The Andy Capp strip is set in Smythe’s home-town area of Newcastle, England. He ws thoughtful enough to put it in more-or-less standard English, as the local dialect forms are tricky and difficult to the ear. Germans and Norwegians find this sort of English easier to understand than the rest of us!
There have been hit TV shows set in Newcastle and Sunderland and the Northumbrian border country with Scotland. With one in particular, the rest of England was impelled to hit “888” on the remote to call up English subtitles… it ws easier that way.
Andy and his “pet” Flo are typical geordies…
The prior posting attempted to phoneticise the Geordie (Newcastle) for "Good day to you, Andrew, and how are you, sir? You do reealise you are speaking to a French person? "
(The story of the Makkem Mernkey: two hundred years ago, a French warship venturing too close to the English shore was sunk in an exchange of gunfire. Locals ashore were warned to detain any French sailors who made it to safety. Having never seen a French person before, the Makkems, or Middlesborough folk, discovered the ship’s mascot, a pet monkey. Taking this strange and ugly person who spoke no English, they assumed it was a typical Frenchman…)
The Andy Capp strip is set in Smythe’s home-town area of Newcastle, England. He ws thoughtful enough to put it in more-or-less standard English, as the local dialect forms are tricky and difficult to the ear. Germans and Norwegians find this sort of English easier to understand than the rest of us!
There have been hit TV shows set in Newcastle and Sunderland and the Northumbrian border country with Scotland. With one in particular, the rest of England was impelled to hit “888” on the remote to call up English subtitles… it ws easier that way.
Andy and his “pet” Flo are typical geordies…
The prior posting attempted to phoneticise the Geordie (Newcastle) for "Good day to you, Andrew, and how are you, sir? You do reealise you are speaking to a French person? "
(The story of the Makkem Mernkey: two hundred years ago, a French warship venturing too close to the English shore was sunk in an exchange of gunfire. Locals ashore were warned to detain any French sailors who made it to safety. Having never seen a French person before, the Makkems, or Middlesborough folk, discovered the ship’s mascot, a pet monkey. Taking this strange and ugly person who spoke no English, they assumed it was a typical Frenchman…)