Re: Geordie continuity annaouncer on Ch 4

From: "Young Sociolinguist" <spooky.fm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 21 Feb 2006 12:10:15 -0800

Last year I met an Englishwoman who spoke RP, but claimed that her
accent was Geordie. But I know better: if she had spoken Geordie
(either the dialect or just the accent) to me, I wouldn't have
understood a word, 'cause I'm utterly hopeless at understanding
dialects.

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