Talk Like a Scouse Teenager

This article will teach you how to talk like a scouse teenager. A bit of background info: most scouse teens are amazingly cool like and sound lad ; this will probably help in putting this guide into context.

Steps

  1. Start a conversation with "what's happenin, laah." (translation: Hello mate." Pronounce the laa as laaaa and the a sound is like the a in "apple" not like the a in "argue") anyway forget the sound ar.. for the word and you will be fine.
  2. Good Practice: Want some chicken and a can of coke ( i want some chicken and a can of coke.)
  3. Learn the specific pronunciations.
    • The "th" sound as in "the" is usually not pronounced as the "th" sound normally is in the English language, usually as a "d" (e.g. de=the mudder=mother)
    • The sentence "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" would be pronounced something like "de kwik brr-ah-n fox jumped ova de layzee dog."
    • "They" is quite often pronounced as "thee" or "dee"
    • "The" can sometimes be pronounced at "thee" or "dee"
  4. Know the special things that only scouse teens say.
    • People don't say "um" they say "erm", which is very hard if you don't come from Liverpool. It is somewhat like "aiirrrmmm".
    • Teenagers say "eeee" a lot when offended, this is either pronounced as a plain and simple eeee sound but sometimes it is said somewhat like "urrrr" or "eeeeeeeeeeehh" (this pronunciation is very hard to write down phonetically, but the pitch of the word starts quite low then drops very low and then goes very high)
    • The words "like" and "pure" (pronounced p-yar), "proper" (pronounced propehh) and "though" are randomly inserted into sentences, e.g. "Eee she was propa snarlinnn me tho a was pyarrr fumin." or "yerr e's fitt im tho."
    • The verb "to snarl" is when somebody gives a look of disgust and dislike, or looks you up and down etc.
    • "Do you know what I mean (though)" (pronounced "dya no warra mean. (tho)") is often added to the end of a sentence, it is usually not meant literally, just a habit. The though at the end is optional.
    • "Fit" and "fine" are the words generally used to say that you find someone attractive. The word fit can also be used to express a like for something. E.g. "That lad is pure fine" or "This lippy is pure fit"
  5. End the conversation with. 'In a bit kidda' no one says 'peace out.' in Liverpool
  6. Other Common Words:
    • Fiver = £5
    • Bail = Run
    • Nar = No
    • Raar = Right (as in "right now")
    • Abar = About (as in "about 20 minutes")
    • Sound = That's good or Okay
    • Wool/Wooleyback = Anyone from outside the city, who is not a Liverpudlian. Used specifically for people from such places as Rainhill, Runcorn, Widnes, Whiston, Ellesmere Port, Wales, etc.
    • Plazzy/Plastic Scouser = People who are not from Liverpool, but speak with a Liverpool accent.
    • Quid = £1 coin
    • twenny quid = £20
    • what's 'appenin = Hello
    • sick = cool
    • skint= broke
    • slag = slut
    • slaphead/skinhead= bald man
    • deek= look (deekin=lookin)
    • Smack ed = Somebody who takes heroin
    • Chillin = doing nothing
    • Webbed = Punched
    • Cleared = Knocked out
    • Grass/Snitch/5 0'd = Tattletale/d
    • Me brick = My phone
    • nob= jerk
    • Tunes = Music
    • Vile = disgusting
    • spliff = a joint
    • init = lazy way of saying "isn't it"
    • shite (pronounced shy-te) = shit (adj - it was shite)
    • Sweet = He/they/that/she is okay
    • what is = "what is happening", what have you been up to?
    • Boss = Had a good time
    • scatty = Horrible
    • Goin For A Ciggie = Going For A Smoke
    • she's a pure show = unpleasant/unattractive
    • legged it = ran
    • getting off= bunked school
    • Necked him = made out
    • torkin = talking
    • propah = proper

Tips

  • Learn chatspeak, although if you want to understand a scouse person's chatspeak then say it out loud (or say it out loud in your head) and if you understand scouse accents in general you should understand a lot of that.
  • Act like you are heavy breathing , and the put your tongue to the bottom of your mouth like scouse; you would scroll your word on the 'C' in scouse !!
  • T's are sometimes silent
  • them = um (leave them= leavum, forget them=forgetum)
  • walking = warkin
  • See if you can find a Bebo, Hi5, Myspace, Pizco or Facebook sites of scouse chavs that speak with chatspeak as it helps to give an idea of how words are pronounced.
  • birthday = burfdee
  • Talk very high pitched and as fast as you can.
  • If you know some scouse people, call them on the phone regularly and note how they pronounce certain words.
  • pronunciation:
  • pronounce Y's as eh's (gently=gen-leh, quickly=quickleh)
  • pronounce ER's as ah's. (poker= poke-ah,)

Warnings

  • If you aggravate a scouse teenager they will often accuse you of "starting on them."
  • The "a" sound is never pronounced as in the southern way as "ar" but always as the "a" in cat, unless the word is spelled with an actual "ar" or "ah" in it. E.g. plant would not be plarnt however, sparse would remain sparse.

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