An Athlone Granny sounds like one of the less sadistic instruments of torture from the Middle Ages, perhaps administering a Chinese burn whilst at the same time kicking your shins.
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I'm aware that my accent changes from vaguely northern when I'm in London where I've lived for 25 years to something much broader when I'm up north. So for that tool to pin-point me as closely as it does suggests it's quite a good piece of work.Last edited by Capybara; 16-02-2019, 11:38.
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I did this earlier, and it was spot on for me as well, right down to complementing the dark red around the northern Westcountry where I grew up with a spot of pink around the Oldham area, where my dad's from and from where I definitely picked up more language than from visits to my mum's family in Nottingham (in large part I suspect because neither of my mum's parents were actually from Nottingham, whereas my dad's dad was very much from Oldham).
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Not sure if this has ever been mentioned before but I'm looking for copy of an old map/poster that was given away with the Guardian once, probably at least a decade ago if not more.
It was as part of a special feature on immigration and one side of it was a map of the expatriate enclaves of London. It was quite good quality so copies of it may still be floating around but I can't find one!
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- Mar 2008
- 9819
- Tyne 'n' Wear (emphasis on the 'n')
- Dundee Utd, Gladbach, Atleti, Napoli, New Orleans Saints, Elgin City
Mine ranged from Moray to West of Scotland and across to Fife, exactly as my upbringing did. Not sure how it couldve incorporated RAF Germany
Ms Felicity stayed solidly in East Anglia despite Fifer faither and Cumbrian mother
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Here's a weird map showing partisan prejudice in the US by county. Along with prejudice by party, further down the page.
Frankly, I think the methodology looks very weak, and some of the authors' takeaways seem like bollocks, but it's kind of interesting.
You can create your own interpretation from it.
Here in San Diego it looks like racist gun-toting god-botherers would desperately want to date the reasonable, compassionate and tolerant, but that they'd get turned down pretty sharpish.
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- Mar 2008
- 19051
- Revelling In The Hole
- England, Chelsea and Tooting and Mitcham. And Surrey CCC. And Wimbledon Dons Speedway (RIP)
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Originally posted by San Bernardhinault View PostHere's a weird map showing partisan prejudice in the US by county. Along with prejudice by party, further down the page.
Frankly, I think the methodology looks very weak, and some of the authors' takeaways seem like bollocks, but it's kind of interesting.
You can create your own interpretation from it.
Here in San Diego it looks like racist gun-toting god-botherers would desperately want to date the reasonable, compassionate and tolerant, but that they'd get turned down pretty sharpish.In general, the most politically intolerant Americans, according to the analysis, tend to be whiter, more highly educated, older, more urban, and more partisan themselves. This finding aligns in some ways with previous research by the University of Pennsylvania professor Diana Mutz, who has found that white, highly educated people are relatively isolated from political diversity. They dont routinely talk with people who disagree with them; this isolation makes it easier for them to caricature their ideological opponents.
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This interactive map of Francophones per nation seems distinctly fanciful - 10m in the UK, and 5m in Spain? Even 600,000 in Ireland is far-fetched, unless they're counting every secondary school student.
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- Plymouth Argyle, Plymouth Gladiators, Seattle Mariners
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In the 1500s a couple of places are contracting but Vijayanagar, a city of 480,000 in 1565, just falls right off the chart. One year it's there and then it's gone. The third most populous city on the planet just drops away.
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Originally posted by Greenlander View PostIn the 1500s a couple of places are contracting but Vijayanagar, a city of 480,000 in 1565, just falls right off the chart. One year it's there and then it's gone. The third most populous city on the planet just drops away.
The beheading of Aliya Rama Raya created confusion and havoc in the still loyal portions of the Vijayanagara army, which were then completely routed. The Sultanates' army plundered Hampi and reduced it to the ruinous state in which it remains; it was never re-occupied.
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