>But seriously, Geordies are supposedly those born within spitting distance of
>the Tyne river although the distinction has become rather blurred over the
>years. Newcastle includes many small towns within its bounds as it grew and if
>you turned up in Gateshead frex and said they were Geordies, they'd be very
>pissed indeed. My dads family come from a town subdivision called Heburn within
>Newcastles official bounds and their accent is _noticably_ different from people
>only 5 miles down the road and very different from anyone from Sunderland which
>is 15 miles away.
But people from Sunderland are different from EVERYONE else...
Sorry, please return to Glorantha.
Dave Nilsson
dave_at_dnilsson.demon.co.uk