Years ago in high school, we had a friend that had emigrated to Canada from Glasgow. We were over at their house and we were listing to an audio tape of Billy Connelly. The entire family were in tears laughing and us Canadians has no clue what he was saying. Fortunately I can now understand Billy.
I grew up in Glasgow, and I had a number of experiences like this growing up. One that sticks in my mind was when as a 15-year-old, I was standing in George Square, Glasgow at the two lions statue to meet a girl who didn't turn up. I was a skinny kid, and all of a sudden, this huge man about 35 comes up to me with a knife and asks me how much money I had and to hand it over. It was 1975, and I handed over about 1.30 pounds, but I realised that this would mean that I couldn't get a bus home to Drumchapel( about 10 miles out of town) where I lived. I said to him: " Hold on mate, you're taking everything I have, and I live in Drumchapel, and I have nothing for busfare. He looked at me, and went: " sigh, how much is your busfare?" I said 30 pence, so he looks at me and said: " I ( meaning him) must be an idiot" and proceeded to give me 30 pence back for my busfare and wallked away. At least I got home. The moral of story is that even the muggers in Glasgow have a heart.
Kevin Bridges was on the Graham Norton Show with American actress and comedienne Lily Tomlin and Tomlin said she had trouble understanding him. But then she also said she couldn't understand Aussie actor Chris Hemsworth either! I thought to myself, "Bloody hell, woman, you need to get out more!"
As mentioned by others Kevin's "I once accidentally bought a horse" segment on Would I Lie To You has become a legendary part of the history of the show, rivalling even the tales of Bob Mortimer.
@@BC-79 No-one is a bigger fan of Bob on WILTY than myself. I did not say Kevin "rivals" Bob on WILTY. I said that one segment did. Of course that is a matter of opinion.
I remember working with contractors from Glasgow , they must have thought we were all deaf .Kevin manages to keep the accent understandable . WILTY and the horse story is probably his most well known clip . As always it's nice to hear you reacting Amanda .
I can relate to what you said. I'm from England and I was waiting at a bus stop in Inverness and a local said something to me. I had no idea what he said, so I replied, "I'm sorry, I don't understand English." He looked confused and walked away.
Brilliant vid again I seen him on interview & panel shows he is hilarious. Not seen this particular clip before. Very funny. Thank you for the upload. Best Wishes
If you enjoyed that, Amanda, you need to watch the one where he compares Spring Break and the Easter holidays, and American house parties and Scottish house parties.
That's such a common problem with non-Brits. Far too many people who aren't from the UK think every British person sounds like either Benedict Cumberbatch or Judi Dench, which couldn't be further from the truth.
I genuinely love the accountability you took at the end of the video for how much you struggled when you first came to the UK and heard a non-London-centric accent. Most people would brush that under the carpet because they're too embarassed to admit it, but you admitted full on how bad you felt about it. That was so wholesome. :)
Kevin was once on a Graham Norton chat show with Lily Tomlin and poor Lily was really struggling to understand him - made it all the more funny a show because both she and Kevin are very charming as well as being funny.
I love it when people here in Norway make fun of a certain place out to the west, not any particular person but just the western accent. The folk just takes it in stride, haha but it's also right..
My mum was a nurse from Connecticut and she spent a year in the 1950s in Glasgow (where she met my dad, incidentally) on a nursing exchange on a children's ward. She was totally bewildered at first, but soon learned that "Nurse I wanna ginger" translated to "Could I please have a drink, nurse"
I remember watching Kevin on Graham Norton. He was halfway through a story and Graham stopped him to ask the American guest if they knew what he was saying. The answer was “Not a word”
Hi Amanda. Yep that sounds like Glasgow haha. i wouldnt have that problem here at a bus stop? the last bus is at 9 pm. Enjoyed Mr Bidges, take care. I will suggest Father Ted again if i may Amanda😀
You simply HAVE to watch his bit about Scots on a plane. You will cry laughing! Any bit he does about Scots on holiday is hilarious, but Scots on a plane is priceless 😃😃😃 Another absolute classic is Hoose Rice - you'll die laughing 😂😂😂
Oh Amanda! - that was so well replayed! I was surprised that you got the heavy accent OK but your sincere laughter really enhanced the enjoyment for me! Also your chosen split screen video presentation design is the best compromise I have ever seen for one of these "American Reacts" set ups! You have a good, almost full size, horizontal video and a great tall portrait mode screen of yourself at the side. You should lock that format in - its perfect!
He once said, on Would I Lie To You, when talking about a holiday in Romania, "There were two Romanians trying to speak English and me and my friend from Glasgow, trying to speak English." That sums up how Glaswegian sounds to anyone not from Glasgow 😂.
You have already had a number of great suggestions for Kevin's other videos - I would just like to add "Kevin Bridges is full up on self-esteem" - one of my favourites.
New to you Amanda he is new to me too ive never heard of him before i actually enjoyed this very much i think i need to check out some more of his video's
I'm English, but my Mother was Scottish, so my ears are already tuned into most Scottish accents, although some of the most difficult to catch (for me) are the broadest Glaswegian ones...although Kevin Bridges is ok to follow.... Who can forget Kevin Bridges appearance on Would I Lie To You? He had Professor Brian Cox - and everyone else - just about wetting themselves over the horse hiring story in Bulgaria..... True comedy gold.
Not so many years ago a lot of large businesses had their call centres in Glasgow, Us down South had no idea what they were saying, I think it was done deliberately.
I’d like to suggest adding Dara O’Briain’s Video Games sketch as one of your reactions. Everytime he talks about how Guitar Hero should be played, it cracks me up.
I'm English and I have always struggled to understand broad Scottish esp the Glasgow accent.. So for a person such as yourself Amanda.. Not even a brit.. It must be doubly hard
Oh. And another thought. Seeing as you like lairy comics, you have to check out Jim Jeffries. Savage but hilarious - especially his earlier stuff. Surprised you haven't done him, to be honest. An Aussie Jimmy Carr/Frankie Boyle 😂😂😂
There is a slightly longer version of this, which is worth looking out for. Then look up his interview about it on the Jonathon Ross show. As we say in Glasgow, pure class! 😂
Kevin Bridges is a true comedian. Like Billy Connolly he's effortlessly funny. I've seen him put on a posh English accent on "Would I Lie To You" to help the other panellists understand him. Very funny. Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert is great too.
My girlfriend is from Canada and a few year ago she was flying into Glasgow airport on a Sunday to see me. The day before she googled Glasgow and found out it is known as “stab city” and is known as one of the roughest places in Europe. I’m from a rough area of the north so are used to places like these. I came into Glasgow by train the day before and was picking her up at the airport the next day, and just before I got to my hotel room, I FaceTimed her in the middle of Glasgow town centre. Busy, loud I said look at the beautiful buildings babe and she panicked and shouted GET IN YOUR DAMN HOTEL!!!!! 🤣🤣
Hi Amanda, can I suggest that you listen to "Scottish Elevator - Voice Recognition - ELEVEN !" its 2 guys stuck in an elevator that has no buttons its been replaced by voice recognition and the elevator does not understand their accents
I love Kevin Bridges, he’s consistently hilarious. Maybe also check out anything by Sarah Millican, Mickey Flanagan “peeping” and “out out”, Dara O’Briain “mixed marriage” and pretty much any time he interacts with the audience.
Amanda I will say this as a man who was in his teenage years and 20's in that time he is not lying however (I now and have lived in the US) went back and it was so different so less "WHO YOU LOOKIN AT?"
If you like Kevin Bridges watch Still Game one of the best British comedies out of Glasgow, The story lines are priceless and the characters are all fantastic. My favourite is the pizza delivery episode had me in tears
On a Glasgow bus heading home, the trains were aff, and this wee drunk punter starts talking to everyone in his finest Glesga patter. He asks this guy 'wuryefae?' and the guy just sat there and quietly shat himself. 'Wuryefae!?' ... still nothing. Had to translate and it turned out the guy was from America. The wee drunk punter thought that was just braw.
Hi Amanda, with your new setup that you have had for the last few videos, you are really becoming the experienced UA-cam Reactor. Keep up the great work, oh and the snorts!
A friend of mine had a Scot living next door and i was invited to a party i never understood a word he said my friends did so if they laughed i did anyway after a few drinks and being a bit tipsy i could understand what he was saying so have a few drinks and you will understand any dialect bye Amanda LOL
Last time i was up Glasgow (my birth place) i introduced my Auntie to a Kevin Bridges DVD who she'd never heard of being stuck in her flat every day caring for my Uncle. Let's just say it brought the colour and smile back into her cheeks. I think Kevin Bridges is easily the best stand-up to ever come out of Scotland and yes far better than Connolly who stole most of his jokes from the 60/70's shipyard labourers/builders.
Hi Amanda. I think you should watch Danny Bhoy, "Live at the Apollo" talking about a Gecko in his hotel room in Australia. He is another Scottish comedian.
If it’s any consolation, I’m from Aberdeen and I struggle to understand some Glaswegians and (proper) Aberdonian can be a struggle for other Scots to understand.
it can take a wee bit of time and practice to rap your head around a culture shock like landing in glasgow and being confronted by people speaking a language so nearly English but just not quite understandable and being spoken at 150mph lol you have adjusted brilliantly Amanda and we would love to see you visit Scotland more and making a video of your experiences here, perhaps cover a comedy show at the Edinburgh fringe festival could be a good video.
Kev's alright, but He's a Bankie, no a Glaswegian. An the bus stop might happen to a tourist? But The Glaswegian response to the bam would be something like, " I'll keep Ma money and call You an Ambulance!" Maybe a wee bit of interest for a North American, there's a bit in Clydebank called Singer, own railway station, where Singer setup a sewing machine factory. 👍❤️🏴!
Kevin Bridge's horse story on "Would I Lie To You" is one of the funniest moments in that show's history.
Years ago in high school, we had a friend that had emigrated to Canada from Glasgow. We were over at their house and we were listing to an audio tape of Billy Connelly. The entire family were in tears laughing and us Canadians has no clue what he was saying. Fortunately I can now understand Billy.
Ya big jobby!
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@@dsmyify LOL your comment was totally unexpected and made me laugh like hell my friend.
I grew up in Glasgow, and I had a number of experiences like this growing up. One that sticks in my mind was when as a 15-year-old, I was standing in George Square, Glasgow at the two lions statue to meet a girl who didn't turn up. I was a skinny kid, and all of a sudden, this huge man about 35 comes up to me with a knife and asks me how much money I had and to hand it over. It was 1975, and I handed over about 1.30 pounds, but I realised that this would mean that I couldn't get a bus home to Drumchapel( about 10 miles out of town) where I lived.
I said to him: " Hold on mate, you're taking everything I have, and I live in Drumchapel, and I have nothing for busfare. He looked at me, and went: " sigh, how much is your busfare?" I said 30 pence, so he looks at me and said: " I ( meaning him) must be an idiot" and proceeded to give me 30 pence back for my busfare and wallked away.
At least I got home. The moral of story is that even the muggers in Glasgow have a heart.
priceless
Did ye?...Aye? 😂✌️🖖
@@liamwoods2090 lol, your comment had a “Translate to English” option and it comes up as: “Did you understand?…Life?”
Kevin Bridges was on the Graham Norton Show with American actress and comedienne Lily Tomlin and Tomlin said she had trouble understanding him. But then she also said she couldn't understand Aussie actor Chris Hemsworth either! I thought to myself, "Bloody hell, woman, you need to get out more!"
'if facebook was a pub'' is a great one about social media & a few other bits
Kevin is such a funny guy. One of my faves. Hope you do more from him. And yes the horse story on Would I Lie To You, is probably where to go next :)
As mentioned by others Kevin's "I once accidentally bought a horse" segment on Would I Lie To You has become a legendary part of the history of the show, rivalling even the tales of Bob Mortimer.
I’ll check it out 😊
@@BC-79 No-one is a bigger fan of Bob on WILTY than myself. I did not say Kevin "rivals" Bob on WILTY. I said that one segment did. Of course that is a matter of opinion.
Seen him live in Glasgow few Yr ago when I was pregnant 😂😂😂 I thought I was gonna laugh myself into labour 😂😂😂😂😂
I remember working with contractors from Glasgow , they must have thought we were all deaf .Kevin manages to keep the accent understandable . WILTY and the horse story is probably his most well known clip . As always it's nice to hear you reacting Amanda .
Superb story I was in stitches ;-)
Purple bugge.. pubbel bugla.. purple burglaralarm.
Would I lìe to you is a comedy game show and his horse buying story is a gem. Also the bus story continues
@@randreas69 Your comment actually has a 'translate to English' option on it! 😅
@@scouseofhorror104 Yes it comes naturally as I'm a Norwegian and my English does usually looks like gobbledygook.
I can relate to what you said. I'm from England and I was waiting at a bus stop in Inverness and a local said something to me. I had no idea what he said, so I replied, "I'm sorry, I don't understand English." He looked confused and walked away.
You’re spot on, Amanda. The BMI part is the best mid-joke punchline. 😅
Kevin is superb. He has met a former friend of mine! Awesome reaction Amanda!
Brilliant vid again I seen him on interview & panel shows he is hilarious. Not seen this particular clip before. Very funny. Thank you for the upload. Best Wishes
😊😊you tio
Love his cinema telephone information line skit. The taking of Pelham 1,2,3. Brilliant.
If you enjoyed that, Amanda, you need to watch the one where he compares Spring Break and the Easter holidays, and American house parties and Scottish house parties.
If you haven't already reacted to it, Kevin on WILTY about the horse is legendary!
Definitely, one of the best stories ever !!!
Yes! That's the one I was trying to think of, forgot it was on Would I Lie to You! "Guy B!" 😂😂😂
Loved your explanation of how you struggled with the Scottish dialect when you arrived at first……Now you’re definitely one of us 😘
That's such a common problem with non-Brits. Far too many people who aren't from the UK think every British person sounds like either Benedict Cumberbatch or Judi Dench, which couldn't be further from the truth.
Kevin brought the snort back.
He's hilarious. Any of his stand up is excellent 👍👍👍
I genuinely love the accountability you took at the end of the video for how much you struggled when you first came to the UK and heard a non-London-centric accent. Most people would brush that under the carpet because they're too embarassed to admit it, but you admitted full on how bad you felt about it. That was so wholesome. :)
lovely , that human , relatable travel story at the end. little things like that remind people we"re generally all alike.
Amanda, I could watch you all day. Your laugh could cure a terminal illness and you are not too inhibited to show it. In short, You are a STAR.
Kevin was once on a Graham Norton chat show with Lily Tomlin and poor Lily was really struggling to understand him - made it all the more funny a show because both she and Kevin are very charming as well as being funny.
I saw Kevin Bridges on his live tour last year. He was probably my favourite comedian I’ve seen live.
You should check out his radicalised clip.
The clip is also called the modern parenting clip.
I love it when people here in Norway make fun of a certain place out to the west, not any particular person but just the western accent. The folk just takes it in stride, haha but it's also right..
I can't think what's funnier, Kevin's story or Amanda's reaction.
My mum was a nurse from Connecticut and she spent a year in the 1950s in Glasgow (where she met my dad, incidentally) on a nursing exchange on a children's ward. She was totally bewildered at first, but soon learned that "Nurse I wanna ginger" translated to "Could I please have a drink, nurse"
Ginger is a generic name for a fizzy drink. If it was in hospital it was probably Lucozade.
We're used to it. My American relatives struggled with the Scottish accent!
I remember watching Kevin on Graham Norton. He was halfway through a story and Graham stopped him to ask the American guest if they knew what he was saying. The answer was “Not a word”
I have been stabbed, and I remember vividly my first reaction after my attackers left was how inconvenient it was as I just wanted to go home!!!
Hi Amanda. Yep that sounds like Glasgow haha. i wouldnt have that problem here at a bus stop? the last bus is at 9 pm. Enjoyed Mr Bidges, take care. I will suggest Father Ted again if i may Amanda😀
You simply HAVE to watch his bit about Scots on a plane. You will cry laughing! Any bit he does about Scots on holiday is hilarious, but Scots on a plane is priceless 😃😃😃
Another absolute classic is Hoose Rice - you'll die laughing 😂😂😂
Oh Amanda! - that was so well replayed! I was surprised that you got the heavy accent OK but your sincere laughter really enhanced the enjoyment for me! Also your chosen split screen video presentation design is the best compromise I have ever seen for one of these "American Reacts" set ups! You have a good, almost full size, horizontal video and a great tall portrait mode screen of yourself at the side. You should lock that format in - its perfect!
Thanks so much 😊
Heavy accent? 😂😂😂
That's probably the most toned down Glasweigan I've ever heard.
Great choice Harry Enfield South African chemist,think its called the angry chemist,hope you and the family are well amanda,lovely to see you again
If Facebook was a pub...
Kevin Bridges at his best.
So funny
About time Amanda. 👍🏻
LOL! So Funny. First time I had seen Kevin Bridges tbh!
He once said, on Would I Lie To You, when talking about a holiday in Romania, "There were two Romanians trying to speak English and me and my friend from Glasgow, trying to speak English." That sums up how Glaswegian sounds to anyone not from Glasgow 😂.
You have already had a number of great suggestions for Kevin's other videos - I would just like to add "Kevin Bridges is full up on self-esteem" - one of my favourites.
You're worth less than anything in Pound land 😂😂😂
New to you Amanda he is new to me too ive never heard of him before i actually enjoyed this very much i think i need to check out some more of his video's
He is a superb comedian. One of the best on the circuit. Look for Michael McIntyre people's names
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You went to Glasgow did you come back in stitches 😂🙌
I'm English, but my Mother was Scottish, so my ears are already tuned into most Scottish accents, although some of the most difficult to catch (for me) are the broadest Glaswegian ones...although Kevin Bridges is ok to follow.... Who can forget Kevin Bridges appearance on Would I Lie To You? He had Professor Brian Cox - and everyone else - just about wetting themselves over the horse hiring story in Bulgaria..... True comedy gold.
Not so many years ago a lot of large businesses had their call centres in Glasgow, Us down South had no idea what they were saying, I think it was done deliberately.
Ha! I'm from nearish Glasgow, and think lots of businesses have their call centres around Newcastle, for the same reason!
You’ve done reactions to frankie Boyle, Kevin bridges is his protege,he taught him
Someone has already mentioned it but Kevin Bridges horse story on Would I Lie To You is a must see. You really would enjoy it.
I'll check it out :)
'Manda - you make my day! Thank you for taking so much time and effort in producing your uploads - funniest channel on UA-cam!
I’d like to suggest adding Dara O’Briain’s Video Games sketch as one of your reactions. Everytime he talks about how Guitar Hero should be played, it cracks me up.
I'm English and I have always struggled to understand broad Scottish esp the Glasgow accent.. So for a person such as yourself Amanda.. Not even a brit.. It must be doubly hard
Kevin is very good. As someone else said Kevin does dial down his accent a little to be understood better
Oh. And another thought. Seeing as you like lairy comics, you have to check out Jim Jeffries. Savage but hilarious - especially his earlier stuff. Surprised you haven't done him, to be honest. An Aussie Jimmy Carr/Frankie Boyle 😂😂😂
If this had of happened in Belfast the reply would have been "Hey you give me £2 or I'll shot you we don't do knives" lol
probably a true story in Glasgow lol
Micky Flannagan - The story of visiting the USA is brilliant. Londoner is on a level with Kevin in my view.
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Watching you laugh brightens up my day xx
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Kev on social media and if Facebook was a pub. is brilliant comedy.
I went to Scotland. I got back. Not that easy when you get as drunk as I did. I’m alive here typing, All is just about well.
Haha well it’s good you made it!
There is a slightly longer version of this, which is worth looking out for. Then look up his interview about it on the Jonathon Ross show. As we say in Glasgow, pure class! 😂
Kevin Bridges is a true comedian. Like Billy Connolly he's effortlessly funny.
I've seen him put on a posh English accent on "Would I Lie To You" to help the other panellists understand him. Very funny.
Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert is great too.
More impressive when he does the impression of an Englishman trying to do a Scottish accent in the taxi joke lol
If facebook was a pub is my fav of his 😂
Mans brilliant, the best out there
We’re glad you made it too. all the best to you and yours. Rab -fae glesca ❤
Kevin Bridges material is solid
My girlfriend is from Canada and a few year ago she was flying into Glasgow airport on a Sunday to see me. The day before she googled Glasgow and found out it is known as “stab city” and is known as one of the roughest places in Europe. I’m from a rough area of the north so are used to places like these. I came into Glasgow by train the day before and was picking her up at the airport the next day, and just before I got to my hotel room, I FaceTimed her in the middle of Glasgow town centre. Busy, loud I said look at the beautiful buildings babe and she panicked and shouted GET IN YOUR DAMN HOTEL!!!!! 🤣🤣
Canadians, what they like.
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Hi Amanda, can I suggest that you listen to "Scottish Elevator - Voice Recognition - ELEVEN !" its 2 guys stuck in an elevator that has no buttons its been replaced by voice recognition and the elevator does not understand their accents
Freeeeeeeeeeeedoooooooooooom. 😂
I’ll definitely check that out 😊👍🏻
You now must watch the Kevin horse story on would I lie to you, great reaction here
Have you come across Henning Wehn on WILTY? The classic Morrocco/Interpol segment.
I love Kevin Bridges, he’s consistently hilarious. Maybe also check out anything by Sarah Millican, Mickey Flanagan “peeping” and “out out”, Dara O’Briain “mixed marriage” and pretty much any time he interacts with the audience.
Some classic snort laughs from you there good one
Great seeing you reacting coz you're understanding as it runs!❤
Amanda I will say this as a man who was in his teenage years and 20's in that time he is not lying however (I now and have lived in the US) went back and it was so different so less "WHO YOU LOOKIN AT?"
U ever seen any Ronnie Barker Open All Hours or Porridge Amanda? Classics x
You should see his joke about "Safety instruction onboard bus"...
I like Kevin Bridges and I wouldn't be surprised if that happened in Glasgow.
If you like Kevin Bridges watch Still Game one of the best British comedies out of Glasgow, The story lines are priceless and the characters are all fantastic. My favourite is the pizza delivery episode had me in tears
On a Glasgow bus heading home, the trains were aff, and this wee drunk punter starts talking to everyone in his finest Glesga patter. He asks this guy 'wuryefae?' and the guy just sat there and quietly shat himself. 'Wuryefae!?' ... still nothing. Had to translate and it turned out the guy was from America. The wee drunk punter thought that was just braw.
I have to ask because I can't find it on the internet, what does bmi mean other that body mass index?
I recommend checking out his stand up on the sleepover from hell.
Hi Amanda, with your new setup that you have had for the last few videos, you are really becoming the experienced UA-cam Reactor. Keep up the great work, oh and the snorts!
I wonder what camera you use Amanda to film your videos?
A friend of mine had a Scot living next door and i was invited to a party i never understood a word he said my friends did so if they laughed i did anyway after a few drinks and being a bit tipsy i could understand what he was saying so have a few drinks and you will understand any dialect bye Amanda LOL
You need to watch Kevin’s sleep over story or the nutter on the bus
Last time i was up Glasgow (my birth place) i introduced my Auntie to a Kevin Bridges DVD who she'd never heard of being stuck in her flat every day caring for my Uncle. Let's just say it brought the colour and smile back into her cheeks. I think Kevin Bridges is easily the best stand-up to ever come out of Scotland and yes far better than Connolly who stole most of his jokes from the 60/70's shipyard labourers/builders.
the guy im talking about is Jason Manford
👍 one of the very best.
I love Kevin Bridges
Hi Amanda. I think you should watch Danny Bhoy, "Live at the Apollo" talking about a Gecko in his hotel room in Australia. He is another Scottish comedian.
Kevin Bridges is amazing. Watch his Referendum bit
Amanda you really need to watch Rob Gilbert and the sketch 'duvets' .... it's hilarious x
A would watch kevin bridges ( mates like greece ) its brillant
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You have GOT to watch "The Empty"... Glasgow meets the U.S of A.
If it’s any consolation, I’m from Aberdeen and I struggle to understand some Glaswegians and (proper) Aberdonian can be a struggle for other Scots to understand.
Anyone else got a crush on Amanda?
Kevin on Would I lie to You. Nuff said
Amanda stop 🤣🔥🇦🇺
it can take a wee bit of time and practice to rap your head around a culture shock like landing in glasgow and being confronted by people speaking a language so nearly English but just not quite understandable and being spoken at 150mph lol
you have adjusted brilliantly Amanda and we would love to see you visit Scotland more and making a video of your experiences here, perhaps cover a comedy show at the Edinburgh fringe festival could be a good video.
I love your laugh
He's excellent....
Please keep the Kevin Bridges train going 🚂
Kev's alright, but He's a Bankie, no a Glaswegian. An the bus stop might happen to a tourist? But The Glaswegian response to the bam would be something like, " I'll keep Ma money and call You an Ambulance!"
Maybe a wee bit of interest for a North American, there's a bit in Clydebank called Singer, own railway station, where Singer setup a sewing machine factory.
👍❤️🏴!