I've spoken to Northerners before
I always get distracted by the gaggle of whippets at their heels and the collection of ferrets in their trousers.

What you experienced was probably some form of culture shock because of the above. After all, I drove down the A25 the other day and once I got to the county boundary, one moment I was in Surrey and the next I was in West Sussex. It was mad, I tell you!
( Kroney, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:09, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

oh dear,
I have a whippet and I'm currently looking after my sister's ferret.

I, however, am still a southerner at heart.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:17, Reply)

Going native.
It's a slippery slope.
( Kroney, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:19, Reply)

It's true
when I visit family down south they mock my northern accent hybrid, whilst my northern friends call me posh. It's lose-lose. I also get into arguments with people over what the circles of bread are called that go around bacon on a sammich.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:21, Reply)