How To Speak - Scottish Accent Video Glaswegian Part 2

http://thescotandscotland.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/scottish-accent-glaswegian...

I have noticed a lot of people impersonate the Scottish accent or a lot of people that do not understand a word we are saying, purely because the Scottish dialect is very different and that our Scottish accent can come across quite strong that it may confuse people. So I came up with these serious of videos to help people better understand the Scottish accent and dialect

There are various different Scottish dialects up and down the country, from Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and various other parts of Scotland like Ayrshire. The Scottish accent varies from place to place you visit in Scotland as we don't all talk the same way.

You will find despite Glasgow being one hour train distance from Edinburgh, the difference in both accent's is pretty strong. There are certain words they perhaps may use that we Glaswegian people use different terminology, an example would be that Glaswegians say wean of a child, whereas Edinburgh, they say Bairn. Same applies for both Dundee and Aberdeen. You will however find that there is a common Scottish dialect throughout Scotland, despite the different terminology for certain things and different Scottish accent varieties. Examples of common Scottish dialect would be, 'Cannae', meaning 'Cannot', or 'didnae' for 'did not'. A very common Scottish word for the word 'know', to 'know' someone, is to 'ken' someone. Glasgow tends to be the only part of Scotland I find that rarely if ever, uses the word 'ken'. It is however very common around Scotland, so if they say 'Aye a ken', they're saying 'Yes, I know'.

The Scottish accent can be quite thick and strong at times and we do speak pretty quick, so if you struggle to understand people in Scotland, ask them to speak slower, ask politely what they said, and any Scot would be more than happy and willing to help you.

Too often I have seen the Scottish accent butchered by so many people and I do not blame people because they struggle to pull it off, it seems as though the Scottish accent seems the most difficult accent on the planet for people to pull off. Someone once told me it is because we have different tones to how we speak, although, I'm not quite sure. I find it funny however that impersonators seem to sound Irish when they attempt Scottish. Although some people can be pretty good.

So I hope from the Scottish accent videos I can help people better understand Scottish dialect and as to how we talk. Common words you hear people impersonating the Scottish accent get completely wrong, and one of them is the word 'you'. We use two different words, 'Ye' and 'Ya' and is important to know when to use them. Although sometimes we do use the proper word 'you', and pronouncing it correctly can also be important.

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[LilDragonStudios]

How do you do r's? Like it seems like you do your "r"s different

[ScottMcK9]

@LilDragonStudios Someone requested me to do a video on that not so long ago :) so soon enough I'm going to :)

Putting it short, the tip of your tongue comes up and smacks off your top gum very quickly when say the 'r'. Best described in video, which I'll do soon at some point :)

[bunnybreeding]

This helped me a lot-I'm American and trying to pull off a Scottish accent, thank you very much!

[ScottMcK9]

@bunnybreeding I'm happy to see that it helped yourself :) at the end of the day, that's the main purpose of it, and gives me nothing but great pleasure knowing I've helped people from it :)

[ScottMcK9]

@Kusmaluka Hi, I'm really glad that this video has helped someone like yourself out, and really appreciate that you took the time to mention that. To me it was more of a thing to put out there to people that this is how we talk. And yes the way the spelling is there, is the proper way you spell those words in Scottish. If there's any words you need help with or that, don't hesitate to ask of course :)

Maybe at some point I'll get around to doing more videos,

thanks,

Scott

[ZoeKillzZombiez]

Glasgow all the way

Yass

[FarscapeChick]

@ScottMcK9 Ha! That's true. :)

[ScottMcK9]

@FarscapeChick lol I suppose it's that thing of what is different to us. What we are so used to hearing about us in every day life. So of course, to me, you most definitely do have an accent haha :D

[FarscapeChick]

@ScottMcK9 Funny...I don't think I have an accent at all... ;)

[ScottMcK9]

@jockdrew13 I'm glad that it helps you, I agree that to learn an accent, you really have to merge yourself in with it, that's why often certain folk probably move to the country or whatever. Listening to the accent is definitely the key. But must never forget how important the words are, how they're said and when words are used.

Just like 'Ye' and 'Ya', there's a specific time you'd use 'Ya'.

[jockdrew13]

Thanks for the help but you talking in the accent will help me make the accent

[ScottMcK9]

@FarscapeChick I love your accents, and yeah, English is our first language, but of course, most Scots speak Scottish, which is a mix of Anglo-Saxon / Scandinavian to a wee hint of Gallic thrown in lol :D