The term 'scouse' derives from 'lobscouse', a sailor's dish, and is a recent accent that emerged in 19th century Liverpool, shaped by Irish and Scottish influences. Key characteristics include unique vocabulary, syntax variations like using 'me' instead of 'mine', and the plural 'you' becoming 'youse/yous/use'. References to dialect studies highlight its social and cultural significance.

1. LEONARDOANDRADE
MARINEIDECONCEIÇÃO
MAURICIOCOELHO
VICTORIA OLIVEIRA
THE ORIGINSOF ENGLISH

2. WHAT IS
SCOUSE
AND
WHERE
WE CAN
FIND IT?

3. ORIGIN
• The name scouse comes from lobscouse, a sailor dish;
• It’s considered a recent accent that established in the 19th century;
• It’s highly influenced by the port region and Irish and Scottish
influx.

4. CHARACTERISTICS
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_C4PDSfQJA&t=28s

5. Standard British English x Scouse Dialect
• Vocabulary
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_C4PDSfQJA&t=28s

6. SYNTAX
• The use of me instead of mine;
• Irish English influence.
• That’s me book you got there.
• An exception occurs when my is
emphasised;
• That’s MY book...
• Plural “you” becomes
“youse/yous/use” /juːz/.

8. CURIOSITIES

9. Font: Scouse Press, 2017

10. References
Crowley,Tony (2012). “Scouse a social and cultural history.” Liverpool: Liverpool
University Press, 2012.
Honeybone, Patrick. “New dialect formation in nineteenth-century Liverpool: a
brief history of Scouse.”The Mersey Sound: Liverpool’s Language, People, and
Places. Liverpool:Open House Press. 106-140.