The Scouse accent originated from Liverpool's position as a major port city which brought influence from Irish and Welsh immigrants. Key features of the Scouse accent include pronouncing 'h' as 'haych', using 'youse/yous/use' for 'you', and pronouncing 'k' and 't' sounds differently than in Received Pronunciation. The Scouse accent also merged the 'NURSE' and 'SQUARE' vowel sounds.
I’m going to spell some things out for you! When I was a kid, I really struggled with spelling. Other kids seemed to pick it up so easily, and I was told to just memorize lists of words, but no one would ever tell me why words were spelled the way they were. It was only when I learned some history of the language in university that it finally starts to make sense.
At first glance, English seems to have a downright chaotic spelling system, causing difficulties for young native speakers and adult second language speakers alike. Why is it ‘circus’ not ‘serkis’? Why are we so confused about whether it’s Gif or Jif? And why can a rough, dough-faced ploughman stride, coughing thoughtfully, through the streets of Scarborough?!Can’t we just simplify English spelling?
Well, as we’ll see, English may not be quite as irregular as it seems, and there may actually be some benefits to those peculiarities; and maybe the problem isn’t so much the spellings the way it’s taught, unconnected to the fascinating story of its development. Now, that’s a fairly complicated story, so I’m going to pick a few key examples, and I’ll also be filling in a lot of details later with some other videos about specific letters and sound changes.
8. RP English Modern Scouse [ɜ:] as in 'f u r' [ɛ:] [ɛə] as in 'squ are' [ɛ:] [ri:d] as in 'r ea d' [i:] [sli:p] as in 'sl ee p' [i:] [bʌtə] as in 'b u tt er' [bʊtɛ] [fɔːk] as in 'for k' [fɔ:x]
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11. http:// www.mikekemble.com/mside/scouse1.html http:// www.whoohoo.co.uk/scouse-translator.asp Word or phrase Meaning Chuffed, dead chuffed Happy, very happy De pool The city of Liverpool Cud wind de liver clock Tall person De clock The face De moey, de gob, cakehole The mouth Dee ooter, snotter The nose
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13. Well, here's a story for you: Sarah was a nurse who had been working in the newest area of the territory, she was very happy to start a new job this time in North Square near the Duke Street Tower. On her first morning, she washed her face, put on a plain white dress and a fleece jacket, picked up her kit and headed for work. When she got there, there was a woman with a goose waiting for her. The woman gave Sarah a letter from the vet. The letter implied that the animal could be suffering from a rare form of foot and mouth disease, which was surprising, because normally you would only expect to see it in a goat. Sarah was sentimental, so this made her feel sorry for the bird. The goose began to strut around the office like a lunatic, which made an unsanitary mess. The goose's owner, Mary Harrison, kept calling, "Comma, Comma," which Sarah thought was an odd choice for a name. Comma was strong and huge, so it would take some force to trap her, but Sarah managed by gently stroking the goose's lower back with her palm, and singing to her. Her efforts were not futile. Very soon, Comma began to tire, and Sarah gave her a relaxing bath, washed her and laid her on a cloth for diagnosis Almost immediately, Sarah remembered an effective treatment that required her to measure out a lot of medicine. The treatment was very expensive, but Mrs. Harrison-a millionaire lawyer-thought it was a fair price for a cure.