Down where I live in Shields there is a small pier that points out into the mouth of the Tyne that goes under the name of Lloyds Jetty. Until very recently it had a small hut on the end that was referred to as the hailing station. The story goes that before the introduction of telegraph a bloke on the end of the jetty would call out to vessels coming into the river, "What's your name and where are you from?"

Anyway one morning an inbound vessel was approached the hailing station. It was a collier bark from Hamburg named Anna. The bloke on the hailing station shouts out "What's your name" the bloke on the ship replies "Anna". From the hailing station is repeated, "What's your name" again the bloke on the vessel replies "Anna" This carries on for a few minutes until the bloke on the hailing station shouts out "Ah naa yee na but ah wanna na"