Liverpool Male
Aged 42 | Born 1972
Full Kit
About the Speaker
"I was born in 1972 in the city of Liverpool. I am one of thirteen children. I come from a mixed cultural background. My Father was Scottish and my Mother from Sicily. My Father was Church of England and my Mother a Catholic, my Father converted so he could marry my Mum. Due to my Father’s military service, my education was one of military/private and state"
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This kit contains all the elements of a full Accent Kit
£10.00
About Liverpool
Liverpool was a major port in the North West of England which dominated the Trans-Atlantic slave trade in the late 18th Century. It has always been a melting pot of people, culture and religion, and is now also a thriving urban metropolis.
The distinctive Liverpudlian accent has its roots in that of the surrounding county of Lancashire, but has been heavily influenced by Irish immigration, Scandinavian sailors, the Afro-Caribbean community, and bordering neighbours in North Wales. This is often heard in the breathy consonants of the Irish, the melody and rhythm of Afro-Caribbean and the guttural consonants of Scandinavian languages.
The popular nickname for a particular style of Liverpool speech, Scouse, comes from the Norwegian Sailors who ate a dish called lapskaus, a stew of mixed ingredients. In the 19th century, people who commonly ate ‘scouse’ such as local dockers, families and sailors became known as ‘scousers’.