I’ve lived in Derbyshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire and Yorkshire and in every single one of these I heard and had conversations where the men (in particular) would pride themselves on their ability to get things cheap and not put their hand in their pocket even when they probably should be.
I’m struggling to think of a good example but hopefully you know what I mean. Stuff along the lines of “of course I bloody like it in Wetherspoons – you can get £2 a pint and I’m a Yorkshire man aren’t I”.
I struggle to imagine someone from Kent saying this so was just wondering if it’s predominantly a Midlands to North thing or if it spreads further.
Along the same lines, all or most of the counties I lived in has a version of the little rhyme:
“Derbyshire born and bred, thick in arm and thick in head”.
Is that one national as well?
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Rutland.
It’s the smallest and probably richest county on average. The locals held a protest over the plans to build a McDonalds in their county.
Want teenagers to be able to buy a cheap meal and earn some pocket change working there? Fuck no, we don’t want something common near us.
You’re right about Kent
And Essex I imagine
No, being tight is seen as a bad thing afaik, here in London. It’s not about showing off with your cash but it would be seen as bad form to cheap out on something (eg take someone out to dinner at a Wetherspoons etc).
To clarify, it’s being tight when you have money that is the issue, not being frugal when you don’t have the money.
I’m in Kent and you’re right – we all gave up living cheaply years ago. Things gonna spenny, it’s Kent. Just fake that you’re managing.
I have a feeling it definitely spreads to Scotland – I have a feeling I’ve heard it said about the Scottish in general but then I think I might also have heard more locally applied to Glaswegians in particular.
I live in Oxfordshire, people don’t really do that here as part of their local identity but I know plenty of people who have that attitude if that makes sense?
I’ve never really seen that down south. People don’t want to waste money or get taken for a ride, but penny-pinching isn’t seen as part of the cultural identity.
It’s a Yorkshire / Midlands thing. You don’t get it in the North East