Geordie

   Used as an instant nickname to a native of Tyneside, in England. The word is ultimately a form of George. It is used by a corporal to a private soldier in Ginger, you’re Barmy, by David Lodge, with the comment:

   One must never let slip an opportunity of teasing the next man about his geographical origins. Geordie, Scouse, Taff, Paddy, Jock. Shakespeare knew what he was doing when he made the comedy in his army play, Henry V, a comedy of dialects.

   ‘Scouse’ is used of a native of Liverpool, by association of Liverpudlians with ‘lobscouse’, a sea-dish consisting of a stew or hash with vegetables or biscuit. ‘Taff’ is for a Welshman, from Welsh pronunciation of ‘Dafydd’, David, a common Welsh name. ‘Paddy’, for an Irishman, is similarly from ‘Padraig’, Patrick. The Scottish ‘Jock’ is a form of the name Jack.