As a Scotsman I can confidently say I've never heard anyone do a Scottish accent quite as good as Stephen Fry does. That bit right at the end was perfect!
This ability to do different voices and accents is why he's so good on the Harry Potter audio books. He did his McGonagall accent at one point in this video.
My first thought was, "There's no way that he's actually producing that Scottish accent, right?!" As a Scottish person, he gets the accent seal of approval.
I once took a trip around Ireland under the auspices of the University of California at Berkeley. We were visiting various archaeological & historical sights. Most of our Professors had very distinct Irish accents. But we had one lecturer at Trinity college (I believe he was from Dublin) who, too our untrained, unfamiliar American ears, sounded very English. Not just English, but quite posh English. We finally worked up the gumption to ask him about this & he laughed. He said he frequently heard this from American students, but that, when he went to English universities too present papers, he was teased about his "broad" Irish brogue.
As a Scotsman I can confidently say I've never heard anyone do a Scottish accent quite as good as Stephen Fry does. That bit right at the end was perfect!
Anyone else think his Scottish accent made him sound like Billy Connolly?
This ability to do different voices and accents is why he's so good on the Harry Potter audio books. He did his McGonagall accent at one point in this video.
How the hell did Stephen manage to sound just like Maggie Smith??
That's a good Billy Connolly impression there at the end.
does a better scottish accent than me, a scottish person.
My first thought was, "There's no way that he's actually producing that Scottish accent, right?!" As a Scottish person, he gets the accent seal of approval.
*Stop pretending that the We in his shows means the English.
When he did the lady's voice he sounded like Mrs doutfire and when he did the gravly voice he sounded like bill connlly lol
And as soon as Maggie Smith learned that accent, she would use it for almost every other film she made!
"It sounded more Scottish than the worst Glaswegian drunk in a Soho doorway."
He often sounds like Billy Connoly with mild laryngitis. :P
Stephen trying the Scottish lady sounds exactly how Maggie eventually did McGonnagall, uncanny!
Stephen Fry is a living legend; I admire him infinitely.
I've never heard a better Scottish accent from an English person in my entire life. Bravo
Love his Scottish Accent, I am from Glasgow and him saying Gobshite is PERFECT :D Love it
I love the amount of my fellow Glaswegians who watched this and just thought "wow, I've never actually had one of these".
His Glasgow accent is just a Billy Connolly impression. A pretty decent one
Stephen Fry totally pins the Scottish accent. My already massive admiration just grew even more.
I once took a trip around Ireland under the auspices of the University of California at Berkeley. We were visiting various archaeological & historical sights. Most of our Professors had very distinct Irish accents. But we had one lecturer at Trinity college (I believe he was from Dublin) who, too our untrained, unfamiliar American ears, sounded very English. Not just English, but quite posh English. We finally worked up the gumption to ask him about this & he laughed. He said he frequently heard this from American students, but that, when he went to English universities too present papers, he was teased about his "broad" Irish brogue.