Dear BBC

[pandop]

As Humberside has not existed (officially speaking) since 1996, please stop referring to it in your news bulletins.

Comments

[miriammoules.livejournal.com]

It's however a useful descriptor for the area in the humber floodplain/watershed...

[hazelstitch.livejournal.com]

It is, but then again, so is 'Hull'.

[miriammoules.livejournal.com]

not when it's hedon, round the bottom of the ouse, and I thought scunthorpe was affected at one point...

[hazelstitch.livejournal.com]

Well then they can say 'the banks of the Humber' - like they have been saying the 'banks of the Ouse' or wherever.

Trouble is, they have been using it to refer to the whole area, and have been for some time. Which is wrong. Incidentally The Times did it too the other day.

What really irritates me is that it is the national news that has been referring to Humberside. The local news gets it right. It is one of those little niggles that gives you the impression that if it happens outside London, it doesn't *really* matter