Have you heard of a place called Jersey before?

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Sorry if AIBU is not the most appropriate place to post this thread in.

Would you say Jersey is a well known holiday destination? Have you heard of it before?

Wow, er yes I have op.

Yes I know Jersey, Guernsey, Alderley, Sark and Herm are the Channel Islands. Closer to France than the UK. Just finished reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, and it has a map of the Channel Islands in the front, had only heard of Jersey and Guernsey before that.

I'm sure I know a few people who haven't heard of Jersey. I worked with a girl once who didn't know if Manchester was North or South of London. Oh and someone else who didn't know that Cornwall and Devon are next to each other.

I also remember something about really strong tides and the ferry being really expensive if we wanted to take the car. Not sure if it is the same for all the CIs but on Geurnsey you legally had to trim your hedges because of narrow roads.

Ooh how was Sark @RoseMartha it really appeals to me

This is bizarre! Yes, of course.

Is there a point to this thread?

And they did not have roundabouts, you had to filter in turn. May be totally outdated info now though. The battle of the Flowers was a thing.

I don’t even live in the UK and my co-workers have heard of Jersey.

Not only have I heard of it - I had a weird childhood crush on John Nettles, and used to dream of living there with him. We would have solved crimes together.

Jersey is not part of United Kingdom. It is part of Great Britain. It has different taxes and some different laws from UK.

I have been to Sark three times @MysteriousMonkey. I love it. I'll post about it tomorrow.

Yes of course!

Well, yes, you'd think people would have heard of Jersey, but I had a conversation with a shop assistant in South London this week who had never heard of Carlisle and remained very dubious about whether it was really in the UK.

I was surprised none had though. I thought most would have heard of it due to Channel Islands being only part of British Isles occupied by Germany in WW2, I thought all school children would have been taught about that.

Jersey also has a maximum speed limit of 40mph and is chock full of Porsches and Aston Martins etc.

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Maybe OP is an intern with the Jersey tourist board and someone’s asked her to do a bit of low-budget promotional work

Is this like the conspiracy theory that Australia doesn't exist? Jersey is a place nobody has heard of?
www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2018/apr/15/australia-doesnt-exist-and-other-bizarre-geographic-conspiracies-that-wont-go-away

Yes of course WHY do u ask

Have you heard of a place called Jersey?
I've heard it's South of the Mersey
You can sail or fly there
For a very small fare
And then take a day trip to Guernsey

I didn't learn about the German occupation of the Channel Islands at school. History was my favourite subject and I did it at GCSE and A level. I didn't know that the Channel Islands were occupied til I watched/read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society.

Yes, I've enjoyed a week's holiday on the island of Jersey

I could even draw you a rough sketch map.

If you haven't heard of Jersey, you are an imbecile.

But if you don't know your Balkan from your Baltic states, then you get the become Foreign Secretary like Liz Truss.

Yes, I've been several times, it's like going abroad but being in a British seaside place. It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been, the people are friendly, it is clean & there are some lovely places to visit, lots of history as well.