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    Why are people from Newcastle called 'Geordies'?

    Question #81935. Asked by author. (Jun 13 07 7:55 PM)


    zbeckabee

    		It looks like you'll never get anyone to agree on this as there are several reasons given. One is that local miners in the north east of England used "Geordie" safety lamps, designed by George Stephenson in 1815, rather than the "Davy lamps" designed by Humphry Davy which were used in other mining communities.

    Newcastle publisher Frank Graham's Geordie Dictionary states:

    "The origin of the word Geordie has been a matter of much discussion and controversy. All the explanations are fanciful and not a single piece of genuine evidence has ever been produced."


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordies#Derivation_of_the_term

    Jun 13 07, 8:44 PM

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