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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Dec 8, 2014 23:27:10 GMT
As long as people speak clearly and slow their accent a little, I have no problem with most accents. As for the scouse accent, when you live and work amongst scousers for months/years, you get used to it. Don't have any problems with it now, even when it's spoken quickly. It's the Scouse words that always throw me. I had a Scouse girlfriend for a while and I remember the look of bemusement on her face when I asked if "boss" was good or bad. She then called me a "meff", which took me even longer to work out. |
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Post by johnloony on Dec 9, 2014 3:05:13 GMT
I remember the look of bemusement on her face when I asked if "boss" was good or bad. She then called me a "meff", which took me even longer to work out. Are you going to enlighten us? Or do I need to go and live in Liverpool for a few years to find out by osmosis?  |
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Post by independentukip on Dec 9, 2014 3:34:54 GMT
I remember the look of bemusement on her face when I asked if "boss" was good or bad. She then called me a "meff", which took me even longer to work out. Are you going to enlighten us? Or do I need to go and live in Liverpool for a few years to find out by osmosis? I don't know what being called "boss" means in Merseyside but as a resident of London I regard it that when I'm called "boss" (not that infrequently as it happens) I'm being racially abused due to being white. And for the record I don't think anyone from the Afro-Caribbean community has ever called me "boss". |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2014 8:08:23 GMT
Having worked in prisons for years, boss is used by male prisoners of officers when addressing them. As a Manc, to say something is "boss" means it is great or impressive. It means the same for Scousers, it certainly did among those I knew in prison.
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Dec 9, 2014 8:45:29 GMT
I remember the look of bemusement on her face when I asked if "boss" was good or bad. She then called me a "meff", which took me even longer to work out. Are you going to enlighten us? Or do I need to go and live in Liverpool for a few years to find out by osmosis? "Boss" meant good, and "meff" broadly meant "pillock". CatholicLeft- I'd never actually heard anyone say it at home, so it might be one of those words that causes inter-Manc miscommunication, such as the heathens who call a barmcake a muffin. |
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Post by neilm on Dec 9, 2014 13:46:58 GMT
I got a telesales call from someone speaking in very broad Geordie recently and I had to admit that I couldn't understand what they were saying. It was rather embarrassing. Other places where I have had difficulty understanding native speakers of English are Londonderry and the Caribbean coast of Panama. I guess some people have the same problem with Scouse though! I only live 35 miles away but have great difficulty in Liverpool, usually at eateries. I place my order, and they ask " Izzyerlaikherwizat? " After 3 attempts I usually have a vague idea of what they're asking. My worst experience ever was in Blackpool { insert punchline here } when I was asked a question by a Glaswegian. Five attempts later I simply had to shake my head and walk away........... Would you like hair with that? That's how I've translated that. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2014 17:37:52 GMT
Are you going to enlighten us? Or do I need to go and live in Liverpool for a few years to find out by osmosis? "Boss" meant good, and "meff" broadly meant "pillock". CatholicLeft- I'd never actually heard anyone say it at home, so it might be one of those words that causes inter-Manc miscommunication, such as the heathens who call a barmcake a muffin. I think we both agreed it meant good? So another form of inter-Manc miscommunication. A muffin instead of a barmcake? Pillocks! |
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Post by thirdchill on Dec 9, 2014 18:26:11 GMT
Are you going to enlighten us? Or do I need to go and live in Liverpool for a few years to find out by osmosis? "Boss" meant good, and "meff" broadly meant "pillock". CatholicLeft- I'd never actually heard anyone say it at home, so it might be one of those words that causes inter-Manc miscommunication, such as the heathens who call a barmcake a muffin. I hear the word 'boss' all the time at work (to mean good or great), have never heard 'meff' though. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2014 18:37:04 GMT
"Boss" meant good, and "meff" broadly meant "pillock". CatholicLeft- I'd never actually heard anyone say it at home, so it might be one of those words that causes inter-Manc miscommunication, such as the heathens who call a barmcake a muffin. I hear the word 'boss' all the time at work (to mean good or great), have never heard 'meff' though. I have often been called "boss" in Bradford/Shipley by Asian taxi drivers and takeaway delivery men. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Dec 9, 2014 18:48:39 GMT
"Boss" meant good, and "meff" broadly meant "pillock". CatholicLeft- I'd never actually heard anyone say it at home, so it might be one of those words that causes inter-Manc miscommunication, such as the heathens who call a barmcake a muffin. I hear the word 'boss' all the time at work (to mean good or great), have never heard 'meff' though. Is it related to "bostin'", which gets used in these parts? (Cheshire / N Staffs) |
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Post by Merseymike on Dec 9, 2014 21:46:21 GMT
We use 'boss' in Liverpool to describe things as well as people though - as in 'that's boss' or the shop in Walton called 'Boss Tans'.
I didn't realise 'meff' was a Liverpool-omly word.
I've never heard the term 'bizzies' anywhere else - I'm assuming you all know who the 'bizzies' are.....
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Post by Richard Allen on Dec 9, 2014 21:57:01 GMT
As long as people speak clearly and slow their accent a little, I have no problem with most accents. As for the scouse accent, when you live and work amongst scousers for months/years, you get used to it. Don't have any problems with it now, even when it's spoken quickly. It's the Scouse words that always throw me. I had a Scouse girlfriend for a while and I remember the look of bemusement on her face when I asked if "boss" was good or bad. She then called me a "meff", which took me even longer to work out. I used to work with a guy who spent half the week in Liverpool with his girlfriend. He had the tendency to use the word "boss" in almost every other sentence and developed an occasional Scouse twang to his accent. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Dec 9, 2014 22:36:31 GMT
We use 'boss' in Liverpool to describe things as well as people though - as in 'that's boss' or the shop in Walton called 'Boss Tans'. I didn't realise 'meff' was a Liverpool-omly word. I've never heard the term 'bizzies' anywhere else - I'm assuming you all know who the 'bizzies' are..... Bizzies appears in the Woolly Lands to the East of Liverpool...but they are popularly known in Manchester by such bizarre sobriquets as "the dibble" and "the five-o", but I'm sure CatholicLeft and Philip Davies are aware of some other odd ones. In fact, there may be no more Manc-sounding phrase than "eee yah yo, it's the dibble". Meff is definitely a Mickey word only, I have heard from someone that it's generally unknown amongst even the plazziest of Plazzies. |
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Post by neilm on Dec 13, 2014 3:06:10 GMT
Plazzies? These are people from St Helens? I ask as a former colleague was from there, hated being described as a Scouser, and referred to some people local to him as plastics.
As for bizzies, I've never heard a Scouser say it but it does appear in Viz occasionally.
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Post by thirdchill on Dec 13, 2014 10:40:19 GMT
We use 'boss' in Liverpool to describe things as well as people though - as in 'that's boss' or the shop in Walton called 'Boss Tans'. I didn't realise 'meff' was a Liverpool-omly word. I've never heard the term 'bizzies' anywhere else - I'm assuming you all know who the 'bizzies' are..... Have heard quite a few Geordies use the word 'Bizzies' to mean 'Police'. A couple of my friends from around consett use the word. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Dec 13, 2014 10:47:34 GMT
Plazzies? These are people from St Helens? I ask as a former colleague was from there, hated being described as a Scouser, and referred to some people local to him as plastics. As for bizzies, I've never heard a Scouser say it but it does appear in Viz occasionally. A Plazzie is indeed a plastic scouser. Traditionally it was people from Runcorn and Widnes pretending to be scouse,with the plastics being the main local inindustry- although that's probably an urban myth. |
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Post by Merseymike on Dec 13, 2014 14:57:51 GMT
Plazzies? These are people from St Helens? I ask as a former colleague was from there, hated being described as a Scouser, and referred to some people local to him as plastics. As for bizzies, I've never heard a Scouser say it but it does appear in Viz occasionally. A Plazzie is indeed a plastic scouser. Traditionally it was people from Runcorn and Widnes pretending to be scouse,with the plastics being the main local inindustry- although that's probably an urban myth. And the Wirral..... |
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Post by harryjoe on Dec 13, 2014 15:44:55 GMT
Apparently,5 cllrs defected to UKIP yesterday on the Kings Lynn and West Norfolk council. Making UKIP the third largest group on council.
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Post by Merseymike on Dec 13, 2014 17:10:48 GMT
Apparently,5 cllrs defected to UKIP yesterday on the Kings Lynn and West Norfolk council. Making UKIP the third largest group on council. Five recent independents, four of who were Conservatives |
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Post by iainbhx on Dec 13, 2014 20:06:48 GMT
Plazzies? These are people from St Helens? I ask as a former colleague was from there, hated being described as a Scouser, and referred to some people local to him as plastics. As for bizzies, I've never heard a Scouser say it but it does appear in Viz occasionally. I work with a number of Scousers, they say bizzies. The Youf of Brummagem call them "the Feds", damnyankee cultural imperialism. |
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