Geordie Shore´s Language

In this section I am going to analyse the language used in a TV programme called Geordie Shore. In this programme we can see a type of language quite different from the formal language used in TV.

This programme contains strong language and sexual references but it is perfect to make a distinction between formal language and urban language.

I start with some sentences employed in that programme:

 In a chapter someone said "If yee banged ..." , at first we do not usually say "yee" , we should say "you" but in the urban language people usually say words with that termination (same with "butta" instead of "butter"). Of course "banged" is another one that you say in a situation of angry , a common word in the street.

Another sentence is "I could not give a shit" which is an informal manner of saying "I don´t mind", they also say "fuck" instead of "shit".

We can also see the form of "you" as "Are ya sloshed"  or "to" in "ta be doing" because their british accent have a termination in the letter "schwa" , an unstressed syllable, and they make an assimilation when they are talking in a sentence. Another example is "D´ya know" instead of "do you..".

Now I am going to put some words with this british accent and how they say each word in a urban style:

 When they are talking fast they say "dinnae" (don´t) or "dee" (do) but only when they are talking to people who they know them before, not for the first impression. They also say "yersel" (yourself).

 An expression that I heard a lot in this programme is "arse" , for example, someone said " If i can be arsed", arse has a negative meaning as "ass" or "idiot", depending on what you are going to employ it. Another expression is "being a knob" which means "idiot" or "retard". Of course you are not going to employ those words in a formal language. Another expression I heard is " Gary may already home with a bird", in this sentence "bird" is not related to an animal, it is related to girls that he meets in a night and he carries them to his house.

 Another words are "Aye" which means "yes", a kind of way of saying yes in a situation where you are agree with someone that you know. Also they say "me" instead of "my" as "on me hand"

 "Yoos" is "your" in plural, but it is better to say "yoos" because it is less complex, faster. A curious word is "alreet" which is "alright" but they employ it in a way that when they meet each other they say it, it is like "hello". Some others words are "doon" (down), "lang" (long), the  word "dickhead" that is very informal( you can say better idiot, it sounds better) or the expression "Let iz naa" (let me know).

To see some examples I show all of you some videos of these expressions and words:

 "I pied her", "Fuck up", "haway" (come on), "pull" ( in the sense to have relations), "cock" (male reproductive organ), "ya told us" (you..)