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Which city is famous for the Scouse accent and dialect?

A Newcastle
B Birmingham
✓ Liverpool Your answer
D Glasgow

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Scouse comes from Liverpool and is named after 'scouse', a local stew. Newcastle's dialect is called Geordie and Birmingham's is called Brummie.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica / BBC Voices project: 'Scouse'

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