NationStates Jolt Archive

Middle England, what does the phrase mean to you...?

(This will proberbly only mean something to citizens of the UK, if citizens of the US try to look for the phrase on the net, it will defeat the object since the whole point of this exercise is to find out what it means to you, not what the net tells you it means)

North of Watford, South of Leeds. The middle bit.

More seriously it means the middle classes. The white collar wearing denizens of surburbia, with their two kids, mortgage, holidays in France or Italy and likely to have voted labour when they were younger, but now vote conservative or, if in a trendy professsion, vote liberal.

(At least that is what it means to me.)

Being a talentless (ex-)girl band singer and married to a talentless (but hot) footballer.

Being a talentless (ex-)girl band singer and married to a talentless (but hot) footballer.

I presume your refering to Louise Redknapp. Interesting definition...

I presume your refering to Louise Redknapp. Interesting definition...
Nein - Victoria Beckham and her uber hot hubby.

birmingham, geographically speaking.


no, actually probably the home counties since england orbits london.

More seriously it means the middle classes. The white collar wearing denizens of surburbia, with their two kids, mortgage, holidays in France or Italy and likely to have voted labour when they were younger, but now vote conservative or, if in a trendy professsion, vote liberal.

(At least that is what it means to me.)

oh yeah, and that too.

The first thing that popped into my mind was where the Hobbits live.

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1605/middleenglandoh4.png

Christ, asking this question and you bastards even have a part of the country called "Midland". Look at a map and your question is answered.

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1605/middleenglandoh4.png

Christ, asking this question and you bastards even have a part of the country called "Midland". Look at a map and your question is answered.

Urrr... we don't.

Looking and reading are obviously separate skills.

More seriously it means the middle classes. The white collar wearing denizens of surburbia, with their two kids, mortgage, holidays in France or Italy and likely to have voted labour when they were younger, but now vote conservative or, if in a trendy professsion, vote liberal.


Sounds alot like a middle American. Just replace France and Italy with Las Vegas and Manhattan, and fill in appropriate American political parties.

Urrr... we don't.

Looking and reading are obviously separate skills.

West Midlands and East Midlands it would seem to me, unless I've stopped being able to read, or the map is a damn dirty liar.

West Midlands and East Midlands it would seem to me, unless I've stopped being able to read, or the map is a damn dirty liar.

Uh-huh. Which are called the Midlands.

North of Watford, South of Leeds. The middle bit.

More seriously it means the middle classes. The white collar wearing denizens of surburbia, with their two kids, mortgage, holidays in France or Italy and likely to have voted labour when they were younger, but now vote conservative or, if in a trendy professsion, vote liberal.

(At least that is what it means to me.)

They also drive either a Mondeo or a Vectra. :)

They also drive either a Mondeo or a Vectra. :)

the super trendy ones have a Civic

Anyone who reads the Daily Mail/Express and agrees with any of the editorials.

Anyone who reads the Daily Mail/Express and agrees with any of the editorials.

I was just going to post that :D

I'd've said just to the right of Birmingham, and a fair bit left of Cambridge.

Anyone who reads the Daily Mail/Express and agrees with any of the editorials.

No no... That's Little Englanders.

Middle England read the Times, Independant, Guardian.

Anyone who reads the Daily Mail/Express and agrees with any of the editorials.

That's not fair. The Express has, in the past, had some editorials by people who weren't rampant homophobes, puritan Christians, channeling Hitler's soul or just blatantly unhinged.

Not most, admittedly, or even many. But some. I can't remember them off the top of my head, though.

the super trendy ones have a Civic

My fianceé's father has just brought one of those. It's so much not him it's laughable. :p

Although, in fairness, he didn't buy it to be trendy; he just had an old style Civic (which was very much him) and knows nothing about cars, so just bought the new version of what he had when he needed a new one.

That's not fair. The Express has, in the past, had some editorials by people who weren't rampant homophobes, puritan Christians, channeling Hitler's soul or just blatantly unhinged.

Not most, admittedly, or even many. But some. I can't remember them off the top of my head, though.

Dude, they let Kilroy Silk write a column. That's all anyone needs to know.

Dude, they let Kilroy Silk write a column. That's all anyone needs to know.

That would come under "channeling Hitler's soul". Did you ever read it? It was hilarious!

Birmingham. There.

That would come under "channeling Hitler's soul". Did you ever read it? It was hilarious!

Yes, unfortunatly my parents went through a stage of buy the Express on the weekends. After a series of savage beatings I finally convinced them to start getting a broadsheet.

My fianceé's father has just brought one of those. It's so much not him it's laughable. :p

Although, in fairness, he didn't buy it to be trendy; he just had an old style Civic (which was very much him) and knows nothing about cars, so just bought the new version of what he had when he needed a new one.

the one with the triangle exhaust pipe or am i thinking of something else?

the one with the triangle exhaust pipe or am i thinking of something else?

That's the one. Her parents have taken to calling it the Starship Enterprise.

That's the one. Her parents have taken to calling it the Starship Enterprise.

:D

but to be honest i want triangle exhausts, infact, i'd quite like a car...

Yes, unfortunatly my parents went through a stage of buy the Express on the weekends. After a series of savage beatings I finally convinced them to start getting a broadsheet.

My parents have got it forever... Beachcomber is good (see sig), and so are the cartoons. To be honest I only read the bits before then to laugh at (not with) them, but was occasionally pleasantly surprised.

:D

but to be honest i want triangle exhausts, infact, i'd quite like a car...

Cars are one of the greatest inventions of all times, there's no doubting that.

birmingham, geographically speaking.

Nonononono, you mean Coventry.

But seriously, Middle England would be the Tory voters (like myself, although my mate would forever tell me I'm working class (he votes labour)), out in the countryside or suburbia or whatnot.

My parents have got it forever... Beachcomber is good (see sig), and so are the cartoons. To be honest I only read the bits before then to laugh at (not with) them, but was occasionally pleasantly surprised.

Beachcomber is great but I think the advise on ettiquite (sp?) page in the times is priceless.

Vacuous conversations, Ralph Lauren, Yves Saint Lauren and Boden clothes, upper echelons of suburbia and lower echelons of the supersuburban, and (insert profession here) job.