tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post3527452033676476486..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: The Field Guide to the 15 Real Nations of Britain:Assistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-75438436776202045692020-01-19T13:35:18.004-05:002020-01-19T13:35:18.004-05:00I have not liked Woodard's divisions as much a...I have not liked Woodard's divisions as much as Garreau's - https://assistantvillageidiot.blogspot.com/2019/01/american-regions.html but I am coming around to it. I think it is mostly his ill-disguised sneering that puts me off. The idea itself might be better than I credited.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-18922673592088573872020-01-19T13:00:58.932-05:002020-01-19T13:00:58.932-05:00Dear Unknown, Welcome to the 11 Nations of North A...Dear Unknown, Welcome to the 11 Nations of North America. Colin Woodward might have placed the northern edge of Greater Appalachia a little north. McPherson also places it about 41 °N. Having lived in West Layflat, IN, and Columbus, OH, I would place the northern boundary of Greater Appalachia south of both Indy and Clumps.sykes.1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10954672321945289871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-77380127405760523342020-01-18T17:17:50.713-05:002020-01-18T17:17:50.713-05:00I actually thought of you and chuckled when I did ...I actually thought of you and chuckled when I did that, knowing that you would think it extraneous.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-34046561990349636552020-01-18T17:06:12.707-05:002020-01-18T17:06:12.707-05:00I like that you felt that you would need to explai...I like that you felt that you would need to explain what “reiving” is to your audience. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-53105353493817646322020-01-18T16:03:02.077-05:002020-01-18T16:03:02.077-05:00Yes, it is on the cruel side. And I will guess th...Yes, it is on the cruel side. And I will guess that there is a London, or at least area stereotyping to this, yes. Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-5563541585736393512020-01-18T14:06:12.592-05:002020-01-18T14:06:12.592-05:00As a long-time resident of "the real southeas...As a long-time resident of "the real southeast" it strikes me as not <i>quite</i> as bad as "View of the World from 9th Avenue", but still very much the Londoner's biased caricatures of the regions. I also see a lot more distinction between some subregions of his regions than between some of his regions.<br /><br />As a foreigner living in the UK there was much that was visible to me that is invisible to those born and brought up there, but there is also a bunch that I'll never know because the parts of conversations and media that would clue me in to things like regional differences go right over my head. Of course I'm also been known to say that there is more cultural difference between Indianapolis (within the 317 area code) and the counties immediately to the south of there than there is between Indianapolis and Windsor Ontario.<br /><br />We know that in stereotypes there may be some truthful observation, but the above field guide seems a bit on the cruel side to me.Douglas2https://www.blogger.com/profile/11290012200563917585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-49011753942239636022012-03-20T17:19:00.099-04:002012-03-20T17:19:00.099-04:00I will highlight that! Great to have you here!I will highlight that! Great to have you here!Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-7537760447485471712012-03-20T09:14:57.611-04:002012-03-20T09:14:57.611-04:00Hey, it seems I wrote this....Hey, it seems I wrote this....Ken Brownhttp://ken.wibsite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-42366856488229964432007-01-14T12:16:00.000-05:002007-01-14T12:16:00.000-05:00Oxford has a few hidded treasures;one being the we...Oxford has a few hidded treasures;one being the web cam placed in the carfax tower right in the centre of town.I felt i should write a little ditty myself about it.Running Posthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405589582631254285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-85094621283242230432007-01-09T22:41:00.000-05:002007-01-09T22:41:00.000-05:00I lived in East Anglia for three years. It was ab...I lived in East Anglia for three years. It was about 25 years ago that I left to return to the states. Yes, it's flat -- and partly below sea-level. Those Dutch engineers who drained the polders also drained some of the fens. The Isle of Ely really was a bit of high ground surrounded by lots of marsh and bog. It's one reason why one wing of Ely Cathedral is no longer standing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com