If you grew up with 'chippy teas, crimbo and buttys', it's likely you grew up in the North, but what experiences and sayings unite those of us who grew up in the North?
It seems that Twitter may hold the answer.
A series of tweets are taking off under the hashtag #growingupnorthern explaining to poor less fortunate souls, what it means to grow up northern.
Here are some of our favourites...
All you need to find your way home #growingupnorthern pic.twitter.com/uwThzJkhzP
— Keir (@KGravil) August 4, 2015
#GrowingUpNorthern it's a bru, not a cup of tea, don't be mistaken
— Cal Baines (@callum_baines1) August 4, 2015
#growingupnorthern nobody outside the north knows what a ginnel is.
— Katie Corbishley (@KateCorbishley) August 4, 2015
Getting excited on the way to Blackpool by pointing at a pylon and saying 'I see Blackpool Tower!' #GrowingUpNorthern
— Charlotte Dimond (@chrlttdmnd) August 4, 2015
#GrowingUpNorthern when you come through the door once while playing out as a child and your mums like "yer either in or yer out" 😂😂
— Nathan Clarkson (@clarkson3013) August 4, 2015
#GrowingUpNorthern starting every rant with 'I'm not being funny but'
— Rahul Parekh (@RahulP86) August 4, 2015
#growingupnorthern your mum telling you something was just 'down the road' when it was like 25 miles away.
— Abbie Crawford (@50shadesofabbie) August 4, 2015
Asking for gravy with your chips down south and getting looked at like you've got 3 heads #growingupnorthern
— uǝɹnɐ˥ (@fxcklaurennn) August 4, 2015
Getting stared at like you've kicked someone's nan in the shin when asking for a chip barm in a southern chippy #GrowingUpNorthern
— El. (@elenawebster24) August 4, 2015
'Turn the lights off, it's like Blackpool illuminations in here' #growingupnorthern
— uǝɹnɐ˥ (@fxcklaurennn) August 4, 2015
#growingupnorthern when southerners mix up Lancashire and Yorkshire accents up
— Beth♥ (@Beth_567) August 4, 2015
#GrowingUpNorthern thinking saying 'like' in a sentence 29 times is normal
— SARAH; (@sarahhgiblin) August 3, 2015
#growingupnorthern an old man calling you "cock" not being an insult
— Danny Turner (@Danny_Turner_) August 3, 2015
#GrowingUpNorthern when someone says 'alright' and you aren't sure if they are asking if you are okay or saying hiya
— t o n i (@tonitallantire) July 29, 2015
#growingupnorthern Knowing that any fizzy drink should be referred to by it's proper name.....Pop!!
— Tracey Fleming (@Buckley69) August 3, 2015
MORE TOP STORIES:
#growingupnorthern not being able to go anywhere in the south without someone mocking/imitating your accent
— Robson Lewis (@DropkickKrieger) August 3, 2015
#growingupnorthern hot vimto when you were sick and Chucky egg mashed up in a cup. Otherwise it was corporation pop 💧💧💧💧
— blooshter (@blooshter) August 3, 2015
#GrowingUpNorthern talking to a complete stranger on the side of the road and acting like you've known them for your whole life
— luce (@lucywyatt_) August 3, 2015
Put a wet paper towel on it, it will be fine #growingupnorthern
— Leanne H (@Leanne91) August 3, 2015
#GrowingUpNorthern Finding out your mums bestfriend isn't really your auntie
— JorJ (@LookAwildgeorge) August 3, 2015
#GrowingUpNorthern This Is A Barm pic.twitter.com/55MMNUvagi
— Nathan Greenhalgh (@Natgreenhalgh17) August 3, 2015
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