I was born in St Helens, Lancashire matey - Merseyside is but an administrative county. Besides, if you wish to persist that "living in Merseyside makes you a Scouser", then both Warrington and Widnes are far more "Merseyside" than St Helens is. Warrington is "by the side of the river Mersey" as the river actually runs through the Town, whilst Widnes sits on the bank of the Mersey too....



Wrong again. Most people in St Helens have a St Helens accent. They open their mouths when then talk and can even properly pronounce their t's.



I've never wore nor owned a shellsuit. Besides, what you have described there are "scratters" not scousers.

HTH.

Very good post

The Mersey runs through Stockport too, does that make them as 'scouse' as Warringtonians?

As much as living in a paperwork borough called Merseyside means we can be labelled as scouse does, yes.

If, as your fellow Wire states, that living in a "made-up" administrative borough of Merseyside is enough to make Scouse - then actually living by the side of the River Mersey ie geographically living on Merseyside, must, by definition, make you a scouser too.

So, by *his* definition, Stockport residents are Scousers too.

This just further highlilghts the ludicrousness and uneducated buffoonery of calling *anybody* who is not actually from Liverpool, scouse.

HTH