Can you help me with Scottish accent?

**Tartanraven** · 17th July 09, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by bjproc

i'll agree with Daz here. where did you visit?

aberdeen has a very strong accent, i've family from that area so i'm ok understanding them, but on some nights out there, some of my mates could hardly understand some of the ladies ;)

they say inverness folk speak the best queen english

Ladies in Aberdeen?!?!?!? Not up by dockside! Then again, I'm a posh Aberdonian. Let the other ones tell ye fit that means!!

**Tony Miles** · 17th July 09, 03:10 PM

Not to hi jack the thread but this reminds me of a friend I have. This friend of mine likes to speak with a Scottish accent and he's worked really hard at trying to get it right. About the time the movie Braveheart had been out for a couple of years he decided to tour the distillerys. While he was there he thought he'd try to pass as Scottish and commenced speaking with his hard earned accent. At one point he's talking with the tour guide and asks her "Well I've been working really hard for months at getting the accent right, what do you think?"

She looks at him with a smirk and says "You're doing pretty good, you sound like Mel Gibson speaking with an accent"

**Tartanraven** · 17th July 09, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by Tony

I think you're thinking of Dundee.
And whoever came up with that survey obviously had never been to Dundee.

Dundee is heavy too...try to understand the crowd at Fat Sam's nigh tae close.

**Tartanraven** · 17th July 09, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by gilmore

To learn about Scots, see http://www.scots-online.org/grammar/

To hear Scots spoken (really the best way to learn a language), see http://www.scotsindependent.org/feat...cots/index.htm

The easiest way to learn the Lothian accent is tae get Setanta Sports and watch the football. Bloody near all the gobbers are Scots.

**Tartanraven** · 17th July 09, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by LindyLoo

I work in an office of about 50 people, and there are probably about 5 different Scottish accents in the mix. We have Weegie (Glaswegian), Lanarkshire (wannabe Weegies), Ayrshire, Perthshire, and a Perth/Glasgow mix.
Sometimes I'll go to work with my usual soft Weegie brogue (?!) and come back speaking like a teuchter!

PS There is NO part of Scotland without an accent, ye call always tell yer Dons fae yer Fifers. (And don't get me started on the Islanders!) ;-)

Up Ye Reds!!!!

**Phil** · 17th July 09, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by Tony Miles

She looks at him with a smirk and says "You're doing pretty good, you sound like Mel Gibson speaking with an accent"

I know this is a pretty elderly thread ::dead:: but is Mel Gibson not an Australian?
My most cringe-worthy moment was in the Magic Kingdom when the show had John Muir talking to Teddy Roosevelt. It was straight out of "beam me up, Scotty" from Star Trek. I wonder why they couldn't spend the money and get an actual Scottish person to provide the voice?

**Tartanraven** · 17th July 09, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by English Bloke

Chas, I spend 6 months of the year in and around Aberdeen and I assure you their diction and pronunciation is 100% pure Aberdonian and the accent certainly can't be mistaken for 'no accent at all'. Up the coast a bit in Pe'erheeed n Frayzerrbrrr (Peterhead and Fraserburgh) I understand about 1 word in 3 !! (and I'm used to hearing and understanding a variety of British accents!!).

Aye, it doesnae work itself oot till ye hit Lossie!

**Tony Miles** · 17th July 09, 03:32 PM

Yeah Phil he is Australian - hence the bite of sarcasm from the tour guide

Originally Posted by Phil

I wonder why they couldn't spend the money and get an actual Scottish person to provide the voice?

Maybe cuz they wanted more people to actually understand the words

I know - I know bad joke

wow I gotta start looking the date on the first posts instead of the recent

**Tartanraven** · 17th July 09, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by Tony Miles

Not to hi jack the thread but this reminds me of a friend I have. This friend of mine likes to speak with a Scottish accent and he's worked really hard at trying to get it right. About the time the movie Braveheart had been out for a couple of years he decided to tour the distillerys. While he was there he thought he'd try to pass as Scottish and commenced speaking with his hard earned accent. At one point he's talking with the tour guide and asks her "Well I've been working really hard for months at getting the accent right, what do you think?"

She looks at him with a smirk and says "You're doing pretty good, you sound like Mel Gibson speaking with an accent"

OMG!!! CHOKE!!!!

Most get the pronunciation sorted, but what they can't grasp is the speed and syntax which changes every 5km.

**Tartanraven** · 17th July 09, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by Phil

I know this is a pretty elderly thread ::dead:: but is Mel Gibson not an Australian?
My most cringe-worthy moment was in the Magic Kingdom when the show had John Muir talking to Teddy Roosevelt. It was straight out of "beam me up, Scotty" from Star Trek. I wonder why they couldn't spend the money and get an actual Scottish person to provide the voice?

Born in New York USA, then moved tae Aussi.