Very Trollish GUEST,sinky
It was the prefered wisdom at the BBC,Oxbridge etc though!
Wen I wer at skewl there were at least four distinct accents from a catchment area of 2 miles! I still live in the same place but the accents have homoganised out of recognition.
BTW if a county is a shire when it has a principle town of the same name how about Manchesershire? or even Greater Manchestershire?
Maybe we could have a "three way" war of the roses at saddleworth (in the afforesaid shire)