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How to pronounce scouse in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms lobscouse, lobscuse
Type of stew

Examples of scouse

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Lots of irritating allusions and references to scouse exceptionalism in there too.
From the guardian.co.uk
Scouse mafia banners and treatment of O'hara aside which was a disgrace.
From the expressandstar.com
Unbeaten in their past six, it is the scouse Blues who are looking good.
From the guardian.co.uk
His only regret about his communication aid was that he would have preferred it to have a scouse accent.
From the guardian.co.uk
Scouse, working-class comedian started stand-up in 2000 and will draw around 180,000 people to his shows this year.
From the independent.co.uk
All this scouse stuff is utter rubbish.
From the expressandstar.com
The massivehanded unfunny phoney scouse get.
From the guardian.co.uk
On the evidence of Liverpool one might just as well call British people in general a bunch of scouse-eaters.
From the guardian.co.uk
I wonder how many scouse fans were calling out Suarez for his cheating handball against Ghana in the World Cup only to love him now.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Lobscouse: a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors
  • (scouser) Liverpudlian: a native or resident of Liverpool
  • Scouse is the accent and dialect of English found in the city of Liverpool and also in some adjoining urban areas of Merseyside. This is particularly strong within areas of neighbouring boroughs of south Sefton and Knowsley.
  • Scouse is a type of lamb or beef stew. The word comes from lobscouse (originally lob's course) or lapskaus, Norwegian for "stew" and refers to a meat based stew commonly eaten by sailors throughout Northern Europe, which became popular in seaports such as Liverpool.
  • (The Scousers) The Scousers was sketch from the Harry Enfield's Television Programme comedy show of the early 1990's.
  • A stew associated with the Liverpool area, usually containing (at least) meat, onions, carrots and potatoes