1976: Unpacking Liverpool's Scouse accent
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Introduced by Melvyn Bragg, Word of Mouth traces the pattern of speech in Britain.
Eh La deals with Scouse, a dialect that was the result of the rich mingling of races and cultures in Liverpool.
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.