It's grim up Norf
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Re: It's grim up Norf
To me if you look at a map of England a rough guide would be
A simplistic version
The North - upwards from Lincoln which is in line approximately with Chester
The Midlands - downward from Lincoln to approximately Northampton roughly in line with Worcester
Norfolk & Suffolk are anomalies just East Anglia , not northern or midlands but strangely more southern related
The South - from Cambridge down to the coast and across to Swindon
West Country - Swindon across to Cornwall , but still South ultimately
A simplistic version
The North - upwards from Lincoln which is in line approximately with Chester
The Midlands - downward from Lincoln to approximately Northampton roughly in line with Worcester
Norfolk & Suffolk are anomalies just East Anglia , not northern or midlands but strangely more southern related
The South - from Cambridge down to the coast and across to Swindon
West Country - Swindon across to Cornwall , but still South ultimately
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Re: It's grim up Norf
It was over 40 years ago and it was Yorkshire not Lancashire - it's possible that the term went out of fashion with all t'incomers buying up t'cheap properties in t'village .
See , I could pass for a local .
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Re: It's grim up Norf
Wow. I've lived in Cambridge for 66 years and it turns out I'm a northerner. Who knew? I can enjoy gravy on my chips without feeling dirty anymore.
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Re: It's grim up Norf
I’d only have eaten gravy on chips if it was with a meat filled pie. I’d want sausage with egg and beans / peas. I converted to vegetarianism last year so I’ve not had the brown stuff for a long time.
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Re: It's grim up Norf
Not even vegetarian gravy?btajim - mcfc wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 9:26 pm I’d only have eaten gravy on chips if it was with a meat filled pie. I’d want sausage with egg and beans / peas. I converted to vegetarianism last year so I’ve not had the brown stuff for a long time.
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Re: It's grim up Norf
I remember it when I was a kid. But it did go once, twice, three times, for times etc.The Old Man of Storr wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 11:04 pm It was over 40 years ago and it was Yorkshire not Lancashire - it's possible that the term went out of fashion with all t'incomers buying up t'cheap properties in t'village .
See , I could pass for a local .
Think it died out here when exotic things like sausage and pies started appearing and then when the chippy was also the Chinese takeaway.
Horsforth is very Hyacinth Bucket country so maybe they didn't allow the Chinese in.
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Re: It's grim up Norf
I've lived in Lincolnshire for about 5-6 years now & i really don't know. Not even sure which region we are, not really East or East Midlands.Burnley Hammer wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 5:00 pm Lincolnshire is another one that I struggle to think of as being either northern or southern.
We get "Look North" news on the TV, but it's mainly Yorkshire news
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Re: It's grim up Norf
There's a road sign on the A1 at Angel that points the way to "The North" so I assume everywhere north of Islington is "The North".
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Re: It's grim up Norf
In English teaching there are pronunciation books called 'Ship or Sheep' and 'Tree or Three'.
You could localise this to the British Isles with the linguistic division '****' or '*****', and see where the line is drawn. I think it's the Midlands, but maybe excluding Birmngham and (I think) the whole of Wales as using '****'.
'The North', Scotland and Ireland speak for themselves.
Without a phonemic keyboard this won't make any sense when I post it, but you might see what I mean by proposing it as a linguistic/social marker.
I'm talking excrement.
You could localise this to the British Isles with the linguistic division '****' or '*****', and see where the line is drawn. I think it's the Midlands, but maybe excluding Birmngham and (I think) the whole of Wales as using '****'.
'The North', Scotland and Ireland speak for themselves.
Without a phonemic keyboard this won't make any sense when I post it, but you might see what I mean by proposing it as a linguistic/social marker.
I'm talking excrement.
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Re: It's grim up Norf
Talking of grim up north, we'vejust landed in Oakland so my missus can go to a Bollywood concert & it's Proper ****ing ghetto.
And grey. and cold.
It's like North London
And grey. and cold.
It's like North London
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