Regional Identity

Definition:- ''Regional identity refers to the act of identifying with a specific geographic region of a nation. This term can also be defined as something that is limited to a particular region.''  
Different regional identities:  

1. Scotland 

• Tartan
• Haggis 
• Bagpipes 
• Kilts
• Ginger haired people 
• Castles 
• Mountains 
• Whiskey
• Lochs 
• Cold Weather 

2.      Wales

• Sheep
• Fields 
• Dragon 
• Rugby 
• Daffodils 
• Choirs

3.     Liverpool

• The Beatles
• Scouse
• Football
• Paul O'grady
• Permed hair
• Shell suits

4.     Essex

• 'The only way is essex'
• Spray tans
• Vagasils
• Fake nails
• Fake hair
• Fake eyelashes
• Rylan Clark
• Olly Murs
• Stilletto heels
• Big boobs

5. Newcastle

• Geordie
• Geordie shore 

6. Ireland

• Leprechauns
• Gold
• Green
• Clovers
• Guinness
• Irish dancing

Me and my mums family are from Braunstone Town in Leicester.
I believe that I have some sort of an accent which people can tell that I am from Leicester. I have lived there until I was around 10, so have developed that form of accent.
I believe that you can tell where people come from due to their accents if they are strong enough because we all recognise their accents due to other places that we have heard them or what we associate them with. You can sometimes tell where people come from due to their food habits because of their culture and what they eat so we can understand where they are from as well, eg Indian ethnic people tend to eat curry, Scottish people eat haggis and black people ect.
We tend to have different opinions on people from rural or urban areas because of the stereotypes that follow with these types of places. Some people believe that people that are from rural areas speak with a posh, clear and well-mannered accent and those that are from urban areas speak like chavs, are rough and in gangs.