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To love the Scouse accent?

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yellowgummybears · 20/07/2024 19:26

It's beautiful! Not just the accent but the dialect. I love it, anyone else?

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Willyoujustbequiet · 21/07/2024 00:22

FinalCeleryScheme · 20/07/2024 22:53

No. It’s fucking irritating. Like Harry Enfield’s scousers.

Now Geordie…that is an accent I can listen to all day.

Love Geordie. It's like a big, warm hug.

I dislike scouse. It's too harsh and sounds like they are spitting.

onethousand · 21/07/2024 00:19

It's my least favourite accent

Firebird83 · 21/07/2024 00:05

I love the Scouse accent. Can’t stand Mancunian though.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 21/07/2024 00:02

I know a lot of people don't like the Essex accent but I love listening to my EssexBoy DS talking .
I do sometimes ask him "And how are we spelling wa'er / bu'er /.ta'oo with or without the T in the middle " but I'm his muvver so I can Wink

C0rdeliaChase · 21/07/2024 00:00

Zoflorabore · 20/07/2024 23:47

I’m a scouser and I live here too and I like my accent but it’s not super strong and we sound nothing like the Harry Enfield characters 😊

ds is 21 and speaks nicely but some of his friends start every sentence with “lad” which I can’t stand!

Me and DH always say "lid" when we're taking the piss out of people. No one's Scouse accent is that thick they say "lid" naturally, it's definitely exaggerated.

C0rdeliaChase · 20/07/2024 23:58

Berlinlover · 20/07/2024 23:35

I love it. I’m Irish and always feel right at home whenever I visit Liverpool.

My nan was Irish and moved to Liverpool as a young woman. She had the best mix of Irish and Scouse in her accent, it was beautiful! (Although, I'm biased as I'm also a Scouser).

Arethereshootingstarstonight · 20/07/2024 23:54

Oh and love Irish too

Arethereshootingstarstonight · 20/07/2024 23:53

I like it and the humour too. I’m Northern though too. I really dislike a brummie accent, I have to say and a rough Eastenders type accent. I love a Northern accent the most-Mancunian, Liverpudlian, Sheffield etc

Zoflorabore · 20/07/2024 23:47

I’m a scouser and I live here too and I like my accent but it’s not super strong and we sound nothing like the Harry Enfield characters 😊

ds is 21 and speaks nicely but some of his friends start every sentence with “lad” which I can’t stand!

dbeuowlxb173939 · 20/07/2024 23:47

I lived in Liverpool for a few years, I love the accent and the people Smile

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 20/07/2024 23:41

Oh I love it too .
Though there was a "comedy" show I watched about 10 minutes of (cannot remember the name it was a sitcom based on a family) one character had such a thick, overdone Scouse accent it made me press the remote

But otherwise , love it .

Loved listening to Derek Acorah's voice .

floppybit · 20/07/2024 23:40

I bloody love a Scouse accent!!

Berlinlover · 20/07/2024 23:35

I love it. I’m Irish and always feel right at home whenever I visit Liverpool.

twilightermummy · 20/07/2024 23:34

I think it sounds really aggressive. It's my most disliked accent I'm sorry to say.

DriverMeCrazy · 20/07/2024 23:33

Love it.

DeathpunchDan · 20/07/2024 23:29

nah..London for me

gillefc82 · 20/07/2024 23:23

I am proud to have been born in Liverpool, but after many years during childhood and most of my 20s living in the Midlands or the South East, I no longer have a strong scouse accent, but certainly have a twinge which most people are able to place. It tends to come out more when I’ve had a few drinks or if I’m shouting!!

Whilst I do genuinely think some of the most beautifully stunning ladies I’ve ever seen are from Liverpool, if they open their mouths and a very strong, guttural accent comes out, it makes me cringe a little and if I were a straight male, I’d find it an instant turnoff.

I’m a season ticket holder at Everton, so am in the City regularly and I’d say over recent years there seems to be a trend amongst young fellas in particular to over exaggerate the accent. Very strange.

Got to love some of the phrases and sayings though. True linguistic magic! 😂

Tralalaka · 20/07/2024 23:15

I can’t stand it. I’ve a few Liverpool friends who have extremely soft accents with the tiniest hint of scouse which is nice but full on scouse, def not

Ponoka7 · 20/07/2024 23:10

I thought that you were watching the boxing and seen Andrew Cain (Liverpool boxer) win the bantamweight british and commonwealth title. Nick Ball gave an interview as well.

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yellowgummybears · 20/07/2024 23:03

Now Brummie, I'm not so keen on!

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JackGrealishsCalves · 20/07/2024 23:03

Eugh, no not for me, as someone upthread said, it sounds really fake and harsh these days

MrsSkylerWhite · 20/07/2024 23:00

Sorry, don’t like it. Phlegmy.

Floatinginatincan · 20/07/2024 23:00

I love a brummie accent. I had a 'thing' with a man who had the deepest voice and sexiest brum accent. Gives me the shivers just thinking about it.

Grazianoscubanheel · 20/07/2024 22:56

It's bloody awful, perhaps only second in awfulness to Manc.

You mingebag!!!

dannyufcfan · 20/07/2024 22:55

Scouse here. And I love the sound of my own voice.

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