Alas cockney is one of those things that died just after WWII. I grew up in a rural county, which _had_ a rich tradition of both hyper local words and idioms.

Alas cockney is one of those things that died just after WWII. I grew up in a rural county, which _had_ a rich tradition of both hyper local words and idioms. I used to be able to place someone in a sentence to within 5 miles of where they grew up. ( I can't do that now, I've been away too long)