# The Mucking of Geordie's Byre

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 11, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mucking-of-geordies-byre/127911 "2002-09-11T03:26:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mucking-of-geordies-byre/127911/1 "2002-09-11T03:26:51Z")

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So, how do you pronounce “Geordie”? I’ve found a piping tune on the web entitled [The Mucking of Geordie’s Byre](http://www.bagpipesatbest.com/midi/mucking.mid) but don’t know how it’s pronounced.

Is it a variant of “Gordie” with a hard “G” - "Ge-ordie? Or a variant of “Georgie” with a soft “G” - “Jordie”?

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**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mucking-of-geordies-byre/127911/2 "2002-09-11T03:41:41Z")

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You don’t watch star trek, do you?  
Jordie, unless there is some other wacky pronounciation out there

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**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mucking-of-geordies-byre/127911/3 "2002-09-11T03:42:22Z")

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Ive always pronounced it Jordie but I could be wrong.

Ask at the Chiff and Fipple [forum](http://chiffboard.mati.ca/), its like the SDMB except populated by Irish music fanatics and not as salacious:)

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mucking-of-geordies-byre/127911/4 "2002-09-11T05:16:15Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \*  
> **You don’t watch star trek, do you?**

😕

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mucking-of-geordies-byre/127911/5 "2002-09-11T07:36:44Z")

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One of the major characters on Star Trek was [Geordie LaForge.](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-14181)