Apart from the fact that I would have hadto dye my hair bright yellow to match the previous Joey's, there was only one problem: the series was set in Liverpool, and I can't do a Scouse accent.
But, overall, the pronunciation and prosody of spoken English seems to vary as much as ever across the country of its birth.Liverpool's "Scouse" dialect has long fascinated linguists, with its throaty, guttural utterances that emerged from a mixture of Irish, Scots, Welsh and Lancashire accents in the late 19th century.
The inheritance of cultural and religious ties with Ireland and a distinctive local dialect ("scouse") also provide the region with a strong identity.
The Frenchman also showed off his knowledge of the scouse dialect to L'Equipe and told of how his teammates had made him a special dictionary to understanding the patter on Merseyside.
"Ah, thank yis," she says in her thick Scouse accent.
A member of the away team, in a strong Scouse accent, asks about his most memorable game.
A lawyer who called Liverpudlians "Scouse scum" on television after a football match has lost his job.
"The head of my record label then called me up, all concerned, like," Brown says, in his broad Scouse accent.
Yet there remains, in some sections, a healthy Scouse cynicism about the events at Anfield.
The German is a fluent English speaker but aimed a joke in the direction of Rooney's thick scouse accent.
My nan does make a good Scouse though.
