Britain's international cities?

[Ejit]

I would assume everyone's heard of London, and probably of Ediburgh too.

I'm interested in what other, if any, cities people abroad are likely to have heard of.

Oxford?

[Sinitech]

That one with all the English people.

[Lizzardis]

Manchester. Liverpool. Leeds. Blackpool.

There are some more, but those are the main ones that people know about including London and such.

[djmrules]

I've never heard of Eidiburgh, but I've heard of Liverpool, Birmingham and Leeds(SP?).

I'm curious why you'd like to know.

[Ejit]

At 10/28/09 09:34 AM, Lizzardis wrote: Blackpool.

Oh God :(

[jmalouin7]

I live in London...................Ontario Canada. We also have oxford county here. Another city I can think of, that originated from Europe, is Paris, Ontario.

[TylerDurden121]

Birmingham? The only reason i stated that was because i live there.

[Lizzardis]

At 10/28/09 09:36 AM, Ejit wrote:

At 10/28/09 09:34 AM, Lizzardis wrote: Blackpool.

Oh God :(

What's that for? Blackpool is awesome! Its like a strange totally the opposite place like Miami. Apart from....Its much colder.....More populated.....And the girls cover themselves up! XD

I do quite like Blackpool though, its a nice place at winter time if you wrap up warm and go for a stroll around the shops on the beach side. Then it becomes night time and the Christmas light turn on :)

[BrockManson]

It's all about Nottingham man.

[Ejit]

At 10/28/09 09:35 AM, djmrules wrote: I've never heard of Eidiburgh, but I've heard of Liverpool, Birmingham and Leeds(SP?).

Edinburgh - capital of Scotland. Very historic and that.

I'm curious why you'd like to know.

General interest.

At 10/28/09 09:37 AM, jmalouin7 wrote: I live in London...................Ontario Canada. We also have oxford county here. Another city I can think of, that originated from Europe, is Paris, Ontario.

Yeah, most big or significant places in England particularly have their North American counterparts named after them.

E.g. Birmingham, England - Birmingham, Alabama. Cambridge University - Harvard University and MIT, Cambridge.

[Freaki-boy92]

Birmingham- the home of plenty of famous brits such as Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and a whole bunch of others.
Glasgow- the home of a bunch of drunks

[hdxmike]

You didn't spell Edinburgh right , you've insulted Britain and by extent me , go die in a fire.

[Ejit]

At 10/28/09 09:44 AM, Lizzardis wrote: What's that for? Blackpool is awesome! Its like a strange totally the opposite place like Miami. Apart from....Its much colder.....More populated.....And the girls cover themselves up! XD

I do quite like Blackpool though, its a nice place at winter time if you wrap up warm and go for a stroll around the shops on the beach side. Then it becomes night time and the Christmas light turn on :)

I have a general hatred towards big English seaside towns, they're generally tacky, cheap and a bit run down.

It's probably not too bad a place.

At 10/28/09 09:39 AM, TylerDurden121 wrote: Birmingham? The only reason i stated that was because i live there.

I'd pressume so, given it's the second biggest city, I think.

I wish cities like Bath were more famous though.

At 10/28/09 09:49 AM, hdxmike wrote: You didn't spell Edinburgh right , you've insulted Britain and by extent me , go die in a fire.

I don't care for you, your signature makes me angry; how ridiculously proud are you that you can write programs?

It was a type error anyway, you'll see I spelled it correctly afterwards.

[BabiesAteMyDingo]

I know a lot of American Cities came from England. New York for example, London etc.... there are also many from Europe (Athens, Marathon etc..),

But I know England quite well. Especially around Winchester, because I lived there for some years.

[EvilJesus]

Not even a single welsh one, sometimes I just want to cry.

[Ejit]

At 10/28/09 11:44 AM, EvilJesus wrote: Not even a single welsh one, sometimes I just want to cry.

I doubt they've even heard of Wales to be honest.

Can't blame them! It's just a less rocky version of New Zealand.

[ScytheCutter]

Skegvegas.

[andhination]

I'd assume London, Birmingham and Manchester for England, Glasgow and Edinburgh for Scotland, and some people might have heard of Cardiff or Dublin.

Some people might have heard of other cities for certain things (like knowing the beatles are from Liverpool, Oxford is where the best university is) but I don't think those cities would come to mind when the UK is mentioned.

I'd love for them to all have heard of Luton.
Luton.
Oh lawdy <3

[Darkdiablo]

Newcastle, not sunderland coz its a fuckin shithole, no joke

[andhination]

At 10/28/09 02:10 PM, andhination wrote: Dublin.

Shoot me now.
I meant Belfast.

[MrPercie]

At 10/28/09 09:32 AM, Sinitech wrote: That one with all the English people.

Thats stupid. You will know, no english town has english people there.

But I didnt know we had international cities until now.

[HeartbreakHoldout]

Nottingham always seemed to be more well known than it should be. Fucking Nottingham can go shoot itself.

[Timmy]

At 10/28/09 09:30 AM, Ejit wrote: I would assume everyone's heard of London, and probably of Ediburgh too.

If I was presented a list of British cities, I could probably pick the ones I've heard of, but just off the top of my head:

Oxford
London
Cambridge
Manchester
Liverpool
Belfast

Also, I wouldn't have thought of "Edinburgh" unless you had mentioned it.

[DumbassDude]

Newcastle, you all best look it up.
It's awesome.

[andhination]

At 10/28/09 02:24 PM, DumbassDude wrote: Newcastle, you all best look it up.
It's awesome.

Jib Tyneside.
I hate you all.

[NaziiNinja]

Newcastle is pure shite, how're you enjoying the Championship? HAHAHAHA

Shit city, shit team, that's all there is to it.

[Ejit]

I'm surprised how many people have heard of Liverpool. I didn't think it was much of a popular city, but I suppose it did win that culture award thing.

At 10/28/09 02:10 PM, andhination wrote: I'd assume London, Birmingham and Manchester for England, Glasgow and Edinburgh for Scotland, and some people might have heard of Cardiff or Dublin.

If I was foreign and I came to England and saw Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow, I'd go straight home.

I don't think many people have heard of Cardiff at all. Don't know about Dublin though.

Oxford is where the best university is)

Ooh controversy. Though I hear Cambridge isn't nearly as well known internationally as Oxford, not sure why. I've heard that in the US it's because they think it means Harvard.

I'd love for them to all have heard of Luton.
Luton.

Luton's horrid. The only reason anyone has heard of it is that Airport program.

At 10/28/09 02:17 PM, HeartbreakHoldout wrote: Nottingham always seemed to be more well known than it should be. Fucking Nottingham can go shoot itself.

It does. It's probably the castle and Robin Hood.

[DumbassDude]

At 10/28/09 02:32 PM, NaziiNinja wrote: Shit city, shit team, that's all there is to it.

Cool story bro.

[bq]

Bristol, from Skins

[CibaG]

I lol'd at Blackpool getting a mention.

It's awesome, in a really cheap, crappy, tacky sort of way.