> wrote in message
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On Mar 19, 1:40 am, "The Joneses" > wrote:
> > Dear Chili
> Yeeeehaaa! Which are Texan for Jolly Good Show and Well Done, old chap.
> Lots of right thinkin' and adaptin' and chemistry and recipe makin' for
> you (& your team?).
> Best of luck,
> Edrena

Thanks Edrena.

It's a team, my wife and I.

Where I come from we have a language of our own, a very strong
dialect, with words not used by (m)any English speaking folks anywhere
else.

Americans stand virtually no chance of understanding it when spoken
naturally, and the rest of the UK **may** understand every 3rd or 4th
word (when spoken at normal speed).

NOTE :- (From wikipedia :- "The dialect is (massively) toned down for
comprehension of the general (non-Northumbrian) public."),

Many years ago I was sitting in a hotel foyer in Paris, and saw two
girls (early 20's) watching (2 of) us with puzzled looks on their
faces, after maybe 20 minutes or so they approached us (we were in
deep conversation talking more or less non stop), and they tentativley
asked us if we spoke English, i think we responded with "wey
aye" (that means yes), but our initial response didn't really clarify
the matter for them one way or the other .


Instead of "Jolly good show" we might use "wey aye !!!", or "Howay
man" or "thats canny", maybe even "mint".

Here's a couple of links to sites explaining more.

http://www.le.ac.uk/ee/glossaries/20...ang/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordie#Geordie_dialect

Y'all know I love this group. So many new things to learn. My version of
yee-haw (or yee-haaa) has about 42 meanings, mostly positive. I figger
instead of being simple-minded, it shows how truly creative I am.
Loved the sites!
Edrena

> Y'all know I love this group. So many new things to learn. My version of
> yee-haw (or yee-haaa) has about 42 meanings, mostly positive. I figger
> instead of being simple-minded, it shows how truly creative I am.
> * Loved the sites!
> Edrena

What the site's cant convey is the actual way the accent sound's.

"Auf Weidersehen Pet" was a TV programme popular over here in the 80's
& 90's, some of the charachters were from this area, here's a link to
a scene involving "OZ", he's a Geordie, see how many of the words you
recognise, then remember that his accent is massively toned down, he's
speaking slower, and clearer than normal, so people outside of the
area can understand him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FS0YrTHaEI

There's many more similar things around, but thats a good example.

wrote:

> "Auf Weidersehen Pet" was a TV programme popular over here in the 80's
> & 90's, some of the charachters were from this area, here's a link to
> a scene involving "OZ", he's a Geordie, see how many of the words you
> recognise, then remember that his accent is massively toned down, he's
> speaking slower, and clearer than normal, so people outside of the
> area can understand him.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FS0YrTHaEI

"What d'ya think you'll find up there, a new stadium for Newcastle United?"

Loved it!

Sounds like you'll be right jammy with the sauce, Howay man!

Ah've lived in Canada most of me life, since a wee bairn, but ah still
bleed black and white like.

[Rough translation for North Americans: It looks like you will be
fortunate with the sauce. Do well with it!

I lived in Canada most of my life, since I was a baby, but I am still a
fervent supporter of the Newcastle United Football Club.]

Dean <-- sorry to be OT (unless jammy counts), back to lurking