Liverpool accent

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

The Liverpool accent also known as 'Scouse' accent:

　

1) What has had an influence upon the accent/dialect:

• The influence of these different speech patterns became apparent in Liverpool and Birkenhead, distinguishing the accent of its people from those of the surrounding Lancashire and Cheshire areas. It is only recently that Scouse has been treated as a cohesive accent/dialect; for many years, Liverpool was simply seen as a melting pot of different accents without one of its own.
• The major influence comes from the influx of Irish and Welsh into the city. The mixing of these different accents and dialects, joining with words and sayings picked up from global maritime arrivals, all fused together to create the unique Scouse sound. Every tide brought ashore a new imported verb and many stuck becoming part of everyday language.
• The influence on the local accent may go back even further to Viking times. Many local areas of Liverpool have Viking names such as Crosby, Formby and Kirkby due to Viking raiders settling in the area of the River Mersey.

2) Where does it orginate from?

• Originally a small fishing village, Liverpool developed as a port, particularly with

Ireland, and after the 1700s as an international trading and industrial centre. By this point a city, it became a melting pot of several languages and dialects, but primarily Lancastrian English, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, Scandinavian, German and Scottish. As a result the Liverpool accent often has more in common with accents from other European and British port cities such as Glasgow, Dublin and Amsterdam than it does with local towns such as St Helens.glottal stop

　

　

3) What is characteristic about this accent?

• areas of Liverpool have their own impenetrable language ‘backslang’ a linguistic ploy that splits words, rendering them incomprehensible to the uninitiated.
• The scouse is sometimes difficult to include/understand for the english-speaking living outside Merseyside. Its comprehension thus represents a major challenge for the foreigners controlling the British English standard, known as "of the sovereign", because its pronunciation is, in some cases, radically different and its flow is fast.

• The final letters of many words are often lost in a
• The tongue tends to be swallowed, cutting off nasal passages and making it sound as if the speaker has a cold.
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4) Examples of famous people with the accent
• The Beatles
• Steven gerrard
• Mel Chisholm (ex spice girl)
• Cilla Black
• Alex Currran
• Coleen Rooney
• Liz McClarnon
　
　
6) Make a note of examples of words and phrases that are typical
• ‘I haven’t seen nothing’ or ‘I haven’t been nowhere’ where you’ve got two negatives in the same sentence.
• Ear: Lugole instead of ear
　
• Legs: Dollypegs instead of legacy
　
• Hands: Mitts instead of hands
　
• Face or stops: Gob instead of face or mouth
　
• Nose: Ooter instead of nose
　
• Thank you: Your instead of thanks
　
• Me: Uz instead of I and me
　
• You: Yer , Yis instead of you
　
　
• You: Yews instead of you
　
• Hospital: Ozzy" " instead of hospital"
　
• Goodbye: Tared instead of good bye
　
• cigarette: bifter
　
• blow of head: scouse KIS instead of headbut
　
• hairdresser: Ali instead of barbershop
　
• drink: bevy instead of drink (more often used for beer
　
　
7) Details of the accent
• The scouse is sometimes difficult to include/understand for the english-speaking living outside Merseyside. Its comprehension thus represents a major challenge for the foreigners controlling the British English standard, known as "of the sovereign", because its pronunciation is, in some cases, radically different and its flow is fast.
• A fast, highly
　
　
　
　
　
　
8)historical factors that may have influenced the accent
• Viking invasion
　
• the Liverpool, a long time most important
　

• Diminutive ending in "there" : A characteristic of the scouse is to use the most possible diminutives to indicate the names of people and places
• Highly distinctive
• A fast, highly