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I’m trying to put together a list for curiosity’s sake.

So, for instance, “Aye” meaning “yes”, or “Bairn” meaning “child” are used both in Scotland and Northern England, but nowhere else.

Like, that field uses a lot of math for almost everything

Ethel and Ernest is a film showing the lives of a married couple from getting married to their death, from the 1920s to the 1980s. I’m having trouble understanding this particular scene.

Raymond: Dad, when you come home from work, why don’t you wash in the bathroom?

Ernest: Blimey son, I’m filthy.

Raymond: Yes, but that’s what’s the bathroom is for.

Ernest: No, I couldn’t wash in the bathroom, not in this state.

Raymond: But this is the kitchen dad, mum cooks in it!

Ernest: No, I couldn’t son, not in the bathroom.

Why does he not want to wash in the bathroom? Is there a cultural explanation I’m missing?

Another example is British Pakistanis, where 60-80% of British Pakistanis originate from just one Pakistani district, Mirpur.

Similarly, Indo-Canadians are plurality Sikh (36%), while Sikhs make up just 2% of the Indian population.

Are there any other examples of this? A diaspora community that is heavily over represented by one specific part/ethnicity of a country?