It would appear it is Scottish in origin, although you would have to go back a number of generations in my case. I don't get the urge for deep fried Mars Bar or snapping goal posts, although I did eat haggis last night.

It seems to derive from mower, as in grass. A genealogy website said so. I haven't checked it as fact but happy to accept it in the meantime.

Your man Archie Bunker was based on a comedy TV character from London called Alf Garnett. Sadly, that Bernard Manning was the real thing. But if you are interested in accents and dialect, he was Manchester.



I know I love the finger pressure of my own typing, but is Jerk having a go at me a couple of posts above? We have been discussing South Yorkshire, Bob Dylan and my Dad's bike lately on this thread. No matter what the subject, he has to get a dig in. Then wonders why I laugh at him rather than with him.

What makes you think the psychiatrist is a she? Or that lithium would be described? The bible would be very handy. Living a delusion, it would induce a sense of synergy.