I guess they speak the Scouse dialect. I just looked up some stuff, and I found this, which seems to be very interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouse I also found an awesome video, but I can't post it here, I'm afraid. It's a

#1-- I suppose that you could include it in the catenatives, but that's not saying much: catenatives are most any verb that governs another verb. Quirk et al. call it a 'marginal modal' or an 'auxiliary of tense and aspect'. #2-- The 'to', I

Thank you for your swift reply. Is used to in #1 what you call a catenative? If used to in #2 is an adjective, then it must function as a subject predicative (SP). Is it correct to say that this SP is postmodified by odd characters coming and

Why is the liverpool accent so distinctive?

"weisure" is a combination of the words "work" and "leisure." It's definitely not a standard word. The site in question explains it pretty clearly. I don't know anything about the accuracy of the Web site in

We always love to talk about the weather! you could talk about it every day and no-one would think that odd. Not until you talk about a nice sunny day in the UK! Then that's gonna be odd. LOL Anon, I think you haven't improved because you

I bet your problem is really anxiety rather than your English. If you came to England at 18 it's very unlikely you will totally get rid of your accent. You may feel more confident if you just accept that. It really isn't a problem

I have been living in uk for almost 7 years but still cant speak fluent english nor the britsh accent and my english i pretty much the same as it was 7 yrs ago.Btw i was only 18 yrs old when i came and i could speak,read,write but over the years i

(S)he is probably speaking with Americans in a call center. The more American sounding, the better. The three biggest problems with Indian call centers are 1. there is too much background noise 2. the phone rep is speaking way too quickly 3.