# What is a Geordie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 18, 2010, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-geordie/547112 "2010-07-18T11:29:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-geordie/547112/61 "2010-07-24T16:54:20Z")
> [@sinical\_brit](#): > > > [@Lust4Life](#): > > > > …couple of minutes of clumsily fumbling around followed by the “man” rolling over and going to sleep. > > Your mum didnt have any complaints. But then perhaps she was enjoying the fact i hadnt ‘driven’ to her house at avg 6 mph in my BMW, all shaved legs, pink shirt and smelling of cappuccino… Dad! Dad !I’ve missed you. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-geordie/547112/62 "2010-07-24T16:58:39Z")
> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#): > > > [@Lust4Life](#): > > > > Thank god we satisfy your women sexually. (Particulary those in Wigan) > > Perhaps when your people get jobs you might turn the tables, too bad about Edinburgh. > > ENGLISH, MOTHERFUCKER! DO YOU SPEAK IT? > > Seriously, I have no idea what you were trying to say. Repeat in our native tongue, please. Oh dear Mr.Grumpy got out of the wrong side of his cradle today ! Teddies thrown all over the place. It looks very much like I’ve touched a raw nerve with you. Once again. Diddums. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-geordie/547112/63 "2010-07-24T17:01:30Z")
Still no idea. Now you’ve passed Typing 102: Advanced Space Bar Usage, do you think you can work on coherence? What’s too bad about Edinburgh? ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-geordie/547112/64 "2010-07-24T17:10:42Z")
> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#): > > Still no idea. Now you’ve passed Typing 102: Advanced Space Bar Usage, do you think you can work on coherence? What’s too bad about Edinburgh? God almighty are you lonely or something? Or trying to recruit me. Tough luck in both cases matey. Why don’t you talk to one of your friends. If you’ve got one … ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-geordie/547112/65 "2010-07-24T18:06:14Z")
> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#): > > ENGLISH, MOTHERFUCKER! DO YOU SPEAK IT? **Moderator Warning** This is way out of line for GQ, even if another poster is being incoherent. This is an official warning for insults in GQ. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-geordie/547112/66 "2010-07-24T18:08:31Z")
**Colibri** , you’ve got to be shitting me. It’s a well known line from Pulp Fiction. You also completely ignored the idiot who caused the hijack in the first place: [QUOTE=Lust4Life] Thank god we satisfy your women sexually. (Particulary those in Wigan) Perhaps when your people get jobs you might turn the tables, too bad about Edinburgh. [/quote] ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-geordie/547112/67 "2010-07-24T18:10:28Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > Oh dear Mr.Grumpy got out of the wrong side of his cradle today ! > Teddies thrown all over the place. [Moderator Warning] **Lust4Life** , insults are not permitted in General Questions. This is an official warning. Colibri General Questions Moderator ETA: Some of your other posts also merit official warnings, besides the one I quoted. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-geordie/547112/68 "2010-07-24T18:17:56Z")
> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#): > > **Colibri** , you’ve got to be shitting me. It’s a well known line from Pulp Fiction. You also completely ignored the idiot who caused the hijack in the first place [Moderating] Look, I (and other readers of the thread) can’t be expected to recall every line of dialog from a movie to be able to tell whether you are quoting something. And even if you are, _it’s still insulting_ and out of line for GQ. I warned you first, because the insult was blatant. Then I went back and read **Lust4Life’s** posts to sort out the sequence. I agree that he deserves a warning as well. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-geordie/547112/69 "2010-07-24T18:21:35Z")
[Moderator Note] To the others in the thread: some good-natured joking around is OK, but this has been getting out of hand. Let’s rein it in a bit. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-geordie/547112/70 "2010-07-24T19:02:06Z")
Vaguely related but more based on class than locale you’ve got a rich lexicon in Britain and Ireland for urban ne’er-do-wells. Skanger, scrote, townie, spide, ned, chav, charver, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-geordie/547112/71 "2010-07-24T19:10:32Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > [Moderator Note] > > To the others in the thread: some good-natured joking around is OK, but this has been getting out of hand. Let’s rein it in a bit. > > Colibri > General Questions Moderator Oh come on, this thread has just been harmless banter. Perhaps it’s inappropriate for the forum, so move the thread. An official warning, really? Fucks sake, maybe it’s cross-cultural confusion. In any case hysterical over-reaction. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-geordie/547112/72 "2010-07-24T19:32:21Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > > [@Colibri](#): > > > > [Moderator Note] > > > > To the others in the thread: some good-natured joking around is OK, but this has been getting out of hand. Let’s rein it in a bit. > > > > Colibri > > General Questions Moderator > > Oh come on, this thread has just been harmless banter. Perhaps it’s inappropriate for the forum, so move the thread. An official warning, really? Fucks sake, maybe it’s cross-cultural confusion. In any case hysterical over-reaction. [Moderator Instruction] If you have comments about my moderation, you are welcome to take it to ATMB. Drop the subject here. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-geordie/547112/73 "2010-07-24T20:05:20Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > > [@Colibri](#): > > > > [Moderator Note] > > > > To the others in the thread: some good-natured joking around is OK, but this has been getting out of hand. Let’s rein it in a bit. > > > > Colibri > > General Questions Moderator > > Oh come on, this thread has just been harmless banter. Perhaps it’s inappropriate for the forum, so move the thread. An official warning, really? Fucks sake, maybe it’s cross-cultural confusion. In any case hysterical over-reaction. It hasn’t been innocent banter though. **Lust4Life** ’s contributions in particular have been decidedly strange, verging on disturbing. I don’t see why the whole thread should be moved just because some of you want to engage in parochial “banter”. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-geordie/547112/74 "2010-07-24T20:23:34Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > > [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > > > > [@Colibri](#): > > > > > > [Moderator Note] > > > > > > To the others in the thread: some good-natured joking around is OK, but this has been getting out of hand. Let’s rein it in a bit. > > > > > > Colibri > > > General Questions Moderator > > > > Oh come on, this thread has just been harmless banter. Perhaps it’s inappropriate for the forum, so move the thread. An official warning, really? Fucks sake, maybe it’s cross-cultural confusion. In any case hysterical over-reaction. > > It hasn’t been innocent banter though. **Lust4Life** ’s contributions in particular have been decidedly strange, verging on disturbing. I don’t see why the whole thread should be moved just because some of you want to engage in parochial “banter”. _adjusts skirts_ _fans self_ ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-geordie/547112/75 "2010-07-30T13:24:23Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > > [@Lust4Life](#): > > > > Oh dear Mr.Grumpy got out of the wrong side of his cradle today ! > > Teddies thrown all over the place. > > [Moderator Warning] > > **Lust4Life** , insults are not permitted in General Questions. This is an official warning. > > Colibri > General Questions Moderator > > ETA: Some of your other posts also merit official warnings, besides the one I quoted. Warning noted, guilty as charged . I will behave myself. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-geordie/547112/76 "2010-07-30T16:11:49Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > Warning noted, guilty as charged . > I will behave myself. Thanks for the acknowledgement. As I said, some joshing around is OK, but in my experience once a bunch of guys starting joking about screwing each other’s mothers, wives, or girlfriends it’s only a matter of time before someone throws a punch for real. 😉 Colibri General Questions Moderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-geordie/547112.md?page=3)