Re: Made on Merseyside ?

On 12/29/2021 4:45 AM, Gourbi wrote:

À propos du documentaire « The Beatles: Made on Merseyside » – ici, la bande-annonce sur BBC Four https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p074jc9v –, pourquoi est-ce « Made _on_ Merseyside » et non pas « Made _in_ Merseyside » ?

https://familypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Merseyside
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To express location within the Merseyside area by the preposition on – thus "on Merseyside" as opposed to "in Merseyside" – was traditionally the more usual. However, the logic of suggestions in support of this from some quarters (that, after all, one would always be "on" the side of the Mersey, not "in" it) falls down; since it is, in fact, entirely possible to be situated [both] "in" or "on" [either] “side” of the River Mersey and area(s) thus designated. Therefore, more recent usage tends to draw distinctions between the geographical "Merseyside" – for which "on" is considered appropriate – and the Metropolitan county of "Merseyside", for which "in" is used.
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