Originally posted by Sam Flynn
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As I said, typically Liverpudlian - not in the sense that only Scousers use it, but in the sense that I've personally lost count of the number of times I've heard or seen it used in and around Liverpool itself, or by Liverpudlians abroad [and by that I mean anywhere outside the area, not just overseas ], from the rough sleeper in the Cavern Quarter to the office clerk [like Maybrick was for a number of years after leaving school, which would have been in the early 1850s], to the history buff, like my old mate Tony, and even among the higher educated classes such as teachers.
If the hoaxer was Liverpudlian him/herself, or knew any personally, it would have been natural enough to have their "Sir Jim" write 'seen', as a jumped-up clerk with delusions of grandeur, which his basic 1840s education couldn't hope to live up to.
If they had chosen a soft southerner as their diarist and murderer, I'd have seen a red flag with that 'seen'. As it is, there is really nothing to see here.
Love,
Caz
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