Did you learn anything today ?

[Michael Rolls]

as is anything sarf of Edinburgh

[JBR]

as is anything sarf of Edinburgh

Ah, but Edinburgh is in a foreign country.

[Alex]

Anything north of Stoke on Trent is ' up north' the rest is darn sarf. 

[JBR]

Anything north of Stoke on Trent is ' up north' the rest is darn sarf. 

Oh no.  Stoke on Trent is definitely darn sarf.

Yorkshire, Lancashire, County Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland are oop north. Everything else is darn sarf.

[Alex]

Nah, you've got to have a bit in the middle

[JBR]

Nah, you've got to have a bit in the middle

Well, I suppose that's possible.

Which 'darn sarf' counties would you include in 'the middle'?
I suppose you'd start with Cheshire.

[klondike]

Anything north of Watford is ooop north. The bit between Sheffield and Watford is the Midlands. MK is well north ot Watford and well south of Sheffield.

A strange place too. You can drive through and see nothing but roads and roundabouts in a big grid. The houses and industry are all hidden away in the bits between.

I spent a few weeks in Central MK on a contract working to update code to avoid millennium bug issues which was very nice as it was a lot nearer home than any others that I took. I was one of the many that made sure the millennium bug was a damp squib. If we hadn't done the preventitive work most systems would have screwed up big time.

[JBR]

Well, to me anything that isn't oop north is darn sarf, so I suppose darn sarf must include that 'midlands' thing.

[Alex]

Well, I suppose that's possible.

Which 'darn sarf' counties would you include in 'the middle'?
I suppose you'd start with Cheshire.

Cheshire's too far north to be in the ' middle'     

[GrannyMac]

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[klondike]

From what I recall of the weather forecasts when I had a TV licence it gets a very regular washing up there 

[Scrumpy]

Anything over the top of Reigate Hill is up North..

[JBR]

Cheshire's too far north to be in the ' middle'     

OK, I'll stretch a point.

Cheshire is, in fact, within the CofE Province of York, so you can come in.

The rest of the country comes within the Province of Canterbury, so it must be darn sarf.

September 16, 2022, 11:05:21 AM

Anything over the top of Reigate Hill is up North..

You're mad.  Reigate is part of Khant's empire, isn't it?
Why do so many Southerners seem to want to be part of 'oop north'?

[Alex]

Today, or rather last night I re-learned that it's a big mistake to eat crisps in bed 

[Michael Rolls]