That people in the south think they are better than those in the north

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That's it really.

I'm interested in your opinion.

I have to say, I am always in awe of southern accents. They always just sound so sophisticated, intelligent and...posh (not sure if that's the right word tbh ) compared to my own harsh sounding northern accent.

I wish my accent was sophisticated and intelligent sounding .

I'm nowhere near Big Ben. I thought we were doing huge, ridiculous "North" and "South" generalisations? 🙂

Or are you the only one with a permit for that? 🙄

I have lived next door to Big Ben (he was lovely) it was the actual bell

I know live further west and a bit further up am in danger of catching the north??

People in the north just have a chip on their shoulders about this...

No chip at all.

Again - just experience.

So you met someone from the south once and they did what?

If it experience and all that?

AVirgin, you kind of proved the OP's point a little. You think your northern accent is not as good as southern ones. Why is that?

I think it's a bit of both. Some northerners seem to feel judged as not as good which is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

As an immigrant, I've certainly noticed that the south is more 'desirable', more expensive, better salaries (which are swallowed up by higher costs) etc but I couldn't tell you why. Maybe nicer weather?

Its never occurred to me to think I'm better than anyone else (with the exception of murderers, Im definitely better than murderers)

kp oh yes the weather is better

And we drink tea with out little finger sticking out

It's by no means better, I'm dying to know the OP "experience"

Well my dad used to look down snobbishly on "fat northerners" whilst my friend's northern dad had an inverted snobbery over "jumped up southerners"

Both as bad as each other.

I met someone from the south once

Really

KP86 I guess it's just a personal preference. Southern accents just sound nicer to me. That doesn't mean that southerners are better than northerners. It just means they have nicer accents.

Never personally experienced this (as a person from above the Watford Gap and moved 'daaaan Saaf')

What are these experiences you are referring to?

So then OP

Why ask the question, what's your experience

AVirgin I'm assuming your not talking about the Devonian/Bristolian accent in that.

Well there are exceptions to every rule Rose

I live about as far north as you can get in England. So everyone is a southerner to me, even quite a few Scots.

So does that mean everyone thinks they are better than me?

Never personally experienced this (as a person from above the Watford Gap and moved 'daaaan Saaf')

Did you move to south London they don't drink their tea with a finger out... fair play if you made it to Surrey and a massive amount of points if you made it to Kent

I say this with jest as nobody unless your a cunt gives a shit where people come from

By experience you mean you are a Southerner who feels superior to Northerners right? Otherwise you'd be making a generalisation based on an opinion, rather than actual experience.

People are people and will behave as people do. South/North makes no odds.

We do have a very South East/London centric media. Not sure that's driven by superiority so much as population.

What's your experience then eats ?
I'm not from the UK however I have had lovely times in London, Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh. My only gripe is big cities tend to have less friendly people but surely that's the same the world over?

I know live further west and a bit further up am in danger of catching the north??

Who knows? It's impossible to understand the internal logic of this games in which we are supposed to generalise about millions of people.

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I don't want to out myself but I can say I'm neither southern or northern by upbringing.

I do live in the north now

Were you raised on the equator?

Pretty much

So why the thread?