Picking up scouse?

Where about is he from crouchie?

Scouse is a hell of a lot cooler than Kiwi Slang.  I mean we have terms like "sweet as", "choice", and "cuzzie bro" 

great scouse words that are still very local Arlarse Kecks Divvy Skint The Bizzies Meff Tracky Trainies  Bifter goose keep dixie

The most Scouse sentence I've ever read. To dissect it...

Arl arse - Unreasonable.
Kecks - Trousers.
Divvy - Idiot, also see Beaut. Love the word Divvy.
Skint - Poor (lack of money poor).
The Bizzies - Police.
Meff - Scruff, or person of alternative dress sense. See Beaut.
Tracky - Tracksuit.
Trainess - Training Shoes (people from outside Liverpool often cannot get their heads around this alternative word).
Bifter - Cigarette. Also see Ciggy
Goose - Could mean a couple of things. Mainly either To have sex with (i.e. They goosed) or To break something (i.e. It's goosed).
Keep dixie - Keep a lookout.

^^ well, that was boss CRK! Thanks for the little 'briefing'   . well I guess, yeah some of the words used on the forum (scouse language) tend to stay in my head. So, it does have an influence after all.

I once bought a pocket book from Liverpool on Scouse English, but was never able to pick it up. However, I know some of these words: kecks, skint, bifter, probably others too. I pay a lot of attention when English people speak.

I find it a little hypocritical when I see people use someone else's lingo; however, I do it sometimes, too. A couple of my close friends are English. It's never to impress anyone, though. Let's just say I can choose the way I want to speak English, because I don't live in an English-speaking country, and I'd much rather say "lad" or "bloke" than... "guy". It's clear preference. (of course those words are hardly slang - just trying to make a point) Now I'd probably never use "kecks", because no one knows what it means, but I've used "skint" a lot, I think it's a more widespread word. I guess what I'm trying to say is that you might pick up words, but some are simply showing off
When speaking to scousers, adopting their lingo is sort of cute, trying to mingle, like. But I see it more as a joke. I'd probably never say "kecks" in Liverpool, either. I was only taught "trousers", see. I'd kill to be able to talk like that, but I'd always be too self-conscious.
I still think it's cute when people say 'boss' (apparently it's a scouse word, I only found out when I read this thread), 'fab' (does anyone even say that? I'm still in Beatle time), etc.

^^ "'fab' (does anyone even say that? I'm still in Beatle time), etc."

Don't worry sourcherry, i don't live in an English-speaking country too and I do use 'fab' too! 

I never knew saying "boss" was typical Scouse! I think I got used to it since I was a member in another Liverpool forum, I thought it was normal everywhere

^^ "'fab' (does anyone even say that? I'm still in Beatle time), etc."

Don't worry sourcherry, i don't live in an English-speaking country too and I do use 'fab' too! 

that's fab

 You're Boss mate!! 

I remember them scouse dictionaries too

I remember having a great laugh over some terms...

Wallasey lad. -  "gay"
rolling in the sh*t - completley drunken

I wonder if they speak scouse in this town called liverpool, which is located on the mersey river       .....   strange but true
if not a dozen of us should emmigrate there and get it started up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool,_Nova_Scotia

I reckon we start a campaign to get the word lash back into every day use. Lash as in chuck/throw it away. For example "what shall I do with the empty wrapper?" answer - "just lash it on the floor"

The most Scouse sentence I've ever read. To dissect it...

Arl arse - Unreasonable.
Kecks - Trousers.
Divvy - Idiot, also see Beaut. Love the word Divvy.
Skint - Poor (lack of money poor).
The Bizzies - Police.
Meff - Scruff, or person of alternative dress sense. See Beaut.
Tracky - Tracksuit.
Trainess - Training Shoes (people from outside Liverpool often cannot get their heads around this alternative word).
Bifter - Cigarette. Also see Ciggy
Goose - Could mean a couple of things. Mainly either To have sex with (I.e. They goosed) or To break something (I.e. It's goosed).
Keep dixie - Keep a lookout.

How about "Cows Melt" - you little tinker

                "Cunthooks" - you nasty boy
     
                "Twathat" - see c**t hooks
   
                 

CRK,

Loads of those words have been used here in South Wales for a while, must be the North Wales connection or something, they're all scousers up there! Kecks, Divvy, Skint, Tracky all been on down here. Bifter is linked to smoking weed round here, bifta, wispa, jimmy rifter so on and so forth.

CRK,

Loads of those words have been used here in South Wales for a while, must be the North Wales connection or something, they're all scousers up there! Kecks, Divvy, Skint, Tracky all been on down here. Bifter is linked to smoking weed round here, bifta, wispa, jimmy rifter so on and so forth.

Having grown up in North Wales, I agree, kecks, divvy, skint, tracky, sound, all of those and a few more are all commonly used.  Boss is a new one although there's a scouser in my office who uses it all the time.  It's a great word!

What about, We (scousers) speak THE best English, you can AXE anyone. 

I reckon we start a campaign to get the word lash back into every day use. Lash as in chuck/throw it away. For example "what shall I do with the empty wrapper?" answer - "just lash it on the floor"

What are you doing watching Eastenders?!! LASH the footie on!!!

Being a die-hard Lancastrian I thought when moving to Liverpool Id be certain to withhold my heritage...but after a few days my old accent was already starting to fade!

Its like a disease I say!

Few other Scouse words that may be used on here, but probably more likely to be by the younger ones.

Time as in ages ago. Example "haven't seen you in time lad" but to get the real effect it has to be tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiime.

Swerve that as in forget it. Example "wanna go the pictures tonight?" "nah swerve that, lets just stay in"

CRK,

Loads of those words have been used here in South Wales for a while, must be the North Wales connection or something, they're all scousers up there! Kecks, Divvy, Skint, Tracky all been on down here. Bifter is linked to smoking weed round here, bifta, wispa, jimmy rifter so on and so forth.

It's hard to know where they originate from. Scouse is meant to be a mixing pot of loads of different origins.

Bit like the scran really.

There's another boss word.

I reckon we start a campaign to get the word lash back into every day use. Lash as in chuck/throw it away. For example "what shall I do with the empty wrapper?" answer - "just lash it on the floor"

What are you doing watching Eastenders?!! LASH the footie on!!!

I always use 'lash.' Excellent word.

It can also be used to greet someone. I.e. 'Alright lash, how've you been?' Predominantly male though.

Time as in ages ago. Example "haven't seen you in time lad" but to get the real effect it has to be tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiime.

Swerve that as in forget it. Example "wanna go the pictures tonight?" "nah swerve that, lets just stay in"

Some excellent examples there lash.

Scran is a boss word.

Kidder is another word, not used half as much nowadays.

Scran is a boss word.

Kidder is another word, not used half as much nowadays.

It sounds too much like 'piss take scouse' sometimes. As if Harry Enfield was saying it.

I'm very conscious of who's about when I tell someone to calm down. :

The Scouse Alphabet - Harry Enfield