A Geordie In Exile · Jan 5, 10:25 PM
As a Geordie living almost five-thousand miles away from my place of birth, I know what it’s like to be in a place that is unfamiliar and surrounded by people who don’t talk the same language. Ok, so Americans do talk the same language, but it’s different enough to be strange (to me anyway).
I moved over to the USA in 2000 to be with my wife (we met online). She’s my best friend, escort, and translator all in one and believe me, I need the translator part a whole lot.
For those of you who may be reading this and wondering why I have such a difficult time understanding the American accent, you be want to visit the accent I’m used to hearing – the Geordie accent. As you can probably tell by checking through that wikipedia link, its a whole lot different to what I’m hearing in the U.S.
This blog will be about my experiences living as a Geordie exile in America. I know that there are a lot of Geordies living in exile all over the world, and I want this site to be considered as a small part of Geordieland that you can access no matter what time it is in your part of the world.
Howay the Toon.
— Lee
