Learn a Scouse Accent in Just 5 Minutes - Liverpool Accent Tutorial

So you love Liverpool but when it comes to

Scouse pronunciation you sometimes get

a little bit lost.

Well don't worry, because I'm here to help!

Hello everyone, my name is Anna. I'm an English

teacher and pronunciation coach.

And today we're going to break down some of the

features of the Liverpool accent.

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And now, it's time to breakdown the Scouse accent.

The first thing we're

going to look at is the fricative t so

when a t's at the end of a word and sometimes when

it's in the middle of a word

then rather than having a plosive sound

a scouser might make it fricative which

means it vibrates like this so if I said

right a scouser would say right right

right right let's get going right let's

go and don't don't don't don't

water water water water

I need a bottle of water I need a bottle

of water

another typical feature of the Scouse

accent is the K sound so in a word ends

with a k a scouser may constrict this sound

and make it a k kind of sound so for

example if i was to say back a scouser

would say back back back i'm coming back

later

I'm coming back later look-look-look look

look at him look at him

fake bake fake bake

a fake bake fake bake that looks like a

fake bake

that looks like a fake bake. Sound like you've

got a hairball. One of the differences

in vowels is the A vowel in standard

British English we have ... but in scouse

you have ... so for example if i was to

say come come come come come here come

here

up up up up come up here

come up here come up here shut

shut shut shot

shut the door shut the door all right

keep your hair on another feature that

may sometimes change is the th in

standard British English it's th but in

scouse we have d for example

great sometimes when a t has a vowel

on either side some old-school scousers

may change the t for an r and a very

famous example of this is the lovely

Cilla Black if you don't know who she

is

google her check her out but she had a

catchphrase and the catchphrase was a

A lorra lorra laaughs, she's saying a lot of a lot

of laughs but she's changing that t

from a lot to an r lorra lorra

laughs what if I was to say not a lot of

laughs

norra lorra laughs, norra lorra laughs

so funny

two more words that you may come across

regularly but are pronounced very

differently by true scousers are the

words something something

very different and nothing

nothing, nothing to worry about

nothing going on, nothing going on? great

lovely. Well we've had such a great time

today... Should I do in a Scouse accent?

We've had a great time today learning

all about the Scouse accent... sorry in

standard British English we've had a

great time today learning all about the

Scouse accent so i want to say a huge

thank you to Rebecca.

Well I hope you enjoyed that and remember

if you are learning English as a second language

then you can access my British Accents mini course

for free. I'll leave the  link down in the description.

And if you're looking for more  accent videos then why not

check out this one.

Until next time, take very  good care and goodbye...

or should I say tarra.