Genie Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 43 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: No idea how im a snob from that mj? Bit of a strange comment that. Where does the “down to Birmingham” thing to come from? Usually down refers to travelling south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 4 minutes ago, Genie said: Where does the “down to Birmingham” thing to come from? Usually down refers to travelling south. Well brum is like a hour odd from london 2hrs by train so its not really up or down if we want to get technical. We are like neighbours. Got a lot of friends that say they come down to london from brighton same shit. Its just a expression nothing more. But if we walking around calling people snobs for a word thats ridiculous. Snobbery would be aaying brums a shit hole or brums full of peasants crap like that. Not if your saying your going down to Birmingham. Nothing to see here no dramas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 I wasn’t calling you a snob, it’s just that i’ve never heard it stated the way you said it. People travel “up north” and “down south” and there is some logic… travelling “down” to Birmingham from London doesn’t make any sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 11, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted December 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: No idea how im a snob from that mj? Bit of a strange comment that. I wasn't saying you were a snob, Dem. Just that I have so often heard (middle class) people from the southeast using that phrase 'going up to London' - regardless of where one is coming from - in a way that clearly implies that one is somehow being raised up to a superior place. The capital is 'above' the rest of the country. For me, up and down are solely topographical. So from Leeds I would go down to London, or up to Glasgow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 11, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted December 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: No idea how im a snob from that mj? Bit of a strange comment that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 9 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I wasn't saying you were a snob, Dem. Just that I have so often heard (middle class) people from the southeast using that phrase 'going up to London' - regardless of where one is coming from - in a way that clearly implies that one is somehow being raised up to a superior place. The capital is 'above' the rest of the country. For me, up and down are solely topographical. So from Leeds I would go down to London, or up to Glasgow. Apologies than i misunderstood. Thanks for clarifying your point 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 No idea if this is good or bad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 You lot are always going on about Snobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidcow Posted December 11, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2022 5 minutes ago, Seat68 said: You lot are always going on about Snobs. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 21 minutes ago, Seat68 said: You lot are always going on about Snobs. Who is the biggest snob on villatalk? Get your nominations in now ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 What the hells happened in solihall people being pulled from a lake ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted December 11, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2022 1 minute ago, Demitri_C said: Who is the biggest snob on villatalk? Get your nominations in now ! I want nothing to do with this poll. It is common, and beneath my dignity. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 4 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I want nothing to do with this poll. It is common, and beneath my dignity. You get my vote 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 24 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: What the hells happened in solihall people being pulled from a lake ? I have no idea, but every news report I read exactly states " several people have been pulled from a lake"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 11, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted December 11, 2022 I expect it's been frozen and they've tried to walk on it and fallen through. I look back to my childhood dicking around on the frozen pool in Highbury Park. Could easily have happened to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: What the hells happened in solihall people being pulled from a lake ? I live near and rumours have it 5 lads fell in, 4 pulled out with one dead and they're still looking for a fifth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 1 hour ago, sidcow said: I expect it's been frozen and they've tried to walk on it and fallen through. I look back to my childhood dicking around on the frozen pool in Highbury Park. Could easily have happened to me. Thats whats being reported. Its so friggin cold couldn't think of anything worse than being outside let alone on a frozen lake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 11, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted December 11, 2022 48 minutes ago, Swerbs said: I live near and rumours have it 5 lads fell in, 4 pulled out with one dead and they're still looking for a fifth Yeah, the news say they're continuing the search so someone is still in there. No way they'll live if that's the case. 5 lads, you can just imagine them egging each other on, that's what it was like when I was a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 2 hours ago, mjmooney said: I wasn't saying you were a snob, Dem. Just that I have so often heard (middle class) people from the southeast using that phrase 'going up to London' - regardless of where one is coming from - in a way that clearly implies that one is somehow being raised up to a superior place. The capital is 'above' the rest of the country. For me, up and down are solely topographical. So from Leeds I would go down to London, or up to Glasgow. Someone told me ages ago that “up to London” is the correct expression wherever you are in the country, but yeah I always say “up” for north, “down” for south, and “over” for anything else. Google suggests that in the early days of the railways, the UP line went to London and the DOWN line went from London to wherever. Something to do with it being the capital, and I guess the busiest lines tending to go into or out of London. People who self consciously say it like this so that they can smugly correct others are of course massive losers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 53 minutes ago, Swerbs said: I live near and rumours have it 5 lads fell in, 4 pulled out with one dead and they're still looking for a fifth Christ. Just thinking how thin that ice would have been, the weather’s been nowhere near cold enough for long enough to freeze up a lake properly. Hope the ones they’ve pulled out alive are ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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