Help with a Northern dialect?

[64Guitars]

Aye Up by Lionel Richie 

Does anyone know the origin of the expression "Aye up"? I've always wondered. The only thing I can think of is that it might be short for "Hey! What's up?", but I doubt that that's it.

[cuthbert]

[Does anyone know the origin of the expression "Aye up"? I've always wondered. The only thing I can think of is that it might be short for "Hey! What's up?", but I doubt that that's it.

Is "aye up" anything like "ayuh"? The latter is now a caricature of a Maine expression, but it was used at one time.

[Hilary]

Aye up is Geordie for Hello - aye up pet - what's up love!

I'll record the line and see if anyone (other than Brits) can make it out

[Hilary]

This is it so far - I've gone for Geordie - if there are any Geordie's out there, sorry!

[taffsdad]

Hilary...the Waye Pet is spot on...the rest might be Yorkshire, I think.....you got a great voice, I wish I had been here in January......Waye Eye Man Pet ya a Canny lass...Hoi ya Hammer owere here Marra....Hilrary I will definitely do another version of Blaydon races...and will try to keep my errant singing accents in the right right track ie Geordie....Hilary it was funny when we wereon holiday in America, I always start telling jokes...believe it not its because Im quiet and shy.....the thing is my jokes are Surreal to start with hoi in a Geordie accent and you've got chaos.....I spend more time trying to explain what Ive said but just end digging a deeper hole with no way out.....Ill do that track later hope you get to hear it....later Bonny lass....:-)

[Hilary]

Hilary...the Waye Pet is spot on...the rest might be Yorkshire

Yep, you're probably right there - I'm rubbish with accents (everything usually ends up as a pirate from Bristol), that's why I wanted help!

I've dropped it now out of the set anyways . . .

[taffsdad]

Sounds like a great Character to me A Geordie Pirate from Bristol........Why Eye Man and a Bottle ov Broon,looking forward to singing the Blaydon Races for you tonite.....maybe ill try it as a Bristolian Pirate from Sunderland.......