Introduced by Melvyn Bragg, Word of Mouth traces the pattern of speech in Britain.

Eh La deals with Scouse, a dialect which was the result of the rich mingling of races and cultures in Liverpool during the last century. Franny Scully playwright Alan Bleasdale's Radio City Liverpool persona is your guide to the accents of Liverpudlians from the docklands and Scottie Road to Liverpool 8.

Originally broadcast 26 August, 1976.




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