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Question		Answer
Auld start learning		Old - From the Anglo-Saxon Eald (e.g. "Old Wife")
Alreet start learning		Alright
Aye start learning		Yes
A Says start learning		I said
Baccy start learning		Tobacco
Bairn start learning		A child - Anglo- Saxon
Bait start learning		Packed lunch to take to work
Bonny start learning		Beautiful - From the French bon
Borst start learning		Burst
Broon start learning		Brown or Newcastle Brown Ale
Caad start learning		Cold
Canny start learning		good/nice/lovely or very - Canny lad - a nice guy/Canny good - very good
Clarts start learning		Dirt or Mud
Da start learning		Dad, faatt the father
Auld start learning		Old - From the Anglo-Saxon Eald (e.g. "Old Wife")
Alreet start learning		Alright
Aye start learning		Yes
A Says start learning		I said
Baccy start learning		Tobacco
Bairn start learning		A child - Anglo- Saxon
Bait start learning		Packed lunch to take to work
Bonny start learning		Beautiful
Borst start learning		Burst
Broon start learning		Brown or Newcastle Brown Ale
Caad start learning		Cold
Canny start learning		good/nice/lovely or very - Canny lad - a nice guy/Canny good - very good Canny job: A good job. Possibly a variation on the Scots word Ken meaning to know
Clarts start learning		Dirt or Mud
Da start learning		Dad - father
Deed start learning		Dead
Dee start learning		Do
Divvent start learning		Do not - i.e. Divent Dee that
Droon start learning		Drown
Fower start learning		Four
Gan start learning		Go from the Anglo Saxon word for go
Gannin start learning		Going - Gannin along the Scotswood Road to see the Blaydon Races
Giveower start learning		Give over - i.e. Please stop doing that
Granda start learning		Grandfather
Hadaway start learning		Get away - you're having me on- it is thought to be navel term
Hanky start learning		Handkerchief
Haway start learning		Come on - Haway or H'way the lads is chanted at football matches
Hinny start learning		Honey
Hoos start learning		House
Hoy start learning		Throw
Hyem start learning		Home, a word of Scandinavian origin
Jarra start learning		Jarrow - Town in South Tyneside
Ket start learning		Sweet or something that is nice to eat
Knaa start learning		Know
Lang start learning		Long - Anglo Saxon word
Lass start learning		A woman or young girl, from Scandinavian word Laskr
Ma start learning		Mother
Mackem start learning		A native of Sunderland. Probably referring to shipbuilders - 'We mackem', ye tackem'
Mag/Magpie start learning		Newcastle United fan
Magpies start learning		Nickname for Newcastle United Football Club, who play in the black and white
Man start learning		Frequently used at the end of a sentence "Divvent dee that man" "Howay man" even when talking to a woman
Marra start learning		Old friend or workmate, particularly in the collieries
Mebbes start learning		Maybe
Nah start learning		No
Nee start learning		No - as in "Nee good luck" but not as a word on its own
Neet start learning		Night
Nettie start learning		Toilet
Nowt start learning		Nothing
Oot start learning		Out - Anglo Saxon word compare to the Dutch Utgang (Go-out-exit)
Ower start learning		Over
Polliss start learning		Policeman
Sel' start learning		Self, Me Sel' - Myself
Singin' Hinny start learning		Type of Scone
Spuggy start learning		Sparrow
Stottie start learning		A kind of flat cake like bread
Strang start learning		Strong
Tab start learning		Cigarette
Tattie start learning		Potato
Telt start learning		Told
Thowt start learning		Thought
Toon start learning		Town
Toon Army start learning		Newcastle United football fans
Us start learning		Me
Wes start learning		Was
Wey start learning		“well” as in “wey ye knaa” (well, you know) or “wey-aye” (well yes). Often also an expression of disdain “Wey its nee use at aal”.
Why-Aye start learning		An emphatic exclamation of reply meaning “Well Yes, of course!” occasionally coupled with the word ‘man’ as in the perceived archetypal Geordie phrase “Wey-Aye Man” that is most often overused by novice Geordie imitators.
Wi' start learning		With
Wife start learning		A woman, whether married or not. Wife was used in this sense by the Anglo Saxons
Wor start learning		Our - Wor lass means our misses, when a chap is referring to his wife. Wor is the Anglo Saxon word oor meaning Our, the 'W' has crept into speech naturally.
Wrang start learning		Incorrect (Wrong)
Ye start learning		You or your
Yem start learning		Home
Yersel' start learning		Yourself
Deed start learning		Dead
Dee start learning		Do
Divvent start learning		Do not - i.e. Divent Dee that
Droon start learning		Drown
Fower start learning		Four
Gan start learning		Go from the Anglo Saxon word for go
Gannin start learning		Going - Gannin along the Scotswood Road to see the Blaydon Races
Give Ower or Gie Ower start learning		Stop doing that, it’s annoying.
Granda start learning		Grandfather
Hadaway start learning		Get away - you're having me on- it is thought to be navel term
Hanky start learning		Handkerchief
Haway start learning		Come on - Haway or H'way the lads is chanted at football matches
Hinny start learning		Honey
Hoos start learning		House
Hoy start learning		Throw
Hyem start learning		Home
Ket start learning		Sweet or something that is nice to eat
Knaa start learning		Know
Lang start learning		Long - Anglo Saxon word
Lass start learning		A woman or young girl
Ma start learning		Mother
Mackem start learning		A native of Sunderland. Probably referring to shipbuilders - 'We mackem', ye tackem'
Mag/Magpie start learning		Newcastle United fan
Magpies start learning		Nickname for Newcastle United Football Club who play in the black and white
Man start learning		Frequently used at the end of a sentence "Divvent dee that man" "Howay man" even when talking to a woman
Marra start learning		Old friend or workmate, particularly in the collieries
Mebbes start learning		Maybe
Nah start learning		No
Nee start learning		No - as in "Nee good luck" but not as a word on its own
Neet start learning		Night
Nettie start learning		Toilet
Nowt start learning		Nothing
Oot start learning		Out - Anglo Saxon word compare to the Dutch Utgang (Go-out-exit)
Ower start learning		Over
Polliss start learning		Policeman
Sel', Self, Me Sel' start learning		- Myself
Singin' Hinny start learning		Type of Scone
Spuggy start learning		Sparrow
Stottie start learning		A kind of flat cake - like bread
Strang start learning		Strong
Tab start learning		Cigarette
Tattie start learning		Potato
Telt start learning		Told
Thowt start learning		Thought
Toon start learning		Town
Toon Army start learning		Newcastle United football fans
Us start learning		Me
Wes start learning		Was
Wey start learning		As in Wey - Aye (see why-aye)
Why-Aye start learning		Why of course - "Why-aye man"
Wi' start learning		With
Wife start learning		A woman, whether married or not. Wife was used in this sense by the Anglo Saxons
Wor start learning		Our - Wor lass means our misses when a chap is referring to his wife.
Wrang start learning		Incorrect (Wrong)
Ye start learning		You or your
Yem start learning		Home
Yersel' start learning		Yourself

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