BTW, I can also speak Swahili quite fluently, and I have developed a language course at certificate level that you could take if you wanted to learn Swahili. Interested?...(smile)

Thank you but no thank you; trying to learn Mandarin is difficult enough. Anyway, an informative post, thanks for that.

Tyneside I meant to say- Referred to in 'Olivers Army' 'the boys from the Mersey and the Thames and the Tyne' tra la.' Geordie accent is very nice.