Are you from Somerset?

[Old Bloke]

Just before I go to bed, a chat with Tel from Somerset today, threw up a question..if people from Cornwall are Cornish and people from Devon are Devonians and people from Worcester are Wostonians...what do you call people from Somerset....Somersetonians? or as Tel said ..Turnips?
Any ideas anyone?

[tel]

Actually, I said swedes

[Old Bloke]

same thing in these parts...maybe those from Somerset ought to be called *Eriksons*

[tel]

Whilst we're at it, what about folk from Wiltshire?

[phil_r_58]

Originally Posted by tel

Actually, I said swedes

It's the supposedly Swedes and Turnips get us Lincolnshire lads (and lasses) the nickname "Lincolnshire yellow bellies", so that ones out for the Somerset people.

I don't know why they say yellow bellies though, because if you try driving round Friskney, Boston and old leake, you can actually smell the cabbages, cauliflowers and Brussels sprouts from the roadside, so we ought to be called "Green Bellies"

[worthipa]

Originally Posted by Old Bloke

...what do you call people from Somerset?

Anything you like, they're a long way away!

Actually it's Somersetians.