Why North England is poor

Re:Why North England is poor by sjclemmy on Saturday January 25, 2025 @01:56PM (#42823680)

I have never heard it referred to as North England. Northern England or the North of England yes. As a reluctant “northerner” it dunt sarnd reet.

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Re:Why North England is poor by shellac on Saturday January 25, 2025 @02:30PM (#42824001)

Yes, a minor thing but concur that it is definitely peculiar.

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Re:Why North England is poor by dang on Saturday January 25, 2025 @04:49PM (#42825202)

Ok, we've erned it in the title above. Thanks!

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Re:Why North England is poor by AnimalMuppet on Saturday January 25, 2025 @07:30PM (#42826473)

"Erned it". Dang, you don't usually make me LOL, but you got me there.

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Re:Why North England is poor by thomasforth on Saturday January 25, 2025 @07:30PM (#42826469)

I agree it sounds odd. It's a phrase I've moved to using after fifteen years of being shouted at for using other phrases. North England, while sounding a bit odd, generates much fewer rage replies than other formulations. There's also a slight preference on my part for shorter phrases because of social media.

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