Juvenile Unit #1 and I have conferred to provide more scouse terms.
Me head’s kettled.
I am confused.
Bizzies
The Police.
Scally
The scouse, and better version of “chav”
Getting wellied
Getting drunk. Originates from Cains Brewery workers. After losing the perk of being able to drink on the job, the workers would fill their watertight Wellington boots with ale and drink anyway.
Jarg
Fake. “There’s some jarg sunnies right there”. “That’s jarg Chanel”.
Devoed
Devastated. “I’m fucking devoed, la”
Aba
About. “I’ll be there aba two o clock”.
Go 'ead, lad
Go on lad. Usually used as encouragement.
Come 'ead , lad
The officially recognised three words you need to start fisticuffs.
Alarse
Out of order. “Taking a shit on his doorstep was alarse, lad”
Our kid
Typically a family relation, but can also refer to anyone someone knows personally.
Not pronouncing h’s in some words.
If you ask a Liverpudlian to say “house”, there is a fair chance that they’ll just say “ouse”, with the beginning of the word spoken actively, like in “ouch”. That’s bad enough.
They say a Liverpudlian can incapacitate 78% of all known grammar pedants if they say “a house” using this style. _A _is pronounced in the phonetic way we teach the letter to kids. Both words are pronounced forcefully and quickly. I can just about live with it now, but I felt like someone had sent a couple of rounds my way first time I heard it.
All I have noticed in Carlisle after a week is that a lot of people say ‘pal’ instead of mate and say ‘wee’ a lot instead of little, which comes from just over the boarder. I am sure there will be plenty more.
I have tried slipping into the local accent, but I think it makes me stand out even more.
The weird thing is, I am very conscious of my accent in Carlisle.
Brings back memories of my flatmate in halls. The most scouse person you could ever hope to meet. Also, in his own words (within 30 secs of meeting him) “the biggest fairy you’ll ever meet”. I’m a fan of scousers, and the scouse accent, add in some heavily camp affectations and it’s non-stop entertainment.
I’ve grown to really like the Glasgow accent (to be distingished from a ned accent which is a bit like Glaswegian spoken entirely through the nose)
Awae an beai yer heid; literally ‘go and boil your head’; to be used when you’re talking to someone you are fed up with and wish to go away (similar to f*ck off).
Scunnered; completely fed up/shattered/p*ssed off; ‘ah canny be bothered wi goan tae the pub the night mate, ahm scunnered’
Bealin; literally ‘boiling’; means really bloody angry
Hod tha bus; literally ‘hold the bus’; means ‘wait a minute’
Hingin a mince; very ugly
Cooncil juice; literally ‘council juice’; means water
My favourite:
Awae an sh*te; used when someone says something that’s utter nonsense in an attempt to win a argument; ‘da said ah could huv tha last slice’ ‘awae an shite, he dudnae say anyhin aboot ut’
Someone creating a fuss, almost certainly not involving killing anyone.
have murder with, to
When someone knows they’re going to have a barney with someone else, and announces it up front. “I’m going to have murder with that bastard when I see him”
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