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.

What is the northern accent? See there is Yorkshire, Geordie, Scouse.... all different

Oh, another thing just came to mind. People in Newcastle think that the weather there is colder than anywhere else in England, and therefore they are much tougher than anyone else. That isn't true, as I found out when I moved down south, at least not in my particular part of the south. It's just a psychological thing. When I visited my Mum last in the summer I noticed a lot of people were still wearing coats on what to me was a very warm day.

proudbadmum love the geordie accent. It's very pretty to my ears. Not so much scouser or yorkshire.

I was born and raised in Leeds and I still live and work here, as do many of my colleagues. However, D is from south London, N is from Kent and R is from Glasgow. There is occasionally some 'regional ribbing' but without an ounce of seriousness. Plus they're all big football fans which probably helps. Interestingly enough D follows Millwall but N and R are massive Leeds United supporters. Not sure why or how but that's a different story.

Noeffingidea - I'm similar - lived both North and South, parents from the NE. Most of the people I know in the South don't even use words like "Northerner" or "Southerner". They don't identify with an area at all really. They just live there. I've never heard anybody here say they hated any particular accent. People are from all over the world, who cares how they speak.

Tanfield, good to hear that you think football is bringing fans together nowadays.It used to be a different story, complete open warfare.

In London I get called 'love', 'darling', 'dear' all the time and I find that people are generally friendly and smile.

But then, I tend to approach people with a smile and a friendly word myself, rather than assuming that they're all miserable because they're Londoners and going round with a face like a slapped arse and a chip on my shoulder.

FIL gets driven mad by the whole North/South arguments, it really pisses him off that the decimation of industry that he grew up around and worked in, in the south, never gets a mention and that was in Surrey. It's not all stockbroker country.

DH was one of the few of his friends to go to uni from his southern town, virtually all my friends went to uni from my (rough) northern town. It's all subjective isn't it.

Oh, another thing just came to mind. People in Newcastle think that the weather there is colder than anywhere else in England, and therefore they are much tougher than anyone else. That isn't true, as I found out when I moved down south, at least not in my particular part of the south. It's just a psychological thing. When I visited my Mum last in the summer I noticed a lot of people were still wearing coats on what to me was a very warm day.

I don't agree. I had a very cold Summer holiday in Northumberland a few years ago. The Geordies were in shorts and T-shirts on the beach and it was about 10C with an easterly breeze.

Everyone I know hates the northern accent

THE Northern Accent?

What accent would that be, then?

Sorry Manumission - I didn't go far enough (or possibly too far, who knows? )

No, not particularly helpful Uber... especially as there's no such thing as the 'Northern accent'.

everyone I know hates the northern accent

I'm going to suggest that this was put in just to annoy northerners. If so it's worked.

I am able to distinguish a wide variety of British accents, north, south and in the middle. I can't mimic them though.

I've lived in the midlands, up north and down south. I've found the northerners the friendliest.

everyone I know hates the northern accent I find it strange you have had this conversation with everyone you know

As a child and an adult, I've lived in both the north and the south, and I still have family in both areas. I don't think Southerners think they are better, if by that, you mean: "classier", "more advanced", "sophisticated" etc.
In my experience, Northerners do strike up conversation more readily with people and are friendlier and less reserved. However, some Northerners assume everyone from down south is rolling in money and has it easy so therefore must be a snob, possibly because the UK media is so London-centric and also because the South-East in particular has never suffered from such bad unemployment as the areas up North that used to be industrialised?
For what it's worth, love northern accents, my own has boomeranged from place to place and has gone all southern again, kind of preferred the northern version!

I grew up in Surrey and went to Leeds University in the early/mid 80s. As far as I was concerned I just spoke "normally" and the girl next door had a much posher "plummy" accent than me.

But while at Leeds I got involved in numerous conversations about how my "posh" accent would help me to get a job etc. Most of my fellow students tended to come from the Manchester/Liverpool areas. I started off being quite amused/bemused by this interest in my accent but over the three years I was there i did start to get fed up with it.

It's not a conversation I have had since leaving the University either!

Should add that I never thought I was "better" than other students and would constantly argue back that the best candidate should always get the job but the view that a regional (northern) accent was a serious disadvantage seemed to be believed by everyone with a northern accent from any area.

Don't they all have their benefits? But telling someone that you are infinitely better as both sides have done on here does rub people up the wrong way.