STEVEN G
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birmingham = brum
wolverhampton=wolves |
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boojumuk
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Skegness "That effing dump in Licolnshire."
Rhyll "That effing dump in North Wales"
Personal nicknames from wasted horrible holidays until I saw the light and started to go abroad. |
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The Tank
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Wolves is Not a nickname for Wolverhampton the town; it's the short for for Wolverhampton Wanderers, the football team.
Hull is not really a nickname for Kingston upon Hull, nor is Newcastle the nickname for Newcastle on Tyne or Newcastle Under Lyme.
Birmingham = Brum,
London = The Smoke,
Edinburgh = Ould Reekie,
Portsmouth = Pompey (also the football team),
Bristol = Brissle. |
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Lucia.
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We have affectionately named Southend 'scumbucket' |
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ema_mckay
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yes brum is wat it now should be named!
and although wolves is the football team most people now do refer to the place as wolves. so it can be said to be a nickname.
even west bromwich is just merely west brom and coventry shortened to cov. maybe it just didn't sound right shortening birmingham to birms?
BRUM ALL THE WAY!!!!!! HEHE |
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Admiral Awesome
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trowbridge is a "crap hole"
tho i dont think its known nationaly... |
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bingopyjama
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Birmingham - Brum
London - the Smoke |
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King Dedede
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Doncaster - Donny
Pontefract - Ponte
Castleford - Cas Vegas
Wakefield - Wakey
Retford - Retty |
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greenorlagh
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Derry is also known as 1/ Stroke City and 2/ the Maiden City |
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Monkey Hanger
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Hartlepool=Monkey Hangers
Newcastle=Gordie land
Middlesbrough=Boro
London=The Smoke
Birmingham=The Brum |
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James P
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Fraserburgh = 'The Broch' |
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Dafydd
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Edinburgh is called 'Old Reekie'.
Birmingham is called Brum |
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Veronica Alicia
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Bridgewater known to people in Brissul as "Bilgewater" while
Weston super Mare is "Wesson"
Kidderminster - once the Capital of illegitimacy (highest rate in the Country) became affectionately known as Kiddy-minster as opposed to the more normal Kidder.
Anywhere around Dudley (aka Dud-lie) is The Black Country |
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*≈STEVIE≈* *≈B≈*
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Hunstanton in Norfolk is known as `Sunny Hunny` and Peterborough used to be known as `Clay City` but not any more thanks to the closure of the brickyards.
EDIT: Jonny C. People from Wisbech are known as `Carrot Crunchers` not `Pikeys`. |
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Siân
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Cardiff is known as "The 'Diff". |
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♥♥♥ZOLA-MAGICIAN♥♥♥
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Manchester - The Mancs
London - The City / The square mile
Chelsea - The Posh/Rich Area
Millwall - The Hooligans
Birmingham - Brum
Glasgow - The glass City? LOL |
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♥ gӘm''gӘm ♥
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Nottingham - The land of Robin Hood lol |
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Jonny C
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i think wisbeachers are known as pikeys. |
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Carmel M
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nottingham - notts |
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dontgoout
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Grimsby = GY i think |
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Stardust
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Too lazy to say the whole word lol. |
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