Post by furi on Aug 22, 2007 10:36:43 GMT -4
I am originally From Birkenhead there is quite a lot of strange Pronunciation in the Liverpool and Birkenhead Area, being a port and all that.
The accent is a errrm unique mix of Welsh Irish Norwegian Dutch German Lancastrian & Cheshire accents using both Northern English and Scouse terms spoken normally very fast and cadances that drive you scatty. The Scouse name comes from Labskaus or just skaus (can't remember if labskaus itself is Dutch or Norwegian, I know it is a sailors dish but can't remember the origin, and damned tasty it is too)
Some simple Scouse Grammatical rules.
All Sentances should start with at least one of the following
Wellair (Formal), Tslikhe (informal), Eyeyey, Cairmdown, Kinnel.
All sentances must include the following words: you, know, what, I, mean, there, like. at least once, these words are issued daily to all Merseysiders to help reduce the European useless interjection mountain. if the speaker has been unable to fit his or her allocated quota into a sentence it is both traditional and polite to string them together as a closing phrase “younowadimeenderlike” and as such is used as punctuation, “Like” is commonly used in place of a comma or Fullstop.
Some common Scouse interrogatives have West African origins arriving from the passage of slaves through the port.
Yerwha? Yerno? Ooarya? Arya? Worrif? Worrabow? Owabow? Oodja? Didja? Datso? Gerrow? Worra Fox Hat? Fur Fox Ache? Oodi Fox Him? Oodwanna Fox Hair?
All interrogatives are also Exclaimations! And as such require the pitch of the voice raised at least 1 octave on the last syllable additional volume and pace should be added as deemed necessary, excessively emotive nested questions can result in physical damage to the Aural tract of the un prepared listener
It is to a scouser (Named R Bevvo) that active sonar jamming was discovered, who when struck by an object (A Lesser Horshoe Bat) whilst enjoying a midnight shopping spree, managed to string an exclamative sentance of such complexity together he managed to cause the bat to fly into a passing lampost its own echo location effectively blinded by the staccato pulse of high intensity queries, or as R Bevvo later crayoned "Wellair, I was on me bill just avvin me a quick bimble lookin fer a some gear an dat like asme giro was late yernowhowyerdo. when dis ere divvy bat like just dived edfirst at me, an I was like ded mad an dat like gowin Fur Fox Ache? Worra Fox Hat? Den I sees dis bat like, an I was Kinnel! A Bat! A kinbat! Come ed den Bat La I’ll ave yer! I knows where yer live! an den dis bat dived at us an went smack edfairst into de lampy dead fast like, looked like he was some cackhanded goalie for dem toffynose gets, but coz of all der rowdy an dat some owl biddie meff called da rozzers, I ates dem bizzies me, I manij to cairm misel down like an run to di aleouse for a bevvie yanowaddimeanderlike)
Common Greetings
Ey Softlad : a multipurpose greeting (Masculine) similar to the Antipodean 'Mate',
Ey Softlad : Excuse me barman, are you currently serving
Ey Softlad : Excuse me you seem to attempting to Twoc my bike
Ey Softlad : Desk Sergeant, I would like to report the theft of my bicycle and a violent assault
Ey Softlad : Excuse me your worship, I would like to make a statement to the court in my defence
Eysh Softladsh : Look my beloved son has come to visit me in the Dental Hospital after I fell down those stairs in the remand centre
Ey La: Hello Singular
Ey You'se : Hello Plural
Ey You'se lot : to an even larger group of people
Ey Jude : A song by Lennon and McCartney
Scouse numbers
Nun - Zero to Infinity depending on what the number is in relation to. Biftas Spends Former Convictions etc
Won - more than Nun but with the same qualifier
Sum - definately More than Wun
coupla - any finite number
Millyins!!! - 10+
Now to answer in Accent.
Wellair, Tslike fenny of use lot iz like lukhin fer sumonce te mangle da werdz like, den us English alike de bestest addit, we jus makes up der roolz an dat az we goez along den like takh da mickh oudda uselot fir not usin it kirrekhhtli like. younowadimeeenderla
Wellair, I mean ahm from Beer can head, anna yews lot my be dinkin "Now wear the fox hat?", burrits jusdee udder side of da warter to de pool like, or te be fir an proper like de pool is jusdee udder side o da mairzee from us lot. burruz lot speaka lot more proper an dat yousnowaddimeenlike.
Tslke de wirhyl is spozed to be dead posh and at, but dems divs are jus dinkin bout west kairby, but deys are on dee dee side like an it wicks me off when doze dozy gets on dee deeside pissuz on uz lots chips by tryin to get da wirhyl seperate from de pool widdow realeyezin dat days wooden even wanna be dair if uz lot on the wairkin side hadden build up de port like younowaddimeentherelike, Tslike an now jus becoz dems koppites got dat cap it ill occult chair a lode of dems divvys are wantin to be back wiv de pool anna tryin to change de way scousers and us tunnel rats are like pear trayed by all yous woolybacks an mancs an dat indie meedja, tryin despritly to get all of doze meffy Carla Lane karakhtis outtas peepz eds an faylin mizly atit, younowadimeenderlike
I'm sure a certain Forum Member from Newcastle will argue that Geordies and Maccams (I know never in the same sentance) are worse than Scousers for killing the language, but at least Geordies can be understood by some people.
The accent is a errrm unique mix of Welsh Irish Norwegian Dutch German Lancastrian & Cheshire accents using both Northern English and Scouse terms spoken normally very fast and cadances that drive you scatty. The Scouse name comes from Labskaus or just skaus (can't remember if labskaus itself is Dutch or Norwegian, I know it is a sailors dish but can't remember the origin, and damned tasty it is too)
Some simple Scouse Grammatical rules.
All Sentances should start with at least one of the following
Wellair (Formal), Tslikhe (informal), Eyeyey, Cairmdown, Kinnel.
All sentances must include the following words: you, know, what, I, mean, there, like. at least once, these words are issued daily to all Merseysiders to help reduce the European useless interjection mountain. if the speaker has been unable to fit his or her allocated quota into a sentence it is both traditional and polite to string them together as a closing phrase “younowadimeenderlike” and as such is used as punctuation, “Like” is commonly used in place of a comma or Fullstop.
Some common Scouse interrogatives have West African origins arriving from the passage of slaves through the port.
Yerwha? Yerno? Ooarya? Arya? Worrif? Worrabow? Owabow? Oodja? Didja? Datso? Gerrow? Worra Fox Hat? Fur Fox Ache? Oodi Fox Him? Oodwanna Fox Hair?
All interrogatives are also Exclaimations! And as such require the pitch of the voice raised at least 1 octave on the last syllable additional volume and pace should be added as deemed necessary, excessively emotive nested questions can result in physical damage to the Aural tract of the un prepared listener
It is to a scouser (Named R Bevvo) that active sonar jamming was discovered, who when struck by an object (A Lesser Horshoe Bat) whilst enjoying a midnight shopping spree, managed to string an exclamative sentance of such complexity together he managed to cause the bat to fly into a passing lampost its own echo location effectively blinded by the staccato pulse of high intensity queries, or as R Bevvo later crayoned "Wellair, I was on me bill just avvin me a quick bimble lookin fer a some gear an dat like asme giro was late yernowhowyerdo. when dis ere divvy bat like just dived edfirst at me, an I was like ded mad an dat like gowin Fur Fox Ache? Worra Fox Hat? Den I sees dis bat like, an I was Kinnel! A Bat! A kinbat! Come ed den Bat La I’ll ave yer! I knows where yer live! an den dis bat dived at us an went smack edfairst into de lampy dead fast like, looked like he was some cackhanded goalie for dem toffynose gets, but coz of all der rowdy an dat some owl biddie meff called da rozzers, I ates dem bizzies me, I manij to cairm misel down like an run to di aleouse for a bevvie yanowaddimeanderlike)
Common Greetings
Ey Softlad : a multipurpose greeting (Masculine) similar to the Antipodean 'Mate',
Ey Softlad : Excuse me barman, are you currently serving
Ey Softlad : Excuse me you seem to attempting to Twoc my bike
Ey Softlad : Desk Sergeant, I would like to report the theft of my bicycle and a violent assault
Ey Softlad : Excuse me your worship, I would like to make a statement to the court in my defence
Eysh Softladsh : Look my beloved son has come to visit me in the Dental Hospital after I fell down those stairs in the remand centre
Ey La: Hello Singular
Ey You'se : Hello Plural
Ey You'se lot : to an even larger group of people
Ey Jude : A song by Lennon and McCartney
Scouse numbers
Nun - Zero to Infinity depending on what the number is in relation to. Biftas Spends Former Convictions etc
Won - more than Nun but with the same qualifier
Sum - definately More than Wun
coupla - any finite number
Millyins!!! - 10+
Now to answer in Accent.
Wellair, Tslike fenny of use lot iz like lukhin fer sumonce te mangle da werdz like, den us English alike de bestest addit, we jus makes up der roolz an dat az we goez along den like takh da mickh oudda uselot fir not usin it kirrekhhtli like. younowadimeeenderla
Wellair, I mean ahm from Beer can head, anna yews lot my be dinkin "Now wear the fox hat?", burrits jusdee udder side of da warter to de pool like, or te be fir an proper like de pool is jusdee udder side o da mairzee from us lot. burruz lot speaka lot more proper an dat yousnowaddimeenlike.
Tslke de wirhyl is spozed to be dead posh and at, but dems divs are jus dinkin bout west kairby, but deys are on dee dee side like an it wicks me off when doze dozy gets on dee deeside pissuz on uz lots chips by tryin to get da wirhyl seperate from de pool widdow realeyezin dat days wooden even wanna be dair if uz lot on the wairkin side hadden build up de port like younowaddimeentherelike, Tslike an now jus becoz dems koppites got dat cap it ill occult chair a lode of dems divvys are wantin to be back wiv de pool anna tryin to change de way scousers and us tunnel rats are like pear trayed by all yous woolybacks an mancs an dat indie meedja, tryin despritly to get all of doze meffy Carla Lane karakhtis outtas peepz eds an faylin mizly atit, younowadimeenderlike
I'm sure a certain Forum Member from Newcastle will argue that Geordies and Maccams (I know never in the same sentance) are worse than Scousers for killing the language, but at least Geordies can be understood by some people.