Scouse is the accent and dialect of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It originated in the mid-19th century due to the influx of Irish and Welsh immigrants into the port city of Liverpool, creating a unique mixing of accents. Scouse is characterized phonetically by TH-stopping, H-dropping, and differences in vowel pronunciation compared to Received Pronunciation (RP). For example, words containing "air/are/ear" are pronounced with the vowel sound in "nurse" rather than "square." Scouse also exhibits lenition processes that modify consonant sounds like "t" and "k." The accent continues to evolve across generations.

1. SCOUSE
 VICENTE  LETICIA
BELDA VÁZQUEZ
 TRIANA  PAULA
GÓMEZ ARAYA

2. SCOUSE

3.  Metropolitan county of Merseyside
Close to Liverpool.
Adjoining urban areas such as south
Sefton, Knowsley and the Wirral.
 As far reaching as
in Cheshire and
Lancashire.

4.  Scouse is a fairly recent trend
 Started in the mid-19th century
 Scouse accent owes its roots to
Liverpool’s position as a port

5.  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.

6.  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

7.  Major
influenceinflux of Irish and
Welsh into the city
 The unique Scouse sound  mixing
of these different accents and
dialects

8. 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.
Similarto standard English but different
pronunciation.

10. NON-RHOTICIT Y
 Contradiction?
 How do we explain it?

11. VOWEL DIFFERENCES
 [ε:] instead of [eә].
 Pronounced when <ir>, <er>, <are> and <air>
appear
 Consequences:
- square or pair are pronounced like nurse or
bird.

12. VOWEL DIFFERENCES
 Prefixes con-, ex- or ad-, pronounced with [ᴅ, ε,
a] rather than [ә, I, ә]
 Computer  [kᴅmpju:tε], examine [εgzamIn]
advantage  [adva:ntIʤ]
 use of [ᴐ:] were it should be a [Ʊ ә].
 Poor [pᴐ:], tour [tᴐ:], sure [ʃᴐ:], cure [kjᴐ:]

13. VOWEL DIFFERENCES
 Use of [Ʊ ] instead of [ʌ ].
 cut  [kƱt], blood  [blƱd], money  [mƱnI],
does  [dƱs]

14. CONSONANT DIFFERENCES
 TH stopping
 dental fricatives [θ, δ] realised like alveolar stop [t, d]
 tin  [tIn] thin  [tIn]
 den [dεn] then [dεn]

15. CONSONANT DIFFERENCES
 H dropping
 Hat  [at], happy  [apI]
 <ng> represent two sounds
 Sing  [sIŋg] rang  [raŋg]

16. CONSONAT DIFFERENCES
 T- glottalisation particularly common amongst the
younger
 Butter  [bƱ ?ε]
 [t] in intervocalic position replaced by [r]
 matter,  [marε], better  [berε].

17. 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]

18. CONSONANT DIFFERENCES
 Lenition of [k]
 [k] becomes [x]
 week  [wi:x], actor  [axtε] welcome 
[welkxεm]

21. 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'!"

23. 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.

25. 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.

27. BOSS!
 "Very good stuff!“
 Cool. Awesome.
 An expression from the
mid 1950s
 You are boss!

29. 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"

31. GRACE
 Means elegance,
loveliness, and beauty.
 The swan glided
over the lake
gracefully.

33. BIFTER
 Slang term for a
cigarette. Plural is
"biffs".
Originated in Liverpool.
 Give us a bifter.
 Where's my biffs?

35. SKRAG
 For one woman to pull
another woman around
by the hair. Fighting.
Short for "Skull rag".
 O wow, look, a
skrag!

37.  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.

38.  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].

39.  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]

40.  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]

41. QUIZZ

42.  When did the Scouse accent start …
a) Late 19th century
b) Early 18th century
c) Mid 19th century
d) Mid 18th century

43.  When did the Scouse accent start …
u Late 19th century
y Early 18th century
r Mid 19th century
r Mid 18th century

44.  Where we can find primarly the Scouse
accent?
a) Hampshire
b) Merseyside
c) Essex
d) Plymouth

45.  Where we can find primarly the Scouse
accent?
d Hampshire
d Merseyside
d Essex
d Plymouth

46.  What is the major influence of Scouse?
a) Irish and Welsh
b) Chesire and Yorkshire
c) Cumbrian and Gerodie
d) Welsh and Chesire

47.  What is the major influence of Scouse?
r Irish and Welsh
r Chesire and Yorkshire
s Cumbrian and Gerodie
o Welsh and Chesire

48.  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]

49.  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]

50.  How does a Liverpudlian pronounce money?
r [moni]
p [mƱni]
p [mʌni]
p [mʌnei]

51.  How does a Liverpudlian pronounce money?
r [moni]
p [mƱni]
p [mʌni]
p [mʌnei]

52.  Tin and thin are pronounced the same way
because of...
a) TH dropping
b) TH stopping
c) H dropping
d) H stopping

53.  Tin and thin are pronounced the same way
because of...
t TH dropping
t TH stopping
t Lenition of T
t H stopping

54.  What is ‘skrag’ in RP?
a) Fight between women
b) Ride in a bicycle
c) Sweep the floor
d) Break something

55.  What is ‘skrag’ in RP?
i Fight between women
m Ride in a bicycle
e Sweep the floor
e Break something

56.  What is ‘grace’ in RP?
a) ugly
b) elegance
c) Typical race in Liverpool
d) famous

57.  What is ‘grace’ in RP?
i ugly
i elegance
i Typical race in Liverpool
L famous

58.  The definition of ‘boss’ is…
a) Chief
b) Awful
c) Amusing
d) Cool

59.  The definition of ‘boss’ is…
f Chief
f Awful
f Amusing
f Cool

60. Thanks for your attention!!