It's time to learn some Scouse. People from my city (Liverpool, England) are called Scousers. So far, I've been communicating with you in English (mostly). Today I thought I'd introduce you to some Scouse – Liverpool English – our dialect.

Liverpool is a port in the north west of England. It's a melting pot for people from all over the world. Because of this, our culture is rich, diverse and unique in its dialect and customs.

Scousers are known to be friendly, loyal, welcoming to newcomers and have a cheeky sense of humour. Darker rumours are that we're fierce and will take the eyes out of your head if you aren't looking. Nah, we're more likely to take the piss out of you and encourage you to do the same to us. All in good fun. Anyway...

There's a real difference between Scouse and other English dialects. Some online documents are tagged en-Scouse if they contain the Scouse dialect, so it's gained a little bit of international recognition.

Even the English have trouble understanding some of us when we talk naturally. Don't worry – I'll walk you through it if you like.

Quick example

English: My dog has got a lot of fleas
Scouse: Me dog's gorrra lorrra fleaz

Notice how we use 'me' instead of 'my'. We also tend to run words together, replacing the 't' sound with 'rrr' (sometimes 'nn'). You pronounce 'rrr' as though you're an engine warming up. There are other quirks to the dialect too.

Phlegm sound

English: Like
Scouse: Li(make a sound at the back of your throat as if you're about to clear some phlegm)

Fun quiz

Can you translate this from Scouse > English?

De do doh, dohn de doh!

If you wanna play along, please answer in English, in the comments :D

The word 'Scouser' is probably named after 'lapskaus' a Scandinavian stew made from meat, potatoes and veg. We eat it with beetroot, pickled cabbage. And some fresh bread with butter, of course. This was a traditional sailor's dish. Being a major port, we had lots of sailors coming and going, taking their scouse all over the world. By the way, there's also a version of the stew without meat called 'blind scouse'. And it's disgusting (ew).

To give you an idea what we sound like, and introduce some slang, I've included MAD ABOUT BARZ by a young local rapper – Tremz. I'm including this because he's using his authentic Scouse accent, Scouse slang and, well, he seems to be having a lot of fun, doesn't he. Anyways...

Warning: the lyrics contain swearing, misogyny, sex, drug and gang-related themes.

Tremz also seems to be at odds with his hoodie. Did that sell it to you? Come on in then. Gerrin der, lah. (Get in there, mate).

Okay, you may not have understood some of the words. Feel free to ask in the comments if you'd like me to clear up any misunderstandings.

Thanks for popping by.

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