Post ASuPjslxtwonKw2dns by noccor@geekdom.social
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 (DIR) Post #AStU9WoGO3EJPKdndY by noccor@geekdom.social
       2023-02-20T23:37:22Z
       
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       I grew up in North East England, so a good 60% of my existence. There we speak a dialect of English called Geordie. It's an odd dialect, with some close similarities to Scots, and has a strong old germanic/scandi influence. For example, in Geordie "I'm going to go home" is "am ganna gan hyem" If you are hesitant to ask for something, your elders will sternly tell you: "Shy bairns get nowt" which means shy kids get nothing, or "ask and maybe ye shall receive."A good mantra to live by
       
 (DIR) Post #AStU9XRG34QDMGswPw by nickycolman@mastodon.world
       2023-02-21T05:08:34Z
       
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       @noccor I slipped up the other day in front of my non-native tongue partner and said “I fancy some ket”. That was a conversation starter! 😂(I’m a Mackem, for the record)
       
 (DIR) Post #AStU9YTmBC1waN4Syu by noccor@geekdom.social
       2023-02-20T23:38:19Z
       
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       On that note, am ganna gan te kip. (I'm going to go to sleep/bed).
       
 (DIR) Post #AStetaNWRxCTL1jYHI by noccor@geekdom.social
       2023-02-21T07:08:55Z
       
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       @nickycolman at least you can if I try and speak Geordie it sounds like an offensive mimic 🥲
       
 (DIR) Post #AStiWC0fHlVAus8w40 by nickycolman@mastodon.world
       2023-02-21T07:49:33Z
       
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       @noccor haha! It is funny to hear people try our local accents without them falling into Welsh/Indian/Jamaican 😂
       
 (DIR) Post #AStjOAnG1WVQmWbzLU by noccor@geekdom.social
       2023-02-21T07:59:16Z
       
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       @nickycolman I wasn’t allowed to use slang at home (my mother could 😂) and haven’t lived there since I was 18 and now with 7 years now of Dutch being my dominant language so it’s killed my Geordie abilities. I can however mimic Lowland Scottish perfectly, if I do say so myself. But so cringe when people try it.
       
 (DIR) Post #AStk22TYMtZ0ZGP9pg by nickycolman@mastodon.world
       2023-02-21T08:06:30Z
       
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       @noccor ahhh no way!We need to get you some lessons arranged to keep it alive! 😝
       
 (DIR) Post #ASuPh7FRcqCRMYVksC by noccor@geekdom.social
       2023-02-21T15:53:19Z
       
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       @nickycolman Oh it's dead, I sound like some weird Dutch-Middland-West-Country hybrid, which I guess is kind of what
       
 (DIR) Post #ASuPjslxtwonKw2dns by noccor@geekdom.social
       2023-02-21T15:53:50Z
       
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       @nickycolman Oh it's dead, I sound like some weird Dutch-Middland-West-Country hybrid, which I guess is what I am.