Hi Listers -- I know there are some Britishers on this Irish list and wonder if you can answer my question. Would the children of a blended Irish/English family attending school in Liverpool in the early 1900s have accents and/or names for everyday items that differed greatly from say their more affluent cousins who lived closer to London, in Tunbridge Wells, Kent? In the former, is that what they refer to as "Cockney" accent?. Can anyone give me examples of of how Liverpudlians might have pronounced particular words as opposed to their counterparts living closer to London? This is one of the questions I wish I had asked my Liverpudlian father before he died. He had lost his accent quickly after emigrating to the USA, and before I was born - still used a few British words for items, though - and I have been wondering about this for years. Please reply to the list, as someone else might be interested. Jean Jean