

About the Author

Copyright

About the Publisher

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SID WADDELL

So what would a proud Geordie like myself crack up about the place, the people and the lifestyle? Well, we do welcome strangers like long-lost friends. We do have ales like the Broon that put a buzz on your visit and nosh, like stotties, to beef you up. Our lasses are as bonny and lippy as any and the lads are boisterous, aggressive-sounding, but often as soft as thistle-down. But our main talent as a tribe is verbal: Geordies, I reckon, word-for-word could out-patter anybody.

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The big end is stowed off, so we’ll hev to slum it in the bar. TRANSLATION: Do we really need to hear that comedian again?

bingo dobber noun a round felt pen used to mark bingo cards [Perhaps from Geordie pronunciation of dab or daub]

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