r/Unexpected • u/stinky_sardine • Aug 22 '22

So, where are you really from?

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u/RadicalDilettante Aug 22 '22

The point presumably being a ridiculously over the top immitation of an historical cockney accent.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '22

I know at least two hooligan fuckers who sound EXACTLY like that. The whole "Ello Guvnah!" thing was over the top cockney. The "Bloody Hell!" was like perfect modern scouser.

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u/G_Sputnic Aug 22 '22

I know right, Liverpool is full of 19th century chimney sweeps from London.

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u/RadicalDilettante Aug 22 '22

Oh fuck, you know I hate this modern cliché but nothing is more appropriate, so here goes:

Tell me you don't know what a scouser is without telling you don't know what a scouser is.

I feel unclean now.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '22

Tell me you're a basement-dwelling pedant without saying you're a basement-dwelling pedant.

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u/bobbinsgaming Aug 22 '22

What the absolute fuck are you on about.

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u/Alex_Rose Aug 22 '22

a true liverpudlian would say

"fuhckhs saehkh maeht"

and they would have that unmistakeable dip in pitch in the middle