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From familiar terms of endearment to everyday expressions, people across the North East have been sharing the Geordie words that feel part of daily life. The responses highlight how local language continues to shape identity and connection in the region.
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00:00I went to Union Leeds and no one knew what Yen meant, no one, people were really confused by that
00:05one, so probably that'd be fair, but he had like the shortened ones all the time, so it's kind of
00:13like I kind of think, kind of say, you know, there's like things like that, but Yen was definitely, I
00:18think it's the most unique.
00:19What a hard question that is, man.
00:22There's a few of them, really.
00:23Do you know what it is, that's an Adelaide, there's just so many, isn't it, I mean like a study,
00:27nobody knows what a study is, does it?
00:30Er, I don't know what it is, I'm just, just, just so many, like, damn can you, you know?
00:37It's gotta be YI, man.
00:39It's gotta be.
00:41Note, I've seen that a lot.
00:44How weird are you, the lads?
00:45Yeah.
00:47Yeah, shy bairn's getting out, I guess.
00:50Well, what does that mean?
00:51It means, er, if you don't ask, don't get.
00:54YI, man.
00:56I just think, well, the way I, I don't think I use it, or I hope I don't.
01:05Bairns.
01:06Bairns, taking the bairns out.
01:09Bairns.
01:10Yeah, it's your home, the house, as well.
01:17Er, I swear, I don't say this word, but, er, work you take this one, isn't it?
01:23No, that's if you're being, you're being annoying, you're being a pest, you're being a pain.
01:27There's one.
01:28People down south will know about that.
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