To think that only English posters would do this?

[beautyspot]

Now and again a thread appears with questions about "the north east" or "the south west" etc,

From my observations of life I've never seen a Welsh, Scot or N Irish person talk like this ie assume that everyone knows they are talking about their home country.

AIBU to think that English people are a bit presumptious.

I'm sure the inhabitants of Ulster will be thrilled to hear of themselves as "the bit thrown in" - a sort of BOGOF possibly?!

I never realised tarantulas had a clotted cream fetish. MN is so educating.

oh good god. ARRRGGGGHHHHHH

Sorry Hecate [sheepish emoticon]

wanna borrow my shovel hecate? lol

Thank you.

If anyone has relatives in new zealand, I'm about halfway there already, if you'd like me to pass them a message?

What I find irritating is TV programmes which pinpoint Lonfon areas;"Bunty and Jonty are looking for a zillion pound crash pad in Chrlsea, and a country retreat in Scotland."

Scotland is a bloody big country you know fickheads.

Tbh, as a fellow Scot, I DO find it a bit confusing. Eg- weather man on news standing with map of UK in front of him, says "there will be sunshine in the North West". I look at weather map, to North West of the country (Britain) and see snow! Aah- he means NW of England!

To me, "the North West/ North East" of the country (ie Britain) is in Scotland! Quite happy to accept that the South east/ west is in England.

And no, if I was talking to someone in THIS country (ie Scotland), I would not use "the South-west" to mean the South west of Scotland- I would mean the SW of the UK, so can understand what the OP means, kinda.

you'm not from round 'ere....

chews on straw and clutches pitchfork

HecateQueenOfWitches

I naturally assumed your Brits were from the British Isles :)

Great Britain is the big island encompassing Scotland, Wales and England.

The United Kingdom is the above, plus Northern Ireland.

Who cares where your from we are all in this world together no matter where your from or how you pronounce it.
Beautyspot go and have a cup of cocoa and relax:)

The term British isles as used to include Ireland is seen as quite offensive by many, and the term Western European Isles in increasingly used.
The Irish Government does not recognise the term. Can you maybe think why?

In certain parts, the south is another term for Sunderland.

Tb - so what does that make Teesside!!

God knows! I was just remembering a joke in a very very old episode of The Likely Lads, when Bob and Thelma introduced a new friend to Terry, saying he was from the south. To which, Terry replied "Sunderland?"

"To me, "the North West/ North East" of the country (ie Britain) is in Scotland!"

But Britain's not technically a country, it's a sovereign state

Bonnieprince your last post sounds like an exam question, I'm almost tempted to respond in essay format.

When I was a kid, we moved around a lot. I was 20 before I realised that 'Home Counties' didn't mean the collection of counties in which we (specifically) had had homes

Another scot who thinks YABU.

I had to stop caring years ago - I come from the far north east of scotland, and as someone has already pointed out, "north east scotland" when the Scots and English use it generally refers to Aberdeenshire - a huge distance away with a completely different culture and accent!

At least those posters know they are talking about England when they say "the north east" or "the south west", unlike the woman doing the traffic the other day who said "in the north of England, around Edinburgh..."

Now I see anything referring to anywhere outside of the M25 and think hmm, provincial.

I wish it was an essay question, then maybe people in the UK would be able to get Belfast and Dublin the right way around, and stop calling the country "Southern Ireland" (which means the south of the Republic of Ireland, not the Island of Ireland minus the six counties of the North)

It doesn't actually matter that much, just a bit annoying is all.

WHY are they called the Home Counties anyway, I never did get that one?