OFFICIAL: Martin Caceres signs for Southampton

It's simply that there are others things to be interested in 'down South'. I have to admit that if I wanted to move to a different part of the world, football supporting wouldn't really figure high in my list of priorities. I'd keep an eye out for Saints results, and do a little 'whoop' every time we won [like I did when I lived in NZ], but that would be it. But that's the thing. Most of the population are not football supporters, although that's lessening. You're in a hotspot up there.

 

Yes and I love it. More to do? Liverpool and Manchester are hardly cultural deserts; the Lakes and Snowdonia are beautiful and if I'm desperate London is less than 2 hours by train.

 

I think it's pretty well known that Southampton is in the best location in the UK, overall. Fantastic links. Pretty much best weather, temperatures, by the Sea, got our own Island nearby, a forest, green hills, and London just up the road, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall to the west. And I've been fell walking in Snowdonia and Cumbria, and they're ****ing miles away.

Still, each to their own.

 

I have lived close to the New Forest and in the North West. Nothing touches the New forest and the Coast, but the people in the North West are more welcoming and more knowledgeable on football.

The countryside, Snowdonia, Lakes, Moors, etc are lovely but it always bloody rains!!!

Point each. Cornwall wins.

 

Try the Isle of Wigit..........very temperate there has more sun than Cornwall..........and Fran's there...........

 

Thats what we locals call it Helen.....

 

I did wonder but it tickled me nonetheless. For some reason I seem to be punch drunk on a Monday morning...

 

Island Royalty!

 

Most definitely.......

 

When we come over in June def thinking of going camping with the kids for a week in Cornwall. Weather was pretty pants last June, but alot of camping places boast indoor pools now

 

I regret to say I'm starting to like it up here. I've even started shortening my vowels. I'm not really Southamptonish at all now, don't think I could ever move back.

 

I felt that when I moved to NZ. Didn't think I'd move back to the UK at all. Eventually we did though and ended up in deepest rural Kent. That's when I realised that, although very pleasant indeed, I was in the South East of England when really I'd never feel happiest unless I lived in either the South or the South West. Location is very important to me, so in the UK, if I didn't live in Hampshire I'd be off to Cornwall like a shot. Maybe Devon, maybe Dorset. Probably not. But I know I'd be hugging myself if I lived in Cornwall. Even so, I'm not really that far away in the old home-town.

 

Very balanced, FLT. Proud of you, mate. The highlighted point does it for me, I really am that shallow. As for the rain, why do you think we bought a house in France years ago?!

I visit Cornwall quite often as we have long standing friends there. I love it out of season!

 

This sounds painful. Have you sought medical advice? Which part are you in, mate. We don't shorten vowels in Chester - too posh.

 

That's because it should be two words:
http://writingexplained.org/a-lot-vs-alot-differences

 

Also "octopi" really annoys me - it's the least correct pluralisation of octopus, but people use it because it sounds quirky. Use octopodes if you really want to sound pretentious, it at least has some historical basis.
http://grammarist.com/usage/octopi-octopuses/

 

Am amazed that someone had to explain that....who uses the word alot? Never seen it....if I did I'd think it was a typo. Allot exists, but has a different meaning. However, historically there are words that started out in this way and got joined together....common example is 'an ewt' which became newt. So wait long enough and it may pass into the language.

 

"An adder" started out as "a nadder", likewise "an orange" was once "a norange". Compare the Spanish "una naranja".

 

Similar to using Genii as the plural of genius, when in fact genii is the plural of Genie.