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To: Aitch who wrote (53768)3/18/1999 4:47:00 AM
From: rupert1  Read Replies (2) of 97611
 
Aitch:+++++++++OT+++++++++++

"werk" is the rendering of the scouse accent; I don't think it would have come from Afrikaans, although anything is possible in Liverpool which was the British Empires' second largest port after London - but most of the scouse accent comes from the Welsh spoken in North Wales, which is just a few miles away; many of the scouse words and expressions come from Ireland. But there is a scattering that comes from the US and former British colonies.

One strong indirect link to Afrikaan is the name of that part of the Liverpool Football Club ground known as "the Kop" or "Spion Kop" which is famous in football circles. It was called after a famous battle in the Boer War in which Liverpool or Lancashire regiments fought. Red Scouser has told us how he used to stand on the Kop. It was a mass of about 25,000 people swaying and singing and chanting. It has been calmed a little recently because, following some bad accidents in other grounds, the govenment forced clubs to put in seats.

In the 1960's the KOP took up the anthem "You'll Never Walk Alone" and many other clubs have attempted to copy it. It is awe inspiring to hear it sung by 25,000-40,000 during the match while Liverpool coasted to victory (or defeat nowadays).
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