SCOTTISH ACCENT TIPS! - HOW TO DO A SCOTTISH ACCENT PART 2
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- Опубліковано 4 кві 2018
- On my first "How to do a Scottish Accent" video, a bunch of you left some comments mentioning things that I didn't realise I did. I go through some of those comments in this video + some other tips on how to do a Scottish accent!
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Some extra teps for yous xxxx
Hay Erin I'm Scottish to but I don't sound it by the way in from Edinburgh 😊
Erin why is there a metal glove with knives on you’re door😱😱😱😱???
Erin people are talking nonsense like there bums oot the windae😁😂
Freddy Krueger man!
Could you do a video (or videos) of you talking at your normal faster pace? I would love to hear it, and I think it would be really helpful for picking up the accent because a natural pace is what people would be most likely to come across.
I think there is a ton of Scottish people (like me) who just watch these videos to see if your doing it right
Hahaha am I? ;)
Katie Obrien yes I’m Scottish but I just love Erin
That’s totally me
Katie Obrien you're*
😂
All I know is I love to listen to you talk. :D
I love when you explain how different sounds of vowels and other letters are spoken in your Scottish accent. I think if I were to try to teach an American accent that I would get comments on how I pronounce things "wrong" because it's how I grew up speaking it. You just keep teaching us 'Mericans and we'll keep learning. I have a friend who lived in Oregon for years and I listened to her accent a lot. When she moved back, the "true" Scots made fun of her accent because it was so phony. I guess that's what happens when you live in the US for 20 years.
I am trying to learn Gaelic by watching the series "Speaking Our Language" and "Bannan" on UA-cam. (Both BBC Alba produced shows) It's slow going but I am retaining some of the phrases as I go along. Maybe by the time I'm 70 I'll get the hang of the language.
Virtual hugs from this Oregonian to a smart and lovely lady in Scotia.
Hey, I live in Oregon too!!
Being from the American south east where we talk fairly slow, you talk at racetrack speed while we plod along on foot... I know a lady who came here from Scotland in the late 1960's, there is no copying her combined accent of a Scots brill with a southern draw, it's as lovely as she is...
I love your Scottish accent, and I'm gonna watch all your videos to learn it
You don't need to slow down!
I'm Danish and I understand you without any difficulties :)
Keep them videos coming!
This was great. I doubt that I'll ever be called upon to speak in a Scottish accent, but just watching you in the act of thinking about and examining something you're interested in makes for an entertaining video.
Your accent makes me smile. And keep talking as fast as you want! I hate it when people talk slow....I got things to do and places to go! :)
Hi Erin
I started looking for Scottish words because I’m traveling with mates from Portland, OR(including a Scot!). Your videos are the best. I like the style of them(and I’m a pro videographer)- the looks you cut in when something is weird, or when you’re laughing at yourself. Just great. I just saw your video on anxiety and I hope it has nothing to do with your performance here- I haven’t read comments but pay no attention (except to mine- ha!). Seriously, your mind is sharp, you’re lovely, and don’t doubt it! I know my experience in your country is going to be “amazin’” because of you. You are a national treasure. Thank you!
I think we speak a bit slower up here in the North-East of Scotland. When we visit other parts we are as lost as everyone else when yous start at 100 words a minute.
shlibber Aye.
You just keep being who you are and don't worry about what others say or think. I love your videos and your Scottish accent. Have a wonderful day Erin. 💜
Thank you very much!
Erin, you're very welcome! Blessings.
I’m here for the banter!
Thank you for these videos! It's so interesting--when you says tips I hear "teps", but I can also hear a difference between that and you pronunciation of teps with a harder "eh" sound. Not sure if that makes any sense haha. But it's so helpful to me trying to learn the accent as an actress to be able to listen to you.
Hello Erin, Thank you so much for this video. I totally relate and understand the examples that you give on this Scottish accent video. This is yet another video that I will watch MANY times. You are the best teacher. Oh regarding subtitles I know it is too time consuming, but even if it was not time consuming you shouldnae do it on the whole video. It will lose the essence of serving as a tool for training the ear. Looking forward to more of the Scottish accent videos. Have a wonderful week and best to you always, Patty
I've been learning he accent for a few days now.. ir sounds so cool I love it
Just found your channel...love listening to you talk! I visited Edinburgh in '96 and toured the castle, and I remember our guide telling us at one point we were going to "walk up the hell."
Part 3, please!!!!
Thank you so much for this! Also awesome freddy glove on your door.
Another amazing video. I understand almost everything you say and I am from Norway. Some words are unknown but I get the meaning out of the context. Keep making nice videos about Scots, language and accent.
I learned by first watching Gary Tank Commander then upgraded to Still Game, joined some Scottish you tube groups and read some Oor Wullie & Broons. I can understand them all and I understand you perfectly. No subtitles needed here :)
I grew up with football coaches coming from the UK and Ireland to coach us kids in America. I've always loved accents from those areas. I absolutely love the scottish accents. Because of this, i have no issue understanding you speak.
God i love scottish accents.
"Sex" and "six". You covered this in a previous "vedeo" :)
As a yank, I get a kick out of it. Second to that is the glottal "t-tt." The queen of it all are the "idioms" and "colloquialisms."
Love it!
Love the accent ❤️
You are ADORABLE. Your videos brighten my day, every time I watch one. By the way, One of my great grandfathers was from the Isle of Skye.
Honestly, these are incredibly informative. I think there's a lot of people who are interested in the accent just because it's VERY different than most accents of English out there. It's not as mysterious as Cornwall, but pretty close, I guess? (In interest level, not sound.) Funny thing is: one of the vowel sounds that's rarely showcased is the "ou" kind of sound in words like "out". As I've heard other "ou" words spoken by native Scottish speakers, I thought I had a grasp on it, but... still wasn't quite sure. So, I watched THE WHOLE VIDEO waiting for you to say "out". Yep, just that one word. Suspicions confirmed, though. As an American, we generally say it like "ow-t". Yours comes out more like "oot" without the glottal stop present in most words ending with a "T", which I found enlightening. Thanks for this. :3
As a learner I'm really struggling with all those accents. Like, I have the Scottish (T) and the English (E). My accent is all over the place but when listening to all those accents separated like in different videos I really struggle to understand everything that's coming out of the some of the speakers' mouths, like Scottish people for example, their accent doesn't feel right since most of my education was based on the British accent. It's this kind of videos that really help. Thanks a lot, Erin!
I am in Southwest Arizona in America. We pronounce hoarse and horse exactly the same.
Also,, when you did the fir and fur comparison, I would have liked to also hear far.. All very close.
Thanks for another great video.
I understand you just fine, you sound clear as a bell to me!
1. I am all for subtitles for deaf/hard of hearing/learning disabilities, etc. however, I do know it takes a lot of time. (Im planning to figure out a way to do it, quickly for mine, but haven’t yet).
2. There is an option to turn on subtitles on UA-cam, they’re not always reliable, but they are helpful. (Though, not sure if it would have issues picking up the Scottish accent or not).
Yeah that's the only reason I started typing out some of my vids :). I would nooot use the UA-cam subtitles though, they make me sound drunk hahaha. They don't pick up the accent unfortunately :(
Erin 😂🤣😂 now I want to turn youtube subtitles on, just to see!!!
Depending on voice recognition for subtitles on someone with a Scottish accent? I could swear there was a skit on the BBC about that some time ago. Didn't end well, because... well, it was a lift.
If you think Erin talks fast, I had a phone conversation with a Drunk friend who is Scottish and I think I understood some of it because he was talking at what seemed like the speed of light, but I don’t think he cared If I did because he was having a grand ole time.
Hello from Brazil. Thanks for your vídeos, its helping me a lot with te scottish way tô speak.
Listening to you and also to interviews of Scottish actors has made it much easier for me when I travel in Scotland. Loved listening to an interview that Kevin Mckidd did about the father and son voices he did for “Brave”. He’s from Elgin and the voice of the son is his grandfathers dialect. Now that’s difficult to understand!
Aww I'm glad! Yeah I can imagine haha!
That's Doric just for reference, spoken in Aberdeenshire and the North East in general.
Awesome videos it’s crazy when you think about the you talk I’m from Utah and I moved to California for a little while and people gave me a hard time about the way I talk and I had no idea it was different like the words sell, sale, and sail I pronounce them all like sale and I had no idea I did that.
Hi Erin. Grrrreat teps hen! Fantastic. As I have mentioned before, I was stationed in the Holy Loch. I could never come close to a proper Scottish Accent. I did work out how to order a drink with a fair accent and that caused some looks...mainly due to what was ordered. One of the words "give" is often pronounced "Geez". Another thing I noticed is the sentence construct. In American English, I would have said "May I have a...". In Scotland, I heard "Geez us" for give me. So I would use that when ordering. It gave an authenticity. It is useful to order the words correctly too. Another thing I noticed is one must be a bit "cheeky" and pessimistic, sort of like the boys in "Still Game". That helps sound authentic as well. A bit of sass is good. If you could hear with my ear how it sounds then you would know just how unique it really is. Finally, the word water. In American English, it sounds like "Wadter or Wadder" but in Scotland it sounds like "Watter"...in fact, it is nicer sounding to my ears for some reason. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Cheers.
When I went to America no one could really understand me so I had to slow down ma words
Wow! That was intense! LOL I think your talking speed is just fine for UA-cam. I think most people are aware everyone speaks faster in everyday life. Enjoyed this video! Have a great weekend!
Thank you! You too!
I love the Scottish accent I like it's pretty so ty for the ups 😊 ant your accent is pretty
I'm American and I don't have any trouble understanding you. You do sound very different from Shaun on his videos, as he mentioned on his video about Edinburgh v. Glasgow accents. This was interesting how the comments broke down the exact things people are noticing about the accent. Good video.
Erin;
I noticed that when you said "Listen Better" it actually came out as "Lesson better" Or along that pronunciation. I was just curious seeing as I'd thought I'd heard this with other 'Lis' words. I could most likely be wrong but naturally as I'm curious I'd like to know. Thank you^^
Love it!!
Thank you :)
This (and the previous video) was very helpful.Great job for an amateur linguist!
Thank you!
Dinna fash! You're quite welcome!
The biggest accent challenge that people have with me is the names Carol and Carl. I'm from Caithness, and other people born in bred in different parts of Scotland have NO idea which one I am saying! Me and my best friend (also from Caithness) know exactly which one is which when we say each name, so think that must be a dialect thing!!
I also always get comments on the way I say "water" and proper". And I also get comments from other Scottish people saying that I talk fast - maybe Caithnessians are on another lever of fast talking, but then again maybe that is just me! Lol.
Also - last thing - I love the way you say twirl! I say it so differently. Crazy how different Scottish accents can be depending on where you're from!
I was in the south of France last week and got into a situation that reminded me of your Scottish accent videos! 😂... So they don’t speak much English in this area, or should I say Scottish. I asked a tourist info guy “Where is the nearest bus?” The reply.. “Bus what is a bus!!” To which I just gave a blank stare then pointed to a picture of a bus, then he goes “Oh, a boohs! You mean a boohs!” 😂 couldn’t help think of your video when I realised it was the vowel pronunciation that had thrown him
During the great VOWEL shift in the youth of the English Language, many Galic lands did not shift the same way. Many of those regions still use either the previous Old English vowel sounds, and others use the vowel sounds from the native galic languages.
I guess I should say that I've been watching "Bannan" on the BBC Albo UA-cam videos. They put English subtitles under that videos. I've gotten caught up in the drama on the show. I'm beginning my 2nd time through this week.
Great video!
Not only will these 'teps' help us replicate your accent, but also understand the difference between words that sound the same when you say them very quickly.
Plus, this is the first time I notice the difference between "six" and "sex". Hahaha!
Thank you! And I'm glad haha!
It's 1am and I'm going through the comments section whisper speaking everyone's comments in a Scottish accent as practice and my cat is getting really upset
I’m subscribed ;-). Btw I love that people say that you sound like Merida from Brave.... it’s actually hilarious since even as a non Scottish person I don’t think you DONT sound like Merida
Oh trust me... you don't speak fast in the videos =D I was sooo shocked first time I visited the country, I couldn't get a single sentence...
I'm Spanish and I've been living in Edinburgh for 5 years. I always have been in love with the Scottish accent, and I was so excited about living in Scotland, but it was so frustrating when I just arrived to the city... I couldn't understand a word!!! And then, after a few months, when you get use to it and finally you can have a normal conversation, you think you can finally breath and rest your brain, 'cause you already understand the accent. UNTIL, you go to Glasgow! In a couple of hours distance the accent is soooo different! And, at least for me, much stronger and difficult. 5 years after, I'm still working on it! hahaha
Great videos!
Glad to hear it! Hahaha yep Edinburgh is quite a slower/more well spoken place generally. Glasgow is a whole different kettle of fish hahaha! Thank you very much :)
Serry aye meist yer vediou oan tiem. Ah ouweys louve yer vedious
Hi Erin, I am French and spent one year in Glasgow, the accent gave me a hard time but I loved it so much. I watch your videos and listen to your amazing accent when I am feeling nostalgic, and I love when you're talking about places in Scotland or Scottish stuff, it reminds me of the best year of my life and my Scottish adventures (I had such a great day in Balloch) and I can learn more about the culture. Thank you, I will remain faithful, but could you name some others Scots on UA-cam?? Not necessarily speaking about Scotland, just anything so I can practice my Scottish accent. I said Scot.. too many times. Cheers!
Awww love it! I've filmed a few vids with other Scottish UA-camrs like ShaunVlog, WeeScottishLass and Gavin Bell :)
Hey Lili Z , Check out STGD travel we are Scottish travel youtubers we are just new to youtube so a new sub would mean to the world to us. Here is a link to our Stirling Castle video goo.gl/Uvt7x3
I've never had any problem with how fast anyone from Scotland talks, but I grew up in the mid-Atlantic area of the US. I think people who lived in the non-rural parts of the east coast and further north naturally speak faster. The southern states tend to speak MUCH slower.
If I could afford to move to Scotland right now I'd do it. I'd rather live there then the eventuality of getting skin cancer all the time from living in Florida. I'd move straight into the heart of Glasglow and throw myself into the linguistic fire. LOL!
I try to go through my Subscription page every other day to make sure I don't miss new videos people put out, but this thing with UA-cam deciding for me who's videos I actually get notified for is really pessing me off. I'm always surprised when content providers tell me to hit the bell at the end (or beginning) of the video and I realize I've never clicked on the bell before and THAT'S why I'm not getting notified of people's new videos. UA-cam's greed astounds me (the less views content providers get, the less UA-cam has to pay out and they are RAKING it in now).
Hey Cassie! You should definitely come and move to Glasgow. It's such a great place, so many things to see and do. We are soon to finish our top 10 things to do in Glasgow video. We are pretty new Scottish UA-camrs from Glasgow. It would be cool to get your feedback on some of our content and see if you can understand us haha!
I like you Scottish accent. When I do a Scottish accent, I sound like a Glaswegian native. I normally speak in my native Australian accent but I'm trying to learn a Scottish accent as a second accent
Just been listening to your video. Just to say thank you for the video. Also youtube have subtitles button on each video it's a square box with cc inside.
UA-cam subtitles don't understand Scottish accents unfortunately
I just found out that I have a good chunk of Scottish ancestry and am curious of the accent. As an American I feel like I’ve been cheated. You’re accent is beautiful and awesome! Thank you for all your tips and info. My grandfather was a Gordon, and I believe that’s more in the highlands. Would the accent there be much different from yours?
Hi love all of your vids
Thank you! :)
Found your video s on speaking scottish, I'm American from the what is considered deep south. Back when America was young, the southern US was was the new home of Irish settlers. There's a lot of similarities of in how we speak.
Sorry for all the nerdy comments but I am so fascinated with comparing accents and likening sounds of one accent to another! So in words like 'night' 'fight' 'light' etc it sounds like a very posh RP English person saying 'nate' 'fate' and 'late' lol, one of my favourite sounds in a Scottish accent! As well as the double syllabic 'r' in world, girl, curl, Carl, Charles etc, absolutely love that sound
It's interesting! :D
I'm not going to lie not. I initially started watching your and Jamie Genevieve's videos just to hear your Scottish accents. That's been over a year or more ago. At first I had a hard time understanding you both. Now I can tune into videos from you both and I have no problem understanding what you are saying. The only thing that will cause me too stumble now and again are some of the slang terms. Obviously they're not used in the US and I can only guess at what they mean by the context.
I did try and read Filth by Irvine Welsh. I struggled like a mofo! I would catch myself having to read the dialogue bits allowed to try and get what was being said. After a few days and not progressing very far I just turned the book back in as I had checked it out from a local library LOL.
I find the accent easier to understand when being spoken than trying to read it. On that same note, being a southern girl I have the same trouble trying to read what people think the Old South sounds like. I actually have to sound that out as well to try and understand what they're getting at.
All that to say I absolutely love a Scottish accent. A little jealous that you guys get to speak yet everyday...hehe :)
Haha love it! Thanks for your comment :)
IF you love the Scottish accent and Scotland check out STGD travel its a travel channel based in Scotland. here's a link there accent is strong! goo.gl/Uvt7x3
I love your accent ❤
I'm from Basel/Switzerland, so my accent's also very special. It's completely different from normal German.
Normal Germans don't understand us
Lol
That "twirro/twirl" one is so true of a central belt accent, so is "teps" hahaha. I had to pronounce my T's in one of my recent videos and it is bloody hard when you're from the North East!
I can't pronounce my t's - sounds so weird when I do it haha!
this is really helping me understand why after all these years here, americans still have trouble understanding me. whilst the few Scots i still get to speak to say i've lost my accent. i stuck in no man's land. i will try to slow down though.good advice.
My mom is English (we’re in America) and sometimes I have to translate for her because some Americans don’t understand her. We’ve especially had trouble with the word “water” for some reason 😂 yeah but whenever we go to England her friends say she sounds almost Australian because she has gotten used to slowing her speech down so much... it’s funny cuz after a few days around all English accented people she starts transitioning back to her original accent unintentionally
Something that is really fun... you mentioned subtitles in your video ... UA-cam has a subtitle options in it's settings menu, which lists some of your words differently. You can actually see how the computer tries to process a Scottish Accent. Like: you saying "put" at the end it came out as "pillow" LoL ^_^
Make a video on the languages spoken in Scotland like Gaelic, Scots, etc.
Erin you're awesome
Great accent vlog. Though for me the 2nd best way to learn an accent is to visit and/or talk to someone from the place. The first is to move there.
Lmao the comments. But you're still amazing 😍😍
regarding the 'e' vs 'i' thing, you pronounce 'e's with a pretty open vowel. Phonetically it would be represented with [ɛ] on the IPA. You pronounce 'i's with a much more closed vowel. Phonetically it would probably be something like [e], but it's somewhere between an [e] and an [ɪ]. In English these are both allophones of /e/, meaning they are considered similar enough to be undifferentiated.
Also the thing about the final 'd's you said to didn't get, you aspirate those (meaning you release a puff of air from your mouth when pronouncing them). In American English all voiceless stops (t, k, p, etc.) are aspirated, and all voiced stops (d, g, and b respectively) are not. So your final 'd's sound a lot like 't's to us, even if they are voiced, because we're only used to hearing that aspiration on voiceless sounds.
For what it's worth, Erin, I absolutely adore your accent, and it's fun that you talk fast. Every accent is weirdy; once I asked my uni roommate if he had a pin (both of us are from Texas, mind), and he handed me a pen. We ended up talking about it for a while. I had to go into the kitchen to hold up a pan, to differentiate it from a pen. It was pretty frikkin' funny! Even though your 'six' does sound like 'sex' to me, I can hear the difference when you actually say 'sex'. Accents are great! Be proud and say the words as you like!
Hahaha brilliant
I’m from Auchinleck and u sound English to me but love your channel cxx
I hear the difference between "tip" and "tep," but even with a linguistics background, it took me a while to understand the difference I was hearing, because the i in "tip" is definitely more of an "e" sound to my American ear.
But I'm pretty sure you're saying
tip [tɛp]
tep [teːp]
The i (which we're hearing as a short e sound) in 'tip' is a more relaxed sound, and is definitely a shorter sound than your e in 'tep.'
Early. Good vid
Thank you!
Replacing the final L with a W-like sound is common in some London accents, like Cockney. Didn't really notice you saying that, will try to pay more attention to that sound.
What helps me the most with a Scottish accent is reading it. Last year I read the Doctor who book "Doctor Who: Plague City'" The year is 1645, and Edinburgh is in the grip of the worst plague in its history. Nobody knows who will be the next to succumb - nobody except the Night Doctor, a masked figure that stalks the streets, seeking out those who will not live to see another day." Since the book takes place in Edinburgh there was places in the book that wrote out the Scottish accent and that helped a lot. If you think about it six and sex are two different words that do sound the same no matter what ones accent sounds like. Whatever you do don't talk fast to an American. Americans can be pricks about that. I'm from Los Angeles California USA, that makes me very American, and when I was younger I use to talk fast; from when I first started speaking as a wee kid. Well people use to get upset with me and force me to talk slower and teachers in school thought I had a mental problem, but all around the world people talk fast. Its just Americans can't understand when someone talks fast. I don't think they are smart enough to understand when a person talks fast.. If Americans were I wouldn't have be forced to talk slower; which never came natural to me and took me years how to learn to talk slower. over 20 year of growing up. Always glad to hear I'm not the only person in the world that knows how to talk fast. Any way enough of my ranting. Enjoyed the video as always.
One of the MANY reasons we love your videos is your FANTASTIC Scottish accent !! Feel free to “make fun of our Texas accents when we visit Scotland in December,, geez my own relatives make fun of the way I say “BACON” 🤔😂👍. One day here I said “Hoose” instead of “house” just to watch people’s faces 😂🤪
Thank u
I have never once once thought you spoke too fast. If it's worth anything I could listen to you talk forever! Oh and love the Freddy glove. Any chance there may be a vlog in the future of your all time favorite horror films?
Joseph Armour Thank you! I have a top 5 horror movies video up.
Erin awesome! I'll have to dig for it!
Watching this makes me very self concious...Not sure if I do all these as well! You should have mentioned the difficulty we have saying the name Carl! Sounds like Carol...
Ok I just wonder if the gentleman who had that very detailed comment was a speech pathologist. I was listening to what he was saying via you reading and I was like what? Then trying to do what he was saying, I need a drink!
I've said it before but I will say it again I LOVE your accent! You are brilliant and an excellent ambassador for the Scots and Scotland.
Much love from Florida!
I was confusing myself by reading it hahah! Thank you so much!
He was probably a student of linguistics. I've seen that stuff in some of my linguistics classes as well haha
Bea dC speech pathologist also know this essentially but also teach that stuff ☺
Bea dC Where do you study?
Quite a good video Erin. I am finding that I do pronounce a fair number of words like you do.
Thanks!
Erin More than welcome!
I just heard of your vlog from Mosco moon
love your videos and looking nice girl
I'm not native Speaker. I'm from Brazil and when I start to learn English I had to learn the American one. however, I'm falling in love by the way that united kingdom people used to speak. obviously, sometimes sounds weird and I must to pay deep attention in any words. Still, its a good English and I like so much the exotic way that you speak.
thenk for teps
listen = lesson
I would love to see a vudeo on traditional scottish wedding traditions. Thank you.
I have a Scottish wedding video :)
Erin ill have to keep looking. Ive been watching your videos so maybe it was before i subscribed. Thank you.
I was lookimg for more tips like burns night vlog history and stuff. But thank you.
Thank you for the accent analysis Erin. I live in Wales (Aberystwyth) and even though I was not brought up here, I am already picking up the Welsh accent and it is not something you do conciously. I had to record my voice and play it back to notice ! Accents are a wonderful addition to national identity and I sometimes listen to your posts just for the accent, whatever the subject matter !
Haha it's funny isn't it?! Agreed! And thank you!
When people talk fast (like from the Northern parts of the US), I sometimes have them repeat themselves and explain, "It's not so much you talk fast. I just listen slow."
Conversation is such a fascinating thing especially when several cultures are involved. Perhaps that's why I love living in a university town where we have people from all over the world.
I’m from northeastern US and many of my friends say I talk very fast. But Erin talks even faster than I do. Honestly northeastern speed (which I consider normal) can’t even hold a candle to how fast she talks.
I first noticed the "I" pronounced as an "e" watching a distillery tour from Islay. It sounded like "destellary"
By the way, I just thought I'd say that your accent is pulling me away from Australian, which has long been a personal favorite. I love to listen to you. I have a friend from Edinburgh, and I think your accent kicks Edinburgh's arse!
Thank you!
Any good scottish bands where you can hear the accent?
Great video!!! I'm a Chilean of Irish descent who hopes to visit all the British Isles one day :D
Awesome! Thank you!
Cool video Erin. Not easy breaking down your own accent. I listened to BBC Radio Scotland and heard one of the announcers doing a traffic report say "an accident seithbind (southbound) on the M74". Probably not a Glasgow area accent as I don't recall you pronouncing "bound" or "found" or "mound" as bind, find or mind.
Yeah that doesn't sound too familiar!
That traffic reporter sounds Irish. That's exactly how they would pronounce it.
The thing about Scotland is there are an absolute ton of accents, regional differences and common terms that aren't found in other parts of the country. For example folk on the west coast don't generally say Ken a lot as far as I know, but I certainly say it all the time without thinking, much more of an east coast thing. However even then East and West have a ton of distinctions themselves. Even Edinburgh has accents within the city itself and sometimes different generation will have different accents or ways of speaking as well.
In watching these videos, both yours and Shaun’s, I’ve noticed also the way you pronounce the Ou sounds. House, mouse, out. They come out as hoose, moose, oot. Anyway, love the accent, as weil as you. I understand there is a big difference between Scottish English and Scot. Do you speak or understand Scot as well?
I understand some Scots but not too much - quite a lot of our words are Scots though. I don't usually pronounce as hoose moose etc properly although it's common to do that where I live!
I So hope to visit one day! But I need to research the regional languages. Wouldn’t want to wind up somewhere that I don’t understand what anyone is saying!
Very nice teps hehe but learning a accent is better done one the place where they speak it, thats how i learned Wehls pfft in 14 days, oh and i know 3 accents in dutch aswel because i lived in those areas.
The way you say 'tip' sounds like the way English people say the e in 'egg', i.e. short and unstressed. But the way you would say 'egg' is stressed, as Scottish 'e's (like in egg, end, bed, head etc) are stressed, whereas in an English and American accent it is unstressed! Hope that helps a bit with understanding the whole 'tep' comments you keep getting! xxx (This is coming from someone who is loves studying different accents and how they work, and linguistics :) )
I absolutely love your accent for the record, apparently when I do a Scottish accent it sounds like a broad Inverness accent lol :D
Also the whole 'six' and 'sex' thing: the i in 'six' in your accent is the equivalent of a short 'e' sound in an English accent, which is why some people may think you're saying 'sex' when you actually mean 'six' and the 'e' in sex when said in your accent is very stressed and held for longer - they are two very different sounds :) xx
Thank you! :)
i love your video`s, you realy love to bleather , great.
Erin I’m Scottish too so just like you I cannot hear tep at all hahha 💖💖💖💖
You explain Everton g well, Erin and don't give subtitles, it's better learning by listening. Feel like my brain is working harder and that's ' guid'!😁 I did your speed just right to keep me thinkin!