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Re: OT: baloney and cheese

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Thursday, March 20, 2003, 6:37
eeek.  Sorry. I'm good on international geography, but English geography,
I'm afraid not.

> As a native "East Anglian"...! I have to point out that East Anglia isn't
a
> county, ancient or modern. It's just a convenient catch-all term for the > general area North and East of London. It is generally held to be composed > of the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, with perhaps Essex > and Hertfordshire included depending on how you feel. To me personally,
East
> Anglia is just Norfolk and Suffolk. > MikePoxon > Norwich, Norfolk (born Great Yarmouth, Norfolk) > > I'll try to name all the ones in England -> > > > > Oxfordshire(my home county), Berkshire(the county my hometown was in > > pre-1974), Staffordshire, Gloucestershire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, > > Tyne&Tees(Northumbria?), all 4 Yorkshires, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, > > Greater London, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Essex, Sussex, Kent,
East
> > Anglia, Wiltshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Cambridgeshire, and that's all I > can > > name. > > >