[random_person]

Right, can somebody describe to me what the difference is between a Tyneside and a Wearside accent? According to my dad (who is from Sunderland), he could discern the regional difference fairly easily as a teenager, but now that he's been out of touch with the area for a considerable period of time, he can no longer mimic the two. Being a raised Southerner, I honestly can't tell them apart.

[Angel-of-Music*]

difference between geordie and mackem?
huuuuuge, north east has loads of dialiects. main things like geordie say things like school and book, with really strong ooo sounds, and mackems are more like skewel and bewk, if that makes any sense. what particular difference do you want to know?

[random_person]

Just what specific pronounciations of words I should look out for if I wanted to tell if a North Easterner was a Mackem or Tackem by accent, which you're trying to provide already, so thanks a lot.

I'm somewhat ashamed to know so little about the region of origin of my paternal family...I've only ever been to Sunderland once in my entire life for a funeral and that was very brief.

[Mumsytype]

http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/your-voices/

I think that site has fairly useful recordings.

[actor]

It's hard to describe really. For celebrities, obviously people like Cheryl Cole and Ant and Dec are from Newcastle (Geordie) but I can't think of anyone with a Sunderland (Mackem) accent. Like Hannah said, Geordie's "oo's" are kinda long and broad where Sunderland is quite nasal and "eww".
The word 'scooter' is quite noticable between the two. Geordie = "Scooota", Mackem = "Scewteh". It's hard to think of more examples... but I can understand they sound very similar, basically identical, to Southeners.

[Pounce]