Scouse dialect

The aim of this form is to analyse Liverpool (Scouse) dialect as a sign of regional identity

Your sex:

What is your age range?

What is your occupation?

  1. employed
  2. software engineer
  3. s
  4. student
  5. student
  6. college
  7. student
  8. student
  9. student
  10. the student
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How long have you been living in Liverpool?

  1. no
  2. 1
  3. a
  4. 8 years
  5. for 8 years
  6. 18 años (¡toda mi vida!)
  7. 16 years
  8. 16 years
  9. all my life
  10. all my life
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If you don’t live in Liverpool now, for how long were you living there before you moved?

  1. never
  2. a
  3. 8 years
  4. 4 years
  5. 13
  6. 22 years
  7. 10 years
  8. n/a
  9. forever >:@
  10. 20 years
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Do you call yourself a Scouser?

Are you proud being Scouser?

What in particular you are proud of?

  1. yes
  2. i support the greatest football club in the world.
  3. football club and the accent
  4. our strong sense of identity, community, and loyalty. the fact that if some tragedy happens, we unite as one in support. i think that's pretty unique. plus, our sarcastic sense of self-deprecating humor makes liverpool a warm, fun place to live.
  5. my family and the people around me
  6. my family and the people around me
  7. the way we all stick together, and if anyone messes with us, we will smash their head in.
  8. being unique and we have humor and the people
  9. everything
  10. i am proud to be a scouser because when i was a young woman, many pop groups in the top 20 were from liverpool. liverpool was buzzing.
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Do you agree, that Liverpool football club and The Beatles made Liverpool famous?

  1. no
  2. yes
  3. yes yes yes yes
  4. yeahhh!!!!! totally
  5. there
  6. in this century, we were a major port before that.
  7. very much so yes
  8. very much so yes
  9. yes but not just them
  10. a little
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Do you speak Scouse dialect in an official environment?

What football team do you support?

  1. none
  2. yes
  3. liverpool fc
  4. liverpool fc
  5. liverpool
  6. none
  7. liverpool and everton
  8. liverpool is dead!!
  9. everton
  10. everton
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If you don’t, please explain why?

  1. a
  2. i don't like football!
  3. woman who does not like football
  4. in my experience, you do get a lot more respect if you use your best telephone voice!
  5. no.
  6. i just speak; my accent is not strong these days, but i still use dialect.
  7. people sometimes find it difficult to understand.
  8. when you are talking to the director of your company, what needs to come out of your mouth is... good morning director... not... alright, how's it going??!!!
  9. it's hard for some people to understand, and some people may look down on me and think i'm "common."
  10. i've never really picked up the accent.
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Do you find it difficult for people speaking other dialects to understand you?

Do you feel any negative attitude towards you speaking Scouse? If yes, please give some examples

  1. a
  2. no
  3. people think i am scum.
  4. not me personally, apparently my accent isn't very strong, but there is a certain stereotype of liverpudlians as being a bit thick and a bit common that isn't nice.
  5. yes, i do. most people hear your voice and notice you are a scouser; they will treat you differently from everyone else.
  6. just because i was from liverpool, some guy from manchester started disrespecting me.
  7. sometimes, because of jokes, being a scouser must mean being a criminal, etc.
  8. no
  9. nope
  10. yes, people say i speak too fast and can never understand some of the words i use.
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Do you write e-mails or letters in Scouse or you use the standard English?

  1. no
  2. few weeks
  3. yes always
  4. standard english
  5. standard english.
  6. just standard english
  7. standard english because they probably won't be able to understand it.
  8. i shorten words.
  9. scouse
  10. standard english
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How would you describe Scouse music style?

  1. i don't know.
  2. a
  3. the greatest i've ever heard
  4. rap
  5. i don't think there is a scouse music style; i don't see how you can take, say, the beatles and the wombats, for example, and draw any common traits based on where they're from.
  6. not sure everyone likes different music, so not sure.
  7. sick!!! :]
  8. there is no scouse music, just music that we find awesome.
  9. don't know.
  10. don't understand the question.
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Do you like it?

Please, name the most popular musicians or music groups that perform Scouse music?

  1. johann scouse
  2. beetles
  3. the beatles, echo and the bunnymen, the wombats.
  4. the zootons, the kooks, the bo weevils, and space.
  5. raping people
  6. enemy
  7. haha, i don't know, mate.
  8. don't know.
  9. why?
  10. flo rida, dizzee rascal, etc.
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Is it a popular music style in England?

Please, share your opinion about Scouse as a sign of regional identity

  1. passion for liverpool fc
  2. it should be a religion.
  3. i think it's nice to feel part of such an individual city that has a very strong sense of its own identity. the accent is very distinct and it does unite us.
  4. hopefully big
  5. i don't know what this means, mate xx
  6. i don't know what that means.
  7. i believe it brings us all together and makes people proud to live in liverpool.
  8. everyone knows a scouser and you can recognize the accent in an instant.
  9. cilla black
  10. everyone knows where we are from.
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