Not everyone from Essex is intellectually challenged....

If you just watched Celebrity or Reality TV series you would imagine that we were all halfwits in Essex!

Really hoping that one day TV producers might choose a different stereotype for my county.....but I shan't hold my breath. Basically it has been decided that we are all braindead, orange halfwits, fit only to be laughed at, and that's that.

Who would have thought that Maggie Smith, Laura Trott, Ruth Rendell, Rik Mayall and even bloomin' John Constable were born in Essex!

Come to Saffron Walden, Finchingfield, Thaxted, Dedham, Stratford St. Mary or even Colchester to see a different "Essex."

Sure we have a few retards (TOWIE etc) but no more so than many other sub-urban areas of the UK.
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  • DiamondDollDiamondDoll Posts: 21,460
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    Don't worry about it.

    I come from Glasgow where everyone is either drunk, fighting or going around saying 'See you Jimmy'. ;-)
  • linmiclinmic Posts: 13,425
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    Don't worry about it.

    I come from Glasgow where everyone is either drunk, fighting or going around saying 'See you Jimmy'. ;-)

    Ditto Newcastle.

    Drunk, fighting or going around with no clothes on saying 'why aye man'.
  • Andy_GAndy_G Posts: 11,442
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    Menelaus wrote: »
    If you just watched Celebrity or Reality TV series you would imagine that we were all halfwits in Essex!

    Really hoping that one day TV producers might choose a different stereotype for my county.....but I shan't hold my breath. Basically it has been decided that we are all braindead, orange halfwits, fit only to be laughed at, and that's that.

    Who would have thought that Maggie Smith, Laura Trott, Ruth Rendell, Rik Mayall and even bloomin' John Constable were born in Essex!

    Come to Saffron Walden, Finchingfield, Thaxted, Dedham, Stratford St. Mary or even Colchester to see a different "Essex."

    Sure we have a few retards (TOWIE etc) but no more so than many other sub-urban areas of the UK.

    As a born and bred Essex man myself, I agree with your comments 100%.
    :D
    Some of us actually had a good education and a good upbringing, I hate being tarred with the same brush as Joey Essex, Gemma Collins etc.

    May I add to your list Dame Helen Mirren who was a Southend-on-sea girl.
  • Blondie XBlondie X Posts: 28,662
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    Every time one of the TOWIE types is in a reality tv show, the Essex people in my office are pretty much sitting with their head in their hands going 'no, not another one'.

    You would have to be pretty stupid yourself to judge an entire county by the actions of a dozen fame hungry fakes on reality tv shows - though it's been done one here
  • GetridofcoleGetridofcole Posts: 1,920
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    I do feel sorry for you Essex folk when the impression of some pushed in the limelight are absolute imbeciles with that pathetic fake way of talking which is nothing like how the majority of Essex folk talk . They keep pushing morons like that joey Essex and the plump girl in it this year and all the clowns in towie to that hideous fake creation ryland .
  • broadshoulderbroadshoulder Posts: 18,758
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    To be honest there is nothing there..

    The most exciting thing that happens is the kfc opening

    I know. I fled essex twenty years ago. Its actually got worse

    Those characters are based on real people
  • allie4allie4 Posts: 11,994
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    Don't worry about it.

    I come from Glasgow where everyone is either drunk, fighting or going around saying 'See you Jimmy'. ;-)

    You forgot the head-butting!:D
  • BelaBela Posts: 2,568
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    Blondie X wrote: »
    Every time one of the TOWIE types is in a reality tv show, the Essex people in my office are pretty much sitting with their head in their hands going 'no, not another one'.

    You would have to be pretty stupid yourself to judge an entire county by the actions of a dozen fame hungry fakes on reality tv shows - though it's been done one here

    ^ Well quite.

    @OP, I think you can sleep easy in the knowledge that most people with a brain(cell) know the difference between RTV and real life.
  • swingalegswingaleg Posts: 102,976
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    So........is it not true that office girls in Essex only get 20 minutes for lunch 'cos if they had an hour they'd need re-training in the afternoon ?
  • Stefano92Stefano92 Posts: 66,363
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    Agree, I met a lot of people from Essex, especially in university and the constantly get annoyed at the "dumb fake tan" stereotype.
  • Blue Eyed ladyBlue Eyed lady Posts: 6,007
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    Don't worry about it.

    I come from Glasgow where everyone is either drunk, fighting or going around saying 'See you Jimmy'. ;-)

    I hear you DD, I think tourists are quite surprised when they come to Scotland & find the men aren't walking around in kilts playing the bagpipes then off home for a dinner of Haggis, Tatties & Neeps.
  • ThrasymachusThrasymachus Posts: 2,496
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    I do feel sorry for the vast majority of people who live in Essex. They must get incredibly bored of the same stereotypes being stated about people from their county
  • yellowlabbieyellowlabbie Posts: 59,081
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    I hear you DD, I think tourists are quite surprised when they come to Scotland & find the men aren't walking around in kilts playing the bagpipes then off home for a dinner of Haggis, Tatties & Neeps.

    You mean tourists go to Scotland?:o:D
  • Silver TractorSilver Tractor Posts: 2,042
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    Menelaus wrote: »
    If you just watched Celebrity or Reality TV series you would imagine that we were all halfwits in Essex!

    Really hoping that one day TV producers might choose a different stereotype for my county.....but I shan't hold my breath. Basically it has been decided that we are all braindead, orange halfwits, fit only to be laughed at, and that's that.

    Who would have thought that Maggie Smith, Laura Trott, Ruth Rendell, Rik Mayall and even bloomin' John Constable were born in Essex!

    Come to Saffron Walden, Finchingfield, Thaxted, Dedham, Stratford St. Mary or even Colchester to see a different "Essex."

    Sure we have a few retards (TOWIE etc) but no more so than many other sub-urban areas of the UK.

    Just like to point out that John Constable was born in East Bergholt which is in Suffolk and Stratford St Mary is in Suffolk too.

    I have lived on the Suffolk side of the Suffolk / Essex border for most of my life. It has always amazed me that you just have to cross the river Stour into Essex and everyone is suddenly talking very loudly in a Mockney accent!

    Just because the postal address for some villages is either Colchester or Manningtree ( Essex ) it doesn't mean that those places are actually in Mockney Land.
    They are Suffolk'n'Good!
  • jjrussjjruss Posts: 293
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    I remember years ago Essex girls were the butt of jokes for wearing white stilettos, and dancing round their handbags, according to 'the only way is Essex 'nothing seems to have changed..:o
  • CranberryappleCranberryapple Posts: 12,723
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    You mean tourists go to Scotland?:o:D

    Only the Educated ones, YL.....The rest go to London;-):D
  • RacheletteRachelette Posts: 650
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    Menelaus wrote: »
    If you just watched Celebrity or Reality TV series you would imagine that we were all halfwits in Essex!

    Really hoping that one day TV producers might choose a different stereotype for my county.....but I shan't hold my breath. Basically it has been decided that we are all braindead, orange halfwits, fit only to be laughed at, and that's that.

    Who would have thought that Maggie Smith, Laura Trott, Ruth Rendell, Rik Mayall and even bloomin' John Constable were born in Essex!

    Come to Saffron Walden, Finchingfield, Thaxted, Dedham, Stratford St. Mary or even Colchester to see a different "Essex."

    Sure we have a few retards (TOWIE etc) but no more so than many other sub-urban areas of the UK.

    Its so painful to watch. I'm from the New Forest, but I moved to Essex 11 years ago. I think I've met roughly 4 people with that dreadful accent.

    I've found Essex to be an interesting and friendly place, with plenty of history and educational opportunities.
  • kitkat1971kitkat1971 Posts: 39,171
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    Menelaus wrote: »
    If you just watched Celebrity or Reality TV series you would imagine that we were all halfwits in Essex!

    Really hoping that one day TV producers might choose a different stereotype for my county.....but I shan't hold my breath. Basically it has been decided that we are all braindead, orange halfwits, fit only to be laughed at, and that's that.

    Who would have thought that Maggie Smith, Laura Trott, Ruth Rendell, Rik Mayall and even bloomin' John Constable were born in Essex!

    Come to Saffron Walden, Finchingfield, Thaxted, Dedham, Stratford St. Mary or even Colchester to see a different "Essex."

    Sure we have a few retards (TOWIE etc) but no more so than many other sub-urban areas of the UK.

    Even Chelmsford where I grew up. Come to that I have several friends in Brentwood and the Brentwood/Ongar villages and used to go out there a lot and they are not all like the TOWIE lot.
    Yes there are some like that but an awful lot more aren't.

    Douglas Adams went to school at Brentwood Boys for Crying out loud and Chelmsford's Boys Grammar School is one of the top non fee paying schools for exam results in the country!

    I would like to think that most people have the sense to realise it is a large county and TOWIE is just a small part of it and basically they have rounded up all those of 'dubious' intelligence to the extent that most Essex villages have lost their idiot!

    Gemma is making me cringe constantly though. She's even worse than Joey Essex, Amy child's and Mark Wright.
  • kitkat1971kitkat1971 Posts: 39,171
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    Don't worry about it.

    I come from Glasgow where everyone is either drunk, fighting or going around saying 'See you Jimmy'. ;-)

    Very true. It is not as though Essex is the only region to be landed unfairly with a stereotype. Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle are all in the same boat as well. I'm sure there are others as well.
  • MARTYM8MARTYM8 Posts: 44,710
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    Dougie Poynter who won a couple of years ago against Mark Wright is an Essex lad.

    Despite not coming from a supposedly posh bit of the county like Buckhurst Hill Dougie is a lot more down to earth and decent than the rich spoilt Towie brats.
  • broadshoulderbroadshoulder Posts: 18,758
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    Those Essex girl jokes are now twenty years old......interesting how the same targets keep popping up.

    As for Helen Mirren. Aged eighteen, she auditioned for the National Youth Theatre (NYT) and was accepted. She never looks back at Southend.

    As I said before, the decent ones get out...
  • Blondie XBlondie X Posts: 28,662
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    kitkat1971 wrote: »
    Even Chelmsford where I grew up. Come to that I have several friends in Brentwood and the Brentwood/Ongar villages and used to go out there a lot and they are not all like the TOWIE lot.
    Yes there are some like that but an awful lot more aren't.


    Douglas Adams went to school at Brentwood Boys for Crying out loud and Chelmsford's Boys Grammar School is one of the top non fee paying schools for exam results in the country!

    I would like to think that most people have the sense to realise it is a large county and TOWIE is just a small part of it and basically they have rounded up all those of 'dubious' intelligence to the extent that most Essex villages have lost their idiot!

    Gemma is making me cringe constantly though. She's even worse than Joey Essex, Amy child's and Mark Wright.

    I spend a lot of time in Brentwood and the most TOWIE type people are the ones who come in for the weekend thinking the town will be like a theme park. You see them every Saturday tottering down the night street, over dressed, over tanned, over made up whilst the locals struggle to conceal their amusement that people actually think that show is real.
    In all the years I've spent time in Brentwood (my 2 best friends live there) I've never met anyone with that ear grating accent like Gemma or Amy Childs.
  • annies1annies1 Posts: 831
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    Menelaus wrote: »
    If you just watched Celebrity or Reality TV series you would imagine that we were all halfwits in Essex!

    Really hoping that one day TV producers might choose a different stereotype for my county.....but I shan't hold my breath. Basically it has been decided that we are all braindead, orange halfwits, fit only to be laughed at, and that's that.

    Who would have thought that Maggie Smith, Laura Trott, Ruth Rendell, Rik Mayall and even bloomin' John Constable were born in Essex!

    Come to Saffron Walden, Finchingfield, Thaxted, Dedham, Stratford St. Mary or even Colchester to see a different "Essex."

    Sure we have a few retards (TOWIE etc) but no more so than many other sub-urban areas of the UK.


    Calm Down, Calm Down....sorry just justifying my Liverpool stereo type, now off to rob the wheels off a car whilst perming my hair and wearing a shell suit!
  • kitkat1971kitkat1971 Posts: 39,171
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    Blondie X wrote: »
    I spend a lot of time in Brentwood and the most TOWIE type people are the ones who come in for the weekend thinking the town will be like a theme park. You see them every Saturday tottering down the night street, over dressed, over tanned, over made up whilst the locals struggle to conceal their amusement that people actually think that show is real.
    In all the years I've spent time in Brentwood (my 2 best friends live there) I've never met anyone with that ear grating accent like Gemma or Amy Childs.

    Neither have I. Even Basildon locals (which isn't far from where I live now and I worked there for a cpuple of years) don't sound like that.

    I think the closest is Romford area but even they are nowhere near as over the top as that. And the girls a few miles across the border in Kent are just as bad. In fact I'd say most of the 'ESSEX Girls' stereotypes I have met in my life have actually lived in Kent.

    I honestly don't know where they find these people.
  • habbyhabby Posts: 10,027
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    Just put this on another thread on here.

    When all these people are not in that programme are they all told to carry on the thick and stupid act wherever they are?

    Theres her now. That idiot Essex bloke and that girl with the fake breasts and horrible pouting mouth whose name I've forgotten.

    They all seem to do the same "idiot act" and its not at all funny now. They're getting young impressionable kids thinking this is how to behave to get on.

    As can be seen by the reaction to this person 'normal' people are slowly starting to see sense and rebel against this being on our tv.

    Its the same with that Benefits Street programme that was on a few weeks ago which gave the wrong idea about part of Birmingham.
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