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  1. That's about him as an individual? His accent and vocab are influenced by his background, but that doesn't mean "all Northerners are XYZ".
  2. I think Terry's broad accent makes him sound rather think... but I'm not sure what he says is particularly clever anyway!
  3. Surely, that's not what being a southerner/northerner is all about?
  4. Does that mean I can whinge to them about all cardboard cut-out stilted southerners on TV?
  5. A southern friend has just been gloating about how bad Terry Christian was on The Wright Stuff. Just because he's a Mancunian...
  6. Is it just Northerners who comment on how quickly the year has gone? Or do all English people insist the passage of time isn't constant?
  7. Another annoying Mancunianism: "I was sat there when he came up to me" - no, I think you'll find you were SITTING there.
  8. Mancunianisms that I hate: "The amount of times that happens to me" - no it never happens an amount of times; it's the NUMBER of times.
  9. @Copywriterjob You missed this one... http://bit.ly/1ryezJ
  10. Walking round B&Q, where everything is Grrrr in a manly I'm-a-hard-northerner way... and it all falls apart when you go to choose paint.
  11. Paint colours. There's no doubt in my mind that paints are named by southerners.
  12. @RichardHudson Talking about events, I've seen you on the Social Media Cafe event attendance list. Have you been to their stuff before?
  13. EVNTS is a network of North West creatives. Do I go to their next event? What do people think? http://evntsbigbang.eventbrite.com/
  14. That's the sort of thing I talk about in my blog: http://bit.ly/4ydJJM
  15. I always keep in touch with recruitment agencies, even though I'm a freelancer. I like turning short-term contracts into clients. :o)
  16. If you're an SEO copywriter living in or near Leeds/Bradford, you should get in touch with The Book agency. They've a couple of jobs going.
  17. Does how we use blogs go against the stereotype of the typical Englishman? http://bit.ly/4ydJJM
  18. @GT_FC And why do we have to use the word "toilet"? Or "serviette" for that matter? Our language has been invaded by the French!
  19. When I was living down south, the word hate would be met with "hate is a very strong word". Surely that's all the more reason to use it?
  20. Why do southerners hate the word hate? I use it all the time (I'm a "typically blunt northerner", apparently). But they do hate it.