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Why are geordies so called? |
Travel Info just wondering why people from newcastle are called geordies.. Travel Tips One explanation is that it was established during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. The Jacobites declared that the natives of Newcastle were staunch supporters of the Hanoverian kings, in particular of George II during the 1745 rebellion. This contrasted with rural Northumbria, which largely supported the Jacobite cause. If true, the term may have derived from a popular anti-Hanoverian song ("Cam ye ower frae France?"), which calls the first Hanoverian king "Geordie Whelps", meaning "George the Guelph". An alternative explanation for the name is that local miners used "Geordie" safety lamps, designed by George Stephenson, 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." Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/geordie... Other Travel Tips |
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