A lot of those have filtered down to the icy, frozen smoglands of the People's Republic of Teesside. I have to go to the Doctor's to get me shots before I venture North...
Reading the list f geordie sayings made me smile my mum was a "Sanddancer " and when she lost her temper with us kids she'd revert to here childhood and tell us all off in pure Geordie.Happy days
A pupil handed in an essay on the subject "What did you do last night?"
It consisted of: W AD W T.
When asked to explain, the pupil said, "Wuh 'ad wuh tea."
Shipyard slang. South Shields, Sand dancers from the large number of arab immigrants. North Shields, cod heids, because that's where all the fishing boats landed. Wallsend, Hillbillies, because there was a steep climb from the dock to the town centre.