What is Scouse?
{{Infobox language | name = Scouse | fam3 = [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] | image = [[File:Merseyside UK locator map 2010.svg|240px]] | image_size = | nativename = | states = [[Liverpool]] | speakers = | date = | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] | altname = Liverpool English / Merseyside English | fam5 = [[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo-Frisian]] | fam4 = [[Ingvaeonic languages|Ingvaeonic]] | fam6 = [[Anglic languages|Anglic]] | fam7 = [[English language|English]] | ancestor = [[Old English]] | ancestor2 = [[Middle English]] | ancestor3 = [[Early Modern English]] | iso3 = | isoexception = dialect | glotto = none | ietf = en-scouse }}{{Listen|filename=John_bishop_bbc_radio4_desert_island_discs_24_06_2012.flac|title=Speech example|type=speech|description=An example of a man from Liverpool ([[John Bishop]]){{Cite episode | title= John Bishop |series= [[Desert Island Discs]] |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01k2b32 |station= [[BBC Radio 4]] |date= 24 June 2012 |accessdate= 18 January 2014 }}}}{{listen|filename=Andrew Hussey BBC Radio4 Start the Week 24 Nov 2008 b00fkw8j.flac|title=Speech example|description=An example of a man from Liverpool ([[Andrew Hussey]]).}}{{listen|filename=Ringo Starr BBC Radio4 Front Row 31 Dec 2008 b00g4c59.flac|title=Speech example|description=An example of a working-class male from Liverpool ([[Ringo Starr]]).}}'''Scouse''' ({{IPAc-en|s|k|aʊ|s}}; sometimes called '''Liverpool English''' or '''Merseyside English''')<ref>{{Citation|last1=Collins|first1=Beverley S.|last2=Mees|first2=Inger M.|year=2013|orig-year=First published 2003|title=Practical Phonetics and Phonology: A Resource Book for Students|edition=3rd|publisher=Routledge|pages=193–194|isbn=978-0-415-50650-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=faVJTQIw9eQC}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|editor-last1=Coupland|editor-first1=Nikolas|editor-last2=Thomas|editor-first2=Alan R.|year=1990|title=English in Wales: Diversity, Conflict, and Change|publisher=Multilingual Matters Ltd.|isbn=1-85