Hi Angela, As I remember , the word scouse comes from the norwegian "Skaus" and was brought to us by norwegian sailors and taken over as a good idea etc, Nice to talk to you again, was the map ok? Danny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kostas & Angela Nicolaou" <titina23@spidernet.com.cy> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 5:06 PM Subject: [NTH-ENG] Re: Scouse > And wasn't there a heavy discussion on this before, that Scouse actually > originated from Norway (you remember Danny) Lobscouse was a Norwegian > word or something ? > > Best wishes > angela > Cyprus > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list in mail mode send a message to > NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L-request@rootsweb.com > that contains the word unsubscribe and nothing else. > If you are in digest mode, then send the command instead to > NORTHERN-ENGLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com >