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The West Country is the informal term for the area of the [[United Kingdom]] that encompasses the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol. Known for being very rural with towns and cities being small and spread out (resulting in very poor support for the Labour Party, who came ''fifth'' in European elections and subsequently strong support for the Lib Dems!). As such it's mostly depicted on TV as farmer towns where the inhabitants wear wellies and tweed and speak with thick Somerset accents, even though the majority of people living in the South West actually speak perfectly standard English. Known to everyone else as "Mummerset". Expect plenty of 'oo-ar's!' to be heard and some cunning wit or action to follow. Was known as "Zedland" to wits in the 19th century, owing to the way the accent turns S to Z ("Oi be drinkin' zoider!") Generally a laid-back set of counties too, especially considering the amount of comedians the area has produced. Bristol is the only major city in the region (although Swindon, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Exeter, Torbay, Bournemouth and Plymouth are fairly populated) and as such is the focal point for most events of notice.
Known for producing huge amounts of cider and scrumpy, cheddar cheese, clotted cream and
Plymouth and most of West Devon are liberally drenched in references to Sir Francis Drake, British National Hero of the 16th Century and the last interesting person to come out of the county (apart from actor twins [[Harry And Luke Treadaway]]); Plymouth is also the site of the Mayflower Steps and the departure of various soon-to-be-Americans from the country.<ref>Apparently, we've just said that no-one who left to found America was worth noting. Moving on...</ref>
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Pretty cheesed off that [[David Cameron]]'s government have imposed a 10% price increase on cider, as if that was unexpected. Luckily that hike was scrapped because of the impending elections in order to save other pieces of legislation.
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* J.K Rowling, author of ''[[Harry Potter]]'' was born in Yate, a small town just north of Bristol. However, the series was conceived in [[Bonnie Scotland|Edinburgh]].
* Popular rock band [[Muse]] hail from Teignmouth in Devon.
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