The Very Many Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread Thread ΛΓ

[PhroX]

You know what you did.

Actual question for the thread: Why do British addresses include neighbourhoods? They don't here in North America.

A friend recently gave me their address and it was [Number] [Street], [Neighbourhood], [City], [County], [Country].

In contrast, addresses here are [Number] [Street], [City], [Province], [Country].

I suspect it's because the people think of themselves as living in the neighbourhood (which are usually towns the the city sprawled into some time in the past), so that's what they put down, but the city is the Post Town so they have to include that.

Whether or not they actually have to include the post town in practice I dunno. I used to live in a large village close to a mid-sized town, that was the post town and sometimes my address would be <number> <street> <village> <town> <county>, and sometimes <number> <street> <village> <county>. I used the latter, as I can't be bothered to write the extra word and I never had any problems, so...

 

[Arakhor]

Ah, lambda gamma - how I've missed you.

I always use my neighbourhood and local town as my address, because I don't live in or near a city and my postal town is several miles away.

Given that post codes can often be localised to your street, that and your house number can really be all that are important.

 

[Lexicus]

You know what you did.

Actual question for the thread: Why do British addresses include neighbourhoods? They don't here in North America.

A friend recently gave me their address and it was [Number] [Street], [Neighbourhood], [City], [County], [Country].

In contrast, addresses here are [Number] [Street], [City], [Province], [Country].

I first discovered this when reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone many years ago. There were a lot of things in the Harry Potter books that confused me until I realized they were British-isms.

 

[Morty]

I suspect it's because the people think of themselves as living in the neighbourhood (which are usually towns the the city sprawled into some time in the past), so that's what they put down, but the city is the Post Town so they have to include that.

Whether or not they actually have to include the post town in practice I dunno. I used to live in a large village close to a mid-sized town, that was the post town and sometimes my address would be <number> <street> <village> <town> <county>, and sometimes <number> <street> <village> <county>. I used the latter, as I can't be bothered to write the extra word and I never had any problems, so...

This.

Techincally the official postal address (as defined by Royal Mail - https://www.royalmail.com/find-a-postcode) doesn't include the neighbourhood - but I suspect people include it as that's how people locally identify themselves. The neighbourhood would have (typically) been in existence before they all amalgamated (urban sprawl/industrial expansion) into the Town.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Why do Very Many Questions threads not have a subtitle to complain about when a new thread gets started?

Is it just that "Very Many Questions Not Worth Their Own Thread" takes up so much space, title-wise?

Anyway, consider this a complaint about your lacking subtitle.

 

[sophie]

I have a Very-Many-Question-Not-Worth-Its-Own-Thread:

What would be a Very-Good-Subtitle-Not-Worth-The-Space for the Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Its-Own-Thread thread?

 

[Lexicus]

What would be a Very-Good-Subtitle-Not-Worth-The-Space for the Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Its-Own-Thread thread?

The-Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread-Thread [Number]: My Eyes Have Rolled Back Into My Head

 

[Synobun]

I suspect it's because the people think of themselves as living in the neighbourhood (which are usually towns the the city sprawled into some time in the past), so that's what they put down, but the city is the Post Town so they have to include that.

Whether or not they actually have to include the post town in practice I dunno. I used to live in a large village close to a mid-sized town, that was the post town and sometimes my address would be <number> <street> <village> <town> <county>, and sometimes <number> <street> <village> <county>. I used the latter, as I can't be bothered to write the extra word and I never had any problems, so...

Ah, lambda gamma - how I've missed you.

I always use my neighbourhood and local town as my address, because I don't live in or near a city and my postal town is several miles away.

Given that post codes can often be localised to your street, that and your house number can really be all that are important.

This.

Techincally the official postal address (as defined by Royal Mail - https://www.royalmail.com/find-a-postcode) doesn't include the neighbourhood - but I suspect people include it as that's how people locally identify themselves. The neighbourhood would have (typically) been in existence before they all amalgamated (urban sprawl/industrial expansion) into the Town.

How strange. Thank you for the answers, though! My only experience with amalgamating was my township as a child swallowing up two others. I'm not sure if it impacted addressing for the two other communities since they weren't towns so much as a smattering of distant farms.

 

[inthesomeday]

It might be served with rice, but it's not intended to be eaten in the same bite as the rice. Very poor form if you pick up rice with your sashimi, as sashimi is considered the highest delicacy.

...Oops

 

[Gori the Grey]

What would be a Very-Good-Subtitle-Not-Worth-The-Space for the Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Its-Own-Thread thread?

Idle Curiosity

I'm Asking for a Friend

Can't Be Bothered to Google it Myself

 

[Takhisis]

I have a Very-Many-Question-Not-Worth-Its-Own-Thread:

What would be a Very-Good-Subtitle-Not-Worth-The-Space for the Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Its-Own-Thread thread?

Actually, a certain madviking once said these threads are supposed to have no subtitle.

 

[sophie]

Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread: Actually-A-Certain-madviking-Once-Said-These-Threads-Are-Supposed-To-Have-No-Subtitle

or

Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread: No-Subtitle

Personally I'm preferential to the former.

 

[Takhisis]

If you can snipe the next thread, sure.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Or Why Is This Thread Missing a Subtitle?

 

[Takhisis]

If you can snipe the next thread, sure.

QFT

 

[Snerk]

Tak if only you'd put as much time in title making as you do in thread sniping...

 

[Lohrenswald]

why did so many people suddenly care about the chinese starsigns?

every year is the year of some animal, and they reoccur constantly

 

[Snerk]

What kind of animal are we in now?

 

[Lexicus]

The dog.

 

[Snerk]

Can february be the dog's bollocks then?