How To Speak - Scottish Accent Video Glaswegian Part 1

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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[SJandROBZY]

Check out our Scottish Accents on our tumblr accent challenge...we aren't too Scottish though! :L x

[ScottMcK9]

@SJandROBZY Is there a URL? :)

[JoeLaFigue]

Wow man I'm French, have been watching a bunch of your videos and it's reaaally interesting ! Just to tell you, I'm from a region called Alsace, which is next to Germany, and the accent you speak while doing proper English kinda sounds like the typical accent of my region (which few people still have today). Got amused too by some words, like "Siy" which does sound like I hear even in the US, whereas your proper English version of it "say" could in french be written "sé" (without a dipthongue).

[ScottMcK9]

@JoeLaFigue I'm not sure where, but there's certainly a link in history that could be the reason for a similar accent :) you also know about the 'Auld Alliance' as well. But aye, there's a strong influence of the Scots dialect in the US, the Scots language is made up from Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian and Gallic, and I know French had a strong influence on the English language itself am sure :)

[celestialsight]

I'm an American here in Glasgow right now hoping to God that I come across someone who talks like you who will stop and just talk to me for hours! lol

[ScottMcK9]

@celestialsight lol by the sounds of it you haven't been in Glasgow long enough I take it? :) you must have just recently came over here :) guessing you're studying here? :)

[ScottMcK9]

@GerardButlerLover135 lol you'd think that is a very telling sign, especially if your parents still more or less have the accent. It's different when you move at the age of 10, because at that age, your accent and you are more or less still developing as a person :)

[GerardButlerLover135]

@MyOwnEnding OH!! lol going to Glasgow, excited :D very very excited :D

[GerardButlerLover135]

@ScottMcK9 LOL no doubt, a lot of my friends are clueless :P i'm very surprised they haven't noticed my grandmother, mother and father accent, less my mother and father, but thats besides the point, i never really understood how they never noticed ;)

[GerardButlerLover135]

@MyOwnEnding victoria? why did you need this xD