[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

To be fair, Gary, we can all come up with individual instances to support our point of view...

...the immigration officer at Brasilia Airport who glanced at the place of birth in my passport and immediately said "Stanley!" with a beaming smile.

...the New Yorker who, on learning where I came from, gave me a long lecture on the durable qualities of Accrington brick...

...and many, many more.

I wonder what they would've said if they learned that I came from H******n?

You've illustrated my point perfectly there! You DO come from Hyndburn, but your place of birth on your passport is still Accrington. The fact that the borough is called Hyndburn doesn't make any difference to the fact that you were born in Accrington. Nobody outside the borough needs to be affected by the name of the borough, but changeing the name will affect those of us within it. When births are registered they are still registered as the relevant registration district. Your information does not change. I was born in Blackburn, not Blackburn with Darwen.