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Where does 'north' begin?
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This is an amusing thread, like hot cold rich or poor north south is relative to where you are.
To an extent yes, but anyone who thinks that everywhere north of London is 'the north' of the UK, needs to go back to school and re-take geography.
No wonder people need sat-nav. They have no clue where anywhere is.
I don't believe that some people even think this though to be honest, and believe that they are just being pedantic, because no-one can be that clueless.You didn't, did you? :rotfl::rotfl:0 -
To an extent yes, but anyone who thinks that everywhere north of London is 'the north' of the UK, needs to go back to school and re-take geography.
No wonder people need sat-nav. They have no clue where anywhere is.
I don't believe that some people even think this though to be honest, and believe that they are just being pedantic, because no-one can be that clueless.
Not sure if this is a serious comment or not, but I'll bite.
With no UK equivalent of the Mason-Dixon line, the North is always going to be a relative concept and will depend on context. I think you'll find that people who refer to North of London (and other similar concepts) as being the North are using the term in its pejorative form rather than as a geographic or socio-economic term.0 -
I live in Chichester.
So London is in the north.
Agreed?
You MUST agree. Or you will look incredibly silly won't you?
But I do agree, although I'd say NE;)
Here where I live everyone says they are going up to Belfast, when in fact they are going down and Southern Ireland is further north then Northern Ireland , but we still say going south0 -
Some of us never took geography in the first place.To an extent yes, but anyone who thinks that everywhere north of London is 'the north' of the UK, needs to go back to school and re-take geography.
We know The North is a big and scary place. We know there's lots of it. That's not to say we can't place one bit of it relative to another: it's all still 'The North'.No wonder people need sat-nav. They have no clue where anywhere is.
Some of us have our tongues firmly in our cheeks as we're posting ...I don't believe that some people even think this though to be honest, and believe that they are just being pedantic, because no-one can be that clueless.Signature removed for peace of mind0 -
I'm sure its a 'state of mind' rather than anything else. The pace of life slows, the house prices drop .. it's less geography and more a way of doing things.To an extent yes, but anyone who thinks that everywhere north of London is 'the north' of the UK, needs to go back to school and re-take geography.
No wonder people need sat-nav. They have no clue where anywhere is.
I don't believe that some people even think this though to be honest, and believe that they are just being pedantic, because no-one can be that clueless.0 -
But I do agree, although I'd say NE;)
Here where I live everyone says they are going up to Belfast, when in fact they are going down and Southern Ireland is further north then Northern Ireland , but we still say going south
To confirm just how 'backward' we must be, I lived South of Belfast and always would have gone 'down' to the city.
Now that I live in Belfast I go 'up' to home when visiting my folks even though they live almost exactly geographically South from where I live.0 -
Anything South of the River Tyne is the South.0
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I live in London/Essex and would call anything above Nottingham 'North', so just below Sheffield and above.0
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Not sure if this is a serious comment or not, but I'll bite.
With no UK equivalent of the Mason-Dixon line, the North is always going to be a relative concept and will depend on context. I think you'll find that people who refer to North of London (and other similar concepts) as being the North are using the term in its pejorative form rather than as a geographic or socio-economic term.
I thought our equivalent was the line from the Severn to the Wash, but that means dividing the Midlands0 -
On the M1, you see signs saying 'To the North' quite early on.
Get to near Leeds, and you still see signs saying 'To The North'.
Get to near Newcastle, and you see still signs saying 'To The North'.
When I got to Edinburgh, I thought, I must be in the North by now.
Then I saw a sign saying 'To The North'.
I gave up at that point.(I just lurve spiders!)
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