Northerner living Down South

I found this on Facebook, and boy is it so true.

here

18 things only Northerners living down south will understand

1. You thought your accent was barely noticeable, but to people down south you’re basically Peter Kay

2. And if you have a genuinely broad accent, you have to say everything twice so people understand

Eventually you learn to tone it down a bit - apart from when you’re drunk, or around people from your home town

3. You’re mortified when you go back home and your friends and family tell you you’re starting to sound more like a Southerner

"Oooh, lah di dah"

4. You’ll never get used to differences in regional dialect

No matter how many times your suggestions of a shortcut are met with a blank stare

5. Down here, if you call a woman “duck” or “love” she might accuse you of being sexist

Southerners don’t understand that, up north, even the manliest of men will address each other that way

6. People are just generally friendlier back home

You miss being able to say hello to strangers at the bus stop without causing them to back away in alarm

7. In the South, everyone wears a coat when they go out at night

Up north, we’re made of stronger stuff

8. Chips and gravy doesn’t seem to have bridged the north/south divide

9. And you can’t get hold of Henderson’s Relish anywhere

10. And where are all the Cooplands?

11. Thank goodness Greggs has made its way down at least

12. You’ll never feel properly at home anywhere that doesn’t have Look North on the telly

You even miss the banter between the news anchors and weatherman Paul

13. If someone insults your home town, that’s fighting talk

14. Sometimes you meet people who’ve never been up north at all, who think that everything looks like this

Merseyside (a long time ago)

15. And you have to explain to them that time is still moving forward, north of the Watford Gap

Southerners, this is what Gateshead (near Newcastle) looks like now

16. Northern countryside is the most beautiful in the world, there’s no two ways about it

Beautiful Yorkshire scenery

Seriously, just look at it

More Yorkshire, aka God’s own land

17. Northern seaside resorts are also better, and not only because they remind you of your childhood

Whitby at night

Although that definitely doesn’t hurt

18. No matter where you are, you’ll always be proud of your northern roots

from a Northern Lass living down south.