Go to the BBC Radio 4 site, and go to listen again and listen to "Howay the Laughs" - a history of Tyneside comedy. I'd love to know if any of you crosspondians have *any* idea of what these guys are saying at all. (Ole, you don't count) If you do understand there are some great jokes and routines, if you don't it may just perplex...... (And no, I can't be bothered digging out the link at the moment as I have just come back from a good meal with nice red wine)
<P>The thing that i always ponder about is when someone sings, their accent almost disappears </P>
martin
This is really funny but speaking as a "native speaker" of Geordie, some of it was hard to understand even for me!<br> <br><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio4_aod.shtml?radio4/howaay_the_laughs">Listen again</a>.
Chris Wraith
That's a great link! Pretty understandable to me too, but that's probably because I've lived up here for a while.<br> <br> I have to say that I do find the Geordie accent nice to listen to. It has nice rhythms and intonations, or something... I can't quite put my finger on it. Same goes for Scottish, Irish and Welsh actually.<br> <br> Perhaps I just like accents because I don't really have one of my own - I'm pretty neutral. Northern, but neutral.
Chris McKeown
I've actually seen a fair few geordie comics - Ross Noble, et all, mostly at NCL student union - but some at "Sunday For Sammy", but divvn't lump Ant & Dec in as "Geordie Comics"... grr.
Daishi
Good stuff. Great to hear The Little Waster again. I remember meeting him in Parrish's On Shields Road in Byker when I was very young.
ILuvNUFC
Well as the first actual crossponder to chime in, I can tell you that the accent is a deal breaker. While I appreciate your humor, in general, I just seem to get lost right around the punchline. I'm sure Bobby Thompson is a funny guy but damn, he must be speaking Swahili for his punch lines. No, I listened for 10 + minutes and no dice.
John Weeks
<P>being based less than a hundred yards from the tyne, i can vouch that it's not a cross-pondular phenomenon - half of the (british) people who've listened to this got lost too. </P> <P><A href="<a href="http://www.newcastlestuff.com/ashington.html">Just">http://www.newcastlestuff.com/ashington.html">Just</a> be pleased they're not speaking in pit-matic.</A></P> <P> </P>
Daishi
Being from Yorkshire I can understand the majority of the dialect and accent (having had a sister at Newcastle Uni' and staying with her regularly helps!) but sometimes I needed to concentrate to catch the full effect.
Olly Aitch