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I'd love to know more about what you mean by that -- is it that the North East of England (which this factory is certainly in, it being in County Durham) is not
by gpjt 2y ago
I'd love to know more about what you mean by that -- is it that the North East of England (which this factory is certainly in, it being in County Durham) is not the same as the North East of the UK (which I guess would be Aberdeen)? Or is there more to it than that?
- thebruce87m 2y agoThat’s pretty much it. If you visit somewhere like r/CasualUK you will get people talking about “up north” and “being a proud northerner” and such like. They are all English people talking about England. Which is fine, but it’s supposed to be a UK subreddit. Even when foreigners are asking about travel advice. Must confuse the hell out of them. Or maybe some foreigners think that England = UK anyway so it all balances out?
- steve_adams_86 2y agoEngland == UK isn’t a thing here in Canada, but I imagine it isn’t in any commonwealth nation. I think we learned more about the UK as kids than we did about the United States.
- murrayb 2y agoSame in Australia. But my Dad was a Scotsman so I had it well emphasised
- bdjsiqoocwk 2y agoIn the same way that England isn't the UK, reddit isn't HN. If you want to complain about a subreddit, go there.