Nicci

Are Londoners full of bull and find it impossible not to exaggerate?

I am having a dispute with girls at work (Northampton) who have no respect for Londoners and just want to laugh at them. In their experiences Londoners rarely speak the truth.

They think I am blind (being from London) and can't see that they are all the same.
I think that most Londoners are normal people.

I need some support from fellow southerners as I have no one to back me up at work (midlanders).

Reffro

Born and Bred in London = Arsehole

Born elsewhere and now living in London = Normal

davegtt

Londoners = shandy drinking bullsh!tting puffs who they they are above the rest cause they can speak cockney

Hanslow

I'm a midlander but half the family are from cockney-land.

IMHO, you will always get the bulls**tters wherever you go. Just depends on the people. My family (although I'm biased here) are a lovely bunch of people, with only a couple of my uncles being the ones with the tall tales.

I'd say the other half of my family (from Brum) are worse for bulls**tting but I just find it entertaining

How many Londoners have they met? They might have just had some bad experiences.

Having a high opinion of themselves and exaggerating may well be two different things. I'd agree that a lot have a high opinion of themselves, but wouldn't agree that they all exaggerate (from the Londoners I've known).

Wish

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People Born in London Dont live in London any more !
They have all moved to the South East, By the Sea ..... And i wish they would all Fek Off back to London !

Total Total Bull $hitters

Suresh

London : political and economic powerhouse of the uk
Anywhere else in the UK : just jealous

All IMHO of course

Suresh

Buzzer

I think that just about sums up Londoners for you nicci

Scoobychick

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I'm from Hertfordshire, have lived in London and now live in North Yorks. It seems to me to be generally more socially acceptable to have a low opinion of southerners if you are from oop north, just as it is generally considered to be socially acceptable to have a low opinion of northerners if you live darn sarf

I've found there's not much difference between folk regardless of geography. There's good and bad, friendly and unfriendly, b*llsh*tters & non-b*llsh*tters wherever you go. The only thing that really seems to change is the accent

Christ

Its all a load of old Poultry!

London: Battery Hen
North: Free Range

angrynorth

Bull****ters are prevalent no matter what region.

In the 2 years I lived in London I found many not all, to be arrogant and self-serving. There were also plenty who thought that a northern accent meant you were of lower intelligence and might possibly steal things from them . Many Londoners would benefit from spending a week or so in other UK cities.

davyboy

Full of there over inflated ego's.

Chris L

"In their experiences Londoners rarely speak the truth"

How many of the 7 million inhabitants of London have they spoken too. Making sweeping generalisations is daft. Arseholes and bull$hitters exist in all walks of life and in all parts of the country.

The only thing I would say is that London is very 'impersonal' - the pace of life is such that no one has any time for people. They certainly appear less friendly than other areas of the country. Having worked all over the UK, in my experience, it always seems to be the case that once you are outside London, people are more willing to chat.

Chris

JDM

Londoners may well be unfriendly, self-obsessed and arrogant but look at it this way, at least they aren't French.

angrynorth

Chris, that was another point that I forgot about. This so called "pace of life" - its the same everywhere, yet Londoners seem to think that only London moves fast.

I am currently back in Manchester and the only difference between pace of life is you can't pick up tomorrows newspaper at 11pm (unless you go to one of the supermarkets near Trinity press in Chadderton)

angrynorth

LOL

davyboy

I'd rather be in France than London!

judgejules

Goes to say something for the girls at work, if all they can find are the bull'ers and scummers

IMHO of course

Jules

nigsy

Londoners are arrogant like Northern girls are easy?

Suresh

johnnie_m

It appears, judging by the above responses, the only group that understands punctuation come from London.

angrynorth

Wit woo

Clarebabes

Londoners are insular IMHO

Having a chat with a guy I deal with in London about my new car. Said I was picking it up from Worcester. He asked how long that would take to get there and I said about hour and half. He said he would never go outside of London to buy a car, he said he had everything he could want within the M25 so why should he go further afield?

I said he should get a life and realise there's more to life than what's within the M25......

angrynorth

Oh so true.

wez_sti

some are londoners are to55ers, and its when they use london in the sentence that make em a to55er that it really stands out.i was orig from sort of London (Dagenham) but now DJ in East Essex, had some stuck up bbbeaaach come up to me and say

'yeah, its good in here but i'm from london so everywhere else seems **** to me' !

the last few times i've been out in london i've had a crappy night, mainly due to paying £4 for a beer me thinks! does make me laugh when you just paid £4 for a bottle of drink then they give you your change on a little silver tray expecting a tip! FOR WHAT!?!?!? you're a barman!!!!


and the blokes in the bogs that want money for handing you a paper towel to dry your hands, they really wind me up!!!

my 2p's

johnnie_m

Is it an unfair observation?

angrynorth

No, but this is not an English lesson.

Most of the posts weren't that bad and I think your post is horribly arrogant and just shows the typical "holier than thou" condescending attitude displayed by some cockernees.

At least no posts were in text speak, lighten up.

jasey

Londoners do have a high opinion of themselves and are generally proud to call themselves Londoners - Just the same as most folk from other Regions are about themselves and their Regions. The big problem is that when Londoners do it it's Arrogant but when Geordies, Brummies or Manchester to$$ers do it it's Proud Northern Folk.

angrynorth

Ahh, but jasey, the difference is we describe you politely where as you must add a suffix after the city name, as above

That's arrogance

speedking

johnnie_m, are you from London, you're being ironic, right?

As a group is a single entity, not plural, you should have written, the only group that understands punctuation comes from London. I know that's grammar not punctuation, but equally important.

Nice evidence

drumsterphil

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Couldn't agree more. As soon as someone mentions 'I live in/am from London' you can pretty much guarantee that they've an ego the size of Bill Gate's bank balance and view any non-london dwellers with either pity or utter disdain. Much prefer, for example, Leeds or Manchester myself - cleaner city, generally a nicer class of people and a whole lot less attitude IMO.

And London itself is a complete ****-hole tbh...............