Liverpool Dialect

 

• Became major port in Industrial Revolution and was influenced dialectically by Irish and Welsh workers

• Perceived as untrustworthy and unintelligent

 

Specifically:

• Slightly swallowed placement

• Northern vowels: note the Scottish influence

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KIM (LIVERPOOL) TRANSCRIPTION

 

Æn’     mɑi      lIɁl       storƐi   Iz         ðæd     It          wΛs    mɑi       bΛθdƐi           lɑ/æst

And    my       little     story    is         that      it          was     my       birthday         last

 

SɑtΛ(r)dƐi       ɑnd      Ɛm       wi—    mi        ænd     mɑI      fæm’li  mƐɁ      fΛh      lontʃ

Saturday         and      em       we—   me      and      my        family  met      for       lunch

 

ol         ð’         lƐidiz   Λv        ðΛ        fæm’li  Ɛh,       mɑi      æntis,              mɑi      sIstΛ’,

all        the       ladies of         the       family  eh,      my       aunties,           my       sister,

 

mi        dotΛh,             mɑI      kozIns            ænd,    Λh,      wi        hæd     Λ         grƐIt

me       daughter,       my       cousins           and,    uh,      we       had     a          great

 

tɑim     hæd    Λ         fju        drInks             ænd    Λ          lΛvli    lontʃ     æn’      mɑi

time     had     a          few      drinks             and     a          lovely lunch    and     my

 

ɑnti      wΛz    sƐvƐnti            so        It          wΛs    Λ           dobl      sƐlƐbrƐiʃΛn.    okƐi?

auntie was     seventy           so        it          was     a          double  celebration.    Okay?

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