Now, now.
No Scouser-baiting.

At least he let the Geordies off the hook. This time. And talking of grating accents, I've just spent a very nice weekend in Quebec City, a splendid place except for the accent. I mean, honestly, if they can't be bothered to learn French why should I?

<obvious answers on a post card please>

Not sure if it's wives tale but someone once told me that the Geordie accent was the most trusted in the UK.

I'd take Geordie over Scouse anytime.

Although I knew two girls at uni, one of each dialect, who were best friends. Following them in heated conversation was impossible.

And being a Scouse who previously lived in Newcastle, I bet they had a pretty high frequency of heated conversations!
More accurately, they should be called dialects as the actual vocabulary of Geordies and Scousers is also very localised, not just the pronunciation.

Considering the size of the Canada and the smallness of the UK by comparison, it is amazing that there is so much less accent and dialect variation across Canada than the UK. (Leaving out Quebec, natch.)

Problem with a Geordie accent is that all one can think of is...."Day 5 in the big brother hoose..."

<swells with unjustified pride>

You'd have to have watched that crap first though.

and "Auf Wiedersein Pet".
That was actually a great series and not damaged that much by having Jimmy Nail in it playing a typical Geordie...

Ironically, when that was being broadcast I was living in Germany, pre-internet days.

I like Jimmy Nail though.