Scouse

Scouse [ ˈskaʊs ] is a dialect of English spoken in the Merseyside metropolitan area around the city of Liverpool .

It is very different from the dialects of the neighboring regions of Cheshire and Lancashire in north-west England . The word scouse was originally a variation of the word "lobscouse", which describes a traditional seafood dish (in German Labskaus ). Therefore, Liverpool residents are also known as "Scousers". Scouse is characterized by a strongly accented language with large differences between the pitches used. The dialect also shows further regional differences.

Scouse is from the Lancashire dialect, but it has been changed a lot by the influence of immigrant languages. Irish and Welsh roots are particularly noticeable in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. For example, Scouse uses the pronouns youse, borrowed from Irish English , instead of you ("her", 2nd person plural) and me instead of my ("my"). The th sounds - [ð] ( voiced dental fricative ) and [θ] ( voiceless dental fricative ) - are often spoken as [d̪] ( voiced dental plosive ) and [t̪] ( voiceless dental plosive ), as in Ireland . In contrast to Irish or American dialects, Scouse is not rhotic .

Received Pronunciation (High English)	Old Scouse	Modern scouse
[ɜː] [fɜː] (fur, "fur")	[ɜː] [fɜː]	[ɛː] [fɛː]
[ɛə] [fɛə] (fair, "festival")	[ɜː] [fɜː]	[ɛː] [fɛː]
[k] [fɔːk] (fork, "fork")	[x] [fɔːx]	[x] or [k] [fɔːx] or [fɔːk]
[ʊ] [bʊk] (book, "book")	[ʉː] [bʉːx]	[ʉː] [bʉːx] or [bʉːk]
[θ] [θɪŋk] (think, "think")	[t̪] [t̪ɪŋk]	[t̪] [t̪ɪŋk]
[ð] [ðɪs] (this, "this") [wɪð] (with, "with")	[d̪] [d̪ɪs] [wɪd̪]	[d̪] [d̪ɪs] [wɪd̪]