It's a funny thing but colloquialisms-slang call it what you will, tend to be associated with a certain class of people and we here in the UK are pretty 'class' conscious.

So sadly a lot of local dialect is 'knocked out' of the little ones and they are encouraged nay forced to speak the Queens English.

Thanks to various television programmes and actors the Geordie dialect is now acceptable, however we seem to have a fund of special words...my favorite is 'Clarts' this is mud..sticky claggy mud...have you ever put your wellington boot into mud and tried to pull it out ? well 'Clart' is the sound it makes.

What I should do is post a few things from the 'Viz' magazine especially from the profanasaurus edition.Sid the sexist et all.

Gan doon Darza with Ritchie