As the famous Liverpool song 'In My Liverpool Home' says:
"We speak in an accent exceedingly rare"
The accent of those native of Liverpool is known as Scouse, and natives of
Liverpool, England, known as Scousers
But it isn't just the accent that's 'exceedingly rare'. The whole language
of Scouse can take a little deciphering
So here's a small selection of words and phrases you may hear during your
visit, and a translation in to the Queen's English:
Alehouse - Public House. A venue where you can purchase alcoholic beverages
and often food
Bevvy / Jar - An alcoholic beverage normally purchased from said Ale House
Bifter / Ciggy - A cigarette
Bizzy - A policeman
Bizzy Station - The building where the Policemen are based
Chocker - Busy
Proper chocker - Very busy
Footy - Soccer
(In fact any word that can have -y added to the end is likely to have in
Scouse)
Scran - Something to eat
Owl fella - Elderly gentleman
Judy - Girl
Scally - An untrustworthy person
Does me ed in - Annoys me terribly
Woolly back - A non-native of Liverpool, usually a person from Northern
England
Butty - A sandwich
Chippy - A takeaway selling a selection of foods including chipped
potatoes, usually also sell battered fish
Bladdered / Paralitic - Very drunk
Gerrim in - Please go to the bar - in said Public House - and purchase a round (a drink for each person in the group)
De kip o you - One's demeanour
Have a deck - Take a look
Do one - go (alternatively this could also mean become 'very frightened')
Do one up de dancers - Go upstairs
Don't get airyated - Exasperated
Don't get a cob on - Be rancorous
I'm made up - Very pleased
Gerra joey - Hail a taxi
Brewstered - Financially well off
Sack off - Decline
Sound - How wonderful
Early dart - Leave early
A Case - An entertaining person
De Pool - The City of Liverpool
De big ouse - The Vines Public House in Lime Street
De Phil - The Philharmonic Hall or Pub in Hope Street
Kellys's Barn - St George's Hall
Parly Street - Upper Parliament Street
Over de water - The Wirral, the stretch of land across the River Mersey
Limey - Lime Street Station and area
Paddy's Wigwam - The Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
The Raller - The railway line - often used to describe the Liverpool Loop Line
I'm gonna scooby - I'm about to leave
Grab a granny - A nightclub catering for those over 25 years of age - most
notably Monday night at The Famous Grafton Rooms, West Derby
Dey don't do dat down der doe do dey doe? - They don't do that down there
though, do they though?
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