Actually she isn't from Hull. Liam was on Blunderside before the semi-final and admitted she has lived here a long time but isn't actually from Hull. She is a big City fan though and goes to the games.
Right. So to sum up then:- Humberside existed as a county from 1974 to 1996. The name was unpopular in some quarters. Before then 'Humberside' was in use as a term to describe the region around the Humber estuary from the 19th Century onwards and is still extant. 'Humberside' is still in frequent use, often by people elsewhere in the country, to describe the region around the Humber comprising East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. This '-side' suffix after a river or estuary is often used in Britain when discussing the surrounding region. There are numerous examples of this with the Clyde, the Humber, the Tees, the Wear, the Tyne, the Mersey etc. One ostrich refuses to accept the factual evidence.
Don't fear being linked to Yorkshire wee man, because that's your fear. Being bigger than Grimsby is a piss poor target.
"It COULD be, but people aren't referring to the area around the estuary. They're referrring to Withernsea, Scunthorpe, Pocklington, Hornsea, which is clearly bollocks." - i will agree with this. "The purpose of a name is to help clearly identify something." - i won't agree with this. there can be unofficial names. humberside is a generalisation. personally i never want it to mean anything other than somewhere near the humber. "All those somethings that fall within your rather odd version, already have names that do that well and have served them for years." not relevant. if for instance i'm trying to convey to someone where i went on holiday, i try to find references they know about. they might know rivers but not villages along them. i don't need to agree where the boundaries are or set them. many things are relative. to someone in australia i might live near london, but to me i don't. the estuary thing is pedantic. it's the same as the "quite unique" argument and is one i have no interest in. i don't care. at some point in the past it was called the river humber, right or wrong. i don't know why you think all the area around a river has to be "homogonous" or that someone is trying to make it so. that's back to the county crap and the financial nonsense that didn't work. the banks of the amazon and nile rivers are going to have vast diversity.
I don't think the area has to be homogenous. It's you and your peculiar term that's doing that. Being accurate's not being pedantic. It really is an estuary. How can you be expected to be taken seriously when you are proud to be inaccurate?
Make that 2 ostrich. Humberside my arse, who wants to be associated with the yellow bellies. I had the misfortune to work in NE Lincolnshire for 2 years and they truly are in the dark ages. They hate Hull people with a passion. We are East Yorkshire...always have been...always will be.
Have you been in a coma or are you just not following the thread? Humberside the administrative area finished in 1996.
I wouldn't worry too much about a couple on here just touting for any argument, they can't even agree where the place is they're supposed to be defending.
This is the best gsme of internet chicken I've seen in ages. When does the handbag swinging and pulling of ponytails start. Not to mention chinese burns and dead legs.
About what? I can't remember the last time I listened to it. A couple amongst the many questions you've wriggled away from; How do you square your position on this with your view of those that didn't oppose the name change? Why are you so afraid of being in Yorkshire?
