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Radio Merseyside,3 mins

"Chicken and a Can of Coke" Scouse or Stereotype?

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Somewhere in a school in France, students are learning to speak… Scouse. Monsieur Prof has gone viral for teaching his class iconic Liverpool phrases—yes, including the classic “chicken and a can of coke.” But is that really what Scousers sound like? We find out why he’s so fascinated by the accent, what his students make of it, and whether you can actually teach the Scouse dialect in a classroom

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