Was the Liverpudlian dialect the source of some confusion?

[Robittybob1]

Did the McCanns suspect it was a UK couple that had taken Madeleine?
"They have taken her" Who is they?  Was it a UK couple?

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[Mr Gray]

Did the McCanns suspect it was a UK coupe that had taken Madeleine?
"They have taken her" Who is they?  Was it a UK couple?

It could well mean just....someones taken her...its a liverpool peculiarity

[G-Unit]

Did the McCanns suspect it was a UK coupe that had taken Madeleine?
"They have taken her" Who is they?  Was it a UK couple?

Kate mentioned a couple, I believe;

During the conversation the mother told her that she did not understand why a couple had abducted her daughter.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/YVONNE-WARREN-MARTIN.htm

[Robittybob1]

Kate mentioned a couple, I believe;

During the conversation the mother told her that she did not understand why a couple had abducted her daughter.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/YVONNE-WARREN-MARTIN.htm

A couple could be a UK couple too.

[Mr Gray]

Kate mentioned a couple, I believe;

During the conversation the mother told her that she did not understand why a couple had abducted her daughter.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/YVONNE-WARREN-MARTIN.htm

not another potentially dodgy translated non verbatim statement

[G-Unit]

It could well mean just....someones taken her...its a liverpool peculiarity

I believe the actual words used at some point were;

'The f***ing b******s have taken her': Witnesses tell of Kate McCann's screams
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4468916/Algarve-resident-tells-car-sighting-near-Madeleine-McCann-apartment.html

[Carana]

Kate mentioned a couple, I believe;

During the conversation the mother told her that she did not understand why a couple had abducted her daughter.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/YVONNE-WARREN-MARTIN.htm

That could be if Yvonne assumed "they" meant a couple. I didn't realise until someone told me that in Liverpool some people say "they" when they mean person or persons unknown. A few Scottish friends do as well.

Using "they" is quite common anyway to get around the "he/she" dilemma  when the gender isn't known.

[G-Unit]

That could be if Yvonne assumed "they" meant a couple. I didn't realise until someone told me that in Liverpool some people say "they" when they mean person or persons unknown. A few Scottish friends do as well.

Using "they" is quite common anyway to get around the "he/she" dilemma  when the gender isn't known.

I'm a northerner and if I was using the speech of my youth I would have said 'Somebody's taken 'er'. If I said 'they've taken 'er' I would expect to be asked who I meant by 'they', because it suggests I have a culprit or culprits in mind.

[Mr Gray]

I'm a northerner and if I was using the speech of my youth I would have said 'Somebody's taken 'er'. If I said 'they've taken 'er' I would expect to be asked who I meant by 'they', because it suggests I have a culprit or culprits in mind.

Kates from liverpool

[Venturi Swirl]

I'm a northerner and if I was using the speech of my youth I would have said 'Somebody's taken 'er'. If I said 'they've taken 'er' I would expect to be asked who I meant by 'they', because it suggests I have a culprit or culprits in mind.

And from this we can deduce
a) Kate is not from your neck of the woods
b) Kate is not very precise in her use of pronouns
c) Kate believed at the moment she discovered Madeleine missing that more than one person was involved in taking her child

And this is all of vital import because...?

[G-Unit]

Kates from liverpool

I have no knowledge of Liverpudlians using 'they' as an alternative to 'someone'.

[Erngath]

I have no knowledge of Liverpudlians using 'they' as an alternative to 'someone'.

Well "they" do use "they" here in my part of Scotland as an alternative to someone.

[Mr Gray]

I have no knowledge of Liverpudlians using 'they' as an alternative to 'someone'.

I do.... And so do several other posters

[G-Unit]

Well "they" do use "they" here in my part of Scotland as an alternative to someone.

In what context, I wonder. If someone rang the police and said 'They've taken my car' wouldn't the police say 'Who has?'

[Mr Gray]

In what context, I wonder. If someone rang the police and said 'They've taken my car' wouldn't the police say 'Who has?'

Perhaps not in Liverpool