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Where does the "the North' start on 20:19 - Jan 30 by bluelagos
Where the locals ask for cobs or barm cakes instead of bread rolls. Especially if they eat them with chips, the rather wonderful chip butty.
I always called them baps, probably influenced by my Scottish parents, as according to the following (which includes maps showing where the various terms for a roll are used) it is only used by 6% of the English population.
Where does the "the North' start on 20:34 - Jan 30 by Ftnfwest
Yeh trouble is I like all that stuff as well!
I'm Northern monkey born ..Manchester and dad was born in Stoke and I spent a lot of time there with grandparents and such so was very entrenched in Midlands lore ..oatcakes and such...but STILL felt it was the North.
Where does the "the North' start on 20:35 - Jan 30 by DJR
I always called them baps, probably influenced by my Scottish parents, as according to the following (which includes maps showing where the various terms for a roll are used) it is only used by 6% of the English population.
In the spirit of reconciliation and happiness at the end of the Banter Era (RIP) and as a result of promotion I have cleared out my ignore list. Look forwards to reading your posts!
Where does the "the North' start on 20:19 - Jan 30 by bluelagos
Where the locals ask for cobs or barm cakes instead of bread rolls. Especially if they eat them with chips, the rather wonderful chip butty.
Lots of regional variations in beer brands too. If people are drinking Mild you're likely in the midland, draught beer up north, lager dan saarf.
Course lots fall outside that, but defo a regional inbalance. And same for the brands. Tetley (West Yorks) Stones (S.Yorks) Vaux or Newcastle Brown (NE) Boddingtons or Hydes (Manchester) Brew x1 or Banks (Midlands) etc.
The locals have always been feircely loyal to what are seen as local brands with some breweries even branding the exact same product differently across borders (Tenants and Carling)...just dont tell anyone :-)
*All my knowledge is around 25 years out of date given that's when I last worked for a UK based brewer.