N McNeil and Elwood and rudedog: +++++++OT+++++++
N McN: Since you're from the 'pool, you know "cobb on" means that you are angry or have a grievance; but why "cobb" I don't know: I guess it derives from an angry swan - I'll ask around. In addition to the meanings, Elwood gave, "cob" is also used in the North of England to mean a loaf of bread.
This still doesn't explain why McCoy chose the nom de plume "Mark Cobb".
El: "Scouse" is Irish stew without the meat (one definition), or lamb stew without the meat. In any case you are right that it is a stew of potatoes and vegetable, associated with Liverpool (sometimes served with beetroot). The absence of meat reflected poverty, not culinary choice. The stew associated with the Liverpool docklands area, so therefore, was associated with sailors from Liverpool - remember Liverpool was the premier British port for Transatlantic crossings. People from Liverpool in the merchant navy, and then generally, came to be named "scousers". The Liverpool dialect is called "scouse".
rudedog: Was his name Elwood?
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