Do they speak English in Liverpool?
This might be the first question you will ask yourself when you come to Liverpool, get into a bus or a taxi at the airport and are not able to understand a word of what the driver says. I still remember the first time I heard Scouse, the famous Liverpudlian accent. I was on the street and heard a ‘la’ (=lad) having a conversation on his mobile. It caught my attention, because the language sounded very exotic, so I tried to guess what it was. I was going through a list of languages in my head, while my ear started to catch single English words. Astonished I realized that I had been listening to English, with a very strong Liverpudlian twist, which overall didn’t sound like English at all! Get prepared and get patient. It takes time to understand Scousers, but imagine how made up (=very happy) you will be once you get there. For a start, instead of saying hello or good morning , try to say : Iya, you right luv? (when you greet a lady) or Iya, you right la? (or mate) when you...