Wolfgang, your link does not work, have we lost this site altogether? I used to use it some tome a go but my system decided to drop the site from my favourites.
My late father in law called every one hinny, male or female but in my family it was always used in the honey sense.
Being born in Chester-le Street I never considered my self to be a Geordie or a Mackem (a Sunderland supporter). My wife considers herself to be a Mackem, she was born in Fencehouses and is a Sunderland supporter.
In the south everyone calls us Geordies because they know no better and we don't argue. My wife an I believe it described a person who was born within the smell of the Tyne. It is refreshing though when a stranger comments "what part of Durham - Sunderland?"
I consider my dialect to be "pitmatic"
Gan Canny
Brian