The Beatles put Liverpool on the map for visitors who have never considered an industrial port in the middle of England’s city center. The spoken language is technically Latin, but the difference is not so much in accent or pronunciation as there is a long list of idioms and slang words unique to the area.
Liverpool has produced a number of comedians, actors and television shows, as well as musical groups such as the Beatles, and people have moved around in recent years, so slang expressions have become more familiar to the outside world.
A Liverpool, Liverpudlian, a person, may also referred to as a scous, or a Scouser, but smile when you say that. There is a sort of low-class designation for the Scouse, which also refers to eating soup for dinner. Scouse is usually made from chunks of meat, potatoes, sausages, and onions, swimming in a sauce, but if the family is too poor to provide meat, they will have to eat blind Scouse or meat stew.
Liverpool is over 800 years old. Momine grew out of its coastal location in the middle of the country, but also its proximity to Ireland. Liverpool is a natural retreat across the Irish Sea to Ireland, which has given it social and military significance. There was also a large population of Irish immigrants to the culture and models of the city.
Consonant compounds are often interspersed with a vowel sound, such as fill instead of moving. A d can be substituted for t and th at the beginning of distinctive nasal sounds and sounds.
Here are a few examples of expressions you might hear from a Scouser:
A hot nellie is a cake, but it also means a weak person, the kind who couldn’t hit the wet Echo hole. The Echo is a local Liverpool newspaper.
Maybe you’re chuffed (happy) to be invited to swim, but don’t forget your cozzie or shoes. Cozzie came in a swimming costume.
The word mingy comes from a combination of the words “pleasant” and “illiberal”.
If you are told to keep your mouth shut, be silent as if it were your mouth. It’s best to say it, especially if it’s a gaffer, or boss, saying it.
Abutty is a piece of bread and butter, so add some more and you have a jam butty.
There are dodgya purses, leather brands, that nick your stuff and scarper, without much ata, i> or ta -ra (There are many suspected broken persons who can steal your goods and run away without saying thank you or good-bye.)
These are just a few examples of the colorful talk you might hear when you’re down Penny Lane on a visit to Liverpool.
Report:
- www.visitliverpool.com/
- www.visitenglandsnorthwest.com/destinations/liverpool–merseyside. aspx
- www.merseyside.org.uk/
