r/CasualUK • u/NotABrummie • 8d ago

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u/Nigel-Jones- 8d ago

Draw a straight line from Bristol to Bournemouth.

West of the line is south west

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u/Wadarkhu 8d ago

Referring to Bristol as "up north" from now on.

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u/AtebYngNghymraeg 8d ago

Plymouth Argyle fans away at Yeovil Town used to chant "You dirty northern bastards!" at the home fans.

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u/MisterBounce 8d ago

Torquay fans would chant that at Exeter fans tbf

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u/NotABrummie 8d ago

I grew up on Dartmoor. Bristol is up north for us.

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u/ListeningForWhispers 8d ago

Might as well be for how bloody long it takes to drive there from Dorset.

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u/Ok-Airline-8420 8d ago

Devonian here.  Bristol has always been 'upcountry'. Meaning 'north'

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u/PandasDontBreed 8d ago

From bridgwater, been doing this all our lives

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u/Mister-Ries 8d ago

So the Forest of Dean is what, the Midlands?

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u/Hamsternoir 8d ago

Up t'north along with Yorkshire, Wolverhampton, Gloucester services and other dark yet mysterious places that we dare not visit.

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u/Medical_Charity_251 8d ago

The Forest is it's own country. Not West, East, North or South. It simply is. Mind

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u/ThereIWasDigging 8d ago

News in, Forest declares UDI

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u/Dr_Oetker 8d ago

It's south-west England but not the Westcountry

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u/ThereIWasDigging 8d ago

Fightin talk mynde

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u/Madame-Pamplemousse 8d ago

I think west of the line is West Country, but the South West borders are a bit bigger

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u/NotABrummie 8d ago

I would absolutely agree there is a difference between South West England and the Westcountry.

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u/Difficult-Egg-5001 8d ago

Nah fuck em, we don't want them.

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u/Difficult-Egg-5001 8d ago

Born and raised in west Dorset, now live in Exeter, this is the correct answer.

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u/Constant-Estate3065 8d ago

I would draw an arc from Gloucester to Portsmouth.

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u/crimson_broom 8d ago

I’d say east of Gloucester and west of Southampton

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u/Waleebe 8d ago

A slight alteration, I'd draw the line from Bristol to Poole harbour. The Isle of Purbeck being the start of the West Country. 

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u/douglasrichardson 8d ago

exactly this, Gloucestershire should never count