Originally Posted by
wsteve55
What about if you come from Speke,Aigburth,Anfield,Tuebrook,etc,for example? Are/were there local nicknames,etc,that we no longer hear? The only one I've heard of is "Mudmen",who come from Garston!
They must of had names for each other? We could always make some up!
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I think identity has more to do with where your heart resides, rather than just simply a matter of where you were born. A lot of black Americans feel 'African' despite being born in DC, Atlanta or New York etc... Imigrants describe themselves [even after several generations] in a double-barrelled form: African-American, Irish-American, [oddly enough you don't hear of too many 'English-Americans'...the old enemy] French-Canadian, etc...
So I'm not surprised many would see themselves as Liverpudlian, [Liverpolitan?] or Scouse, if there is a family connection here.
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