think 70s ? hardly ever hear 'wacker' being used these days but when I was a kid heard it all the time.

Never used Wacker or recall anyone using the term, it was always Scouser. I think it may have died out in the mid 60s. I can recall graffiti in Minehead Butlins Holiday Camp in 1974 - "Scouse Power" to which somone added "I've seen more power in a glass of Andrews Liver Salts (http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060830001639AAkBngm)":lol:

There was a dire comedy series in the 70s produced by Thames Television and called 'The Wackers' and which featured the most hackneyed stereotypes of people from Liverpool. It was possibly that which ended the use of the term.

However, as people from Liverpool are probably the least likely to use a term like Wacker or Scouser, I think the use of Scouser will have been imposed by outsiders. It is a less friendly sound than Wacker and may have resulted from the belligerent image of the city in the 80s.

Wacker is still used though. The amphibious vehicles used for the Liverpool Duck Tours are named Wackerquacker but the term is currently not in general use.

The term is "Wack" as in "Eh Wack"..(Eh Lad)...I heard this term used a lot growing up around Scotland Road..I never once heard the term "Wackers"..and I still live on Scottie Rd..and still have never heard it.

There was a dire comedy series in the 70s produced by Thames Television and called 'The Wackers' and which featured the most hackneyed stereotypes of people from Liverpool. It was possibly that which ended the use of the term.

However, as people from Liverpool are probably the least likely to use a term like Wacker or Scouser, I think the use of Scouser will have been imposed by outsiders. It is a less friendly sound than Wacker and may have resulted from the belligerent image of the city in the 80s.

Wacker is still used though. The amphibious vehicles used for the Liverpool Duck Tours are named Wackerquacker but the term is currently not in general use.
I remember it now! I was doing night shifts at the time in London, so I only caught a few episodes. They were a RC/Proddy family. Keith Chegwin starred in it. I'm ashamed to say that I bought his biography "Shaken But Not Stirred - My Story" for 99p in a car boot sale a few years ago. He couldn't have thought much of it because the only mention of The Wackers in his book was on page 27:
"Next I got a part in a new television comedy series on the ITV network called The Wackers, all about a Liverpudlian family and very similar to the series Bread. Sadly, it didn't last too long. There were so many complaints about its bad language that Mary Whitehouse succeeded in having it taken off"
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http://www.liverpolitan.co.uk/cheggers.jpg

The term is "Wack" as in "Eh Wack"..(Eh Lad)...I heard this term used a lot growing up around Scotland Road..I never once heard the term "Wackers"..and I still live on Scottie Rd..and still have never heard it.

I have never heard anybobody use the term " wack or wacker", when I was growing up "alright la" (OK LAD) was the usual greeting.

I have never heard anybobody use the term " wack or wacker", when I was growing up "alright la" (OK LAD) was the usual greeting.


Just a Scottie Rd term then it seems woody...Just like Custy "Cushty" used by Delboy.
Another Scottie Rd 1st....Oh yes it was !

Slightly OT, but I used to call my Mum and Dad to third parties "me oul queen" and "me oul fella". If I heard my kids refer to their Mum and Dad like that, I'd be insulted.

Hypocritical or what?:lol:

Slightly OT, but I used to call my Mum and Dad to third parties "me oul queen" and "me oul fella". If I heard my kids refer to their Mum and Dad like that, I'd be insulted.

Hypocritical or what?:lol:

Usual terms for : Father = the old fella . Mother / Wife = the long haired one
Granmother = Me Nan

I remember it now! I was doing night shifts at the time in London, so I only caught a few episodes. They were a RC/Proddy family. Keith Chegwin starred in it. I'm ashamed to say that I bought his biography "Shaken But Not Stirred - My Story" for 99p in a car boot sale a few years ago. He couldn't have thought much of it because the only mention of The Wackers in his book was on page 27:
"Next I got a part in a new television comedy series on the ITV network called The Wackers, all about a Liverpudlian family and very similar to the series Bread. Sadly, it didn't last too long. There were so many complaints about its bad language that Mary Whitehouse succeeded in having it taken off"
:lol:
http://www.liverpolitan.co.uk/cheggers.jpg

The biography of Keith Chegwin. Is this the Penguin Classics edition?

The biography of Keith Chegwin. Is this the Penguin Classics edition?
No. That accolade belongs to this masterpiece of Eng Lit. 35p in WH Smiths a few years ago:lol:

http://www.liverpolitan.co.uk/west.jpg

I watched the Arena programme on Ked Dodd last week and he was interviewed with the Beatles. I noticed they never used the term 'scouser' or 'scouse'. I only know about 'wacker' from having read about it. I can't say I have heard anyone using it - although having said that, I'm picking up an echo of 'Wack' from somewhere.

I suspect that 'Scouse' and 'Scouser' gained national popularity via Her Majesty's Prison system and the long standing tendency in there to refer to Liverpudlians as 'Scouse' or 'Scousers'.

I'm just wondering whether the tendency of LFC websites to use the term Libpool is the beginning of the city's population morphing from being known as 'scousers' to being known as 'Libpoolers'.

All I can say about the term 'Scouse' is that I prefer it to 'Dicky Sam'! I prefer 'Wacker' to 'Scouse'. It seems to have more energy than a term for a plate of stew for some reason.

"Eh Wack..warra yer doin ?"
http://les.shutterchance.com/photoblog/119134.htm



The Beatles..."Wack" and "Wacker" talk.
http://www.rickresource.com/liverpool/liverpooljazz.html



The Times tottie "Wack "
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article2962569.ece



Brian Jacques talks "Wack"
http://redwall.wikia.com/wiki/Get_Yer_Wack:_A_Liverpool_Anthology






















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