Brett Coster wrote:
>
> > Behalf Of Doug Pensinger
>
> Jerimiah Dixon is
> > referred to as a
> > "Jordy Boy". I know that his father was relatively wealthy, is a
> > Jordy boy
> > the English equivalent of what we call a "preppie"?
> >
>
> Perhaps it's "Geordie Boy"? Geordies are North English from Newcastle.
> They've their own accent (re: The Queen's English).
>
Yea, that's it. I assumed from the context of the song that a Geordie meant
something like born into wealth, but in talking with Charlie off list I
learned otherwise. The song, by the way, is based on a book called Mason and
Dixon by Thomas Pynchon (I think).
Doug
