Yes you are bang on there. Ive done my tour of North and South Manchester and there are a lot of people egging it up to try and sound cool.
Ive always hated that thing with accents where people follow the crowd to be more Madchester than the next bod. I hate all that mad for it and our kid. Maybe I just dont like the Manchester accent or Im just a Cheshire mommies boy
If that Nigel Kennedy thing is true and I think it is.....its a mockney joke.