Mackem... or Magpie in the nest?

Throughout the summer we've grown used to hearing the new Australian verbal tic in all its glory - every answer to a question prefaced with a "Oh, now look..." a "Hey, listen..." or a variant on the theme.

Odd, though to hear Paul Collingwood coming out with the same thing last night when Paul Alittle thrust a mic up his nose.

Then you start thinking that the evidence is starting to mount:- Steve Waugh saying that Colly is the 'nearest thing England have to an Aussie', the original VFL surname...