Guest lazyphil Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 So Peely was no different to Ozzies, Irish, most Northerners who live in the SE/&London and keep telling us how fucking wonderful it is where they come from.....theres the airport/bus station, dont let me stand in their way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carew66 Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 In answer to that, you are quite correct. No difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 I should have said Macartney not JPeel, looking back at the post I replied to ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukhumvit Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 jack_schist said:"Whats a scouser"? ? Local History Lesson 1. The name comes from the traditional stew that originated in Liverpool and known as Scouse. Reputedly derived from Lobscouse which is apparently a Norwegian/Scandinavian dish. inhabitants of the city are commonly referred to as Scousers. The city was the 2nd port of the British Empire and a bit of an ethnic melting pot. Has the oldest Chinese community in Europe. Not too far from Wales and so has a largeish Welsh contingent. Was subject to mass immigration by the Irish post 1840's potato famine so many Scousers have Irish backgrounds. Also popular city with many Scots settling there. As a result the local Lancashire accent was bastardised by the influence of Welsh/Irish/Scots into a rather distinctive northern twang. Other famous scousers include:- Jimmy Tarbuck, gap-toothed scouser extraordinaire. Cilla Black, our Cilla - step inside love. Rex Harrison, how appropriate that he taught Audrey Hepburn how to speak proper like in My Fair Lady. George Melly, jazz warrior and all round art toss pot. Leonard Rossitter, goodnight Vienna. Lord Goldsmith, the attorney general no less. Cherie Blair, wife of El Tone. Eddie George, former Governor of Bank of England. Simon Rattle, famous orchestra conductor. etc ad nauseam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carew66 Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Excellent list there Sukhumvit, quite extraordinary. Then there's Beryl Bainbridge of course - dotty old fucker that she is. Oh, there's loads. They're everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayjann Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 don't forget the most famous 'honourary' Scouser.........Jan Molby. the Danish Footballer signed for Liverpool and his soon became one of the broadest Scouse accents i have ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatbastard33 Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Sukhumvit wrote: "Local History Lesson 1. The name comes from the traditional stew that originated in Liverpool and known as Scouse." Local History Lesson2 Blind Scouse is the stew but without any meat!!! Maybe now called Vegeterian Scouse! As a born and bred Scouser the thing about Scousers is that they will joke ("take the mickey") about anybody and anything which often upsets people who are not used to this trait :: However, a Scouser will firstly have no hesitation in taking the mickey out of himself. and often putting himself down in the process Cheers Fatbastard 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man at Work Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 candyfloss said:attempted to steal the famous 'monkey'. ???? Do not understand MaW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukhumvit Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 fatbastard33 said: Local History Lesson2 Blind Scouse is the stew but without any meat!!! Maybe now called Vegeterian Scouse! They never called it Blind Scouse in our house. It was more "'ere" as in "What's for dinner?" "'ere!" (or perhaps dearest Mater was serving up a stew of ear?) We would have had it more often but luckily the Germans missed our chippy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukhumvit Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 carew66 said: Then there's Beryl Bainbridge of course - dotty old fucker that she is. Other Literary/arty connections:- Lynda La Plante is from Birkenhead as is Glenda Jackson. Clive Barker of Hellraiser fame was born near Penny Lane and spent a lot of time at the Liverpool Everyman theatre in the '70's. Bamber Gascoigne, former presenter of University Challenge, is from a family that were once Liverpool based slave traders. John Birt, former director general of the Beeb, is from the place. Nicholas Monsarrat, the chap who wrote The Cruel Sea, was from the city and spent a lot of time on Wirral (and actually had a house a bit further afield on Anglesey). Another reasonably famous author, Malcolm Lowry, who wrote Under The Volcano, was born in New Brighton to a cotton merchant family. Finally, Matthew Arnold the renowned Victorian poet who wrote Dover Beach was in town waiting for a steamer to America when he collapsed and died on the pavement in Dingle, very close to what is now a bingo hall. They named a local school after him. :: Interesting link:- http://liverpool.biography.ms/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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