What do you reckon of southerners?

[Phanerothyme 12]

I've never had much bother, and not only do I have 'southerner' stamped on my forehad, but I also speak like a posh git.

 

For the record, the worst bother I had was when I lived in Retford, where people clearly took offence at my accent sometimes. Whether it was because it identified my as a southerner, i don't know.

 

Coming from latitudes even further north than scotland, the differences between northerners, midlanders and southerners is not as pronounced as it is in Sweden, for example. There is a much greater degree of intermixing of people in the UK, and the whole country is more 'internally cosmopolitan'.

[*Twinkle* 10]

We used to chuck the students out of our pubs just by the power of the cold stare.

 

Ah I wondered where that came from... After spending a week in Great Yarmouth (Never again, believe me), my family have experienced alot of hostility from Southerners. Bring back Skegness, the people there are so much nicer!

[nathanukuk 10]

Hi, im from Essex I will be attending Sheffield Hallam in September.. I can't wait to meet the northerners!

 

Most northerners I have met have been very funny...I hope there aint any hostility...cos i am a southern fairy as u would say.

[DaBouncer 13]

No worries Nathanukuk.... you'll find it mostly friendly up here!

[oxbeast 10]

We didn't chuck them out of the pubs for being northern, Caprice. Always found northern students to be pretty sound. We used to be unfriendly to them because they were posh w**kers. Bloody hooray henrys who acted like they owned the place.

[Belle 10]

...am a little surprised that we 'oop North have such a bad reputation that someone from darn Sarth would be worrying about what response they would get when they got here.

I am quite sure that you will be welcomed just fine.

 

(unless you are black or gay or seeking asylum or a criminal or a beggar or a user or live in a poor house or in a poor area, or answer in some way to any other of some of our members' phobias. But then I am sure the same phobias would apply down there, so if you fit in down there, relax, you will fit in up here...bitter? moi?)

[oxbeast 10]

I'd mostly heard good things about the place, from a Brightonian mate of mine who lived up there six years. I just wanted it from the horses mouth. And I think possibly the southerners give more stick than the other way around. It ws mostly just the worry of striking out in a new city again without knowing anyone.

[max 13]

We quite like southerns but, maybe with the exception of DaBouncer, none of us could eat a whole one.