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To think there should be an English section on here?

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WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 20:39

AIBU to think that as there are sections for Scottish, Welsh and Irish posters on this site so why not one for the English and those who live in England?

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WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:52

Meowandthen · 31/03/2024 21:50

Stop trying to be a victim. You aren’t.

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Nah you can't insinuate I have special needs and think it is fine. Bye.

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SocksAndTheCity · 31/03/2024 21:51

wutheringkites · 31/03/2024 20:58

You're right. We should have one for Londoners too because I feel like I never hear from them either.

I would love a Londoners board!

We can talk all day about how other cities are dirty dangerous shitholes, and how when we visited them everybody was rude and unfriendly and kicked us in the legs just for saying 'excuse me'.

Then we can discuss what we ought to wear to go to a shopping centre/gig/McDonald's drive thru in other cities so that we don't 'stand out' and people will think we are actual bona fide residents of Huddersfield/Portsmouth/Coventry/Salford/Kendal/Ipswich/Warrington/Maidenhead/*insert name of wherever 😀

instaready · 31/03/2024 21:51

Mumsnet is an English site. Everything it does is English. You have all the Englishness ready and available at your fingertips. It is because you are very English you don't seem to realise exactly how English it is.

Obv we all like it which is why we're on it.

HTH

BriceNobeslovesMurielHeslop · 31/03/2024 21:51

I was once the OP of a thread during Covid, where I had visited a friend. At the time you couldn’t visit people in England, but you could in Scotland.

I got absolutely crucified, every second poster was berating me for visiting someone, despite me clarifying in my second post. However, it wasn’t really a Scottish or English issue - it was just background detail. I wouldn’t have posted in Scotsnet because it didn’t seem relevant. I think even with fully separate boards there would still be episodes like that (although hopefully not quite as heated).

Meowandthen · 31/03/2024 21:50

WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:48

If you are making a disability joke then that says something about you. I am actually disabled.

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Stop trying to be a victim. You aren’t.

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WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:48

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If you are making a disability joke then that says something about you. I am actually disabled.

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WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:47

HollyKnight · 31/03/2024 21:46

As a non-English person I vote yes please! Then all those bloody "what makes you middle class?" threads can get moved into there and hidden.

I don't want them either. 🤣

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HollyKnight · 31/03/2024 21:46

As a non-English person I vote yes please! Then all those bloody "what makes you middle class?" threads can get moved into there and hidden.

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WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:44

BriceNobeslovesMurielHeslop · 31/03/2024 21:41

We don’t care, hen! Honestly do what you like. You clearly don’t like the Scottish for whatever reason but just ask for your board.

I lived and worked in England for a while, I had a great time. Most of us honestly do not give it a second thought.

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I didn't say I don't like the Scots but giving the Scots as the example as they are always the ones piping up it is different there. I don't hate them!

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DanielGault · 31/03/2024 21:43

WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:42

Oh give over. I didn't say it needed to be secret.

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I was being facetious. And I'd say you knew that.

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WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:42

DanielGault · 31/03/2024 21:38

Seriously, you're like a parody now. Nothing stopping you from petitioning MN for a secret English only section. Knock yourself out.

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Oh give over. I didn't say it needed to be secret.

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CamoPenguin · 31/03/2024 21:42

WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:23

So why isn't there one then? What reason do you object to it? Why don't we have devolution then?

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Please tell me you didn't just ask why we don't have a devolved English parliament. Or you aren't being serious...

BriceNobeslovesMurielHeslop · 31/03/2024 21:41

WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:36

Maybe I should have put "semi serious" in the title but it has been quite amusing to see how quickly it has taken for anti English spite to rise to the surface!

We don’t care, hen! Honestly do what you like. You clearly don’t like the Scottish for whatever reason but just ask for your board.

I lived and worked in England for a while, I had a great time. Most of us honestly do not give it a second thought.

Meowandthen · 31/03/2024 21:41

WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:34

I don't. Just curious where the English one is.

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It’s 90%+ of MN. What more do you want?

You are tedious.

Meowandthen · 31/03/2024 21:40

WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:36

Maybe I should have put "semi serious" in the title but it has been quite amusing to see how quickly it has taken for anti English spite to rise to the surface!

Spite? No dear, people are laughing at you.

Meowandthen · 31/03/2024 21:39

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DanielGault · 31/03/2024 21:38

WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:36

Maybe I should have put "semi serious" in the title but it has been quite amusing to see how quickly it has taken for anti English spite to rise to the surface!

Seriously, you're like a parody now. Nothing stopping you from petitioning MN for a secret English only section. Knock yourself out.

Bs0u416d · 31/03/2024 21:37

WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:36

Maybe I should have put "semi serious" in the title but it has been quite amusing to see how quickly it has taken for anti English spite to rise to the surface!

Again, most of us will be English though. I certainly am.

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WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:36

Maybe I should have put "semi serious" in the title but it has been quite amusing to see how quickly it has taken for anti English spite to rise to the surface!

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Bs0u416d · 31/03/2024 21:35

WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:32

I am aware of what the Welsh and Irish especially suffered due to the English and UK parliament/royalty but not to the extent of black people with slavery and that is why I think it is inappropriate. I don't begrudge them the various special sections though.

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I wasn't referencing slavery or the oppression of the Irish. Simply that minority communities might have more niche, community specific matters to discuss. Slightly alarming that you went where you went.

DanielGault · 31/03/2024 21:34

WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:32

I am aware of what the Welsh and Irish especially suffered due to the English and UK parliament/royalty but not to the extent of black people with slavery and that is why I think it is inappropriate. I don't begrudge them the various special sections though.

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Soooo generous of you 😂

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WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:34

TheShellBeach · 31/03/2024 21:33

So essentially, you just begrudge the Scots their own section.

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I don't. Just curious where the English one is.

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TheShellBeach · 31/03/2024 21:33

WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:32

I am aware of what the Welsh and Irish especially suffered due to the English and UK parliament/royalty but not to the extent of black people with slavery and that is why I think it is inappropriate. I don't begrudge them the various special sections though.

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So essentially, you just begrudge the Scots their own section.

DanielGault · 31/03/2024 21:33

WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:22

Maybe it would stop the "it is different here" comments though. I will ask the site.

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Are you so brittle that a post saying 'it's different here's disturbs you that much? Will your special English section need to be divided into different boroughs in that case? In case of difference? Maybe the local Facebook page might suit better?

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WithACatLikeTread · 31/03/2024 21:32

Bs0u416d · 31/03/2024 21:29

It's not a bad comparison actually. You accept that a white section would be silly because most people in this country are white, presumably. I assume you think that whilst it would be bizarre and totally useless to have a white forum, you acknowledge that it might be useful/beneficial for minorty communities ie black/gay/Asian etc to have specific spaces in which to discuss particular issues that relate specifically to them?

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I am aware of what the Welsh and Irish especially suffered due to the English and UK parliament/royalty but not to the extent of black people with slavery and that is why I think it is inappropriate. I don't begrudge them the various special sections though.

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