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Raise the Stripes

Raise the Stripes A cultural movement emerging across Northern England that celebrates Northern identity, heritage, humour, and community pride. Known for its distinctive Northumbria flag and its focus on regional culture rather than politics.

Raise the Stripes began online as a grassroots expression of Northern culture. Supporters use the colours and stripes to represent Northern English Culture & Identity as well as the shared experiences that define the unique way of life in the North.

The movement has grown through TikTok, Facebook, and local communities, where people use the stripes to show pride in Northern culture, dialects, and traditions. It’s often described as a modern cultural revival, giving Northerners a visual symbol of identity and belonging. It has an official website and a wikispore.

Not political, cultural. It focuses on heritage, representation, and giving the North a stronger cultural voice.
“Av ya seen all tha yella and red flags around lateleh? Raise the Stripes is becoming massive in t'North.”
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Caught a stray

When a person, unprovoked, chooses to target an insult toward an individual not included in the situation.
*in a comment section of a gorilla jumping off the couch*
“that looks like rihanna”
“damn why did rihanna catch a stray like that..”

rihanna caught a stray because she didn’t prove anyone to insult her like that nor was she apart of the situation
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don't get crazy in the streets

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Ight don't get crazy in the streets
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Kaasgeelheid de beste kaas baas in de straat

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Kaasgeelheid de beste kaas baas in de straat man! Niet te geloven hoe baas die kaas is in de straat!
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