Tyneside Dialect (“Geordie”)

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Translator: Glenn Simpson (Northumbrian Language Society)

Location: Prudhoe, England (United Kingdom)

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Thi Wren

Tha’ wance wes ih wren wee hed med his nest in thi ga’ridge. He lived theor wi’ris fam’ly. Wurn day he end his marras went oot tu luck fo’ surm scran tu bring theor banties, leavin thi yung bords aal alern.

Eftah ih while thi fatha wren retorned yem.

“Whet’s bin gan’in urn heor?” he axed. “Hes summit hep’pined? Y’hay bairns luck scared tu deeth!”

“Da!” they sayed, “ih muckle woorm just came alang. He lucked se scary! He glared intu wah nest wi’ris greet big eyes! Thet scared wuh tu deeth!”

“Aa see,” he sayed, “Weir did he gan?”

“He went thet way!”

“Y’hay bairns haad urn heor,” sayed thi fatha wren, “A’m ganin tu lorn him aa lessin he win’t seun fo’get! Divvent worry, yung’ins. A’ll ged ’im.” Sur he chased efter thi woorm.

He torned ih cornah end saa ih lion waakin alang, but thi wren wesn’t i’fraid. He landed reet urn thi lion’s back end started shot’in et ’im. “Wee urn orth duh y’hay think y’hay are comin tu me nest end scarin me bairns tu deeth?!”

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Thi moontin lion didn’t listen tu thi wren, but just kept urn waakin.

Thet annoyed thi wren even mair, end he started really shot’in et thi moontin lion.

“Y’hay hev nee reason comin tu me nest, end if yi come back,” he sayed, “then yu’ll really live tu regret id! Aa divvent whant tu get violent,” he sayed liftin wern uv ees legs intu thi air, “but a’ll brek ya back in aa heartbeat!”

Hevin sayed thet, he flew back tuv ’is nest.

“Tha’s nowt tu worry aboot noo, yung’ins,” he sayed, “A’ve lorned him aa lessin. He win’t bi comin back.”