When people they are 'from the West Country'...?

Question

... where are they from?

Answer 1

In England...Cornwall, Devon, Somerset etc. The "Ooh Arr Ooh Arr Eh" brigade.

Answer 2

The south-west of England. E.g, Devon and Cornwall.

Answer 3

I would say that it encompasses Devon, Cornwall, Gloucestershire, Somereset, Dorset, Wiltshire and, of course, the Scilly Ilses

Answer 4

'ow be!

tis southwest England, where we does as speak proper English, unlike them there babblings folks elsewhere do as natter.

Answer 5

I'm from somerset and am west country. I would say Gloucester, Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. the further down you go the stronger the accent.

Answer 6

The West Country is defined as Cornwall, Devon, Avon and Somerset and Dorset (Bristol and Gloucester is classed as The West).  I am a West Country lass. Born in Plymouth, live in Cornwall. Regional ITV is West Country Television.

Answer 7

Bristol (which is a City and a County) down to the South West peninsula.

When mention is made of the accents - the unique Bristolian accent has been ignored or forgotten.

Answer 8

They are from UK,USA, Europe.

Answer 9

Good question!! I say it isw where people speak with a West Country accent, so, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset.  Devon and Cornwall I would call the South West.  By the time you are getting into Oxford and Warwickshire, that is the South Midlands.  Hampshire is the South of England.