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Andy Gregory
May 15, 2019
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Long before there were Leavers or Remainers (#takemeback), there were northerners and southerners.
The only problem is that nobody can quite agree on where one starts and the other begins.
Forgive an England-centric question, but, Southerners, name the place where you think the North begins, and, Northe… https://t.co/Twxlh71Ocx— Richard Osman (@Richard Osman) 1557657667
Pointless host Richard Osman decided to throw the question out to Twitter like a savage – and truly opened a can of worms.
Aside from the predictable bickering, people had some interesting opinions.
@agsbaker235 Almost perfect overlap https://t.co/ZPcuLGcTqI— Ben A (@Ben A) 1557662537
Which threw up some interesting nomenclature issues.
@martianronnie @ukbenallen @agsbaker235 But DINNER LADIES serve lunch, not tea 🤔— Anthony Isles (@Anthony Isles) 1557748893
And political issues.
@richardosman Just like central government, you've left out the Midlands.— Ms AB: 😎🐶🇪🇺 (@Ms AB: 😎🐶🇪🇺) 1557820668
Some found the north-south division restricting.
@TiltMyHat @richardosman Non-compass binary... ...polar fluid... 🤣— ✨Aleckzandrah✨ (@✨Aleckzandrah✨) 1557689872
And others decided culinary habits were a more reliable marker.
@richardosman The north begins anywhere people would be shocked at the price of a pint in the south.— walkingonlego (@walkingonlego) 1557730812
But it seems Twitter itself may have answered the thorny question when Watford Gap began to trend.
@richardosman My dad was a truck driver and he always said southerners think the edge of the world is #WatfordGap— 🕷💙 🇪🇺 (@🕷💙 🇪🇺) 1557750419
@richardosman And I bet most people don't realise that the Watford Gap is not the same place as Watford.— Brian Jenkins (@Brian Jenkins) 1557659520
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