15yo dd trying to teach herself a Geordie accent

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I'm listening to dd in her bedroom, with the door closed, trying to perfect her Geordie accent...just for fun. She is surprisingly good!

What's happening in your house?

That’s cute

Amy drying off from the rain

Does she have a specific reason for wanting to speak geordie?

Nap fighting ds2 is pottering about. Every now and then he’ll hop up on to the sofa, look like he’s about to drift off, then shake himself awake again (no point even bothering to try and actually put him down in his bed it’s a fight I don’t need right now)
Ds1 is looking at his tablet.
We have abandoned any idea of leaving the house today it’s miserable.

It's grim out there today, Aridane, isn't it?

The cat is trying to make himself a perfect circle, I'm making apple sauce

Does she have a specific reason for wanting to speak geordie?

No, she just likes the sound of it.

Yep - waited as long as I could to see if rain would ease but in the end had to go ahead. Still, social distancing wasn’t a problem

Ds is watching "gaming with kev" on the telly. I'm Mumsnetting next to him. He is on isolation due to close contact at school!

Dh and dd have gone to collect us all a McDonald's.

The cat is trying to make himself a perfect circle

Cute!

She needs to watch some episodes of auf wiedersehen pet

Oh this reminds me of years ago when my daughter went to Durham for University....came home and I couldn't understand her any more! Did you know you can get books written in "Geordie"?

DS1 is trying to persuade some of his friends to socially distance in the gym with him its not working. DS2 is plaging on the Xbox. I'm on my 5th load of washing still in PJs and culling my hot water bottle. DH is trying to fill in multiple holes left in the wall when we took some shelves down. The 3 cats and 1 dog are on the sofa snoring

@Coldwinterahead1

She needs to watch some episodes of auf wiedersehen pet

I remember my sister reading that in the Radio Times and asking my mum what type of animal an “Orf weederzeen pet” was

I’m currently Mumsnetting in my dressing gown while two children and DH watch YouTube - the other one upstairs watching Brooklyn 99 for the umpteenth time.

She needs to watch some episodes of auf wiedersehen pet

Great idea!

And no, I didn't know that there are books written in Geordie. Fab!

WanderingMilly ooh make sure you don't tell anyone from Durham you think they have a Geordie accent!!! Geordie is very specific to a very small area!

We are studying the rain radar to see if there's a window of opportunity to dash to the pub for a pint and to buy some draft beer to bring back home - supporting the local economy and all that

You can get a Geordie Bible. It's quite thin. It's a good read even as an atheist.

There is a ‘larn yersell geordie’ book & some great geordie song books etc.

I don’t know if The Baltic’s shop is online too, but they have some wonderful things geordie related

Th' divvn't tork Geordie in Durham, hinny!

@Bunnybigears

DS1 is trying to persuade some of his friends to socially distance in the gym with him its not working. DS2 is plaging on the Xbox. I'm on my 5th load of washing still in PJs and culling my hot water bottle. DH is trying to fill in multiple holes left in the wall when we took some shelves down. The 3 cats and 1 dog are on the sofa snoring

This sounds so cosy.

I'm sat in the car with two DC outside Burger King waiting for DH. Haven't been able to get DH to leave the house for any sort of exercise since March unless under duress. Just didn't want to.
A storm is raging today and he's announced that we all need to get out and go for a walk, so I've dug out all our wet weather gear and we're off to a local White Horse (I don't mind to be fair).