Swampster
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Also sorry for continuing the tangent (history is one of my things)...
My Geordie dictionary (which my wife gave me soon after we met ) had an intro about the origin of the words. While a lot of Geordie and other NE dialect is very similar to Norse - e.g. bairn - a lot of it is down to the common origin of Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse. The Viking kingdom centred around Jorvik didn't really extend north of the Tees and while there was some Norse influence on all of English, the isolation from the rest of the Old English speakers was probably more significant. The British Library has a pretty good article.
My wife had to modify her vowels to some extent. The kids she taught were using a NE pronunciation when they said them
I have a much more mongrel accent which people find hard to place. Living on the long a/ short a isogloss means I switch from one to the other even in a sentence.
On a more clothes related point - and sorry if I've already mentioned this - it's rather nice to have the same lighthouse on our wedding photo and on the Barbour label.
My Geordie dictionary (which my wife gave me soon after we met ) had an intro about the origin of the words. While a lot of Geordie and other NE dialect is very similar to Norse - e.g. bairn - a lot of it is down to the common origin of Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse. The Viking kingdom centred around Jorvik didn't really extend north of the Tees and while there was some Norse influence on all of English, the isolation from the rest of the Old English speakers was probably more significant. The British Library has a pretty good article.
My wife had to modify her vowels to some extent. The kids she taught were using a NE pronunciation when they said them
I have a much more mongrel accent which people find hard to place. Living on the long a/ short a isogloss means I switch from one to the other even in a sentence.
On a more clothes related point - and sorry if I've already mentioned this - it's rather nice to have the same lighthouse on our wedding photo and on the Barbour label.