North Shields, England
The North Shields Accent
North Shields sits inside the Geordie dialect area, which covers Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and Tyneside, England. The nearest other area is Wearside and Durham, about 6km away.
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What people in North Shields sound like
- Distinctive “goat” vowel — “home” closer to “hyem” in broad speech.
- Glottal reinforcement of T, P and K between vowels.
- “Us” for “me”, and “youse” for a group.
- A rising, musical intonation at the end of statements.
These are the markers of the Geordie accent as a whole. No survey claims every speaker in North Shields has all of them — the full Geordie profile sets out where the region varies.
North Shields against Teesside
North Shields is close enough to the Teesside area that the two get confused. These are the questions where the survey expects a different answer on each side.
| Question | North Shields | Teesside |
|---|---|---|
| In relaxed speech, do you pronounce the H at the start of “house”? | the H in “house” is pronounced | “house” sounds like “ouse”, without the H |
Dialect areas near North Shields
Is your accent from North Shields?
There is no way to answer that from a description. The test asks 29 questions about the words you use and how you say them, scores your answers against the Geordie / Tyneside English profile and every other profile in the survey, and shows you where people who answer the way you do actually live.