SCOUSE LETICIA

VÁZQUEZ

PAULA ARAYA

VICENTE BELDA

TRIANAGÓMEZ

SCOUSE

Metropolitan county of MerseysideClose to Liverpool.Adjoining urban areas such as south

Sefton, Knowsley and the Wirral.

As far reaching as in Cheshire and Lancashire.

Scouse is a fairly recent trend

Started in the mid-19th century

Scouse accent owes its roots to Liverpool’s position as a port

In Liverpool, most people speak with the accent we are focusing on, while there are only a very few who speak RP.

When we talk about Liverpool English in this piece, we mean a fairly broad accent which is not particularly close to RP.

Scouse is considered a working class accent therefore it has not a very positive reception.

• In Liverpudlian Schools teachers try to correct their students

The Scouse accent is still developing:• Teenagers speak very differently to their

grandparents• Across the city various variations of the Scouse

accent can be heard

Major influenceinflux of Irish and Welsh into the city

The unique Scouse sound mixing of these different accents and dialects

Merseyside speech is very different from•The standard accent of RP•The accents of the area of the country around it in the North West.

Similar to standard English but different pronunciation.

NON-RHOTICIT Y

Contradiction?

How do we explain it?

VOWEL DIFFERENCES

[ε:] instead of [eә].

Pronounced when <ir>, <er>, <are> and <air> appear

Consequences:

- square or pair are pronounced like nurse or bird.

VOWEL DIFFERENCES

Prefixes con-, ex- or ad-, pronounced with [ , ε, ᴅa] rather than [ә, I, ә]

Computer [k mpju:tε], ᴅ examine [εgzamIn] advantage [adva:ntI ]ʤ

use of [ :] were it should be a [ ә]. Ʊᴐ

Poor [p :], tour ᴐ [t :], sure ᴐ [ :], cure ʃᴐ [kj :]ᴐ

VOWEL DIFFERENCES

Use of [ ] instead of [ ].Ʊ ʌ

cut [kƱt], blood [blƱd], money [mƱnI], does [dƱs]

CONSONANT DIFFERENCES

TH stopping

dental fricatives [θ, δ] realised like alveolar stop [t, d]

tin [tIn] thin [tIn]

den [dεn] then [dεn]

CONSONANT DIFFERENCES

H dropping

Hat [at], happy [apI]

<ng> represent two sounds

Sing [sIŋg] rang [raŋg]

CONSONAT DIFFERENCES

T- glottalisation particularly common amongst the younger

Butter [bƱ?ε]

[t] in intervocalic position replaced by [r]

matter, [marε], better [berε].

CONSONTAN DIFFERENCES LENITION

Lention of [t]

Production [tθ] and [θ] or [ts] and [s] instead of [t].

Pete [pI:θ], city [sIθI], adult [adults], taken [tθeIken]

CONSONANT DIFFERENCES

Lenition of [k]

[k] becomes [x]

week [wi:x], actor [axtε] welcome [welkxεm]

KECKS

In the North of England and South Wales, the word "kecks" or "kex" is frequently used to refer to men's trousers. "That's a smart pair

o' kecks he's wearin'!"

DIVVY

A person who is a bit of a waster, or is unemployed. A shorter version of this is the word Divv. Your in this pub all day you

divvy....

"Your such a f******* divv, you lost your job at the pig farm months ago and your still on the dole.

BEVVY

Slang term for a drink (beverage), usually alcoholic, most often beer or lager. Can also be used in to describe the process of getting steaming drunk. I've had a shit day at

work. Could murder a bevvy.

BOSS!

"Very good stuff!“ Cool. Awesome. An expression from the

mid 1950s You are boss!

KIDDA What kids from Liverpool

say to eachother, to say hi to one another or to addres someone. Scouse word. "Orite ther kidda, ow yeh

doin“ "Ay kidda cum ova ere

lah"

GRACE Means elegance,

loveliness, and beauty. The swan glided

over the lake gracefully.

BIFTER Slang term for a

cigarette. Plural is "biffs". Originated in Liverpool. Give us a bifter. Where's my biffs?

SKRAG For one woman to pull

another woman around by the hair. Fighting. Short for "Skull rag". O wow, look, a

skrag!

Scouse is associated with Liverpool and adjoining areas like Knowsley, Wirral and Sefton.

Major influence from the influx of Irish, Welsh and its maritime heritage.

Scouse is a highly accented manner of speech and we can find several phonetic changes with RP.

First: no difference in the pronunciation of square [skwЗ:] and nurse [nЗ:s].

Second: A tendency to use [Ʊ] where RP speakers would use a [ ]. ʌ But [bƱt]

Third: TH stopping realization of dental fricatives [θ, ð] as stops [t, d]. Tick [tIk] Thick [tIk]

Fourth: H dropping pronouncing words like happy or hell as [api] and [el]

Fifth: Two important cases of Lenition.

With [t] in which most speakers produce [tθ] and [θ] while a few produce [ts] and [s] nigth [naIθ], twenty [twentsI]

With [k] in which it becomes [x], book [bƱx], respect [rIspext]

QUIZZ

When did the Scouse accent start … a) Late 19th century

b) Early 18th century

c) Mid 19th century

d) Mid 18th century

When did the Scouse accent start … u Late 19th centuryy Early 18th century

r Mid 19th centuryr Mid 18th century

Where we can find primarly the Scouse accent?a) Hampshire

b) Merseyside

c) Essex

d) Plymouth

Where we can find primarly the Scouse accent?d Hampshire

d Merseysided Essexd Plymouth

What is the major influence of Scouse? a) Irish and Welsh

b) Chesire and Yorkshire

c) Cumbrian and Gerodie

d) Welsh and Chesire

What is the major influence of Scouse?

r Irish and Welshr Chesire and Yorkshires Cumbrian and Gerodie o Welsh and Chesire

Why do the words square and bird rhyme?a) They are both pronounced with the diphthong

[eә]

b) They do not rhyme

c) They are both pronounced with [ε:]

d) They are both pronounced with [ε]

Why do the words square and bird rhyme? They are both pronounced with the diphthong

[eә]o They do not rhyme

e They are both pronounced with [3:]

o They are both pronounced with [ε]

How does a Liverpudlian pronounce money?r [moni]p [mƱni]p [m ni]ʌp [m nei]ʌ

How does a Liverpudlian pronounce money?r [moni]

p [mƱni]p [m ni]ʌp [m nei]ʌ

Tin and thin are pronounced the same way because of...a) TH dropping

b) TH stopping

c) H dropping

d) H stopping

Tin and thin are pronounced the same way because of...t TH dropping

t TH stoppingt Lenition of Tt H stopping

What is ‘skrag’ in RP? a) Fight between women

b) Ride in a bicycle

c) Sweep the floor

d) Break something

What is ‘skrag’ in RP?

i Fight between womenm Ride in a bicyclee Sweep the floore Break something

What is ‘grace’ in RP?a) ugly

b) elegance

c) Typical race in Liverpool

d) famous

What is ‘grace’ in RP?i ugly

i elegancei Typical race in LiverpoolL famous

The definition of ‘boss’ is…a) Chief

b) Awful

c) Amusing

d) Cool

The definition of ‘boss’ is…f Chieff Awfulf Amusing

f Cool

Thanks for your attention!!