I love it in the south. Easy access to civilisation via the channel tunnel and Gatwick, lovely countryside, very few of those silly accents you get in the north parts (Lancashire especially, plus Birmingham), generally more cosmopolitan outlook on things and not that many chips on shoulders. Decent amount of jobs. Admittedly it's a bit congested - probably because it's so good everyone wants to live here.
It's quicker and cheaper to go to France for a night than it is to go the same distance north from here. (Once we implement my plan to hack Cornwall off at the Tamar and tow it round to the channel to make a land bridge it will be even easier. This will achieve three things - easier travel to civilisation, it will piss off all the 'Independance for Kernow' idiots and it will piss of the Daily Hate readers by linking Britain with the continent. Fantastic! After that we will rebuild Hadrian's wall (just north of the M4) and Offa's Dyke just in case)
I read somewhere that the Romans found southerners more civilised because of their contact with the continent. Yet another thing they were right about.
As and when we move out of the south I should like it to be even further south - Picardy for preference!
Easy access to civilisation via the channel tunnel
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We had a ride round Kielder yesterday, you're right, the North is awful, you should stay dahn saaaaahf, innit blud.
Temporary glitch, Mike.
Can't be bothered to find pictures of all the riots there have been in Britain...
Yeah I think most of the recent ones have been down south 😉 The French do seem to have a flair for the dramatic with this sort of thing.
JulianA - Member
...Fantastic! After that we will rebuild Hadrian's wall (just north of the M4) and Offa's Dyke just in case)I read somewhere that the Romans found southerners more civilised because of their contact with the continent. Yet another thing they were right about.
I thought the Romans built Hadrian's Wall to keep the barbarians in the south. 🙂
Isn't it non PC to mention the Awful Dykes in Wales? I can understand why a chap may have misgivings about that lot but I'm sure there's plenty nice ones.
One well-written explanation for sweariness:
http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/sociology/sociology-general-interest/phenomenology-working-class-experience
Easy access to civilisation via the channel tunnel
Got to applaud their attitude towards big banks and fast food outlets like McDonalds, over here a riot is an excuse for the local intelligentsia to steal huge chav TV's and 'sportswear' that will nether see a track/field/court.
Nuke oxford and cambridge and save the country.
very few of those silly accents you get in the north parts (Lancashire especially
Hey!
Thing is, I'm here because I have devised a devious way to worm my way into a decent masters
From your OP I'm struggling to believe you are well educated.
I'm struggling to believe that you're much fun.
But if you mean polite and from the right school, no. I'm almost entirely self educated as my secondary school mostly included people smoking in class and throwing books at each other instead of reading them, even in the top sets.
The 6th form I went to was halfway decent though. Have a lovely day, MrSmith.
Thanks hun 
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Now stop taking my posts so seriously.
Yeah if you want fluent swearinessIts got to be glasgow nothing else will cut it
Nah, that would be Spain. They're great at swearing in Spain, and use more than just f*** with an "ing" tacked onto the end when necessary for grammatical correctness. Bonus: it's in the South.
Really? I found that the Spanish were utterly horrified by teenager me swearing in their language.
Maybe it was just my poor Spanish that offended them.
Really? I found that the Spanish were utterly horrified by teenager me swearing in their language.Maybe it was just my poor Spanish that offended them.
Probably, the Spanish swear loads. At work, at home, everywhere. Go to a meeting at work, and it'll be "vaya mierda" this, "un puto desastre" that. My wife will happily say "mierda" or "joder" in front of my kids, and her mother says "coño" loads. Etc. You can google the translations, they'll get the **** treatment on STW 🙂
And it's a Spanish thing - the south Americans (Mexicans, Argentines etc) we have here comment on it too.
And it's a Spanish thing - the south Americans (Mexicans, Argentines etc) we have here comment on it too.
Won't the Argentinians pass comment on something as innocuous as catching the bus though?
Only foreigners I have heard swearing like troopers in English with perfect inflection and fluency were Hungarians.
Bazdmeg!
Oxford in the South??!
I'm pretty sure anything North of the A4 is within the Artic Circle.
mikewsmith - Member
Yeah I think most of the recent ones have been down south The French do seem to have a flair for the dramatic with this sort of thing.
Well of course the new wall will go to the south of London (probably it will follow the course of the M25). I think Hadrian's had his time now - the new wall will be called 'Julian's Wall'. I think that has a nice ring to it.
MrSmith - Member
Easy access to civilisation via the channel tunnel
Got to applaud their attitude towards big banks and fast food outlets like McDonalds, over here a riot is an excuse for the local intelligentsia to steal huge chav TV's and 'sportswear' that will nether see a track/field/court.
As it happens we picked up a lovely new DVD player when the rioting was on!*
Sorry, Cougar - had a very bad time with a Lancastrian with whom I worked. Coloured my judgment rather...
*Purely coincidental timing - naturally we paid for it!
I quite like Oxford most of the time, occasionally you meet the odd knob e.g. last night I was out on date chatting away about my days at MIT and there was this right commoner on the table behind us, sounded like a right chav, chewing his nails whilst drinking, probably only had a BSc from an ex-Poly.
Hopefully he'll move up North where he can be with his own kind.
'm almost entirely self educated as my secondary school mostly included people smoking in class and throwing books at each other instead of reading them, even in the top sets.
...and they say grammar schools were a bad thing.
[i]I find southerners a lot more tolerant in general. [/i]
You know, I found the complete opposite, having lived not long ago in between Marlow and Oxford, that the folk living round there were some of the least neighbourly, most intolerant people I've ever met TBH.
much happier in the North
Scotland: take us with you!
(I'm Cornish)
gofasterstripes - Member
Scotland: take us with you!(I'm Cornish)
Stay put for a bit and when my plan comes to fruition you will be linked to civilation! You will thank me in the end.
