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Comment on TALKING PROPER (or Taakin’ Propa) by northumbrianwords

northumbrianwords — Sun, 24 May 2020 17:33:54 +0000

After publishing this story, I came across a biography of George Stephenson written by Hunter Davies. In his book, Davies sheds light on the story of the prize money mentioned in the article. It seems that the prize money was offered not by the British Parliament, but by the country’s mine owners. Sir Humphry Davy, who was regarded as the country’s foremost scientist of the day, was awarded the prize of 2,000 guineas. However, a bitter feud broke out between Davy and supporters of Stephenson who fought against Davy’s assertion that he had been the first to invent the miner’s safety lamp. Davy, in defence of his claim, was both vigorous and vitriolic and it is in his responses that the aspersions against Stephenson’s upbringing, lack of formal education and speech were made. In the end, an independent committee, assembled to examine each man’s claim, declared that Stephenson was in fact the first to invent the miner’s safety lamp and awarded him 1,000 guineas.

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Comment on TALKING PROPER (or Taakin’ Propa) by Janet A Lowe

Janet A Lowe — Sun, 24 May 2020 12:24:27 +0000

I’m proud of my accent ,my daughter even told her daughter to call her mam not mum,(they came in from nursery calling her mum.) The reason we are Geordies and proud of it.

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Comment on TALKING PROPER (or Taakin’ Propa) by northumbrianwords

northumbrianwords — Sat, 23 May 2020 19:27:15 +0000

I’ve had my share of imitators and discriminators! But I’m proud to say that even after living abroad for nearly 40 years, I’ve still got my South Shields accent!.

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