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eh (pause) could you tell us where you were born please

Gateshead Nelson Street

whereabouts oh yes I know near the (interruption)

eh beside Swinbourne Street (unclear)

Swinbourne Street

uh-huh

ehm (pause) and eh (pause) where else you've lived and for roughly how long eh since then

eh (pause) say about thirteen I shifted to Deckham

mm right

then eh (pause) got married nineteen fifty

yeah

and eh (pause) went down to London (pause) for a year

oh I see aye

then (pause) back here again

was that for a job or something down there (unclear)

I was working down there aye uh-huh

eh which eh which of those places did you prefer to live in which did you think was the best place to live

wey it's six and two threes I think

you didn't much care

(unclear)

eh what do you think of eh of this area for instance to live in do you think it's a good place to live or

this area no not this area

what do you think's wrong with it mostly

oh it's the locality man

you don't like the locality of (interruption) this (unclear)

ah though (pause) I mean if the the house had have been all right you know but eh

oh I see right

you know

that's by the locality I thought you meant you know the character of the of the place and that (interruption) you know did you

oh it's (pause) wey (pause) some of the people around here and all like

aye yes

you know

yeah that eh l leads right into the next question like would would you say that eh you knew the people around here say in this street do you know them very well

eh (pause) a few

aye

but eh they're coming and ganning you know the

uh-huh they mo people move in and out (interruption) at a very high rate (unclear)

uh-huh aye mm-hm

and eh (pause) do you I mean the people you know round here do you know them sort of just from seeing them in the street or do yous like you know go out with any of them or anything like that or

eh (pause) might gan out with one or two of them you know but eh just nodding a nodding like you know

eh (pause) so ehm (pause) you don't think you would miss this area very much if you had to leave it

no not really like no

eh (pause) is there eh (pause) anywhere else in Gateshead that you would prefer to live rather than here (unclear)

well she wants to gan to the Bensham estate you know the Bensham

eh (pause) which one do you mean by (interruption) Bensham

racecourse racecourse the racecourse estate

is that what they call it

oh I know yes Aintree Gardens (unclear)

oh aye

yes I know the one that's eh I call that High Team

is that High Team

yes I think that's what it (interruption)

no classed as Bensham or the (pause) racecourse estate

aye

well I knew it I knew it was the racecourse estate like

aye they've all got names like that (interruption) like Goodwood aye

have they I couldn't tell you

aye eh (pause) and eh (pause) what do you think about eh about living in Gateshead as compared with Newcastle for instance do you prefer to live here (pause) or (unclear)

oh well we lived in Newcastle and all for a for about a year I prefer Gateshead like to Newcastle (interruption) aye

do you why is that

I divn't know just prefer it like aye maybes with being born in Gateshead like you know

I see aye yeah do you think that eh (pause) eh people from Gateshead for instance are different from people from Newcastle in any in any way

no I don't think so no

no what about eh Tynesiders do you think Tynesiders are very different from people from the other parts of the country

well when you're when when you're living amongst them you're (pause) it all sounds the same but

aye

and another thing when you hear them on TV they sound different altogether Tynesiders

oh they don't sound like the people that you know like from (interruption) Tyneside

no they they they sound different altogether

aye aye that's interesting eh

I mean the the broad eh Tyneside you know y'knaa hinny

aye

all this sort of stuff

aye

when they when they get on telly like

aye you think that's more of a sort of joke do you (interruption) rather than the real (unclear)

it's aye didn't seem didn't seem (unclear) like (pause) maybes I would sound the same and all if I was on there (laughter)

(laughter) aye when I've finished I'll let you listen to yourself on the tape (laughter)

oh dear (laughter)

(laughter) (unclear) yeah ehm did you enjoy living in London (interruption) when you were down there

well I have to gan (pause) (interruption)

I did aye

it was all right was it how did it compare with up here was it v very different

(unclear) (interruption)

no not really no just a bit more life like you know (unclear)

yes aye eh

(unclear)

eh (pause) so let's say eh ehm (pause) if you had the offer of another job eh somewhere else in the country you would go fairly willingly would you (interruption) if it was (unclear)

well there's the (pause) (interruption) the family like (pause) aye

(unclear) aye

aye

aye yes (pause) eh (pause) and eh (pause) yes can you tell us where your parents were born please

mm-hm Gateshead

both in Gateshead

mm-hm (unclear) no m my father was born in Newcastle

oh I see aye

uh-huh

and eh had had they lived in Gateshead very long when you were born were they (interruption) local Gateshead people like

oh yes uh-huh mm-hm

ehm and eh what was your father's occupation please

painter

ta eh here's another card for you eh can you tell us eh which age group you fall into if you just say the letter that eh corresponds to it

(unclear) one

well I'm between that and that

oh I see yes

right which one

well say D

D forty one (pause) fifty years right

right eh and finally (pause) they're a right nuisance these cards can you tell us ehm on what basis you occupy this house out of those

rent

it's B is it

eh (pause) aye it's B rent

thanks ehm (pause) and eh (pause) your eh wife is from Tyneside as well

uh-huh yes

like you said I won't move (pause) to (unclear) (laughter)

(laughter) from Gateshead as well

mm-hm

aye (pause) and eh what what family have you

three girls

girls how what what ages

eh four seven and seventeen (pause) wey seventeen do you smoke

no thanks no I don't

you don't indulge in that do yous

I don't indulge in that no ehm (pause) eh whereabouts do you work please

Newcastle at the moment like

aye who who for

J H Fisher builders

oh aye

Gosforth firm

yes what eh what job do you do with them

eh driver JCB

eh (interruption)

digger

that's driving a

a digger

oh I see aye a digger a ditcher (interruption) aye oh I see

mm-hm

what eh what job are you doing at the moment what eh

drains digging drains

whereabouts like what're you building

eh Stamfordham Road there you know Stamfordham Road

yes what are they houses or

uh-huh council

yeah oh I see yes

uh-huh

(unclear) (pause) is that eh (pause) driving it's not a job that you trained for with the with them or w

well aye with them (interruption) aye uh-huh

yes

but I mean it (pause) what should we say is semi skilled

yes

you know

ehm (pause) can you tell us ehm (pause) what eh (pause) what other jobs you've done (pause) in the past

aye I can tell you eh for a when I first started work I was w working in Sowerby's glass house

yes

and moved from there when I was about sixteen to the pit eight year in the pit

aye which pit was that

Heworth colliery

aye

and eh as I say I got married that was nineteen fifty when I came out of there went down to London BRS

eh who are they

and I came back up eh that's British Rail Services

oh yes yes

BRS and eh came back up here worked on the corporation about a year and I've been on the buildings ever since that

I see were were you driving a a wagon for BRS were you

no I was just (unclear) at the time

and eh w which of those jobs do you think was the best

eh (unclear) (laughter) it was a good job aye

aye

aye

what about (pause) the job you've got at the moment

oh it's a good job I've got like but eh (pause) I mean on on the BRS (pause) you're away you're you know you're (pause) you're travelling like

aye

aye where on this job you're in one one place

(unclear) eh and i is the firm you work for do you think i is it a good firm to go for to work for as builders go

well (pause) no (pause) not what I hear like well wey what happened to me the other week I was off bad for three weeks

yes

and when I went back they threw me off the machine put another lad on

aye

and the other lad wasn't satisfactory and so they finished him on the Friday and they asked me to gan back on the machine again

aye

(unclear)

when they were stuck like

mm-hm

yes (pause) eh (pause) now eh (pause) eh this I'm not going to ask you this question but if eh you know I would just like to have your attitude about it if if people ask you how much money you make do you usually tell them or do you think it's private

well it varies like

depend who they were like (unclear)

aye I mean in the winter I'm only a forty hour week you see where in the summer you get more wey you you vary (interruption) you see

yes aye yeah but on the whole you don't mind talking about it I mean some (interruption) people (unclear)

oh no no no no

right ta eh (pause) would you say that ehm (pause) you preferred ehm you would prefer a job with good eh long term prospects or a job that paid better at the moment and didn't have much security about it

wey the long term

aye

I mean eh (pause) as things stand now like there's nearly a million unemployed

aye

you see

yes

whereas if you get a job say forty pound a week for six month then that's it

yes

where if you get a long time term job (pause) you know

yes ehm (pause) now let's eh (pause) I want to try to eh find out if eh you know some words that you might use in various situations eh just say what occurs to you occurs to you naturally you know ehm can can you think of a word you use for somebody who's got plenty of cheek and nerve and that sort of thing thinks he can get away with (unclear) any word for somebody like that

brazen

aye

brazen

do you call him a toucher for instance

tadger

a tadger

tadger

yeah (pause) ta eh when somebody's had too much drink too much to drink you say he's

pineapple (laughter) (interruption) he's pineapple (unclear) (laughter)

(unclear) (laughter) aye if eh if something was eh stacked away on a high shelf somewhere could you say that it was up a height do you use that expression

aye up a height aye aye up a height aye

eh could you say of eh a tool you were going to use ehm this'll do the job clever do you use that

clever aye oh aye

(unclear) and eh a question that you're eh bound to know eh what do you call the thing that ehm bricklayer's labourer carries the bricks in over his shoulder

hod

ta

(laughter)

some people've never heard of it you know so they don't know what it's called (laughter)

(laughter) a hod (interruption) aye

I thought everybody must have heard of a hod but eh (pause) ehm how old were you when you left school

fourteen

yes were you eh glad to leave school or not

I was mm-hm I wish I was back (laughter)

but you wish you were back (interruption) now

aye too true

(laughter) why were you glad to leave like were you what was w what do you think was wrong with it

well I mean I bet you were glad of it when when you left school

well in a way I haven't left like (laughter)

(laughter) ah you're still in school are you (interruption) oh well I mean eh (interruption)

(laughter) (interruption) studying (pause) (interruption) it's a different kind of school though isn't it

oh it's a lot different

I mean (pause) there's people that say oh you divn't want to leave school then you what bu but when you when you leave it you wish you were back

yes

I know I do

now like you think it's better than working

oh aye

you didn't like it at the time

no not the time but I wish I was back I tell you

(laughter) and eh (pause) you haven't had any further education since then

no no I'm a nugget (laughter)

(laughter) don't say it like that (unclear)

(laughter)

(laughter) eh (pause) would you say that eh your education had been worth very much to you ehm in your job for instance

no

no

no

and outside your job in any other way no

no none what so ever

eh what about (interruption)

I mean eh what you got taught at school them days was one and one and like you know

aye

I mean now it's O levels a A levels and what not

do you think it's improved (unclear) since you left school like do you think that schools are better now or or worse

well I mean eh you cannot get a good job unless you've got O levels and what not have you (interruption) you know

well that's true it's true it's not (unclear)

unless eh you're like me you're a labourer (pause) you know

(laughter) aye mind you've got a better job than me at the moment like I mean eh so eh you've got children of your own like at school you know do you think that eh it's that their education's fairly important for them like

oh it's important for them (interruption) aye uh-huh

aye and if ehm (pause) you know if if one of them was deciding whether they should leave school at fifteen or something or whether they should or whether they should stay on what do you think you would say to them

well if they want to if they want to leave let them leave it's eh (pause) you cannot eh

yeah but if they wanted to stay on

I mean she left school didn't she (pause) and she she got a good job she's a punch card operator

yes

aye she's got a good job well what's the point of her staying at school she might have just getten the same sort of job if she had have stayed at school

very true like aye (unclear) but if they wanted to stay on like you would be (interruption) quite happy (unclear)

oh I would let them stay aye

ehm and eh all your children are girls of course but eh do you think that eh education's as important for girls as it is for boys perhaps

mm-hm

the same

aye the same

aye (pause) eh (pause) now ehm if I can take you back to eh (interruption)

do you want a cup of tea

I wouldn't say no to (interruption) a cup of tea

or coffee

(unclear)

oh she's in there or coffee

(unclear) ehm taking you back to your when you were say between five and twelve where were you living then

Nelson Street

yes eh did you think that ehm it was a good place to live for the (pause) kids (pause) did you

wey I enjoyed myself like

aye

you know

you used to play a lot and that (interruption)

aye uh-huh

eh can you remember eh any of the games that you used to play or things that you (interruption) used to do

oh aye we used to bogies

aye

eh (pause) gan on the bridges looking for (pause) pigeons

pigeons

aye

on the bridges

aye the high level and the Tyne bridge underneath (interruption) looking for pigeons

did you used used to catch them like

aye used to get them aye

aye mm

wey aye

and keep them

aye we used to wey aye there was a lad on wor street used to have pigeons

aye

that's where he used to get them from (laughter)

(laughter)

(unclear)

we used to we used to gan a Newcastle end Newcastle end you know where the Salvation Army is

aye

or was we used to get on that old hut there get under the bridge and there's big massive pipes under there

aye

we used to crawl along the pipes to the lift

ahh that's under the Tyne bridge

under the Tyne bridge aye

whoo hoo

looking for pigeons

(laughter) incredible

aye then eh on the on the high level bridge

yeah

you know them cradles what the painters use

yes aye

them on the bridge you know

yeah

we used to get on them and gan on one side and come up on the other

yes

aye

very adventurous do you know ehm (pause) what you call eh a game where eh one of the kids chases the others to try to touch them

tuggy (laughter)

that's right and eh

oh another game we used to play is multikitty

oh aye that that's eh the jumping one is it

aye somebody stands against the wall then eh you're like that

aye

jump on (laughter)

(laughter) aye I used to play it myself eh and ehm when when one of the kids is chasing the others y you say that he's what do you say about him the one who's got to chase the others

oh

when you're playing tuggy

I've forgetten now what that that one was

would you say he's on

he's on aye he's on aye

eh and what do you say eh when you want to call a s a halt in a game for some reason you know if you want to stop and tie your shoelace and you want to

hold it

you don't say eh s skinchers or anything

no hold it

aye

aye ho that eh they used to say skinchers like if we were having a bit scrap you know you know carrying on like

aye (unclear) yes

(unclear) skinchers

yes

you know

eh now a few few questions about the house can you tell us eh what you call each of the rooms of your house please go through them in turn

just the the bedroom bedroom and the kitchen (laughter)

this is the kitchen

aye scullery

and that's the scullery

aye

ehm and ehm to get out of the back door you have to lift the

latch

ta eh

eh sneck

you call it the sneck as well (interruption) (unclear)

wey you can sneck or the latch

you use both in fact

can aye

eh (pause) and ehm (pause) what do you call eh the thing that your wife uses to sweep the floor with when she does it by hand

she's got a hoover like but eh

(laughter)

thanks very much

no

no no when you do it by hand

what the floor

brush

(unclear) brush

eh scrubbing oh the eh the carpet you mean

aye do you just call it the brush do you

brush

(unclear) brush the floor

yes eh and what do you call eh do you use your coal fire what do you what do you call what you stand in front of it to get it going

the bleezer

aye and you can talk about bleezing it up

aye bleezer aye

and eh what do you call ehm cleaning the eh plates and crockery and that after a meal

washing up

ta eh (pause) now eh could you tell us eh how you spend your d your spare time in the evenings and eh w weekends

mostly watching telly like

aye

and if the weather's (pause) nice as it is now w we generally gan down the caravan

oh I see

it's (pause) down Blyth

oh I see yes

aye

it's your that's your own caravan is it

aye uh-huh

eh (pause) but (pause) you don't you don't go out very much then

no maybes of a Saturday night you know if there's owt good up the club like but otherwise we divn't bother

yes ehm (pause) and eh are there any eh I don't know a are are there any things that eh that you would like to do but that you know you've never got round to or you've never had the chance to do

well if I had the money there's a lot of things I'd like to do (laughter)

like what for instance I mean say eh say you won a hundred thousand pound tomorrow on the pools

oh I'd have good holiday abroad somewhere follow the sun around a bit I think

that's the first thing that occurs to you like (interruption) travel

aye uh-huh buy a house

yes

you know (pause) in a good locality like

aye

(unclear)

eh (pause) you eh you watch television a canny bit

mm-hm

yes what eh what sort of programmes (pause) do you like

well eh sport that's (pause) number one like racing football (pause) and eh Hawaii aye is it 5 0 you know Hawaii aye 5 0 or something (unclear) (interruption) isn't it

that's I don't know I haven't I haven't even I haven't got a one (interruption) myself

all these thrillers and that like

oh I see yes

you know and a good comedy like

yes and eh (pause) and do you think that eh do you think that the standard of programmes is fairly reasonable or not

well there's some repeats on like there's too many repeats I think

what do you think (pause) eh what do you think's the the worst sort of rubbish that comes on television

oh there is some on and all mind

aye

I mean eh what's the what's the point of putting the telly on when you've already seen it

yeah

see you know what's going to happen

aye

oh there's another heap of rubbish here look

can't see

Get Smart (laughter)

oh yes this has been on before as well hasn't it mm and eh (pause) do you usually switch it off if you don't like what's on

I generally switch over see what's on the other side if there's nothing on the other side right we switch it off you know

aye

because we only get BBC One see and ITV we haven't got BBC Two

yes

there's some canny pictures on BBC Two like you know

yes aye that's true like mm-hm eh now here's eh a few questions about ehm some of your opinions about ordinary matters you know eh what do you think ehm parents should do when their children misbehave

well you give them a clout (laughter)

aye that's eh is that for you know a more or less universal remedy for anything like think it's the eh the best way for them (interruption) the best policy

some of the eh s sometimes like just tell them other other times you know but if they're too bad just give them a (pause) clout along the earhole

what about eh sort of older children you know a young person of sixteen or so do you think that somebody like that should be more or less allowed to do as they want to

oh no

no

no I I mean you can gan to a certain extent

aye

but eh no further you know I mean I'm not hard altogether you know but eh (pause) there's a limit

yeah yes (pause) ehm

I mean to say he's not going to come in at half past one of a morning some some fathers would say I want you in here at half past ten

aye

never mind half past one

but you don't mind that

no no no

eh this (unclear) this is a question that you don't have to answer if you don't want ehm which way do you vote

Labour

yeah

(laughter)

and do you always vote the same way

mm-hm

yes

aye Labour

eh why why you you you wouldn't consider changing the way you vote for you know what I mean

wey to tell you the truth (unclear) six and two threes of them like

aye

but eh (pause) I've always voted Labour so there's there's no point in changing you know

mm

I mean I voted Labour last time this government got in

aye

but it's I don't know what they were going to do and what they're not going to do

but eh do you feel that eh y you've got a sort of duty to vote for this party it would mean do you turn out for instance in eh local government elections eh like the ones that are coming up you know

uh-huh (interruption) oh aye

you do vote in them

aye

eh (pause) and eh what do what eh what do you expect of a government once they're elected you know what

wey (interruption)

what sort of things do you think they should do

keep their promises that's the that's the first thing they should do (laughter)

yes (unclear) (pause) eh you know ehm well there's a a very high rate of unemployment at the moment (unclear)

aye there'll be more and all the the way it's ganning on

oh aye do you think that who do you think is mainly responsible who or what do you think is mainly responsible for

wey they should freeze the wages I think freeze the freeze everything

yes

I mean (pause) one man shouldn't there's the boilermakers somebody in the shipyard the fitters they want a rise now the boilermakers want two pound more than them

yes

see then i i i it snowballs somebody else wants something else see and it's gans out of proportion man

yes so eh you think eh like the the government should t take more control

should uh-huh

aye (pause) eh

I mean there there's there's the dockers they're getting a colossal wage for a thirty odd hour week

aye I know yes

and yet they're still wanting more

yes

I mean eh (pause) we cannot gan on strike the builders

aye are are you in a very bad position like do you think for that eh

no I wouldn't s (interruption)

I mean you know for striking do you think you're not in much of a position to strike

no I mean eh (pause) on the on the building site a labourer (pause) he's here today gone tomorrow

aye

you know

yes

but a a skilled man (pause) it's different a different again you see

are very many very many of the people that you work with in a union

well the tradesmen are in a union but the labourers are not you see

yes

I mean I used to be in the union

yeah

on eh the other job I had but eh the man used to come along of a Friday to collect the money you know

yes

and half the job would vanish see they wasn't in the union

yes

so I chucked it in I says why should I pay union money and them get the same rights as me like so I just chucked it in it was eh

yes

it's not right I mean one in everybody in see I mean eh (pause) if you're in a if you're in a union you're going to pay about four a bob a week

yes

and the man next to you he's getting the same wage as you he's not going to pay nowt so I just chucked it in

aye I suppose in the present state of affairs as well like you know the labourers must be pretty replaceable as well there's so many (unclear)

oh aye it wey you get them (pause) twelve a penny labourers (pause) I mean eh one one finishes the the morrow another one steps in his shoes see

yes (pause) we're a bit nearer home do you think eh does your wife work by the way

no no

do you think eh it's a good idea for the woman of the house to work at all or not

well I don't think she should work if she's got children to look after

yes

but otherwise it's all right

yes what about eh equal pay for women do you think that's eh a reasonable demand

well I tell you I'll tell you something now (pause) if they all worked like my wife yes

yes

(laughter) I wish I could work like her lad

(laughter) yeah mm eh now eh if we could go on for a bit to the thing that we are particularly interested in like the way you talk and what you think about the way people talk ehm (pause) do you think that you ever change the way you speak according to the person you're talking to or (interruption) any other circumstances

no I might try to like you know but eh

in what sort of situations like do you think you do it

if I'm on the phone

aye

you know

yes

I try and speak eh a bit more refined then all of a sudden it deserts us like and I'm back to normal again (laughter)

(laughter) yeah (pause) ehm and you've never tried to sort of make any eh permanent changes in your speech or anything

no I as I say I was in down London on the BRS and I just used to talk the way I'm talking now and this fellow says listen him you know Cockney like the way them talk listen him he's singing he's singing

(laughter) yes

see

aye

I never used to change I don't think I could change

no

I mean here's people gan away down to London for about six weeks they come back they're Cockneys

aye s yes some people change a lot quicker than others

hey I I couldn't I couldn't change my (pause)

yes

my eh my sister's been down there oh (pause) twenty odd year

aye

and she's she's not Cockney she's just refined you know what I mean

yes (pause) eh do you eh like to hear people talking in local Tyneside accents

well as I say when you're amongst them you you divn't eh you know what I mean

think about it

no see I mean if I was a a Londoner and hearing a Tynesider I might eh say it's terrible that the way them talk eh you know but when you're amongst we it doesn't occur to you

aye well what do you think about people I mean like Cockneys for instance or people from Liverpool do you like their their accents or (pause) not

no not not Cockneys

yes are there any accents that you like or or do you do you just dislike it because it's a different accent

Lancashire

you like that

aye it's (pause) aye you know eh or Yorkshire

mm-hm

Yorkshire

eh do you think eh when you sort of say when you meet somebody for the first time you know do you think that if he talks like you you're more likely to get on with him

no not necessarily no no

ehm (pause) and you know the way that the eh say the newsreaders talk on television when they're reading out the news you know eh (pause) do you like that way of speech or not

well I I I I like their way of speech but as I say they've got different pronunciations than us you know what I mean

yes yeah but you think it's fairly pleasant like (interruption) you wouldn't object to it

oh aye mm-hm no no no I divn't object

yeah what how do think ehm how would you react if eh the news was read out on television in say in a local Tyneside accent or in a Liverpool accent or something would you feel that was improper

aye I think it would be

mm-hm (pause) yes

because I mean we can understand them (pause) you know the London eh newscasters

yeah

I mean the whole country can understand them

yes

but if they put a Geordie on the Londoners wouldn't understand him see

yes eh (pause) now eh this is a question some people find rather difficult to c eh what sort of things do you think you can tell about somebody from the way he speaks

no I cannot no

nothing in particular

no

what about eh you wouldn't pre be prepared to hazard a guess at the sort of job he does for example

no he could could be owt couldn't he

aye

you know

you don't think ehm somebody who worked in an office for instance might be you know might tend to talk differently from somebody who worked in a factory

she wey she works in an of the the ministry (laughter)

yeah that's that's an expert view is it they don't?

no

there you are she might talk refined in the office but eh no

I divn't talk refined

oh you divn't oh

eh (pause) when eh when you're in other parts of the country do people can usually tell that you come from Tyneside and that

oh aye

what about when you're in other parts of Tyneside can people ever tell that you come from Gateshead

no I divn't think they can

nobody's ever guessed that from your speech

no

but you can tell a Chester le Street (unclear)

oh aye you can tell a they've got a different twang altogether

yes

(unclear)

yes

but them are not Tynesiders Chester le Street

aye

you've got to be (pause) in eh the the sound of the Saint Mary's (laughter) you know Saint Mary's? (laughter)

(laughter) and the smell of the river of course (laughter)

(laughter)

yes

well I was only a stone's throw away from it like

(laughter) could you eh read that list of words out for us please

all them

all them yes please

oh dear 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 been new moon school revolution but none seven one long holiday room book good maker wafer happy Harry Mary yes better something fall with which apple tissue television absent realize Newcastle Seahouses method concert descend chocolate explain industry and condemn

thanks very much yeah now I'm going to read out a list of words and eh for each one I would like to know eh if you know what it means secondly if you use it and thirdly if you hear it used you know eh eh ahint meaning behind ahint the wall

hint or a nod

no I mean ahint sort of behind

oh ahint ahint end (interruption) ahint end (interruption)

(interruption) ahint the wall (interruption) yes I suppose that's it yes what about eh aside meaning beside do you say that standing aside something

put put it aside you

aye

aye uh-huh

you would use that

uh-huh

ehm bairn

bairn aye I use bairn aye mm-hm

ehm bait

oh aye bait aye (laughter)

(laughter)

choppy (laughter)

yeah eh beck

beck wey well beck and call

no I mean (interruption) a stream

beck (pause) a stream oh aye a stream

you've heard of it

no I've heard of that oh aye a beck aye

but you don't use it

B E C K beck aye

do you use it yourself

no

no

no

bonny

bonny oh aye bonny

yes (pause) eh bray

a bray that's Scotch that though isn't it

no for to hit I mean

bray man

to bray (interruption) (unclear)

oh to bray oh that sort of bray

aye

I thought you meant eh the Scotland bray oh aye bray I'll bray you in a minute

(unclear) eh bullets

bullets oh aye black bullets

yes but for other sorts of sweets as well (pause) do you call sweets in general bullets

no bullets all bullets

oh bloody hell I'm going to get out

there's bloody hell there look a

(laughter)

(laughter) lovely eh boody

aye boody money wey aye

wh what's boody money

eh china (pause) china (interruption) (unclear)

(unclear) what's boody money though

what's what

boody money

boody money you see you get one of them

uh-huh

and it breaks right

oh yes I know what yes

now you get a one with a a gold in (interruption) you see

oh yes

that's dearer (interruption) than the the ordinary

oh that's right the kids play with it

aye that's what they call boody money

aye yes yes I have heard of that yeah eh clarts

oh aye plenty of them (laughter) aye clarts

coin the corner

coin

aye

coin a corner

coin a corner

oh coin a corner oh aye coin a corner aye wey aye

do you use it

aye coin

aye cree

cree (pause) cree (pause) cree (pause) oh aye pigeon duckets wey aye

you use that do you

aye wey aye I just couldn't get it for the minute there (laughter)

dunch

dunch oh aye dunch into you there

yes what about dwong

dwong dwong

no (pause) most people haven't like it's a bit old you know eh fettle

aye fettle aye

do you mean do you use that to mean I'll fettle (unclear) or I'll fettle it

fettle or in fine fettle

aye both

mm-hm aye I'll fettle you in a minute if you divn't shut up (laughter)

mam wants to see if you're nearly finished

aye mm-hm

what

put the kettle on (NAME)

what for

put the kettle on

gonial

gonial

uh-huh

gonian what's that mean

I think it's it's a fool

no never heard of that one

mm gully

gully oh aye a gully aye the knife

eh howk

howk aye

meaning what

howk your ear (laughter)

wey you (unclear) aye (interruption) howk your

howk your ear

I'll howk I'll howk you in a minute

aye to sort of work somebody over aye

where are you going

hoy oh aye

ken

know know know

do you use it

oh eh sometimes aye do you do you ken him

kep

kep aye catch

aye eh lowe

lowe lowe

a light

oh aye gis a lowe aye aye gis a lowe oh I use that aye

see they're just (pause) the way they're

it's hard to think of them just (interruption) on their own like

yes just on their own lowe aye

yeah parky

oh aye eh she's parky (laughter)

(unclear) (laughter)

eh stot

stot aye stot the ball

varnigh

who van anne

varnigh

eh

varnigh

gan get us a light

very nearly no

the what

oh varnight wey aye

oh aye wey aye varnigh wey aye

yes

aye

go and get us a (unclear)

where's yours (unclear)

I'm going to read out these sentences and eh I want to know for each one whether it's okay to you whether it sounds okay

aye

that's whether you know it sounds like the sort of thing you might say because some of them will have something a bit wrong with them (unclear)

mm-hm

ehm if you can just try and make up your mind about each one right eh were you wakened last night when I came in is that okay or not

was I wakened

yes

were you awake

right eh I was still a bed when you called this morning

that's all right aye I was still a bed aye

he never gave us any

he never give us any

yes

that's all right (interruption) aye

that's okay right do you not go there very often is that okay or not

no I don't do you not do you go there very often

that's that's a wee bit odd is it they're useless them (laughter)

Newcastle (unclear)

(laughter)

well just eh they're they're they're useless

there's something odd about the 'them'

aye the 'them' 'them' shouldn't be in there I don't think

okay eh

I mean you are saying that they are useless

yeah

but leave out the 'them'

mm okay eh me and John went to the races on Saturday

that's all right

it's okay

should be John and I

no John and I

(unclear) no I don't no I don't want to know what you think's right or wrong

oh I see (interruption) oh you just want another question aye right uh-huh

I just want to know whether you know whether you would say it like I might could manage it

aye

yes eh it's me and him's last day

no it doesn't sound right

eh he wouldn't could have worked even if you had asked him

that seems all seems all right

it's okay eh it's ower big to get through there

aye that's all right

eh you know my cousin that her husband died

that's all right aye

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

that's all right aye

would you eh I'm going to stay with the son for the holidays

mm-hm

do you want out

that's all right aye anything aye

no I mean do you want to be out do you want out

that's all right aye

(unclear) ehm they go to the pictures of a Sunday

mm-hm

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

fine uh-huh

these ones are pretty big to them others

aye seems to be all right aye

here she had left her pram standing outside the shop

mm-hm

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

mm-hm

yes would you mind stop talking

mm-hm

okay eh do you want a cup of tea making

that's all right aye

okay do you want this wall painting

mm-hm

mm you know him that used to work on the railways

mm-hm

he happened a nasty accident

mm-hm

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

that's all right aye

okay eh I wanted for to talk to you about it

I want you for to talk

I wanted I wanted for to talk to you about it no

no

when did it happen you

when did it happen you

yes

aye it could be aye mm-hm

yes eh I've got money belonging him

that's all right aye

that's okay could you mind your head so as I can see out the back

uh-huh

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

aye that's all right aye

it is I'm going shopping for John a pair of trousers

mm-hm

okay

aye

it's all right for you you're used with it

mm-hm

we'd been waiting of a bus

aye that's all right

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

mm-hm aye

I don't bother much about the television and that

aye that's all right aye

there was all these bottles of beer what we had brought

aye all right

many people were there there

many people are

many people were there there

yes mm-hm

that's okay eh where did you get it at

uh-huh

yes never mind I'll manage but

mm-hm

no the wonder I couldn't get it to work it's not plugged in (interruption) no the wonder

aye that's (unclear) aye

me and George is going into town today

mm-hm

Jack didn't think much to the race

Jack didn't think much to the race

yes something wrong with it

oh uh-huh

all the caravan sites are good and I've stayed on them nearly all

uh-huh aye

yeah had they seen it no they'd not seen it

that's all right aye

that's okay eh my coat's too long this

my coat's too long this

yes no

no

okay how's your wife and family then

all right

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

all right mm-hm

what is it he does for a living

that's all right aye

he wants his wages paid immediately

mm-hm

just light the fire on will you

right

right I'll clout yous both in a minute

that's all right mm-hm

how much have they offered we

that's all right

yeah pass us one of them spanners

mm-hm

I've broke a plate I'm afraid

that's all right

I come this morning but you weren't in

that's all right

that's okay he done it all right

that's all right