Wanna Learn Some Scouse English?

Sunday, July 10th

The word "Scouse" can have 3 different meanings
1. a stew, made from cheap cuts of meat, potatoes, onions and carrots
(an affordable and popular meal for those on low wages)

2. a native of Liverpool
(originally working people who lived on "scouse" mainly)

3. a dialect spoken by the inhabitants of Liverpool
(nowadays the most widely spread dialect both nationwide and overseas)

Just giving some examples of differences in vocabulary use:

1. See you at seven bells! - See you at seven o`clock!

2. Don`t axe me! - Don`t ask me!

3. Soft lad - a friendly name for a fool

4. Ta`- Thank you!

5. Are you a whopper? - Are you an idiot?

6. Tellin` ye`- emphasizing agreement

7. Sozz! - Sorry!

8. Skag Head - heroin addict

9. Sack it la`- Don`t do it! Stop!

10. Do one! - Go away!

11. Divvy - a stupid person

12. Chuffed - happy

13. Deffo - Definitely!

14. Come `ead - Let`s go, let`s do it!

15. Boss - very good, marvellous

16. Blaggin me `ead! - Lying to me!

17. Bail! - Go away! Stop chatting shit!

18. Ere! - Excuse me! (One more interpretation for "ere")

19. Mouth! - You are talking too much!

20. Grassy! - Informative!

And some really widely spread for anybody originating from scouse:

1. dead - meaning "very"

2. wanna - would like to

3. stoned - high on drugs

4. rob - steal (had no clue it`s come from scouse)

5. nicker - pound

6. mobie - mobile phone

7. fetch - bring

8. ace - Well done!

9. Hold on! - Wait a moment!

Intonation 

A sentence starts with a slightly whining intonation, rises questioningly in mid-setence, ending on a higher pitch.

Pronunciation

1. mid-word vowels changing sounds

e.g. love = luv or much= mutš

and there are more - the whole "science"

All that was dead grassy `o us!?
(Please comment trying to use scouse!)
Tellin ` ye`??