right (pause) (unclear)

T L S G three twenty

ta (pause) eh (pause) first of all eh could you tell us where you were born please

Gateshead

you were born in Gateshead were you whereabouts

eh (pause) Sunderland Road actually Howe Street

oh yes ehm (pause) and eh whereabouts have you lived since then you know how long did you stay there

well not too long apparently just a matter of months I think and from there I went to Lobley Hill (pause) you know

yes

eh went up there during the war eh (pause) just shortly after the war we moved back down to Gateshead Coatsworth Road area

yes

and from there to South Street where I am now

yes eh how did you think those eh those various areas compared with it as places to live you know which which did you like best

well I'm quite happy here I must ad you know I must say but eh Lobley Hill actually it's it's quite nice up there you know

yes

course it's changed a lot since then since since when I lived there (pause) I was only you know (pause) well a toddler more or less you know

aye yeah

up up to the age of about eight or nine

yeah was that before (unclear) (unclear)

that's right there was plenty green fields (interruption) you know

aye yeah

eh it's it's changed quite a bit in that respect but still quite nice you know

yes yes it's that coking plant at the bottom that gets me like

aye

I've just been up there it's (unclear) a really dirty place isn't it

whereabouts

the the coking the Norwood coking plant (interruption) at the bottom of the hill you know

oh that's oh of course aye (pause) aye it does (unclear)

ehm what about ehm you know the people in the various places do you find that people round here are fairly neighbourly you know do you

oh yes yes

you know most people in this street around the you know quite near you for instance

wey quite a you know quite a few I find them quite all right we've had no bother at all you know we've got on quite well with everybody and

eh would you say you were fairly attached to Gateshead as a place to live in you know I mean what about Newcastle for instance would you ever move over there

I don't think so no I think I would prefer here you know

yes so

course there again it's just of you've always lived here you know

aye uh-huh

and you know I've no desire to move you know to move this is in the area of course I've no desire to move to Newcastle you know

yes do you think you would ever move anywhere you know I mean away from here all together very easily

eh possible yeah yeah mm-hm

yeah would that be for sort of practical reasons you know I mean because of better eh job prospects

possibly yes I would say so yeah yeah

but you've never you've never actually lived away from (interruption) Tyneside at all

I haven't no I've always been I've always been on Tyneside

right

apart from two years National Service (laughter)

yes where did you do that

that was Germany you know uh-huh

yes

a month at Catterick and then to Germany

yes do you think that eh (pause) Tynesiders are very different from people from other parts of the country from your experience

eh no I find I get on pretty well (pause) okay with anybody you know I mean you hear people go on about you know the southerners are are (pause) you know different from northerners and things like this but the people I come across which in the army you know you find you meet (pause) you know all walks of life and eh you know I seem to get on quite all right with everybody there's good and bad you know all over let's face it (unclear)

that's true aye yeah whereabouts were your eh your parents born were they born in Gateshead as well

eh yes my mother was actually my father was born in South Shields you know

yeah yeah but they were both eh sort of local people and lived on Tyneside all their lives (unclear)

yes

and eh what was your father's occupation

he was eh an engineer

eh (pause) could you tell us which age group you come into on that card if you just say the letter

C

ta and ehm (pause) on what basis you occupy this house again if you could just say the letter

B

ta (pause) ehm (pause) what eh what's your job at the moment (unclear)

eh painter and decorator

aye eh who do you work for

well actually I'm employed by the Five Bridges Hotel

is that right

yes

to do I mean

maintenance you know on the maintenance side (interruption) (unclear)

oh inside the inside the building

yes

is that just eh just one of you or is there a little team of you

yes there's a team actually the maintenance all told is about nine you know that includes eh three electricians three painters a joiner eh couple of handy men you know this sort of thing

yeah (pause) yes you never think of that really that there must be (interruption) quite a you know squad of people to keep the place (unclear)

it's amazing it's amazing I mean you you've got about one hundred and sixty bedrooms you know

yes

alone that's without your restaurants your bars (interruption) mm you know

aye

eh kitchens eh it's (pause) (interruption) trying to

so you just circle round decorating it all like (laughter)

mm aye it's it's quite a bit of work attached (interruption) mm-hm

yes do you think is it eh is it a pretty good job you know do you enjoy it like

I'm enjoying it actually yeah yeah

have you worked there very long

I haven't no I've been down there about six weeks

oh

you know eh as I say at the moment I'm just getting to know the place you know

mm-hm yes

and eh but it it's quite interesting you know the work's pretty good

yes

plus eh there's people coming and going all the time you know

aye

you see odd personalities you know like round the place this sort of thing you know it sort of makes the day you know a bit more (pause) interesting like

have you eh have you worked at more or less the same job all your life (interruption) since

since I left school yes

yes you served an apprenticeship (interruption) as soon as you left school

that's right yes uh-huh

what eh what other firms have you worked for

well this the firm I served my time for was a chap called Alison you know a small private firm

mm-hm

did a lot of private work over Newcastle you know Jesmond Gosforth

mm

eh this sort of thing I left eh National Service of course eh (pause) come back and I went to Carrick's as a maintenance painter there you know (pause) went round doing all the shops

yes

quite a good job

yes

I left there to start on my own starting a business on my own which didn't succeed you know it lasted about twelve month it was two of us (pause) actually you know

yes

eh things didn't quite work out we had a bad spell during the winter you know

yes

s which is a bad time for the building trade you know

yes

and eh we called it off you know we we thought while the going's good and we didn't owe anybody anything you know we thought we'd get out

yes

eh (pause) from there another maintenance job at Hunter's the bakers you know on the Team Valley

yes

and from there to the Five Bridges

uh-huh yes do you think that eh do you consider eh long term prospects to be very important in a job you know I mean do you usually look for a job that you think is going to is going to last or do you (interruption) (unclear)

well personally I do you know I you gets you get fellows who eh like you know like to jump around you know eh lodging jobs you know they don't mind travelling away out of the district (pause) this sort of thing me I don't think it appeals to me you know I prefer most jobs I've had I've give them a fair (interruption) a fair try you know

mm-hm

I've been there quite a few years yeah

eh (pause) these are just a a few questions to find out whether you use certain words eh if something's eh stacked on a high shelf do you say it's up a height do you use that expression

mm-hm

yes eh do you ever say of a a tool or something that you're going to use eh this'll do the job clever

no

no eh if somebody's had too too much to drink he's what do you say

mm eh (pause) pineapple chunk (laughter)

(laughter)

(laughter) drunk eh eh one or two other words which I'll not use in public like (laughter) (pause) you know

(laughter) (unclear) eh

well served you know

well served aye yes

that's a (pause) quite favourite you know well oiled well served

eh (unclear) on again eh how old were you when you left school fifteen

fifteen yeah

yeah eh do you think you were glad to leave school at the time

eh (pause) no I don't think I was actually you know I sort of felt it there a little bit when I left school (laughter)

sentimental

uh-huh for some reason or other yes (pause) uh-huh (pause) mm-hm

do you think eh (pause) you would have been eh willing to stay on like if if you had had the chance or

I think I would yeah if I'd had the chance like you know but

have you had any eh (pause) further education since then of any kind (interruption) no

no well just night schools (pause) eh (pause) for the trade of course you know eh when I first started serving my time you know you had to attend night school three nights a week

aye yes

you know eh since then of course they've started day schools you know it was a little bit before my time that I just missed out

I see yes you mean apprentices now normally (interruption) (unclear)

yes they usually attend one day a week you know

did you find it was very useful you know (interruption) the night night classes

eh (pause) ah not really no not no no

didn't teach you anything (interruption) that you wouldn't have learned

not really it was a lot of theory and stuff which to me like that didn't doesn't quite in our job I don't think you know

aye learnt more on the job (unclear)

it's more you've got to do it you know practically with your hands you know

yes yes eh (pause) looking back on your education as a whole would you say that it's been worth very much to you you know in your life since you left school

eh (pause) well I don't consider I've had a really good education you know I don't think so possibly I wasn't too bright you know I was just sort of middle of the road you know

yeah

eh (pause) eh I more and less just try and use my own common sense you know this sort of thing yeah it's eh

yes would you say that that you know you do you think you've mostly forgotten what you learned at (interruption) school you know you've

yeah I would say I have yeah yeah yes (interruption) mm-hm

(unclear) eh (pause) do you think that eh (pause) you know if if eh if you had a a child let's say who was eh approaching school leaving age do you think you would advise them to stay on at school if he could I mean do you think it would be of much importance

yes I think it is definitely

yes

oh aye yes yeah education today yeah especially you know aye you need these you need education all the way definitely (pause) yes

eh (pause) going back eh even further in your education if that's possible ehm you you were living in ehm Lobley Hill when you were fairly young you know let's say when you were under twelve you know

oh yes yeah

eh were you did you think that was a good place to live from your point of view then as a kid you know do you did you enjoy your childhood

mm I did yeah yeah

can you remember any other sorts of ehm things you used to do you know any of the games you used to play or or things you used to get up to then

mm (pause) I can remember my mother telling us I was always running away in the middle of an air raid (laughter)

(laughter)

they could never find us like and things like this you know eh (pause) but other than that like you know I I I can't remember too much even even the people the friends I had had in the street there it's quite hard I don't think I could even remember their names now you know

aye it's funny some people remember their childhood dead clear you know (interruption) and some people can't remember (unclear)

yes oh I can just remember odd spots you know (unclear) such as that running away during the air raids you know always when you shouldn't be then there'd be a flap on in the house you know where is he (laughter)

eh can you remember ehm this is you know again just to find out what words you used to use for things

mm-hm

can you remember what you used to call a game where one of the kids had to chase the others to try to touch them

mm-hm tuggy

yes that's what I used to call it as well

yes

and eh what did you used to say about the one who had to chase the others what (pause) he was

he was on

on aye ehm (pause) and what did you used to say did you have a sort of truce word for when you wanted to call a halt in a game or something did you used to

yes skinchies

skinchies

skinchies or skinchers (unclear) which

yes yes eh and what did you used to call ehm you know like glass things that you flick along the ground

marble

you didn't have another word for them

liggies

liggies aye (laughter)

(laughter)

(laughter) fantastic

people from you know I mean different places like Hebburn always have different words for all those things it's quite inter

yes

eh still on the line of eh the words you use for things can you tell us ehm just what you call each of the rooms in this house please what your normal word is for each room

well I would say the back's the scullery of course

aye

eh since then we have I don't know but this isn't what we normally do call it isn't it

(laughter)

I know it should be the kitchenette

(laughter)

kitchenette (unclear)

but eh you know scullery

aye (laughter)

eh kitchen (laughter) (unclear) no this is this is what normally we used to call it you know

what you call it now you mean

oh aye (pause) well (pause) (interruption) I more or less (unclear) call it the same there you know I've eh forgot eh

(laughter)

most people do I think

yeah yeah (pause) bedrooms

yes that's fair enough eh and ehm (pause) to get out your back door you probably have to lift the (pause) what do you call that

well we haven't actually (laughter)

do you not to answer the back door to get out my back door (interruption) you had to

yeah we just had the we just had the bathrooms (unclear) you know and eh (pause) it's eh just a lock and you've got the knob you know the door knob which you and you don't

what do you call the thing you have to lift if you had one

eh (pause) we usually called it the sneck

(laughter)

aye

still do mm

and eh again if you had a coal fire what do you call the thing you put in front of it to get it going

a bleezer

yes and eh what do you call eh cleaning the plates and things after a meal

washing up

mm-hm ta eh (pause) could you tell us please just ehm (pause) how you like to spend your spare time you know your evenings and weekends you know

(unclear)

well I like a drink you know

(laughter)

it's I quite like a drink uh-huh

(laughter)

football of course I like playing football I've just come in the night after five aside

oh aye you were out the other night when I called like

yes

whereabouts do you play

we play in the Five Bridges actually in the the bowling alley there you know

ah yes I was wondering what they used that for (interruption) now

it's it's eh (pause) since they've closed the bowl down you know it's eh it's vacant and eh we've got a football team from the Bridges you know

do you

of course we're all training and what not in there you know

who plays just the staff play there or

yeah yeah interested in music I spend quite a fair time listening to records

yeah

yeah

what kind of records

well jazz you know mainly jazz classi I like the classics you know but eh (pause) I've (unclear) (pause) fair selection (pause) of classical and jazz mainly big band stuff you know

mm eh how often would you say you go out in a week you know more often out than in

yes

yeah yeah but ehm what about watching television do you do you watch television much when you're in

I do a fair amount like you know when I am in I do sit down and watch it you know

what kind of things do you like you know

well here again the sport you know for me mainly like

aye

I like the documentaries and eh a decent play you know

aye (pause) is it usually (pause) on all the time you're in

yes always on mm-hm

mm-hm ehm (pause) this is a nice hypothetical sort of question for you what what do you think you would do if you won a very large amount of money tomorrow if you won the pools or something you know quarter of amillion

yeah (pause) eh (pause) have a good holiday first yes

mm-hm

mm-hm go abroad somewhere you know (pause) and then come back and possibly buy a nice house at Whickham somewhere this sort of thing

yes is it do you think Whickham's a desirable place

well I would say it is yes I don't want to move really too far away you know I think if I had the money I would buy a house up at Whickham somewhere you know well up

yes

eh (pause) eh (pause) and retire of course after that I mean you know (interruption) (laughter) possibly start a little business and put the wife in it you know (interruption) (unclear) fair shop keeper

(interruption) (laughter)

(interruption) (laughter)

(laughter) be a good idea do you think it would change your style of life very much you know do you

well I would hope it wouldn't but I I suppose it w it would you know

yes

we've argued about this does it change you but I you you would like to think you would stay the same but (pause) I don't know you know I would like to think that

yes yeah but you think it might sort of corrupt you like (unclear)

well you know I suppose you can get your troubles you know when you get a lot of money

I think that's yes it's true like aye I t talk to some you know I talk to some people who say that eh they're sure it wouldn't change their way of life at all you know they'd still go round with their false teeth out in the middle of (unclear) and that sort of thing you know

I don't think so somehow you know I don't think other people would allow you to do it actually

aye can be very true like yeah

you know if they knew that eh you know your best friend knows that you've won a quarter of amillion pound I (unclear) it must make a difference you know somehow

aye that's true

jealousy and all kinds can creep in you know and eh I don't want to go near them because they think we're hanging round and all this business you know

that's true yes (pause) it could be quite nasty really when you think about it

but basically I would like to think everything would just be more or less the same you know

yeah yeah you don't think ehm you don't think you'd miss very much in your pre pre present way of life anyway you know you don't ehm would you say there are very many things you know that you would like to do but you can't or or would you say you were fairly contented (unclear)

oh I'm fairly content at the moment I must admit yeah

ehm (pause) these are just a few questions about your eh opinions on some ordinary matters ehm what do you think that eh parents should do when their children misbehave

well use a little bit discipline you know definitely eh (pause) certainly check them you know put them put them to bed (unclear)

yeah what about (pause) clouting them you know do you think they should (pause) be given a good hiding fairly often or just

no I don't think so no no

just for special things like (unclear) you know

depending you know how bad it was it was like

aye

I'm not going to say a clip around the lugs doesn't do anybody any (pause) any harm you know at times like (pause) but eh not too much violence no

(laughter)

I never had it you know

yeah yeah

I can't even remember being hit by my parents you know

yeah

but plenty tellings off and possibly pushed in a bedroom that sort of thing you're in for the night

yes

of course I'm going back when I was you know

yeah yeah what about eh a young person of say sixteen do you think they should be you know more or less allowed to do as they want or

well can you stop them

mm good point

it's difficult you know ah it depends a lot on how you're bro I think on how you're brought up eh from the beginning you know I mean if your parents have you know they've had a little bit there's been a little bit discipline about I don't think you've anything to worry about you know (unclear) when a person reaches sixteen they're pretty stable and well you know they've they know right from wrong eh and you sort of leave it to them after that

yes you wouldn't need to be controlled very much

wey I shouldn't think so as isay I divn't think you could really

yeah mm eh going on to something different again and eh this is a question you don't have to answer if you don't want because some people don't ehm (pause) which way do you vote do you usually tell people

well I've never voted for this past two or three years I must admit

have you not yeah (pause) why is that

eh possibly a little bit lazy you know

yeah

yeah I don't eh (pause) I'm not really politically minded (laughter)

mm-hm

which is you know eh I don't think I take a big enough interest actually you know

yes yes I suppose I see what you (interruption) mean

I'm too busy doing too many other things you know

yes do you think (pause) yeah (pause) do you think the eh you know the political parties are sort of more or less the same and not worth not worth voting between them (pause) or is it just that you can't be bothered you know I mean there's a lot of people don't vote for that reason I think

well I what I'm saying I I I can't be bothered eh you know I I I w wouldn't go as far as to say that usually I'm doing something else you know working or something you know eh this this this sort of thing and eh you say to yourself oh I I'll pop in but you know you don't you you carry on working or you go straight to the job and (pause) you know this type of thing a little bit easily put off you know

mm-hm (pause) eh (pause) now if eh (pause) if we could just go on to talk for a bit about the thing we are most interested in that's the way you talk and that and what you what you think about it ehm firstly do you think you ever change the way you speak according to you know the person you're talking to or any other sort of circumstances

I I try to

do you yes quite consciously you try to yeah

mm-hm

in what sort of eh situations

eh well if you're having an interview or something like that you know for one you you you talk (unclear) you try (pause) you know to talk a little bit different than what you do when you're on the shop floor or you know if you're at work anything like that just talking to the lads you know you try an

yeah that's that's the sort of you know a bit of a special occasion do you think eh do you think you generally try to adapt your speech you know towards the the person you're talking to you know I mean would you say that eh if you were talking to somebody who spoke fairly you know properly (interruption) let's say

yes oh (interruption) yes

do you think you would do you think you would tend to talk less localized to them

yes definitely yeah

and that would be fairly conscious (interruption) (unclear) more or less (unclear) to do that yeah

yeah definitely yes (pause) mm-hm

ehm how would you say you're talking now you know I mean (pause) what w is this as localized as you ever talk or

well I'll you know more or less talk like this all the time really (interruption) yeah

all the time (pause) at work

eh (pause) no sometimes I'm a little bit worse at work (pause) you know

like you mean more more localized (interruption) at work than what you are now (interruption) a bit

yes yeah a little bit more yeah

mm but not very much

no not really I don't consider I think I'm just talking you know the way most people talk in Gateshead you know just the average without going too more you know (pause) local like

yeah eh and do you also feel that you've talked more or less the same way all your life you know I mean

yes

you haven't changed on any permanent (pause) basis you know

no let me just

eh (pause) would you say that ehm (pause) you more or less approve of people talking in in local accents you know what imean do you like say Tyneside accents generally

I don't particularly like it I must admit

you (unclear)

no when I hear it you know over the radio or television or you know possibly I'm hearing my own voice back you know

aye (unclear)

it's eh very flat you know it doesn't eh excite me in any way at all

(laughter) do you think I mean that might even be true of your own speech if I played it back (interruption) you would disapprove of that

oh yes oh I've no doubt I will

yeah it's not just the very broad sort of eh you know (interruption) (unclear) Geordie

it's the same I mean when you hear you hear people on the telephone you know I mean (NAME)'s when I've telephoned (NAME) or anything like that you know she says you sound terrible on the phone you know really (unclear)

(laughter) yes

I'll say well you don't sound so hot yourself (laughter)

(laughter)

(laughter)

you know but this is the way it comes over on the telephone for me oh (pause) very flat you know

yeah nearly e (pause) everybody thinks that yeah do you think ehm is there any ehm would that go for most other local accents of England you know I mean like Cockney or Liverpool accents do you (pause) think the same about them

Cockney I'm not well you know I like the Liverpool accent actually you know

sounds nicer than ours (interruption) do you think

yeah

eh mm eh (pause) and would you say that eh (pause) you know would you usually correct I mean your children if if you have any if they sort of for talking very very broad accent you know I mean if they say just fallen doon hit me heed or (interruption) something like that

oh yes yes

you would tell them not to say you'd tell them to talk properly would you

I would try

yes nearly everybody says (interruption) that

and no doubt I would go straight out and say that to the lads (interruption) you know

exactly yes everybody tells their children off for it yes

well I think we'd all like to be able to talk better you know but here we're all w we're stuck with it and that's it

yes would you say that ehm is ehm (pause) since you disapprove of eh of of local accents more or less eh do you approve of you know the way I mean the way the newsreaders speak on television for instance

do I approve

yes

(unclear) oh yes

do you think that's a good way to talk

that to me is quite you know yeah that's the

do you know any do you know anybody yourself who talks like that

eh not quite as well I don't think no (pause) n not personally you know not eh

what about in the Five Bridges or anything like that you know

oh well you've got the manager you know who's you know rather well spoken quite a few people are you know

mm getting on that way

nicely spoken I would say you know but I I don't think you you would compare them with the likes of these newscasters you know

mm mm ehm (pause) do you think it would be a good idea if everybody spoke like that you know

(laughter)

seems as if you should think that from what you've been saying but

eh

perhaps you don't want to go that far

no no I mean eh I mean I I'm not I'm not against eh local dialects you know by any means eh I mean that's quite but I you know I prefer I would like to think that I could speak better you know

really

yes uh-huh I think you know if everybody spoke nicely that would do for me (laughter) yeah yeah

this ehm this might be a bit a bit of a vague question eh what kind of things

like some of my answers (laughter)

(laughter)

(laughter) what eh what kind of things do you think you can tell about somebody from the way they talk in general I mean do you usually guess things about people from their pronunciation

well generally I think you know possibly the way they've been brought up from which area you know eh Gosforth or Jesmond you know this sort of thing you can usually pick you can usually pick those kind of people out I think you know more than what you could say somebody off the high street or even Deckham where I live you know

yes that's more or less a a a social class thing (interruption) really y yes you can tell upper class people

(unclear) (NAME) (pause) excuse me it's the telephone (unclear)

sorry

eh you can tell something about their social status or something like that then yes

yes uh-huh

ehm what would you say eh about me along those lines form listening to me talk

eh (pause) (laughter) now then (pause) well you you've had quite a fair bringing up I would say like you know I mean I

would you say w well first of all would you say I come from Tyneside

oh yes yes (interruption) Tyneside yeah

I'm glad you said that (unclear)

(laughter)

eh (pause) and eh (pause) would you say I talk well like you for instance fairly close to you or not

possibly a little bit better you know but eh (pause) (interruption) you know reasonably close

yeah uh-huh it's it's (pause) yes I would have said fairly close to yours like you know (unclear) some people say weird things about me you know that they say they couldn't tell I come from Tyneside at all and things like that always worries me

(laughter)

eh ehm can eh presumably when you're in other parts of the country people can normally tell you come from Tyneside

yes sometimes they mistake you for eh do you come from Wales (laughter) are you a Welshman on odd occasions you know

eh (pause) eh (pause) when you're in other parts of Tyneside you know when you're talking to people from Newcastle say does anybody ever guess you come from Gateshead

eh no no I don't think they can

or put another way do you think that you could ever guess that somebody came from Gateshead as opposed to Newcastle

no

not particularly

no not particularly no

I don't think I can (unclear) eh

further down you know Sunderland way

aye yes

well Washington of course which is closer you know there's a difference Birtley even you know which isn't too far off

mm-hm yes

but eh certainly not Newcastle and Gateshead they're (pause) closer

what what what about Wallsend

Wallsend I I haven't noticed you know no

I'm never quite sure about that s sometimes think I can sometimes not eh anyway could you eh if you could just read that list of words for us please (unclear) straight down from top to bottom

from top to bottom is it

ignore the scribblings (unclear)

find mind fly bill well men head back farm wall daughter down take straight cold alone poor fire four tower path after earth year me field being been new moon school revolution but none seven one long holiday room book good maker wafer I'm putting it on now

you are aren't you (laughter)

(laughter) happy Harry Mary yes better something fall which apple television absent realize Newcastle Seahouses method concert descend chocolate explain industry condemn

ta

(unclear) there's three (unclear)

yes I I I've never met anybody who didn't you know I mean change their eh voice a little bit when it came to reading out words

aye well you know it is you know what's happening you know and I think you're trying to eh for some reason or other

eh (pause) now eh (pause) I'm going to read out a list of words which are all fairly eh fairly local sort of words you know and I'd just like to know if you're well firstly if you're familiar with them and secondly if you use them you know

uh-huh

eh aside for beside it's just aside the fire

we I'm familiar with it I have used it but eh not not too much no

bairn a little bairn

yes

bait

yes

yes eh bonny

bonny mm-hm

yes eh bray for to hit bray

no

don't think you would use it

no

bullets (pause) for sweets

for sweets yes

yes eh eh clamming

uh-huh (laughter)

(laughter)

(laughter) well you use these things at (interruption) work you know I mean I d I when you're out you know on an evening or something like that you don't but at work you know it's you do use these words

(unclear) (laughter)

boody

no

you wouldn't use it but you know what it is

eh boody it's eh I know well I know you know you've just got to tell us give us a hint

(laughter)

boody

like ehm china broken (interruption) china

yes no I'm not eh

but you wouldn't use it ehm clarts

(laughter)

thick (unclear) clarts (interruption) yes I (unclear) use it (unclear)

(laughter)

coin coin a corner

coin no

no cree

eh cree

mm pigeon cree

no wey I'm not a pigeon man I never talk about (interruption) (unclear) (laughter)

no occasion to use it

no I divn't

yeah fettle

no not particularly no

not eh to fettle something

no I don't use it a lot personally mind I mean

but you hear it plenty

I hear it uh-huh aye

but you don't think you use

I don't use it that much no

gully

gully

(laughter) that's a bread knife (laughter)

no I usually call it a bread knife (laughter)

(laughter)

eh howk

(laughter) give him a good (interruption) howking (interruption) uh-huh sometimes yes (unclear)

(laughter)

hoy (interruption) just hoy it across

eh (pause) ah yes yes

ken for to know

no

not do you ken him or anything

no that's eh way up further up isn't it

mm some people on Tyneside use it (unclear) ehm lowe for a light give us a lowe

no

never heard it

it's a new one on me absolutely you know

just just very occasionally we come across people who still say give us a lowe for give us a match you know

mm-hm

eh mense more to your mense to get some work done (unclear) something like that

no

no eh parky

mm-hm

yes about your food

mm-hm

varnigh

well the odd occasions yes

yes eh (pause) mell

that's the

the hammer

no no wey you know I have heard it y I d it's a word I wouldn't use myself like you know

don't use hammers (laughter)

(laughter) no

what about knooled be knooled

no ah tha tha that's faded out that one now surely hasn't it (interruption) still used

it's surprising some people I mean you might be right in a way like that it's you know older people would tend to use it like but it's still you know still around ehm (pause) now eh more or less on the same lines you know I'm going to read out ehm a list of of eh sentences for each one I would just like to know whether whether it sounds okay to you that is whether it sounds like something that you might say if the circumstance arose you know what imean if it's just sort of if it sounds like a normal sentence really the trouble is that some people eh insist on correcting all of these a according to sort of what they remember of what they were taught at school you know which tends to mess the whole thing about because you know I'm sort of interested (interruption) in what you think you would really say

I hear yes

eh (pause) were you wakened last night when I came in were you wakened

mm-hm

you would say that

mm-hm

eh I was still abed when you called this morning

I would say I I was still in bed I think yeah

he never gave us any

mm-hm

do you not go there very often

mm-hm

ehm (pause) they're useless them

mm-hm

yeah eh me and John went to the races on Saturday

no

no ehm I might could manage it

yes

what about he wouldn't could have worked even if you'd have asked him he wouldn't could have worked even if you'd have asked him

no

no ehm it's ower big to get through there

mm-hm

eh you know my cousin that her husband died

say that again

you know my cousin that her husband died

no

no sounds odd does it

yeah

eh with the wife being ill I had to stay in and look after her

yeah

I'm going to stay with the son for the holidays

mm-hm

we go to the pictures of a Sunday

mm-hm

I was coming home on the train and if I didn't leave my coat lying on the seat

mm I suppose I I do y do you mean do I use these like I mean you know

yes would you would you say like

no I don't think I would have described it that way (interruption) no no

if I didn't leave my coat lying on the seat these ones are pretty big to them others

no

here she had left her pram standing outside the shop

yes uh-huh

eh I think we're going to be soon for the picture

mm (pause) mm-hm

yeah would you mind stop talking

I suppose so yes

do you want a cup of tea making

no

no eh you know him that used to work on the railways

mm-hm (laughter) it's silly but you do you know y y you say these things

(laughter)

oh yes (unclear) picture that I know I say that anyway in fact I can't think of a better way to put it (laughter)

(laughter)

he happened a nasty accident

yes

yeah eh I'll put the kettle on for to make some tea

mm-hm

yes in fact he said something like that on the phone I was just (unclear)

(laughter)

how about I wanted for to talk to you about it

no

no yeah yeah mm when did it happen you when did it happen you

no

no eh I've got money belonging him

no

no you would say belonging to him

mm-hm

eh could you mind your head so as I can see out the back

mm-hm

I'm going to get some wool for our Pamela a jumper

mm-hm

I'm going shopping for John a pair of trousers

mm no

no ehm it's all right for you you're used with it

mm-hm

mm eh we've been waiting of a bus

mm-hm

yeah I think they're going to give him the job permanent

mm-hm

mm I don't bother much about the television and that

mm-hm

yeah there was all these bottles of beer what we had brought

(laughter) no

no many people were there there

mm-hm

where did you get it at

no

eh (pause) never mind I'll manage but

no

no eh never the wonder I couldn't get it to work it's not plugged in never the wonder

eh possibly you know no not really you'd more or less say (interruption) no wonder

no wonder (pause) ehm (pause) me and George is going to the town today

no

eh Jack didn't think much to the race

no

no eh all the caravan sites are good and I've stayed on them nearly all

no

no eh no they've not seen it no they've not seen it

no

what would you say

no they hadn't seen it no

they hadn't seen it

mm-hm

ehm it's far too long this

mm-hm

how's your wife and family then

mm-hm

mm eh Joe can't come tomorrow being as he's working late

no

no eh what is it he does for a living

mm-hm

eh he wants his wages paid straight away

mm-hm

ehm just light the fire on will you

no

sorry did you say yes or no

no

no you don't say light it on ehm (pause) I'll clout yous both in a minute

mm-hm

yeah how much have they offered we

yes

yeah pass us one of them spanners

yes

(laughter)

eh (pause) I've broke a plate

yes

mm right I come this morning but you weren't in

mm no

no n (pause) he done it all right

no (pause) no

I had forgetten to buy the onions

no not really

no

no

eh he give us a pound for doing it

mm-hm

yeah eh we had went to the coast for a day

mm-hm

I seen Albert on Tuesday

mm-hm

I'm not going to stand being tret like that

no

no

busy house (unclear) (laughter)

(unclear)

(unclear) that's what happens when you be naughty

no this boy'll enjoy this part

(laughter) eh I'll probably see him (unclear) Saturday

yes

eh eh I doubt he'll have to stay in hospital for a long time

yes

mm eh you've letten him get away

no

eh my mother's keep coming in to see us

mm-hm

mm mm we'll sharp get this done

mm-hm

aye eh he's as Tyneside as what I am

mm-hm

hello (NAME) you all right

champion

eh (pause) eh (pause) yous used to sweep the floor and us used to wash the dishes

no

(unclear) interrupt just a second think (NAME)'s got (unclear)

(unclear)

(unclear)

you're not getting him on tape are you (interruption) (unclear)

(laughter) we we've not to be (unclear) (unclear) (laughter)

(unclear)

do you think you could eh (pause) just give us the opposite of eh these sentences here ehm (pause) the opposite of I'll be going there this week

eh (laughter) just a second I'm not not quite with you here you know

eh well say the negative of it or eh like I'll be going there this week I'll not be going there this week or something right

oh I see right (unclear)

right eh the opposite of he's got some

he hasn't any

ta eh the opposite of he's seen that picture

he hasn't seen that picture

ta eh (pause) the opposite of you're working late tonight

you're soon finished tonight

yes ta eh the opposite of I gave him one

I gave him none

yeah ehm suppose you went up to somebody in the street to ask for a match what do you say

eh have you got a light please

ta eh (pause) and could you just eh finish off this sentence in a way that seems natural eh I couldn't get it done yesterday but I'll do it

tomorrow

ta that's that's the lot