Give me attention!

[boglin]

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[http://users.livejournal.com/eddy_/]

Well I've said scouse, but it comes and goes depending on what you're saying and how you're saying it (such as if you're angry/stressed etc).

"Fur trade wine" is the best example I can think of atm for the former.

[boglin.livejournal.com]

See 'fur' is norther. Scouse would be 'firr'.

[sciamachy.livejournal.com]

Fur for fair is Lancashire TBH - I shared a house with a guy from just outside Wigan and he said fur.

[balsall-heathan.livejournal.com]

Depends on the part of Lancashire (though you may have to be born there to tell the difference). I'm from East Lancashire and never swap the 2.

It's definitely a scouse thing, IMO.

[boglin.livejournal.com]

No. Fur isn't Scouse at all. If I was 'doing' Scouse, I'd say 'fiir' - it's almost a dipthing with a 'y' in it somewhere. much more of and eer than an uur. My Uncle John, definitely says fur and he's from Oldham.

[balsall-heathan.livejournal.com]

I've just done some talking to myself and I say "fair" for "fair trade" and "fair play", but "fur" when it's short for "fairly" ("it's a fair way to Chorley").

[boglin.livejournal.com]

TBH, my whole 'fur trade' thing is an idiolectal affectation rather than an accent feature, as I find it quite an amusing phrase. :)

[balsall-heathan.livejournal.com]

But Cilla says "fur" ;o)

I'm not suggesting you're as Scouse as "hur", BTW (though you probably live closer to Liverpool than she does).

[boglin.livejournal.com]

Now Cilla's a weird one actually, as she doesn't have a typical Scouse accent at all.

[balsall-heathan.livejournal.com]

The self-parodying accent of the professional Scouser?

[balsall-heathan.livejournal.com]

[points downwards]

Actually that bit about my accent has turned out to be wrong.

[sciamachy.livejournal.com]

Aye, people from Oldham for example, don't do it as far as I can remember, and they're right on the border with West Yorkshire.

[balsall-heathan.livejournal.com]

As in scouse lefties oppose the fair trade, but support fur trade ;o)