Rich Mallard wrote:
"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Nick wrote:


"A H" wrote in message
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"Nick" wrote in message
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Yeah, that ON map could be quite handy if it was more accurate.
The metropolitan Kent section is all over the place

You're obsessed with this 'metropolitan Kent' notion aren't you?

I'm not the one making a special post about it, completely unrelated to
the thread.

How about 'The London Boroughs Formerly Known As Kent'?


How about 'The London Boroughs Currently Known As Kent By Local Residents?'
;-)


metropolitan *Greater London*

Tautology.


What about the villages in the SE corner of Bromley borough; not exactly
metropolitan?

Greater London's Metropolitan Kent featuring Downe And Friends.

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Rich Mallard wrote:

"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Nick wrote:

"A H" wrote in message
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"Nick" wrote in message
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Yeah, that ON map could be quite handy if it was more accurate.
The metropolitan Kent section is all over the place

You're obsessed with this 'metropolitan Kent' notion aren't you?

I'm not the one making a special post about it, completely unrelated to
the thread.

How about 'The London Boroughs Formerly Known As Kent'?

How about 'The London Boroughs Currently Known As Kent By Local Residents?'
;-)

How about 'The London Boroughs Which We Should Probably Just Give Back To
Kent - And Good Riddance To Them - Just To Stop Them Whingeing' .

metropolitan *Greater London*

Tautology.

What about the villages in the SE corner of Bromley borough; not exactly
metropolitan?

These are irridentae and i eschew them.

tom

--
Yulava? Niob Yam!

Paul Cummins wrote:
In article ,
(Rich Mallard) wrote:

I live in Bexley
borough and don't know anyone who wouldn't describe their location as
"in Kent"

I don't know anyone who would say that Reading is in Berkshire...

I did a quick test of this in the pub at lunchtime. I asked 6 people which
county Reading was in and they all said Berkshire

You still don't know anyone who would say that Reading is in Berkshire but
you know know *of* 7 people who would say it :-))

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:52:17 -0000, "Stimpy"
wrote:

I did a quick test of this in the pub at lunchtime. I asked 6 people which
county Reading was in and they all said Berkshire

I'd have said that, too. Where do people normally think it is
located?

Neil

--
Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK
When replying please use neil at the above domain
'wensleydale' is a spam trap and is not read.

Neil Williams wrote to uk.transport.london on Sat, 22 Jan 2005:

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:52:17 -0000, "Stimpy"
wrote:

I did a quick test of this in the pub at lunchtime. I asked 6 people which
county Reading was in and they all said Berkshire

I'd have said that, too. Where do people normally think it is
located?

I know, I was wondering that, as I, too, would have said it was in
Berkshire.

Mind you, I was born in Abingdon, Berkshire, and these days it's in
Oxfordshire, so these things do move.

--
"Mrs Redboots"
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/
Website updated 2 January 2005

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, Neil Williams wrote:

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:52:17 -0000, "Stimpy"
wrote:

I did a quick test of this in the pub at lunchtime. I asked 6 people
which county Reading was in and they all said Berkshire

I'd have said that, too. Where do people normally think it is located?

I'm thinking the original assertion was some sort of deep zen koan, the
point of which we're all missing.

The Reading in Pennsylvania is also in Berks - but there, it seems to
actually be called Berks County, not Berkshire. Funny old world. Well,
funny New World, actually, but YKWIM.

tom

--
if you can't beat them, build them

In article ,
(Paul Cummins) wrote:

I don't know anyone who would say that Reading is in Berkshire...

^^^
not



--
Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead
Wasting Bandwidth since 1981

Paul Cummins wrote:

I don't know anyone who would say that Reading is in Berkshire...

^^^
not

Ahhhhh... makes sense now ;-)

In message , Nick
writes
I don't know why you're getting so upset about it anyway. If the
people around here want to describe themselves as in
London/Kent/Sussex/Surrey/Whatever, what do you care?
Potential house value?
--
Clive.

Mrs Redboots wrote:
Neil Williams wrote to uk.transport.london on Sat, 22 Jan 2005:
"Stimpy" wrote:

I did a quick test of this in the pub at lunchtime. I asked 6 people which
county Reading was in and they all said Berkshire

I'd have said that, too. Where do people normally think it is
located?

I know, I was wondering that, as I, too, would have said it was in
Berkshire.

Indeed it was, so the six people and you were right. But now Berkshire's
no longer a single county - West Berkshire is, but the eastern half
(starting with Reading) has been broken into several entities.

Mind you, I was born in Abingdon, Berkshire, and these days it's in
Oxfordshire, so these things do move.

And until tomorrow* I hadn't noticed that Caversham's no longer in
Oxfordshire.

* Assuming you're reading this before your timezone catches up...