Regional Identity and Regional Stereotypes

Regional Identity is defined as somebody's identity based upon what region they are from. This is often shown in television and Films, in which characters are represented as having characteristics typical to the region they are from. Here are some examples of regional stereotypes.

Scots are angry

Drink a lot - often drunk.

Eat a lot

Like Haggis

Hate the English

Hate the UK government

Wear Kilts

Play Bagpipes

Patriotic

Foul Mouthed - Swear a lot

Believe the Loch Ness Monster exists

Red/ginger hair

Highland games happen a lot.

There are sheep everywhere in Scotland

Always talk about freedom.

Northerners

Gravy and chips

Farming

Enjoy rural surrounding

Working class

Southerns

Upper/ middle class - posh

Area is more expensive

Heavy on tourism

Classy

The centre of culture

Rich

Clever

Essex

Teen Moms

Stupid

knifing/ mugging

heavy make up 

Orange fake tan

Gossip

Partying

English

Tea 

Polite

Complain about weather

FIsh and chips

Roast Dinner 

Patriotic

Posh

Football

Beer

Living in London

Irish

Heavy Drinkers

Eat/ love potatoes

Leprechauns

Pot of Gold at the end of the rainbow

Aggressive 

Very Religious

Gypsies

Devon/Somerset

Countryside

Farming

Cider

Slow 

Talk slow

Liverpool

Scouse

Rollers in hair

Women have overdrawn eye brows

The Beatles

Chavs

Fake Designer clothes 

poor

criminals

Yorkshire

Hills

Countryside

old fashioned 

boring