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Thread #46551   Message #692220
Posted By: JudeL
17-Apr-02 - 12:32 PM
Thread Name: On Translating from the Geordie
Subject: RE: BS: On Translating from the Geordie
Sorry Toadfrog - didn't mean to be obscure .. for those in areas other than the UK I'll have a go at explaining(and if I'm wrong I apologise and I'm sure someone will correct any inaccuracies): Newcastle upon Tyne is a big place by the coast in north east England, within this the area just north of the river Tyne is called Gateshead and people from that area are called Geordies, the area south of that river is Sunderland, and people from there are known as Maccams. Just south of the mouth of the river is South Shields. About 40 miles or so south is a place called Harlepool, others from the area tend to call them monkey-hangers. Folklore has it that during the Napoleonic war the people of British West Harlepool, once tried, convicted and hung as a French spy, a monkey that they found on board a ship. Smog-monsters refers to people from Middlesboro' which is another 20 miles or so south of Hartlepool. I hope that helps.