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Six ways you can divide England, linguistically

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It turns out the infamous North-South split is just the start of our divisions in England.

In 2015, Ryan and Janine left the UK to go travelling, and kept the world updated through a travel blog about their experiences.

But in his downtime, Ryan has put his Photoshop skills to the test with this revealing map that divides England linguistically.

Basically, while most of the country is arguing about where the North and South divide is, the reality is actually far more divisive than that.

Let's take a closer look at this mess.

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For most of the UK, this map shows that an evening meal is called tea. For some, it's dinner. And there are a few awkward people around Nottingham who call it supper.

No wonder non-Brits get confused.

And then there's the disaster of the childhood game tag, aka tig, aka - if you're from some areas of North West England - tick.

Running up to someone and screaming "tick" anywhere else in England would just induce panic and intense itching.

Of course, the most intense break down in opinion is the 7 (yes, 7) different ways of saying 'medium-sized lump of bread'.

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There's also the famous scone pronunciation debate, where London and weird parts of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire go it alone:

Sadly, the remarkably wide variety of British accents are dialects are in decline. According to research from the University of Cambridge, people's accents are beginning to level out and sound like the English of the south-east.

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