| | Are you a Good Northener or a Snobby Southener ?Page 1 of 4 (1, 2, 3, 4) | The north/south divide. Myself, i'm a Midlander...i.e. Stoke and Worcester,...but to Southeners, Midlanders dont exist.
What have been your experiences of the north/south divide ? Do you think people still have set mis-conceptions as to what you are like due to which part of this tiny island you come from ? | |
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| Are you a Good Northener or a Snobby Southener ?
Posted: 11/1/2005 1:49:11 PM | | I cant help but notice that as a midlander ( a northener to a southener) that people in the south think , i should really have a whippet/flat cap/vote labour...etc... Somehow, people in the South always think they're more superior to those who come from north of Watford Gap. | |
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Posted: 11/1/2005 1:50:40 PM | when have you noticed that?? i haven't noticed anyone thinking they're better than anyone else? am i on the right track here!!! lol
where are you from in the midlands then sam | |
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Posted: 11/1/2005 1:55:59 PM | | born in wales.. half welsh/half yorkshire.. dad's ex army so neva in one spot long enough to have been involved in the great north south divide...lol.. wouldn't have a clue where i'd fit in... lmao.. live in somerset now.. so what does that make me.. a country bumpkin who says eh up boyo..lol | |
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Posted: 11/1/2005 2:18:36 PM | Ummmm Not at all sure what you're on about..But me I'm down here in Devon so pretty south of the country....I don't have a problem with people from way up north or way down here in the south...What I do find is that maybe different parts of the country are busier than others..For example...I worked many years for an overnight courier...a very large franchise. I had the best banter with nearly all the depots...except the who covered the likes of Heathrow and the inner London depot..However this wasn't because these guys were snobby, it was because they were just soooo damned busy and just didn't have the time to waste chatting...
How about the generalisations made about the likes of me from the westcountry...how we all drive tractors, are slow, and have a silly accent...Thinking of the Ambrosia adverts now...very very patronising!
So I don't have any misconceptions..having worked driving all over the country...We are pretty much all the same just some of us have a different accent.... | |
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Roaul
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Posted: 11/1/2005 2:40:50 PM | | I miss home now.. ooo how green is my valley...lol.. i love being in wales.. but you see there's a north south divide in wales.. i know not as relevant as the great N/S divide.. but most people in N wales speak welsh and can be quite rude.. us south walean's are more placid, laid back, drunken bums.. ooopppss forgot was promoting south wales.. generally all round nice peeps...lol | |
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Posted: 11/1/2005 2:45:43 PM | girl after my own heart georgiegirl.. most of my mates call me the mad bint..
my mate from here hates it when i go home or talk to my mam on the phone for any length of time.. coz after a while she can't understand me..lol.. first time she heard me say cwtch she was like.. a what??? what the hell is one of those?? when i explained that it was a hug she fell about laffing as she'd thought it were something rude...lol | |
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Posted: 11/1/2005 3:48:30 PM | The question in itself leans towards an attitude of shallow regionalism.
I am of the opinion it is a lack of understanding and misinformation that fuels such simplistic commentary. The northern man has been historically proud of his achievements in industry, his resilience in the face of economic depression, and in modern times his new found ability to cope with change as the last half of the last century brought forth the demise of the traditional industries associated with the north. The southern man is equally as proud of his historic prowess, the maritime legacies, the tin and kaolin mines, and lets not forget the blitz and Dunkirk. As a southern man I do not see myself as 'snobby' for I respect and hold proud the historic imput af all men (and women to complete a collective) in all areas of my country. The very thought of labelling anyone simply as a result of their geographical placement is something I would hope I would never be so ignorant to do.
Terry (Brighton) | |
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| Are you a Good Northener or a Snobby Southener ?
Posted: 11/1/2005 3:54:42 PM | The thread title is purposely so to engage response.
I've lived in Staffs/Worcestershire/Wales/Cornwall/Dorset .... yet i feel the southern (east) of this country totally ignorant of life beyond the bounds of the south east and still today stuck in a stereotypical / satire resonance of life in britain beyond its borders. | |
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Posted: 11/1/2005 3:58:24 PM | An opinion I am afraid I cannot subscribe to as you speak of one of the most cosmopolitan regions in northern europe. Maybe the preconceptions travel with you as you head south.
Terry | |
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