Greater Manchester
About Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, West Yorkshire and Derbyshire to the east, Cheshire to the south, and Merseyside to the west. Its largest settlement is the city of Manchester.
On the show — 6 mentions total
When residents of Greater Manchester were recently asked, they identified four distinctive accents in the region: Mank, Lancashire, Wigan and Posh.
from No Such Thing As President Muffler, 2023-05-25 at 00:15:44 · read transcript
Other times Greater Manchester came up
It's a format. You might think I'm the host, but in fact, I'm a parasite. I read just related to that. This 2024, Bolton, where I'm from in Greater Manchester, has been named the town of culture for Greater Manchester. Also this week, it was named as the moldiest town in the whole of the UK. It just feels like they've got the wrong meaning of the word culture.
No Such Thing As 'Is It Mushroom?', 2024-05-23 · listen
You might think I'm the host, but in fact, I'm a parasite. That's very funny. I read, just related to that, this 2024 Bolton, where I'm from in Greater Manchester, has been named the town of culture for Greater Manchester. Also this week, it was named as the moldiest town in the whole of the UK. It just feels like they got the wrong meaning of the word culture.
532: No Such Thing As 'Is It Mushroom?', 2024-05-23 · listen
Oh yeah yeah yeah for sure I would say my accent began as Lancashire with a bit of Wiggin Because I went to primary school in Wiggin And now it's posh probably Right. I've lost a lot of my accents since I moved to London. I think people in Greater Manchester would say I was in the posh bit. You do, I notice when either you're around family or people from the north, you do slightly slip back into it.
No Such Thing As President Muffler, 2023-05-25 · listen
More places from this episode
No Such Thing As President Muffler put 3 places on the map.
- University of Leicester · United Kingdom
- Manchester Metropolitan University · United Kingdom
Coordinates: 53.5025, -2.3100