Recorded live in front of a sell-out crowd at Newcastle’s Northern Stage theatre we’re celebrating International Women’s Day and taking a close look at how the vocabulary we use changes when talking about women as opposed to men. 

After delving into some canny Geordie phrases and highlighting the historic work of a local unsung linguistic hero, we discover why some words, such as bubbly and airhead, are only ever used when describing women. And we look at the journeys of words like harlot, buxom, and hussy and how, over the years, their positive origins have been cruelly adapted. 

A Somethin’ Else production. 

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Susie’s trio:

Barleyfumble – an old Scots word meaing ‘truce’

Ruelle – the space between the bed and the wall

Amplexus – the mating embrace of a frog and a toad

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