This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Mister Six: Aside from the fact that this is all of one sentence long and will mean nothing to anyone outside of Britain, is there actually any need of this when we have Britain Is Only London? How many Hollywood movies (excluding by definition the likes of Brassed Off, The Full Monty and Billy Elliot) are based in and around The North? I'm not saying that there shouldn't be a writeup about the North in movies, but it probably shouldn't be in Hollywood Atlas - and it should definitely be longer than this one-liner. What's the point of doing a write-up if you're not actually going to bother writing it up, anyway?
Silent Hunter: I was hoping that someone else would fill it in and expand for me. I'll stick it in British Telly Tropes. Sorry, I'll expand it.
Mister Six: Sorry, dude, that was way too harsh. And totally against the Wiki Magic principle. I apologise.
Dark Sasami: Wow, and here I was going to comment on how they don't really pronounce "up" like that in Canada, and you'd want something with "out" in it, and maybe if you meant Michigan...
What does "Geordie" mean?
Sci Vo: I don't know, but your Vitalizing Edit spurred me to put it back in Hollywood Atlas, which is about the Flanderization of geography in media, not just American TV and movies.
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Unimaginative Pseudonym : Geordie is (British) slang for 'Person from Newcastle (or Tyneside, which is that area of the country)'. Geordies have a distinctive (read : almost unintelligible) accent and a reputation for being impervious to pain, thus are easily identified (by other Brits, at least).
The origin of the term itself is lost in the mists of time (but there are loads of theories knocking about)
Silent Hunter: I knew a girl from Sunderland at school, who didn't appreciate being called a Geordie. They're close, but distinctive.
stormbringer: They have a LONG history of dislike, mainly due to supporting different sides in one of the many civil wars fought in britan.
Silent Hunter: Geordie women have a stereotype of not wearing coats when going out clubbing, for some reason.
Silent Hunter: Billy Elliot is set in County Durham, not Northumbria. I think there was an accent error or two in the movie.
Evil_Tim: Shouldn't this be 'Oop Narth'?
