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Note to non-UK readers: Most of the time when someone says they are in the “North East of the UK” it’s not some Scotsman up in Shetland it is an English person

Note to non-UK readers: Most of the time when someone says they are in the “North East of the UK” it’s not some Scotsman up in Shetland it is an English person who is currently in the North East of England. The North East of England is in the middle part of the UK mainland.

lukan 11mo ago
So .. they don't see scotland as part of the UK anyway? Why was it such an issue then that they wanted to leave? (And why were there bloody wars fought about it in the first place?)
- hdgvhicv 11mo ago
  Who wanted to leave? What wars?
  - kjs3 11mo ago
    Someone with a tiny little...um...axe to grind and not enough sense to take it someplace where people care. You can tell when they have to go back to Culloden to try and drag something up to wave around.
  - lukan 11mo ago
    Scotland the UK? (They were allowed to vote in the end and voted to remain) And wars happened when scotland was forced to become part of the UK in medieval times. (Braveheart)
    - hdgvhicv 11mo ago
      So Scotland didn’t want to leave. And Scotland didn’t unite with England until after the Scottish King took over he English throne hundreds of years after the time of William Wallace You might be confusing the U.K. with the USA where a pet of the country there wanted to leave and were refused and that did lead to war, and that happened far more recently than 700 years ago.
      - lukan 11mo ago
        Are we on the same timeline here? I spoke about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_independence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_independence
        hdgvhicv 11mo ago
        Where most of Scotland did not want to be independent
- permo-w 11mo ago
  I think most people say "the North East" as a synecdoche for "the North East of England". the commenter being referred to likely just misspoke
inopinatus 11mo ago
Similarly, the part of your body commonly referred to as “the bottom” is in fact closer to half-way down and not at the bottom at all. I will leave any possible joke about being legless after a night out in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to the experts.
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- lukan 11mo ago
  "Most of the time when someone says they are in the “North East of the UK” it’s not some Scotsman up in Shetland it is an English person who is currently in the North East of England." So you think this is simply wrong? (Like this)
  - lukan 11mo ago
    (Wrong reply, too late to delete)

lukan 11mo ago

So .. they don't see scotland as part of the UK anyway? Why was it such an issue then that they wanted to leave? (And why were there bloody wars fought about it in the first place?)

hdgvhicv 11mo ago
Who wanted to leave? What wars?
- kjs3 11mo ago
  Someone with a tiny little...um...axe to grind and not enough sense to take it someplace where people care. You can tell when they have to go back to Culloden to try and drag something up to wave around.
- lukan 11mo ago
  Scotland the UK? (They were allowed to vote in the end and voted to remain) And wars happened when scotland was forced to become part of the UK in medieval times. (Braveheart)
  - hdgvhicv 11mo ago
    So Scotland didn’t want to leave. And Scotland didn’t unite with England until after the Scottish King took over he English throne hundreds of years after the time of William Wallace You might be confusing the U.K. with the USA where a pet of the country there wanted to leave and were refused and that did lead to war, and that happened far more recently than 700 years ago.
    - lukan 11mo ago
      Are we on the same timeline here? I spoke about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_independence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_independence
      - hdgvhicv 11mo ago
        Where most of Scotland did not want to be independent
permo-w 11mo ago
I think most people say "the North East" as a synecdoche for "the North East of England". the commenter being referred to likely just misspoke

inopinatus 11mo ago

Similarly, the part of your body commonly referred to as “the bottom” is in fact closer to half-way down and not at the bottom at all. I will leave any possible joke about being legless after a night out in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to the experts.

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lukan 11mo ago
"Most of the time when someone says they are in the “North East of the UK” it’s not some Scotsman up in Shetland it is an English person who is currently in the North East of England." So you think this is simply wrong? (Like this)
- lukan 11mo ago
  (Wrong reply, too late to delete)