i've lived here more than half my life
you name a shit bit, it's south of that river. even your cat didn't want to stay there. OFF WITH YOUR HEADS.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 10:01, 1 reply, 10 years ago)

Don't talk bollocks.
Hammersmith, where you live, is a hole. As is Shepherds Bush and endless other places north of the river.

Pseudo-posh, chipped shoulder, chippy northerner that you are. You are no better than the other wogs, slavs and various other ne'er do wells I am forced to share my hometown with.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 10:05, Reply)

There are nice places south of the river. No really, there are. Dulwich, Kennington, Richmond, Greenwich, Camberwell. But for every quaint little Putney, there’s a Peckham, Lewisham, Nunhead or Plumstead Common.

Maybe it’s just a titular thing, but some of these names are enough to send chills down the spine of any north Londoner. They sound weird. They denote a barbaric wasteland perpetually stuck in 1952.

it goes further than simple linguistics. You have to be a Londoner to fully understand the north/south divide. It’s an innate, instinctive sense of right or wrong, heaven or hell. North and south London are just… different. When I sounded people out about the differences I was told “it feels different”, “they speak funny”, “they’re backwards”, and “it’s just not right”.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 10:17, Reply)