HOT DOG BOOKLET RESEARCH OUGD404 (DESIGN PRINCIPLES)

NORTH/SOUTH DIVIDE RESEARCH:

The North-South divide is not an exact line, but one that can involve many stereotypes, presumptions and other impressions of the surrounding region relative to other regions.

The existence of the North-South divide is fiercely contested. Some sources claim it exists but also that it is even expanding. For example, a report in 2001 found that North East England, North West England and Scotland had poorer health levels than South.

The same data have been interpreted otherwise to indicate only a very small difference.

Indeed, results are highly dependent on the categories chosen for evaluation. As a generalisation, the following tend to indicate that there is some sort of north-south divide:

• Health conditions, which are generally seen as being worse in the north though spending on health care is higher 
• House prices, which are higher in the south, particularly the south-east.
• Earnings, which are higher in the south and east.
• Government expenditure, which is higher (both in gross terms and relative to tax revenues) in the north.
• Political influence.

However, many middle-class and affluent areas are located near Manchester, Leeds and Edinburgh. A report into wealth by Barclays Bank also highlighted the anomaly that the second-wealthiest parliamentary constituency after Kensington and Chelsea is actually Sheffield Hallam.

This has led some commentators to suggest that other divisions, such as class or ethnicity might be more important.

There is also controversy as to what constitutes the South given that it extends much farther horizontally than the North of the country; some commentators have placed the West Country (in this case, Bristol, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall) into a region of its own because the poverty in some of these areas is often as widepsread as it is in the North, and political support is also focused on the usually widespread Liberal Democrats.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North–South_divide_in_the_United_Kingdom
DIALECTS:

Yorkshire term	Definition
backend	Autumn
bad 'un	no good
badly	not in a good state of health, i.e.'How's Martha?', 'She's badly.'
baggin	packed lunch
bagsey	childhood term, i.e. 'bagsey my turn!'
bairn	child
bait/ bait box	snack/ packed lunch
bap	bread bun
bazzerking	relaxing/ telling off (?)
beck	brook
beefin(g), blubberin(g)	crying
be reight	it'll be alright
berg	mountain
best y' do	see that you do
black bright, black as't face o' spades	very dirty
bog	toilet
bonce	head
bonny	pretty
brant	steep e.g. "'tis a brant hill"
bracken	ferns
bray/braying	beating e.g. "you'll get a good braying" or "I'll bray you"
breadcake	bread roll or bap
butty	sandwich

COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG:

• Cab (Taxi) - Andy McNab
• Cab (Taxi) - Flounder And Dab
• Cab (Taxi) - Sherbet Dab
• Cadge (Borrow) - Coat And Badge
• Cake - Sexton Blake
• Can (Prison or Wall Safe) - Peter Pan
• Candle - Harry Randall
• Candle - Saucepan Handle
• Car - Jam Jar
• Car (Esp. Flash One) - Danny Marr
• Card - Bladder Of Lard
• Carling (Beer) - Roger Starling
• Cash - Arthur Ashe
• Cash - Bangers And Mash
• Cash - Oscar Asche
• Cash - Sausage And Mash
• Cat - Brown Hat
• Cat - This And That
• Cell (Prison) - Flowery Dell
• Chair - Lion's Lair
• Chalk - Duke Of York
• Chancer - Bengal Lancer
• Chapel - Pineapple