Liverpool English, or “Scouse”, is reportedly spreading into surrounding areas including the Wirral. Interviews with adolescent female speakers on the Wirral revealed that certain language features are perceived as sounding more or less “Scouse”. Some features were also strongly associated with a stereotypical “Scouser” identity that speakers evaluated negatively and explicitly denied. Others were associated with sounding like a Liverpool speaker and evaluated positively. We conclude that there are multiple and embedded repertoires perceived by these speakers: a “Scouse” repertoire associated with solidarity, locality (Liverpool) and coolness and the repertoire of a “Scouser” which is associated with being unintelligible, non-posh and annoying.

据报道，利物浦英语或“ Scouse”正在蔓延到包括威勒尔在内的周边地区。在威勒尔（Wirral）上对青春期女性演讲者的采访显示，某些语言特征或多或少听起来被认为是“ Scouse”。一些功能还与定型的“ Scouser”身份紧密相关，说话者对此评价为负面，并明确否认。其他人则听起来像利物浦演讲者，并得到了积极的评价。我们得出的结论是，这些讲话者感知到了许多内嵌的曲目：与团结，本地性（利物浦）和冷静相关的“ Scouse”曲目，以及与“笨拙”，难以理解和讨厌相关的“ Scouser”曲目。