Editing Geordie (section)

==Geographical coverage==
===People===
When referring to the people, as opposed to the dialect, dictionary definitions of a Geordie typically refer to a native or inhabitant of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, or its environs,<ref name="env1">{{cite web |url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Geordies |title=Geordie |website=thefreedictionary.com |access-date=7 October 2018 }}</ref> an area that encompasses [[North Tyneside]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]], [[South Tyneside]] and [[Gateshead]].<ref name="Jr1">{{cite web|title=Jarrow Song| website=AlLyrics |url=http://www.allyrics.net/Alan-Price/lyrics/The-Jarrow-Song/ |access-date=7 October 2008}}</ref><ref name="BlaydonRaces">{{cite web|url=http://www.tomorrows-history.com/CommunityProjects/PE0100050001/Blaydon%20Races.htm |title=Blaydon Races |access-date=29 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106024755/http://www.tomorrows-history.com/CommunityProjects/PE0100050001/Blaydon%20Races.htm |archive-date=6 November 2007}}</ref> This area has a combined population of around 700,000, based on 2011 census-data.

The term itself, according to Brockett, originated from all the North East coal mines.<ref name="Brockett131" /> The [[Catchment area (human geography)|catchment area]] for the term "Geordie" can include Northumberland and County Durham<ref name="gra1" /><ref name="hott" /> or be confined to an area as small as the city of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] and the metropolitan boroughs of Tyneside.<ref name="oxf1" />

Scott Dobson, the author of the book ''Larn Yersel Geordie'', once stated that his grandmother, who was brought up in [[Byker]], thought the miners were the true Geordies.<ref name="ene" /> There is a theory the name comes from the Northumberland and Durham coal mines. Poems and songs written in this area in 1876 (according to the [[Oxford English Dictionary|OED]]), speak of the "Geordie".<ref name="qualityOfHeart" />

===Dialect===
Academics refer to the Geordie dialect as "Tyneside English".<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Keuchler|2010}}</ref><ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Simmelbauer|2000|p=27}}</ref><ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Watt|2000|pp=69–101}}</ref><ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Watt|Allen|2003|pp=267–271}}</ref>

According to the British Library, "Locals insist there are significant differences between Geordie and several other local dialects, such as [[Pitmatic]] and [[Mackem]]. Pitmatic is the dialect of the former mining areas in County Durham and around Ashington to the north of Newcastle upon Tyne, while ''Mackem'' is used locally to refer to the dialect of the city of Sunderland and the surrounding urban area of Wearside".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bl.uk/british-accents-and-dialects/articles/geordie-a-regional-dialect-of-english |title=Geordie: A regional dialect of English |access-date=13 November 2019 |archive-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505185130/https://www.bl.uk/british-accents-and-dialects/articles/geordie-a-regional-dialect-of-english |url-status=dead }}</ref>