Scottish Accent Glaswegian Translation Part 1

Scottish Accent Video 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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[DizzyMay123]

Are you drunk ?!?

[ScottMcK9]

@DizzyMay123 No, I'm Glaswegian, and this is how we tend to talk in Glasgow, it's the Glasgow banter :)

[blahmehblah1]

So tae help ye learn Scottash dialect, I'm gan tae speak tae ye wi Scottash dialect

[ScottMcK9]

@blahmehblah1 lol people will catch on bud lol

[robbie2737]

No offense..You talk way to slow..Being from NY I lost interest quickly sorry!

[Sweetchild1811]

stoned much????

[ScottMcK9]

@bobtheawesomedude lol when you have two Glaswegian parents lol you'd understand the joined up jargon nae bother lol :D

[ScottMcK9]

@FCSchalke77 I can't knock you for it bud, I was born and brought up supporting Rangers, and although never a season ticket holder, I just feel I could never support or like any other team. I love Rangers with a passion, they could get relegated for all I care and I'd still love them all the same.

Schalke are a quality side, the Bundesliga, although I don't watch, common knowledge it's full of absolute quality, so I see your point. And aye, too right mate lol be proud of our banter! :D

[FCSchalke77]

@ScottMcK9 ... hi mate, well I used to go to ibrox quite a lot but got fed up with it and I startedfollowing Schalke, the german league is far better to follow .. but still want Rangers to win every week too :) I love how people react to the glaswegian accent, I for one don't change the way I talk when I'm anywhere else lol

[ScottMcK9]

@FCSchalke77 lol and whi you daen way a name like Schalke when yer Scottish? hahahaha mon the teddies! lol aye ma da has a go at me all the time lol Bill and Ben lol

[FCSchalke77]

whit yae daen way that oan yur heed ? lol

[ScottMcK9]

@robbie2737 I could see about doing that at some point, I haven't much to show for that, I often force myself to slow up what am saying so that at least people understand what am saying, like foreigners who don't speak English as a first language.