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Re:Why North England is poor by pastureofplenty on Saturday January 25, 2025 @04:59PM (#42825291)
You guys certainly have some of the nicest accents in the Anglosphere, imo.
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Re:Why North England is poor by schiffern on Sunday January 26, 2025 @12:39PM (#42831924)
I expect the accent is part of it, actually. Call it the Henry Higgins effect.

  Rose: If you ARE an alien, how come you sound like you're from the North?

  The Doctor: Lots of planets have a North!
(the joke lands better for American audiences if you mentally replace "North" with "South"; in many ways the economics/stereotypes are similar)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svi-fBXZzqI

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