Best Scottish Accent Ever! Kevin Patterson with Tweedswood

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  • Опубліковано 26 бер 2014
  • I conducted this interview with Kevin Patterson of Tweedswood Fishing in June of 2007. To this day I don't think I've ever heard a cooler Scottish accent. Kevin at that time was a mason, and a master fly fisherman - and a heck of a nice guy. We talked later about the movie Braveheart, and he took me down to Melrose Abby after lunch. Melrose is awesome and the people are super nice. I'll share more of my conversations with Kevin in future vids. Kevin - if you're out there, give me a shout. You're tops in my book! - Year 2020 Update! Here's a video of me catching up with Kevin on a Facetime call. He's hilarious, and gives some great Scotland travel tips: • Best Scottish Accent E...
    Here's a link to me translating Kevin's Scottish: • American Hillbilly Tri...
    Here's a link to Kevin showing me Melrose Abby: • Beautiful Melrose Abbe...
    Here's a link to the Tweedswood Fishing website (very cool): www.tweedswood.com/index.php
    Here's a link to Kevin and me talking about Braveheart and William Wallace: • Best Scottish Accent E...

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  • @Vaalferatus
    @Vaalferatus 9 років тому +9772

    Spaniard guy learning english here.
    Wrong video.

    • @tyronejacobsen9953
      @tyronejacobsen9953 9 років тому +53

      Vaalferatus Definetly not

    • @mustafajuventino9964
      @mustafajuventino9964 8 років тому +28

      looooool

    • @atropos91
      @atropos91 8 років тому +107

      +Patrick Star I'm also spanish and what it's going through my mind is a deep and depressing feeling of not having learned anything in more than 15 years learning english and 6 months living in York.
      Then I sart to concentrate myself and beggining to be able to understand some words and concepts. Damn.

    • @barbapoupokin7425
      @barbapoupokin7425 7 років тому +26

      French guy too bahahaha

    • @lucyleiva2961
      @lucyleiva2961 7 років тому +27

      I'm really fucked up, I can't even understand anything.

  • @Rhoadie1
    @Rhoadie1 3 роки тому +4630

    A Scot and a southern American talking together.... I can die now.

    • @megalomaniacko1
      @megalomaniacko1 3 роки тому +22

      JAJAJAJAJA for real.

    • @DiegoSita
      @DiegoSita 3 роки тому +110

      Most badass accents. This video is gold.

    • @curtisshaw8046
      @curtisshaw8046 3 роки тому +38

      I live in Ohio but half my family is from E. Kentucky and have strong American Southern Accents. Just got my AncestryDNA results back and I'm over %30 Scottish. Proud of that!

    • @tenebrisrex333
      @tenebrisrex333 3 роки тому +9

      I feel bad for the Scotsman

    • @ericwang1036
      @ericwang1036 3 роки тому +34

      Then an Irish also join the group even more insane

  • @Allagi22
    @Allagi22 3 роки тому +2829

    Americans: "Wow that Scottish guy has a crazy accent!" Scots: "Wow that American has a crazy accent!"

    • @curlytoes9319
      @curlytoes9319 3 роки тому +53

      Scots: that american accent isn't crazy what so ever concidering we have been brought up with it on our tvs and radios and things we watched growing up

    • @nikitamiroshnichenko7604
      @nikitamiroshnichenko7604 3 роки тому +5

      Me as an ukrainian: "nu gde za hrenu ya sobi moyu bot-elocku poklau?"

    • @jinjunliu2401
      @jinjunliu2401 3 роки тому +11

      @@christianstainazfischer Depends on what you call default. It makes more sense to call British the default while for those states they're probably just soft American accents

    • @LucasSouza-bb5sd
      @LucasSouza-bb5sd 3 роки тому +25

      @@christianstainazfischer what do you man theres no accent ? everyone has an accent

    • @jinjunliu2401
      @jinjunliu2401 3 роки тому +4

      @@christianstainazfischer Ah right forgot that there was lots of that happening. But still over time that "accent" becomes known as the American accent, which would have been influenced by other accents. The reason why it sounds so normal and clean to you is probably because you're very used to the sound of that English. Perhaps via an abundance of TV and other media or you just grew up there.
      The reason why practically all English speakers can understand the standard American accent (accent-less to you) is because of their TV and media being everywhere across the globe and is often their first interaction with English

  • @ai-eo4dm
    @ai-eo4dm 4 роки тому +3030

    I love how they both somehow understand each other

    • @ericwang1036
      @ericwang1036 3 роки тому +47

      😂😂😂😂😂😂 I'm pretty sure interviewer pretending to understand everything

    • @LoisAGrimm
      @LoisAGrimm 3 роки тому +41

      I think there's actually an interesting and good reason for this...many Scots Irish settled in the southern part of the United States so the southern accent is actually somewhat derived from the Scots Irish accent.

    • @Aviation_Lover26
      @Aviation_Lover26 3 роки тому +5

      Yeah it’s interesting that they can actually keep on conversation. It’s like Danish and Swedish people talking to each other.

    • @caketinfairy
      @caketinfairy 3 роки тому +7

      I'm Australian and can understand... just have to concentrate!

    • @weelewism8442
      @weelewism8442 3 роки тому +7

      As a scottish person i can EASILY understand both accents

  • @djstapler
    @djstapler 5 років тому +6211

    Do you speak English?
    *Scottish person* : Weel aye, bit actually na.

    • @megalomaniacko1
      @megalomaniacko1 4 роки тому +39

      DJ Stapler JAJAJAJAJJAJAA I lost it mate.

    • @baki2423
      @baki2423 4 роки тому +7

      DJ Stapler 🤣🤣🤣

    • @jorysiler
      @jorysiler 4 роки тому

      Lol

    • @Kamikaze10
      @Kamikaze10 4 роки тому +3

      Ah so we meet again

    • @alexpellegrinelli6141
      @alexpellegrinelli6141 4 роки тому +17

      I literally can't nearly not understand what this Scottish fela is sayin! 🤣

  • @firefoxmetzger9063
    @firefoxmetzger9063 8 років тому +5737

    Damn it! Just as I thought I can understand english.

    • @tonyleeglenn
      @tonyleeglenn  8 років тому +114

      Ha! Sorry Kevin and I complicated that for you.

    • @jalilali1415
      @jalilali1415 7 років тому +23

      same feels bad man

    • @abbiescott916
      @abbiescott916 7 років тому +46

      I'm Scottish so a understand it easy

    • @69elsaha
      @69elsaha 7 років тому +8

      2 yeast in Uk and i understand all, and i`m not from England

    • @Fatamorgana420
      @Fatamorgana420 7 років тому

      4 realz...

  • @CambyBolongo
    @CambyBolongo 4 роки тому +1335

    Its funny how Kevin is actually trying to sound more clear when talking to the American. This isn't exactly what you would hear if you where speaking to him as another Scottish guy.

    • @svetlanamalavina4350
      @svetlanamalavina4350 3 роки тому +219

      Wait so it is the LIGHT version of Scottish dialect? Impressive

    • @davidstafford7465
      @davidstafford7465 3 роки тому +16

      Correct

    • @fraser_mr2009
      @fraser_mr2009 3 роки тому +3

      america doesn't have a problem understanding us

    • @CambyBolongo
      @CambyBolongo 3 роки тому +21

      @@fraser_mr2009 They struggled when I was in Texas.

    • @CambyBolongo
      @CambyBolongo 3 роки тому +37

      @Luke Bassilious After living in England for a while, My everyday accent has been somewhat 'anglicised', I can go full conversations without having to repeat myself. However, after a few drams thats straight oot the windae.

  • @LarginMoralesIgnacio
    @LarginMoralesIgnacio 4 роки тому +397

    The title must be:
    The CLASH of ACCENTS

  • @ChrisKogos
    @ChrisKogos 5 років тому +6575

    Anyone got the lyrics?

    • @f2281
      @f2281 3 роки тому +156

      He’s talking about fishing at first and the perfect fish he’s looking for. Then he goes on to talk about historical monuments and Robert The Bruce’s heart. Then he goes on to talk about the Romans and their settlement in the exact area they’re standing in.

    • @Korvidcore
      @Korvidcore 3 роки тому +25

      This was humourous

    • @rassalghulle9750
      @rassalghulle9750 3 роки тому +6

      Kinda

    • @nachtmalerin8832
      @nachtmalerin8832 3 роки тому +16

      Good question man... 😂

    • @kirbyinthereallife4980
      @kirbyinthereallife4980 3 роки тому +24

      Beware everybody. A black scottish drunk man is being searched by the police. The man is armed with explosives and he has been recently seen in the streets of ullapool in scotland. If you see him call the police and hide or you'll be his next victim, his name is Tavish Degroot A.K.A Demolitions man. Pd im a fan

  • @t.c.bramblett617
    @t.c.bramblett617 6 років тому +3906

    Southern US vs Scottish... two mad accents LOL

    • @tonyleeglenn
      @tonyleeglenn  6 років тому +384

      Ha - you are right buddy. What's very weird is that my NC Appalachian highland accent WAS a Scottish accent about 5 generations back. Wonder what happened?

    • @plasticface333
      @plasticface333 5 років тому +64

      @@tonyleeglenn i was thinking that most folk from that region have scottish ancestry.

    • @alistairewen9558
      @alistairewen9558 5 років тому +24

      @@tonyleeglenn hi, been reading about this, it was seemingly Scots-Irish who settled in the appalachians. Checking their accents now.

    • @knoxcas3733
      @knoxcas3733 5 років тому +27

      I'm from South Eastern Kentucky in the Appalachian mountains and I have an" American Appalachian English accent" and I can understand him perfectly 😊😊😊

    • @alistairewen9558
      @alistairewen9558 5 років тому +49

      I can assure you all, he is really putting on his poshest accent, he won't talk like this when at home, or pub.

  • @erichvonmolder9310
    @erichvonmolder9310 3 роки тому +432

    The American's accent was strong too.

    • @bericpaye4467
      @bericpaye4467 3 роки тому +6

      Because USA is #1 and we like it when it’s right on your face

    • @erichvonmolder9310
      @erichvonmolder9310 3 роки тому +40

      @@bericpaye4467 , huh? Calm down, sheeeshhhhhhhhh.

    • @dawgo5535
      @dawgo5535 3 роки тому +20

      @@bericpaye4467 Not really Usa Is Never Been a Very Safe Country Cause Of Its High Gun Crimes

    • @donttrip1
      @donttrip1 3 роки тому +10

      Southern US accent we don't sound like that in other parts of the country

    • @EduardoContrerasD
      @EduardoContrerasD 3 роки тому

      @@bericpaye4467 Ok Mister PhatAss.

  • @Ri0t_X
    @Ri0t_X 3 роки тому +256

    The southern guys accent is just as strong 💀

    • @wykimm
      @wykimm 3 роки тому +4

      I just said that in my head lol

    • @penelopepenny4593
      @penelopepenny4593 3 роки тому +16

      Stronger to my ears. Scottish guy is easy to understand but I thought the American was disabled at first, I only realised he was American after a while.

    • @neu_dae
      @neu_dae 3 роки тому +11

      yeah, that's a pretty strong southern American accent lol

    • @jacobschmidt
      @jacobschmidt 3 роки тому +6

      that's not strong at all, bit surprised that y'all think that's strong

    • @SweatyHaggis
      @SweatyHaggis 2 роки тому

      @@penelopepenny4593 lmao

  • @Robocop2807
    @Robocop2807 5 років тому +1608

    I understood every word of that proud Scotsman here

    • @harryshome4588
      @harryshome4588 4 роки тому +43

      Just came to listen to the accent and I can understand it when I'm intensely focused on listening, the only accent I have complete difficulty understand is Jamaican patois

    • @owl2944
      @owl2944 4 роки тому +5

      same apart from the place names

    • @kosmic100
      @kosmic100 4 роки тому +19

      goddamn, mate.
      is it possible to learn this power?

    • @albertweedsteinthethuggeni7797
      @albertweedsteinthethuggeni7797 4 роки тому +18

      @@kosmic100 be scottish

    • @RikoClawzer
      @RikoClawzer 4 роки тому +4

      Im asian and i understand it fully and idk why

  • @roofoochoo
    @roofoochoo 7 років тому +2626

    This accent is amazing, even tho his accent wasn't as thick as I was expecting, I still couldn't understand a lot of words he was saying lol

    • @garymcatear822
      @garymcatear822 6 років тому +79

      RooFooChoo You only understood him because he is from the borders of Scotland, he is geographically closer to England than he is to me in Glasgow, the further north you go in Scotland the less you will have any clue what is being said lol

    • @kmthelegend5595
      @kmthelegend5595 5 років тому +9

      Naw wit you on aboot his accent isna that good a mean it’s aw right

    • @kingviper5700
      @kingviper5700 5 років тому +7

      aye bu thas cus he was speakin te dem fuckin american or sume, i dinae fuckn know, so he could understan the man better, I think

    • @evronetwork
      @evronetwork 5 років тому

      well damn, I understand most of the meaning but having issues understand some words as well

    • @christophersmokeyday622
      @christophersmokeyday622 5 років тому +1

      Gary Mcatear shes off her trolley 🤯😂

  • @trumpetmusic5672
    @trumpetmusic5672 4 роки тому +159

    I didn't understand a damn thing but I love the accent 😂

  • @soofihasan
    @soofihasan 3 роки тому +54

    The nicest sweetest people i met ever. God bless Scotland. Love from pakistan 🇵🇰

  • @MrJeroenreyns
    @MrJeroenreyns 8 років тому +790

    i can listen to this guy for hours, loving the scottish accent

    • @ExclusiveLM
      @ExclusiveLM 8 років тому +24

      ........... I'm from New York and I'm pissing my pants with laughter listening to both the Scott AND the American southern ways of talking. At one point, I didn't even understand what the fuck the American guy said. LOL !! Priceless.

    • @MrJeroenreyns
      @MrJeroenreyns 8 років тому +3

      indeed, that is fricking hilarious to hear two complete different accents xd

    • @donavanobrein5356
      @donavanobrein5356 7 років тому +1

      as do I.

    • @anasjebarihassani1486
      @anasjebarihassani1486 7 років тому

      Same here

    • @aaronbambrick870
      @aaronbambrick870 7 років тому +2

      i can under stand it i am from the Scottish borders i am a young farmer form the Scottish borders and hear this every day

  • @andipandiiiii
    @andipandiiiii 4 роки тому +771

    It’s crazy how the first thirty seconds I was like:
    WHAT LANGUAGE IS THIS?
    and by the end I could understand him perfectly

    • @kagan2712
      @kagan2712 4 роки тому

      where u from

    • @PLS-PG
      @PLS-PG 4 роки тому +5

      Same here
      It was like this scene in the 13th Warrior when Antonio Banderas starts to understand the vikings lmao

    • @LadyMngwa
      @LadyMngwa 4 роки тому +3

      Yeeeeah, sure (eyeroll)

    • @andipandiiiii
      @andipandiiiii 4 роки тому +20

      Ellen Szokky whats your problem? Negativity doesn’t get you anywhere in life, it just makes ppl feel worse. I know this was a very sarcastic and light comment but still, I wrote how I felt during this time and I spoke the truth. We are all different so how can one not understand another persons perspective on something? If you have nothing nice to say, don’t go spreading negative energies on MY comment or anywhere else. Anyways I hope you’re doing well!! Spread love and light because light always wins. 🌸

    • @f2281
      @f2281 3 роки тому +2

      HOWW? 😂 It’s soooo easy to understand lol

  • @i_cri_evertim
    @i_cri_evertim 4 роки тому +73

    Everybody's gangsta till you turn on the closed captioning.

    • @tottochan9104
      @tottochan9104 3 роки тому +2

      😂😂

    • @LINKchris87
      @LINKchris87 3 роки тому

      Not sure captions eould hel a lot here. They barely track CNN news announcers 🤣

    • @ericwang1036
      @ericwang1036 3 роки тому

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @ems.938
    @ems.938 Рік тому +7

    Scotish is so beautiful. I love to listen to this guy. Especially, because the people are among the friendliest people I ever got acquainted with. 💚

  • @baronnuuke7821
    @baronnuuke7821 7 років тому +760

    I almost choke to death when i turned the captions on...

    • @waterdroplet369
      @waterdroplet369 7 років тому +20

      THANK YOU!!

    • @dariusevans2194
      @dariusevans2194 7 років тому +27

      its a chemical squash board or they're dead 0:29

    • @TripleDDDD
      @TripleDDDD 7 років тому +27

      all about fly fashion :-)

    • @AtreidesHeir
      @AtreidesHeir 7 років тому +35

      OMFG. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Beyond hilarious. "It's three hills and the method at maryland ejection..."
      DYING. My dog walked over to make sure I was okay.

    • @layslifestyle2265
      @layslifestyle2265 6 років тому

      Benur Anouk lmao I just turned it on fml 😂you basically need to turn on your imagination rather than the fucking caption lol

  • @jistaface
    @jistaface 9 років тому +501

    Transcription of Kevin's answers:
    1. My name's Kevin Patterson and I'm a guide on the River Tweed, like. We're standing here down in the Borders. We're just outside Melrose, which is a famous town. Over the back of us, here, we've got the Eildons, one of the most famous landmarks of the Borders. It's three hills, and the myth is that Merlin the magician split one hill into three, and it left the two hills at the back of us which you can see. The weather's never good... They always say, in the Borders, if the mist's on the Eildon's we never get the good weather and, as you can see today, there's no sunshine It's a typical Scottish Borders day!
    2. Tweed Guides, that's just been set up...it's about in its third year now, like. And we bring people over, from all walks of life, and we bring them fishing anywhere they want to go. Um...we use the Tweed, we use all the tributaries of the Tweed, and we just want to get people thegither to have fun and enjoy fishing...together.
    3, I reckon, um...to start enjoying fly-fishing if... As long as you're happy just to go out, enjoy the scenery and take in just what all happens with it, like. You can enjoy it in a day -- two days is plenty time as long as you enjoy it, like. It's very important that you put it... put it totally out your mind about catching and just enjoy the casting and enjoy the scenery around you.
    4. Well, a day like today we'd be looking for a spring salmon, a late-running spring salmon. The early salmon will just be starting to come up now, which we call the summer salmon. We've got the grilse and, uh, there'll be a few sea trout beginning to come forward. This a good time of the year, like, and it's just the start of the summer fishing. The spring fishing's just coming to an end.
    He's doing very well at the moment, actually, He just needs to slow things down just a little bit, um, he just wants to take his time on his forward cast. We'll have him... By the end of the morning, we'll have him... All that'll be sorted out, like. But the secret is...is give the people their space. Let them fish, let them get in the river, let them enjoy the fishing -- let them feel the rods. Don't be on their case all day, like. I can soon sort it out, it just takes five minutes. There's a perfect example. Only been fishing for the last 20 minutes and look at that -- perfect anchor point, perfect looping across the river.
    6. Melrose Abbey -- just across... we can't quite see it from here, but it's just through the trees on the other side there, like. You can actually just see the main tower. Just through the trees, you can just see...
    7. [About the sheep crap.] Aye, I know! You can see the top of Melrose... See the top of the Abbey there? ...See it just... there's kind of...just the bit sticking up. That's Melrose Abbey, like.
    8. It's... Well, one of the big points of that is, uh, Robert the Bruce's heart's buried there. ... Yeah, they brought it back after he died, and they buried his heart in the Abbey, like. And they actually dug it up, uh, a few years back, and tried to put a DNA test... Yeah, to see what was what with it, like. And then it was all put back in again. But the monks of Melrose are very famous, and they brewed the famous mead that came out the Melrose Abbey, like. The ground we're standing on at the moment was actually...was all owned by the monks. All this flat plain you see in front of you, this was all owned by the monks of Melrose, like -- and they farmed this, like. There's actually a wall runs from the bottom at the river there, comes right up here. You cannae see it but it is there. It goes right round that corner and right back up to the Abbey, like. And that was their boundary. But uh, it's a very famous, and one of the oldest abbeys that there is in Scotland, like.
    9. Yeah, it's a big Roman area, like. Newstead, which was one of the biggest and earliest settlements of the Romans, is just in the village behind us. Again, we can't quite see it for the trees and the stuff that's there. But the Romans settled here. And they had a fort on the top of the hill, just on the top of that hill there, like. And there's a lot of people come for this area to look at the.. the Roman fort and all the different stuff, like.
    10. Yeah, there's a lot of bits and pieces. Yeah, it's very, very steeped in history, the Roman history, this area, like. Uh, when there was just a small settlement in Newstead, like. It goes back and all -- there are books and all the writing-up, and you can look back on the history, and it's always mentioned, Newstead. [About looking it up.]...Oh, definitely, like. Aye.
    (Kevin's using Standard English vocabulary, "little" instead of "wee" etc, and modifying some pronunciation towards SE, to be more comprehensible to foreigners. He uses one or two structures characteristic of Scots English (eg "over the back of us": "out your mind" vs of "out of your mind" and "get the good weather" vs "get good weather"). Most Scots don't realise our syntax is a bit different from Standard English even when we're using all SE vocabulary.)

    • @tonyleeglenn
      @tonyleeglenn  9 років тому +43

      Fantastic transcription. Thank you for this contribution to the thread. Just a great job. Tony

    • @jistaface
      @jistaface 9 років тому +10

      Tony Lee Glenn
      Thanks! I don't upload stuff, so it's nice to be able to contribute something practical, especially to a gem of a video like this. Very nicely made.
      I started getting adobe flash gremlins and gave up -- I'll finish transcribing today.

    • @vividhkothari1
      @vividhkothari1 9 років тому +9

      Jeez!!! This looks like a very challenging job. Thank you for this. I really-really appreciate it.

    • @jistaface
      @jistaface 9 років тому +12

      *****
      You#re welcome! Not challenging to me at all, because I'm Scottish, I live my life among similar accents to this. Non-Scots usually think the accent of my area (industrial west of Scotland) is harder to understand than this one.

    • @waldoalexramosbenavente6729
      @waldoalexramosbenavente6729 9 років тому +1

      jistaface thanks a lot ,from the land of earthquake CHILE

  • @petercarmeci8317
    @petercarmeci8317 Рік тому +3

    I love hearing that accent. When I visited a couple distilleries in Scotland. I had a blast, and the people are so friendly.

  • @persephone6896
    @persephone6896 Рік тому +20

    It’s just so funny how they’re both two extreme accents of the English language 😁

  • @siobhan28483
    @siobhan28483 7 років тому +455

    This video is testament to how diverse the English language is; an American deep south accent and a broad Scottish accent. Wonderful! lol

    • @sebbyh9764
      @sebbyh9764 4 роки тому +1

      Go to northern country Straya and you'll be bamboozled

    • @jf29superfortress31
      @jf29superfortress31 4 роки тому

      @@sebbyh9764 northern??

    • @fabiobarbagallo6517
      @fabiobarbagallo6517 4 роки тому +2

      Joshua Freer Straya stands for Australia mate. Greetings from switzerland👋🏼

    • @omerazhar7560
      @omerazhar7560 2 роки тому +2

      All languages develop accents.there is a famous Chinese rule that after a certain distance every people's accents and features change

  • @CPELANGUES
    @CPELANGUES 8 років тому +805

    The interviewer's accent is one of the nicest American accents I've ever heard.

    • @tonyleeglenn
      @tonyleeglenn  8 років тому +267

      +CPE LANGUES God bless you. Usually everyone talks about how unpleasant my Appalachian accent is. Nice to get a kind comment. TLG

    • @MrWannabeartist
      @MrWannabeartist 8 років тому +17

      +CPE LANGUES Surely that wasn't American? He didn't sound American to me.

    • @tonyleeglenn
      @tonyleeglenn  8 років тому +154

      John Simpson Hey John - Yes, I'm American from the Scot-Irish Appalachian Highlands of Western North Carolina. Thanks for watching and commenting.

    • @CityThatCannotBeCaptured
      @CityThatCannotBeCaptured 8 років тому +6

      +CPE LANGUES Yeah. Hot to Aussie ears for sure.

    • @muddycatfish5396
      @muddycatfish5396 8 років тому +6

      No way man it was so annoying to me. I think us northerners have the best accents. (Northeast)

  • @TheNightmareShadows
    @TheNightmareShadows 3 роки тому +12

    Spanish here. I've learned my english in York, were I lived for a few years. I thought their accent was difficult to understand. THEN I went to Edinburgh and OMG. When I got the hang of it I went to Dublin. No words... Guess I like to challenge myself 😂

  • @victorfergn
    @victorfergn 3 роки тому +115

    The Irish Farmers Lose Their Sheep, Mad Accent is weirder than this guy's accent.

    • @ericwang1036
      @ericwang1036 3 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @victorfergn
      @victorfergn 3 роки тому +1

      @@randomvidios09 if you make a video trying to imitate his accent... we'll love you

    • @weelewism8442
      @weelewism8442 3 роки тому

      What?

    • @victorfergn
      @victorfergn 3 роки тому +1

      @@weelewism8442 The video, I should've said 'The Irish Farmers Lose Their Sheep...' it's a must watch after this video

    • @eeeeer9514
      @eeeeer9514 3 роки тому

      Yea defo I this guy is clear and we'll spoken

  • @stevenhunter3345
    @stevenhunter3345 7 років тому +179

    I love the clash of accents here: the Scottish and the American southern.

    • @tonyleeglenn
      @tonyleeglenn  7 років тому +44

      What's really strange is how the combination of Scottish and Irish accents - fused in the Appalachian highlands resulted in my accent after only about 3 or 4 generations. I don't know how it came to be really. I can still remember some old-timers from my youth who still spoke with a modified Scottish accent because they'd heard their parents speak it in their childhood. Crazy.

    • @lucabrasi3964
      @lucabrasi3964 4 роки тому +1

      @@tonyleeglenn that's pretty cool I'm from Scotland and never knew that. You learn something new everyday

    • @crazydave318
      @crazydave318 2 роки тому +1

      @@tonyleeglenn lol Appalachian highlands. “MOM, IM A HIGHLANDER. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!!”

  • @akaya2526
    @akaya2526 4 роки тому +89

    "As you can see today, there's no sunshine". I did my best.

  • @makennadesautels7743
    @makennadesautels7743 4 роки тому +262

    The fact that I’m here because I matched with a Scottish guy on tinder and need to learn to understand a Scottish accent😂

    • @mikeysrose
      @mikeysrose 4 роки тому +32

      Girl, when I studied abroad in Scotland, I went on three dates with a tall ginger Glaswegian, and I understood maybe half of what he said to me on our first date. I realized that I was engaging the same parts of my brain that I used when listening to Spanish.

    • @mrkv4k
      @mrkv4k 4 роки тому +11

      I really don't know, what are you all talking about. I am czech, english is my second language and I understand both of them and the scottish guy has one of the mildest accents I've heard. Try going to Aberdeen, Fort William or Perth and talking with one of the locals.

    • @hidden1878
      @hidden1878 4 роки тому

      haha 🤣😂

    • @polastachowska72
      @polastachowska72 3 роки тому

      SAME

    • @wilfriedvomacka1783
      @wilfriedvomacka1783 3 роки тому

      @@mrkv4k Přesně! :'-D

  • @svenmacfadyen5860
    @svenmacfadyen5860 2 роки тому +8

    If one truly knows the southern Appalachian dialect, and listen to this fine gentleman's dialect, there are so many similarities. Love it.

  • @Sam-jb2hn
    @Sam-jb2hn 7 років тому +419

    I've spoken English for all my life and I only understood like 20% of that

    • @damikasim8167
      @damikasim8167 5 років тому +2

      Sam Hidalgo same

    • @christophersmokeyday622
      @christophersmokeyday622 5 років тому +3

      I’ve spokenn english all my life too, I can understand him

    • @samuelcolt1505
      @samuelcolt1505 5 років тому

      I understand 80

    • @Mitchery
      @Mitchery 4 роки тому

      What country do you from?

    • @sunset4582
      @sunset4582 4 роки тому +1

      lmao I've spoken English for 2 years and I only understood 5% of that

  • @lawrencecollins7398
    @lawrencecollins7398 8 років тому +76

    Two beautiful accents! I hope TV and the internet don't cause regional accents to disappear. So interesting to listen to.

  • @mingming4435
    @mingming4435 3 роки тому +37

    I am proud to say that I understood 5 words. "Water, People, All, yeah, no".
    I am very proud of myself. So proud of myself.

  • @PeterPounders
    @PeterPounders 3 роки тому +6

    My great grandfather was Scottish and settled in Montana. He was a fly fisherman, his son was, his son was, and I am. Its almost a requirement to know how to do this in my family. Such a pleasure to see where it all started.

  • @jezebel324
    @jezebel324 5 років тому +116

    Husband is from scotland, when we first met, he sounded like this. Absolutely unintelligible! I had to nod and smile my way through the first date, much easier to break apart now.

  • @twan1349
    @twan1349 8 років тому +28

    Two of my favourite accents speaking to eachother. Rare treat.

  • @patrickchampion8179
    @patrickchampion8179 2 роки тому +18

    Everyone's saying how Scottish he sounds, but I'm fascinated by how English he sounds. I grew up in Newcastle, which is the northernmost big city in England (and 70 miles south of Melrose) - and it's really interesting how similar his accent is to mine - much more than even people from Edinburgh (who can sound a bit Geordie at times). Some of the traditional accents in rural Northumberland would be pretty much impossible to tell apart from his.
    Just shows that despite the political border being there for centuries, the cultural or linguistic boundary is still pretty vague.

    • @katy3901
      @katy3901 2 роки тому +1

      Absolutely- I grew up not far from where they are in this video and now live in Glasgow; they all say I sound English. The intersection between Cumbria, Newcastle, Berwick and the Borders is really interesting- I think it's probably starkest around Jedburgh, Selkirk and Hawick

    • @katy3901
      @katy3901 2 роки тому +1

      Lol I just checked on fb and we have mutual friends

  • @albertoskytwins3527
    @albertoskytwins3527 Рік тому +5

    I'm actually really proud that I have no problem understanding this guys anymore, after nearly 7 years living in Scotland though 😂

  • @silje8711
    @silje8711 9 років тому +108

    i'm Norwegian and this is easy to understand

    • @SohailJafar1
      @SohailJafar1 8 років тому +1

      Hello cuz

    • @yap17RBX
      @yap17RBX 8 років тому +12

      Yeah you Scandinavians know our native languages so much more better than us :( lol

    • @kartofelzkoperkiem8200
      @kartofelzkoperkiem8200 6 років тому +7

      Silje Scottish accent reminds me of Norwegian or Swedish one, they are like 'singing' a bit

    • @damjanklasnetic3398
      @damjanklasnetic3398 6 років тому

      The truth

    • @vainohamalainen7232
      @vainohamalainen7232 6 років тому +2

      Silje for the first few seconds i actually thought it was Norwegian

  • @sh230968
    @sh230968 4 роки тому +101

    I was roaming in London a few years ago. At one of the tube stations, I needed to ask for directions and I ended up talking to a cop who was probably from Scotland. I asked my question and apparently he offered a reasonable answer. Trust me I was as lost as I originally was because I simply did not understand a single word of what the cop told me. With a courtesy smile and a thank you, I left him and resorted to a map of London that had much clearer information.

    • @_KyleRC_
      @_KyleRC_ 3 роки тому +7

      Tbf you couldve been talking to anyone from the Midlands up because half of Britain accents will be hard to understand at first

    • @Nemisis007
      @Nemisis007 2 роки тому +1

      You probably should've used a map to begin with.

  • @wreagfe
    @wreagfe Рік тому +8

    As a non-native English speaker I find Scottish and Irish both reasonbly easy to understand. Your pronunciations are quite sharp and expressive. Very enjoyable to listen to imo.

    • @DanBrown96
      @DanBrown96 11 місяців тому

      Indeed. If you want to hear the English language truly butchered, come to England! Lol

  • @oigaleris9376
    @oigaleris9376 4 роки тому +20

    English is not my mother language, and now that I know how to speak it, I find myself watching this and feeling like I'm seven again (when I started learning English)

    • @robertalexander9905
      @robertalexander9905 2 роки тому

      English is my mother language and I didn't understand shit 🤦🏿‍♂️😂😂😂

  • @elliemathews6884
    @elliemathews6884 4 роки тому +6

    Oh my word! What a combination! A Scottish gentleman and a Southern American. I can't believe they could understand each other!

  • @IanSMoyes
    @IanSMoyes 8 років тому +72

    I think it needs to be said that Kevin is using his "foreigner compatible" best Sunday accent here. Rest assured, he doesn't speak to his wife and kids with such clear enunciation. ,-)

    • @tonyleeglenn
      @tonyleeglenn  8 років тому +31

      Ha - you are correct Ian. I had lunch with him and some of his buddies later that same day, and it was pretty tough to follow - but still very cool. I love hearing the borders accent.

    • @markboyle3089
      @markboyle3089 11 місяців тому

      True. He probably speaks with more of a Scottish tounge.

  • @BruderMussRasantLos
    @BruderMussRasantLos 4 роки тому +296

    Yes, i agree with him...Messi is better than Ronaldo

  • @davide.schiaffino
    @davide.schiaffino 2 роки тому +4

    English is my second language and I managed to undertand the Scottish guy.
    This is a milestone to be proud of.

  • @lisachiapputo3178
    @lisachiapputo3178 8 років тому +6

    It's funny how my brain has to really re-focus when switching back and forth between the two accents. I think all accents are interesting and tell us so much about regional histories and the lives of people, and I'm really glad when people document them.

  • @leretour23
    @leretour23 7 років тому +102

    I am from Canada and I understood everything, we have a lot of people who sound like him here.

    • @mb-kt8bi
      @mb-kt8bi 7 років тому +14

      The Canadian Standard Dialect's two points of difference from the American Standard Dialect (the one you are most likely to hear on the news, in the media, in movies, etc.) are both vowel changes. These slightly different vowels in words like "about" and "ice" are holdovers from Scottish roots.
      I'm Canadian too. I won't say that people in my area speak this way (maybe it's more of an East Coast thing?) but we still have those two types of vowels in common with Scots English.

    • @TheCanadiangirl4
      @TheCanadiangirl4 6 років тому +2

      Yeah, I don't have trouble understanding him either.

    • @meadeskelton3350
      @meadeskelton3350 6 років тому

      Virginia says oot and aboot and hoos, etc. I thought it was Southern, not Canadian.

    • @p.hhenry4454
      @p.hhenry4454 4 роки тому +3

      I don't where you live in Canada but we don't speak like that. Our accent is closer our southern neighbor.

    • @chrismacleod9326
      @chrismacleod9326 4 роки тому

      Really? Where exactly?

  • @luckyman834
    @luckyman834 Рік тому +6

    England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales - the historical homeland of most Americans, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders

    • @gigantesupremo97555
      @gigantesupremo97555 6 місяців тому

      Yes

    • @gigantesupremo97555
      @gigantesupremo97555 6 місяців тому +1

      Australia, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, Scotland, Welsh is more British English and Canada and the United States are more American-Canadian English

  • @strawwberryyy
    @strawwberryyy 3 роки тому +18

    been studying english for like 14 years now, I use english-speaking media every single day and I can't remember the last time since I genuinely did not understand what someone was saying

    • @kfl611
      @kfl611 2 роки тому

      Funny how that works. Sometimes where the accent sound is placed in a word can really throw you off, and tends to make you have to really think to understand what is being said.

  • @kristonio17
    @kristonio17 5 років тому +114

    The meeting of two mountain accents...

  • @TrickyWoo315
    @TrickyWoo315 5 років тому +20

    Love it! It's like a poem. His accent has a flow.

  • @Fidozo15
    @Fidozo15 4 роки тому +23

    I've watched Peaky Blinders enough times to understand this fellow citizen

    • @mikeysrose
      @mikeysrose 4 роки тому

      I've never seen the show. Is there a lot of Scots in it?

    • @Fidozo15
      @Fidozo15 4 роки тому

      @@mikeysrose Like a few. Some Irishmen too. You should watch it, it's a short one with 6 episodes per season

    • @Fidozo15
      @Fidozo15 4 роки тому

      @Astolfo idc english isn't my main language anyways

    • @giodurden4051
      @giodurden4051 4 роки тому

      @@mikeysrose season 5 only

    • @lucabrasi3964
      @lucabrasi3964 4 роки тому +4

      @@giodurden4051 the guy in season 5 has one of the worst fake Scottish accents I've ever heard

  • @robertandrewww
    @robertandrewww Рік тому +3

    Beautiful culture, I love learning other countries history and in that way become closer to them. I was able to understand him fluently and I’m proud of that.

  • @TheFloatingSheep
    @TheFloatingSheep 7 років тому +103

    hd camera in 2007, wow

    • @tonyleeglenn
      @tonyleeglenn  7 років тому +29

      Yes - I still have the cam, a Canon HV20. It was brand new on the market when I took this trip.

    • @nightspicer
      @nightspicer 4 роки тому +1

      Wait, what 😲

  • @DerHerrMitR
    @DerHerrMitR 8 років тому +13

    If this man was the last Scot alive, he'd be the blueprint for his language. Beautiful!

  • @cherryblossom4153
    @cherryblossom4153 2 роки тому +5

    How they understand each other ??
    Scottish accent is wonderful

  • @launabanauna8958
    @launabanauna8958 4 роки тому +2

    THAT was so awesome! I couldn’t stop smiling, listening to these guys!

  • @sonicaphos3963
    @sonicaphos3963 5 років тому +7

    When he zoomed in, it look like a painting on a wall, the Scottish Abbey is a stunner!

  • @AkitenV
    @AkitenV 8 років тому +60

    I'll be studying in Scotland.. I decided to check Scottish accent out.. I thought I knew English.. X.X

    • @chrismac4441
      @chrismac4441 7 років тому +2

      AkitenV we'll slow down for you 😂

    • @liamg5845
      @liamg5845 4 роки тому

      AkitenV no we don’t all talk like that lol

  • @ativalerie1351
    @ativalerie1351 3 роки тому +7

    English isn’t my first language and I can understand this man , I don’t know how

  • @ahmadfauzanperdana5703
    @ahmadfauzanperdana5703 3 роки тому +3

    Whoever put CC in this video, bless em'!

  • @seneythomas4433
    @seneythomas4433 5 років тому +35

    I'm from Ohio and I understood 90% of this, only when background noise came in or the mic was turned away did I lose him. I do a lot of Scottish research though and am getting very comfortable with the written form of Scots and the different dialects. He has a VERY clean accent compared to other Scots accents.

    • @jacob3707
      @jacob3707 2 роки тому

      this isn't quite scots, just english with scottish slang

  • @adam1908
    @adam1908 6 років тому +19

    It's funny to see the mutual effort they have to see to understand each other :) Two equally diverse accents
    As a Brit, it's interesting to note that the Scottish man is the easier to understand :)

  • @jagodak.6867
    @jagodak.6867 3 роки тому +1

    I returned to this video after 3 more years of learning and listening to different English accents and I can proudly say I understand about a half of what he is saying, when before I understood only "town"

    • @tonyleeglenn
      @tonyleeglenn  3 роки тому

      Hey that is pretty good progress though. Very cool that you came back to watch again!

  • @mkiii1447
    @mkiii1447 3 роки тому +7

    This reminds me somewhat of the languages we speak in scandinavia.

  • @Muikkinen
    @Muikkinen 9 років тому +616

    Wow, I can actually understand him! And English isn't even my native language :D I feel that I've passed the ultimate test...

    • @36isnotold
      @36isnotold 9 років тому +14

      that's amazing because I can't understand a word he has said..are there subtitles to this?

    • @tonyleeglenn
      @tonyleeglenn  9 років тому +4

      Stacy Steele Here's my translation video - ua-cam.com/video/g7kQK2KTt_4/v-deo.html

    • @FarmLapse
      @FarmLapse 9 років тому +5

      Same here and I'm dutch

    • @redneckon2wheels529
      @redneckon2wheels529 9 років тому +17

      English is my first language I'm from Oklahoma I can't understand a word this guy has

    • @redneckon2wheels529
      @redneckon2wheels529 9 років тому +1

      Says

  • @Pendaz11
    @Pendaz11 9 років тому +4

    I could just listen to him all day

  • @Miguelskytwins
    @Miguelskytwins 2 роки тому +3

    I can't belive, before coming to Scotland, I couldn't understand a word. I came here after 4 years and I understand every word 😂 #goals

  • @Vercingetorix45
    @Vercingetorix45 4 роки тому +2

    Been there, spent a month in Newstead and Melrose. I even reached the top of the Eildon on a sunny day. Absolutely loved my staying. Wonderful place and wonderful people with awesome accents.

  • @burpostockings
    @burpostockings 4 роки тому +127

    Scotsman: says literally anything
    Me: What was that?

    • @weelewism8442
      @weelewism8442 3 роки тому +3

      a cid teach ye a hing ir two if ye waant

    • @ummtalhah313
      @ummtalhah313 3 роки тому +1

      @@weelewism8442 sapnin mate. Where ye fae?

  • @dimbasick
    @dimbasick 6 років тому +7

    I've been to Scotland for a week and for my non-native-English ears, most of the people sounded like that :) Which is absolutely fine and you get used to it rather quickly. I was already starting to think I understand Scottish accent but I happened to ask that old couple how to find a laundry...

    • @TTT-oj1mj
      @TTT-oj1mj 6 місяців тому

      Hi I'm an Indian .. so I don't know about these accents In UK and America .. could you plz provide me detail regarding that aspect .. is accent different everywhere in England , Scotland , NA & SA ,?

  • @the50coach
    @the50coach 3 роки тому +4

    I got like 8 words

  • @kylewit924
    @kylewit924 3 роки тому +1

    What an interesting guy

  • @FreeSpirit999
    @FreeSpirit999 4 роки тому +10

    I'm an American & have been studying/listening to the Scottish accent (mainly Glaswegian as it's my favorite) for the last 2.5 years & I am proud to say I probably only missed about 6 words of what he said. I hope to be visiting Glasgow next year or the year after & cannot wait to get lost in the culture & the accents of course lol I hope I'll be able to understand nearly 98% of the people I speak to when I get there.

  • @vitoria-wb3ll
    @vitoria-wb3ll 6 років тому +52

    "there's no shunSHANE"
    lol i cant stop laughing

  • @nerjadude
    @nerjadude 4 роки тому +1

    Hola. This has to bee one of the most attractive accents in the world !!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇪🇸

    • @NYorksElcapitan
      @NYorksElcapitan 4 роки тому +1

      🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @Bmoney902
    @Bmoney902 3 роки тому +2

    Both of their accents are great. I spent 3.5 years living in scotland and I find myself missing the accent now I've been back in england for six months, so I'm here after looking on youtube for some Scots to lull me to sleep tonight haha
    I've been missing Scotland more and more.

  • @messifan2379
    @messifan2379 4 роки тому +4

    Iconic , a southern American and a Scottish accent together

  • @danarasworld
    @danarasworld 4 роки тому +143

    At first I thought he was really speaking Scottish

    • @TehSlayerOfDragonz
      @TehSlayerOfDragonz 4 роки тому +36

      Natalia he was speaking scottish😂 do you mean you thought he was speaking Gaelic.

    • @f2281
      @f2281 3 роки тому +3

      *Gaelic mate

    • @offzany__0184
      @offzany__0184 3 роки тому +6

      Are you American?

    • @danarasworld
      @danarasworld 3 роки тому

      offzany __0 yes

    • @offzany__0184
      @offzany__0184 3 роки тому +10

      @@danarasworld nothing wrong with that but I can't say I'm surprised

  • @rickpatterson1722
    @rickpatterson1722 3 роки тому +1

    You make me proud to carry this last name. Thank you Mr Patterson and God bless you!

  • @L_Martin
    @L_Martin 4 місяці тому +1

    The pair of them have very colourful accents. Lovely!

  • @36isnotold
    @36isnotold 9 років тому +28

    I only understood maybe 3 percent but how great it would be to live there?! Such a beautiful piece of country.

    • @TraceyanneMcCartney
      @TraceyanneMcCartney 9 років тому +2

      His voice is beautiful!

    • @princesssmartypants7696
      @princesssmartypants7696 9 років тому +4

      Stacy Steele This is where I'm from, and watching this video makes me want to go home!! It really, really is beautiful, especially on a sunny spring day when all the little lambs are out in the fields :) It's sad that when a lot of people think of Scotland, they immediately think of the Highlands. I'm so glad you think the lovely Lowlands are just as beautiful!

    • @36isnotold
      @36isnotold 9 років тому +3

      Princess Smartypants How lucky for you to be from this beautiful country, with such a rich history. I've never been there, but I hope to visit soon, one day. Half of my family tree is from both, Scotland and Ireland. I don't know much about the country, but I do love what I know.

    • @TraceyanneMcCartney
      @TraceyanneMcCartney 9 років тому +2

      It's all incredible

    • @tonyleeglenn
      @tonyleeglenn  8 років тому +3

      +Princess Smartypants I really loved visiting your area. The people are so nice there. The food was great. I had an awesome time there. Yes you should go back home. You're right to miss ir.

  • @veevee305MIA
    @veevee305MIA 8 років тому +304

    why does he look like "little Finger"????

  • @SydMountaineer
    @SydMountaineer 2 роки тому +27

    Actually, the interviewer's accent (southern) is related to/ descended from Scottish & Irish, as the Scots-Irish (Irish people who temporarily lived in Scotland before coming to America) who came to the Appalacians are responsible for how people from TN, KY, and other southern states talk (especially strong dialects of the Appalachian Mountains). Before I knew this as a fact, I wondered about it, due to the older generations of my family from TN having such a strong dialect that I could barely understand them, and it sounded very much like Scottish to me - and sure enough, their dialect & accents are truly linked to Scottish & Irish.

  • @Talearchive
    @Talearchive 4 роки тому +23

    Every word I read in the comments sounds Scottish to me now

    • @iainr9907
      @iainr9907 3 роки тому

      Ye just type how ye speak here nae messin

  • @ijansk
    @ijansk 8 років тому +13

    It's interesting to read native English speakers having problems to understand their own language spoken with a different accent to the point of saying that it sounds like a different language to them.

  • @whiteboarinn
    @whiteboarinn 3 роки тому +1

    take time and admire how beautiful that landscape is!

  • @michaelmoore2802
    @michaelmoore2802 3 роки тому

    This guy is great !! Big smile, and just wants people to enjoy and have fun... great video..

  • @paulinamacias2944
    @paulinamacias2944 5 років тому +4

    I’m proud to say that thanks to the fact that I love many scottish actors, I was able to understand 40% of this video ✌🏻

  • @AnneLien1987
    @AnneLien1987 6 років тому +4

    I am Belgian and I understood about 75%. I could listen to people speaking scottish FOR HOURS

  • @NerdSista1
    @NerdSista1 Рік тому

    this is awesome! I couldn't understand Mr. Patterson at first, but the more I listened, the more I understood. I went back to the beginning of the video to catch what I missed lol

    • @tonyleeglenn
      @tonyleeglenn  Рік тому +1

      Ha - you get the hang of it. It's an awesome and charming kind of accent!

  • @adhammohamed532
    @adhammohamed532 2 роки тому +1

    I'm in love with the scottish accent

  • @AlonescapeRS
    @AlonescapeRS 8 років тому +9

    Have subtitles on and laugh your ass off

    • @SingularityEngine
      @SingularityEngine 8 років тому

      "... go have fun and enjoy fresh herbs together." Sounds great hahaha

  • @Dailyknowitcontent
    @Dailyknowitcontent 4 роки тому +3

    I watched this video when i was in italy and I didn’t understand anything, now i live in Scotland since 3 month and i can understand what he said

  • @Peirithous
    @Peirithous Рік тому

    All I can say is …Thank goodness for subtitles😂😂 love Scots 🗣💕

  • @oyra-rp4ge
    @oyra-rp4ge 3 роки тому

    I just love this accent. I could listen to this guy for hours, just talking about anything :)

  • @andrebudge132
    @andrebudge132 7 років тому +74

    About = A boot

    • @Versatileabhi
      @Versatileabhi 4 роки тому +3

      Thats Canadian😂😂.

    • @skinni_the_P00hBear
      @skinni_the_P00hBear 4 роки тому +1

      Abhishek Sharma 😂

    • @naebad4784
      @naebad4784 4 роки тому +2

      Abhishek Sharma it comes from scots who emigrated to canada

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary 4 роки тому +1

      @@Versatileabhi indeed, the only ones speaking like this or a diluted version thereof, are the descendants of the scots in the eastern provinces