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Original post by Drez999
Very Northerly Northerners 😎
But still Northerners?
Yes
They're one of us
They're one of us
Original post by enaayrah
Yes
They're one of us
They're one of us
Where are you from?
Original post by anitax
Where are you from?
Greater Manchester
Quite southerly north
Original post by Wellzi
No. They're Scottish.
Only those from northern England are northerners.
Only those from northern England are northerners.
You are unfamiliar with the term "North Britain", then?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Britain
Original post by enaayrah
Greater Manchester
Quite southerly north
Quite southerly north
My little sister is at uni at Manchester met, its a nice city
Thinking of moving there
Original post by Good bloke
Are you aware that it's not the 17th or 18th century?
I'm Scottish and have never thought of myself as a northerner as I was under the assumption that that phrase was only for people in England?
Original post by callum_law
Are you aware that it's not the 17th or 18th century?
Perhaps you should have a word with the Scottish universities' North Britain Student Forum?
https://es-la.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=394621717227979&id=116643985025755&comment_id=4836127&offset=0&total_comments=1
It's amazing that an 18th century institution is still on Facebook, isn't it?
Original post by anitax
My little sister is at uni at Manchester met, its a nice city
Thinking of moving there
Thinking of moving there
It's quite lovely
Original post by Good bloke
Perhaps you should have a word with the Scottish universities' North Britain Student Forum?
https://es-la.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=394621717227979&id=116643985025755&comment_id=4836127&offset=0&total_comments=1
It's amazing that an 18th century institution is still on Facebook, isn't it?
https://es-la.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=394621717227979&id=116643985025755&comment_id=4836127&offset=0&total_comments=1
It's amazing that an 18th century institution is still on Facebook, isn't it?
They took the term from the 18th century usage. It does not exist naturally in common parlance, rather it is a linguistic contrivance. Just as saying "self-murder", whilst previously commonly used, does not exist naturally in common parlance. No one would really every use "Northerner", especially by itself, to encompass people from the northernmost part of Britain.
I class everybody in Great Britain up from Birmingham Northerners and everyone down Southerners. I am a Northerner 
Original post by callum_law
. No one would really every use "Northerner", especially by itself, to encompass people from the northernmost part of Britain.
Really? You must live in a box. The result of the poll here disproves that claim.
Original post by Good bloke
Really? You must live in a box. The result of the poll here disproves that claim.
People who took half a second to think about the question, and likely were expressing a normative view of what the term should mean. Yeah, but nah.
Original post by callum_law
People who took half a second to think about the question, and likely were expressing a normative view of what the term should mean. Yeah, but nah.
Ah! The well-known No True North Briton Fallacy makes an appearance.
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