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| Background
Liverpudlians from all parts of Liverpool
have a unique dialect which varies in intensity from
suburb to suburb, but it is distinctive from other parts
of the country. It appears to be a mixture of Irish,
Scots, Welsh and Lancashire accents.
This page has been designed to give you
an introduction to the unique dialect called Scouse.
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Ale
House |
public
house (pub) |
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Alley
Apples |
stones |
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Antwacky
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old
fashioned |
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Beved |
drunk |
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Bevey |
an
alcoholic drink |
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Bifter |
cigarette |
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Bladdered |
drunk,
intoxicated |
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Boss |
good,
brilliant, excellent |
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Brewsted |
well
off, has money. |
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Buttie |
sandwich |
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Casey |
leather
football |
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Chippy |
fish
and chip shop |
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Cob
On |
Annoyed |
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Conny
Onny |
condenced
milk |
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Cracking
the Flags |
it's
hot (the weather) |
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Divvy |
fool |
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Do
One |
go
away |
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Donkey
Stone |
used
to clean front doorsteps |
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Don't
have a Head Wobbler |
don't
panic |
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Entry/Jigger |
back
alley behind terraced houses |
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Farder
Bunloaf |
catholic
priest |
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Get
Me Had Down |
go
to sleep/bed |
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Gob |
mouth |
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Jump
of a Edge Lane |
coitus
interuptus |
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Kecks |
trousers |
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La |
friend |
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Left
footer |
a
Catholic |
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Lorra |
many,
a lot of ( Cilla Black made famous this expression) |
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Loosie |
single
cigarette (to buy) |
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Made
Up |
excited,
pleased |
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Minty |
not
very good, cheap, rubbish. |
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Mug
You |
pay
for your friend(usually a drink) |
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Nesh |
feels
the cold |
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Ollies
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marbles
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Ozzy |
hospital |
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Paddy's
Wigwam |
Catholic
cathedral |
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Paralytic |
drunk,
intoxicated |
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Proddy
Dog |
protestant |
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Skippin
Leckies |
riding
a bus without buying a ticket |
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Shirt
Button |
pathetic
man |
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Stickie
Lice |
a
liquorices root (to eat) |
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Ta-Ra |
bye |
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The
Cut |
a
canal (usually the Leeds to Liverpool) |
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Till
Dick Docked |
waiting
a long time |
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