Editing Liverpool (section)

===Scouser===
{{Redirect|Scousers|the Harry Enfield sketch|The Scousers}}
Since the mid-20th century, Scouser has become the predominant demonym for the inhabitants of Liverpool, and is strongly associated with the [[Scouse]] accent and dialect of the city.<ref name=JohnBelchamMerseyPride>{{Cite book|title=Merseypride: Essays in Liverpool Exceptionalism|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vjdrr|access-date=21 March 2024|first1=John|last1=Belchem|date=22 March 2024|publisher=Liverpool University Press|doi=10.2307/j.ctt5vjdrr|jstor=j.ctt5vjdrr|isbn=978-1-84631-010-2|archive-date=21 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321130742/https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vjdrr|url-status=live}}</ref> The Scouse accent is described as progressively diverging from the Lancastrian accent in the late 19th century.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Emergence of a Common Identity: The Integration of the Irish and the Harmony of 'Merseybeat'|url=https://academic.oup.com/liverpool-scholarship-online/book/43343/chapter-abstract/363130777?redirectedFrom=fulltext|access-date=23 March 2024|website=academic.oup.com| date=2017 | doi=10.5949/liverpool/9781786940100.003.0009 |archive-date=23 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323111154/https://academic.oup.com/liverpool-scholarship-online/book/43343/chapter-abstract/363130777?redirectedFrom=fulltext|url-status=live | last1=Roberts | first1=Keith Daniel | isbn=978-1-78694-010-0 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Liverpool Sectarianism: The Rise and Demise|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MHVvEAAAQBAJ|access-date=23 March 2024|date=April 2017|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=978-1-78138-875-4|archive-date=26 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826163920/https://books.google.com/books?id=MHVvEAAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The history and origins of the Scouse accent|url=https://theguideliverpool.com/the-history-and-origins-of-the-scouse-accent/#google_vignette|access-date=23 March 2024|website=theguideliverpool.com|date=17 January 2024|archive-date=23 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323111119/https://theguideliverpool.com/the-history-and-origins-of-the-scouse-accent/#google_vignette|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=New dialect formation in nineteenth century Liverpool: A brief history of Scouse|url=http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/homes/patrick/livengkoi.pdf|access-date=23 March 2024|website=lel.ed.ac.uk|archive-date=18 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718174253/http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/homes/patrick/livengkoi.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="TonyCrowley">{{Cite book|title=The Liverpool English Dictionary: A Record of the Language of Liverpool 1850–2015|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lHVvEAAAQBAJ&q=+%22Leeirpooltonian%22&pg=PA135|access-date=20 March 2024|isbn=978-1-78694-833-5|last1=Crowley|first1=Tony|date=30 September 2017|publisher=Liverpool University Press|archive-date=24 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324211040/https://books.google.com/books?id=lHVvEAAAQBAJ&q=+%22Leeirpooltonian%22&pg=PA135|url-status=live}}</ref>

The etymology of Scouser is derived from the traditional dish [[Scouse (food)|Scouse]] brought to the area by sailors travelling through Liverpool's port.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The 'Best' Scouse recipe|url=https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/best-scouse-recipe|access-date=21 March 2024|website=liverpoolmuseums.org.uk|archive-date=21 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321140756/https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/best-scouse-recipe|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="TonyCrowley"/><ref name=TonyCrowleyBook>{{Cite book|title=Scouse: A Social and Cultural History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V1Vgq0LJep4C&dq=%22liverpolitan%22&pg=PA72|access-date=19 March 2024|isbn=978-1-84631-840-5|last1=Crowley|first1=Tony|date=January 2012|publisher=Liverpool University Press|archive-date=24 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324211041/https://books.google.com/books?id=V1Vgq0LJep4C&dq=%22liverpolitan%22&pg=PA72|url-status=live}}</ref>