The issue with the words "Irish wrist watch" is the w in wrist. We subconsciously think it's important and affects the pronunciation, but it really doesn't. Imagining it as "Irish rist watch" helps a lot.
Fucking true...i have Kin in Scotland..and as a teen I went to stay the summer...and by the the end of my summer vacation I pick up the accent..and when I got back Home to Tennessee I had a Scottish/ Southern accent.. And if you think after many many years it went away..it did some what . but some phases I say come out with a Scottish accents.. To this day And I'm extremely proud of my Scottish heritage.." Clan Macleod And Scotland forever..
Carl Fritzler I can confirm that we can say it but it comes out as Carol which I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate lol My English friends son it called Carl 😁
I think whoever this “Carl” person was had some fun with leading you to believe you could not say his name so you struggled to say it. You pronounced it fine.
A lot of people are saying that I said Carol correctly! Good to know my practice paid off, but it isn't an easy word for me to say. I have to move my jaw and my tongue in a way that feels so unnatural and it's only because I practised a bunch. You come to Scotland and ask anyone else, they'll struggle. I promise.
I can't even say my own name... The struggles of being Scottish is real though. My name-"Carla/Karla" -is just as impossible to say as "Carl" seeing as it only has an extra "a" on the end.. When people ask my name, I'm just standing there struggling to say it.. Oh well.. (•-•")
Sangfroid It doesn't matter whether you have a tongue piercing or not. I don't have tongue piercing and can't say anything Moscow's trying to say... In fact, tongue piercings don't affect your speech at all. (Well, it might at first, but... Ya know...)
its like a tongue twister because your mind will wants to pronounce the WRIST as a WRISH sound because of the word Irish. Partially because of the rarity of saying irish and wrist then watch, so your brain isnt wired for the shift between the three words. im sure you could train your brain to not make the connection or simply take a momentary pause between irish and wrist so your brain can disassociate the two words as separate unique words.
Personally, audition is easy enough but the other two sound slightly similar but there's still a difference for me. It just depends on where in Scotland you're from
This is fascinating. Thank you. I live in Montreal, (French part of Canada), and I don't speak French, but when I try to say something, it sometimes is impossible. So I do understand. Thanks for your humor, and fun attitude.
I'm an American living just outside Glasgow and get teased at work a lot-- my coworkers like to hear me say Scots words because they sound soooo dumb in an American accent XD I can't say the name Mhari correctly, and I tried saying Irish wrist watch, too, and had no success XD
Truth be told, it's not hard via exposure therapy. If you try one of those videos meant to teach you phrases/Scots/etc. but just pay attention to the dialect and accent over and over again at least once or twice every two days, there's very little you need to learn other than slang and proper nouns to reach a 95-99% approximation over time. It's easier to go for southern Scottish instead if you've not been identified as American to begin with, as it's easier to fuck up in that "just went English a bit" way and get away with it. Or as I did trolling people online, I assumed the role of a Russian immigrant to Glasgow so they couldn't really call me on anything.
Really? I am Russian and I have no problems saying it. I understand if you can't say in really quickly, I can't say some Russian tongue twisters quickly too, but I presume you mean on a normal speed, that is weird.
wri after ish is a natural tounge twister for most people regardless of accent mostly cause they are uncommonly used syllables after each other so you would naturally just say an Irish watch but because u add wrist which feels unnatural in itself as not what u would normally do it messes you over people that can achieve this without issue everythime have adaptable or easy thought process by easy I don't mean stupid but they don't overcomplicate or are strange and say syllables like rih after ish a lot in English 2017 lingual other people that speak other languages are excluded as I don't know how their syllables work
Paul: Caaarl there is a dead man in our house! Carl: Oh, Hey! how did he get here? Paul: explain yourself carl! Carl: I have never seen this man before in my life. Paul: Why did you kill this man, carl? Carl: I don't kill people. That is my least favorite thing to do. Paul: Tell me Carl, exactly what you were doing before i got home. Carl: Okay... well i was in my room... Paul: Yes? Carl: Reading a book... Paul: Go on... Carl: And umm... this man walked in so i went up to him and stabbed him 37 times in the chest. Paul: Caaaaaaarl! That kills people! That's what this video reminded me of XD Llamas with hats. Caaaaarl!
With my London accent, I struggle to pronounce anything with an "ay" sound in it, such as "fake" or "cake." What I tend to do, I've noticed- (and not just me, but a lot of Londoners in general), as I add an "i" what ain't really there, into them words, so they become "faik" and "caik." I just can't pronounce them "fayk" and "cayk." Anything with the letter "i"- (pronounced "eye"), it it's a weird one for me as well. Instead of saying "Pipe" and "Bike", for instance, they'll come out somewhere in between "bike" and the Irish pronunciation, "boik", and "pipe" and the Irish pronunciation, "poip." Not quite one and not quite the other, but somewhere in between the two. It's mainly anything containing them two vows what I've always had trouble with, and what any of my northern mates have always took the piss out of me for. I also have trouble saying words like "milk", 'cos with the "dark 'L'", it comes out more like "Miwlk." I also have trouble saying "girl" and "girlfriend." When I say either of them two words, they tend to come out more like "gel" and "gelfriend"- (but with the old dark 'L' striking again!) I also have to really think about what I'm saying in order not to use Fs and double Vs in place of some T.H.s- ("Fink", "Fings", "Beffnawl Green", "Norf", "Saaf", "Maaf", "Farvvuh", "muvvuh", bruvvuh"), "uh" in place of "er" on the ends of words- ("Bugguh!"), and the dreaded glottal 'T'- ("bu-uh", "gu-uh", "be-uh.") I come from Edmonton in North London, but I tend to say that I come from "E'mon'on in Norf London", if I'm ever asked where I come from, losing both the 'd' and the 't' in "Edmonton", in this instance. That's another one, seeing as I've just brought it up as well: anything with "ou" in it gets pronounced "aa" with my accent- ("Saaf", "Maaf" and "Traasees"- ["Trousers"]. I wouldn't invite ya to "my house", you'd get invited to "me 'aase", which'd probably make our American and Canadian mates think that I was inviting ya to look at me "ass"- (me butt)- ha-ha! That's about all I can think of right about now. Peace and love.
I love it. I especially love it when the English tell us Yanks how to pronounce words that they can't pronounce themselves, or have 72 different pronunciations, from Manchester to Newquay. I love 'em just the same.
I love the way Scots talk. I'm half Scot/half Irish meself. My paternal grandmother still used the pronoun "Ye", and I treasure the memory of her. I found this channel whilst looking up references to "Purple Burglar Alarm" on this platform. Greetings everyone from the state of Arkansas in USA.
Guys we made a new facebook group for you all to go and chat about all things Scottish! Just search for it 'Wee Scottish Group' and send us a join request! Also... FIRST
Nah dinnae say out aboot tit till ye type pure accent man ovawise wit ye say isnae haf Scottish at aw jist shite fae yer one inched puebic hair sized brain cell nah jis kiddin ye on
We're the same =DDDDD That's why when we say this phrase: 'There's a mouse loose about this house.' Everything rhymes in Scottish! 'There's a moose, loose, aboot this hoose.'
No, it's unlikely to find a Scot online. There is only 5 computers in Scotland - 1 in Glasgow, 2 in Edinburgh (because it's better) and 2 in the highlands. Before he was allegedly a bit saucy, Alex Salmond introduced a tax payer funded shuttle bus to allow people to access the computers. You give them a call, they direct a bus towards you and you queue, waiting for your turn to use the computer. It's inconvenient as all hell but it does piss off the English something rotten because their taxes contribute to it all, even though they aren't allowed to use the service. If it pisses off the English, then it's generally worth a little bit on inconvenience and _that_ is why you don't often find Scots online. Fact.
"Rural", I have such a hard time with that word! Comes out as "Rool" lol. I am American and cant pronounce it. I could listen to your accent all day and never get tired of it!
Where are you from. Is in Kentucky can say it just fine. It has to do whether or not you have rhotic R or not. The south is heavily rhotic while the north is not.
As an American raised in the Midwest and having lived on both coasts, “Irish wristwatch” is difficult to get- I have to throw a slight pause in, so it’s “Irish- - -wristwatch”. Or in American English, “Irish watch”.
Squirrel is awfully hard to pronounce for Italians too, we manage to be understood but it still sounds weird when we say it. And when saying "Carl" we default back to the Italian "Carlo" and drop the final o sound.
"999, whats the address of your emergency?" "Hi, my names Carl and someone just tripped my purple burglar alarm and stole my Irish wristwatch. It was dark but he looked like a braw English fellow by the looks if it."
I have a college degree in Theatre (and I'm American) and "Irish Wrist Watch" is a tongue twister that actors sometimes use to warm up. It helps you articulate better, but it's definitely meant to be hard to say!
Trey Secrest I’m picking up American haha. Thanks don’t really know anyone Scottish. I will just watch at more David Tennant. Always love to have reason to watch my hero haha
Not a native English speaker here, but probably why saying "purple burglar alarm" seems difficult for Scottish people is because you subconsciously concentrate on pronouncing the R in buRglar and that messes the whole thing... Also, Scottish R sounds a bit similar to Spanish R and perhaps that sound doesn't blend that well with English sounds, especially in between consonant clusters...
Modern English doesn't have the rolled R sound, so people with English or American accents can say it, tho with my Pittsburgh accent I mush it into "purple burglarlarm". Also squirrel is one syllable for us.
Carl He works a camera Carl He knows what all those buttons do Carl He’ll clear a paper jam Carl And he’ll pick up the laundry too He knows how to format spell-check and text-edit He’s working this job just college credit! HE’S CARL!!!!! THE INTERN!!!!!! Carl.............
2:10 I'm scottish and I sounded like an old granny when I tried to say.. *"Irish wishwash..."* XDDD 2:52 I also tried that one and I accidently went "red lorry yellow wally" lol
+Olive Webb That's because "mirror" is the exact same word as "mere" when pronounced, and there is literally no other way today it (at least not correctly), and there is no such word as "bearer" in everyday normal English, but if one is for some reading this word that will never ever be used anyway thereby making it a non-word also, one will say "bearer". There is no R in the middle of the word beer, which also spuds nothing like each other.
I live I the U.S. and when I used to be in theater we would say "Irish wrist watch" during warm-up to get used to enunciating words. I used to be good at it, but it takes practice and I'm out of practice
My friends all say Carl as "Carol" and I'm just here like "Carl" cos I don't roll my Rs unless I'm in a mood 😂 so when we say Irish, they say "eye rish" and I say "arish" 😂
When i first moved to england from Scotland i got this lovely porcelain doll i was like 9 years old teacher asked what i got and every time i tried to say porcelain doll in my english accent it sounded like i was telling the class i got some porcelain doors ... what kinda gift was that right? I tried many times .. ended up wrighting it down 😂👍
Can you do tounge twisters? If so, try these. 1. A black bug bit a black bear and the black bear bled black blood. 2. Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear fuzzy wuzzy had no hair, fuzzy wuzzy wasn't so fuzzy was he? 3. Six silly snakes in seven silky socks( Five times)
I thought English accents were annoying. Scottish accents are 100 times more annoying than English accents. scottish accents are the worst I've ever heard. like the English accents much better now!!!
I struggle with the name Roy.I have to stop and think how to say it. I am southern USA.I stuttered as a chilkd nad taught myself how not to stutter. Did you know many of the Southern USA accents you hear come from England Ireland and Scotland.They were the settlers that came to the south. We just slowed it down a wee bit. So never think when you hear a southern people speak that they are ignorgant. They have mastered a beautiful lanague.
I agree with you Jerry. I was born and raised in northern Alabama and I believe our accent is close to those of Irish and Scottish descent. My family is primarily made up of Scot-Irish and we have passed down many cultures, recipes and sayings from them. When I hear a Scottish or Irish accent, most of the time I can clearly understand what they are saying. I have read and watched documentaries that say the southern accents closely resemble those of Northern European descent because of the same words and drawl that we carry.
There is, of course, the famous story about this fellow in Glasgow who was accused of robbery but the man was dismissed on all charges because no-one could read the police report (below): '' Karl Burkin is accused of breaking and entering the house after the purple burglar alarm failed to go off. After moving diagonally through the house, he stole some jewellery, a curly-wurly and a medium sized Irish wrist watch. Specifics aren't available, but it is generally thought he was frightened by a tarantula and broke the bathroom mirror, tumbling to the ground where he was apprehended by the local constabulary. ''
American here.. Irish wrist watch is just a jumble in any accent I think. They other ones are pretty easy though. Pretty interesting! Cheers from Colorado. ✨✌️
The issue with the words "Irish wrist watch" is the w in wrist. We subconsciously think it's important and affects the pronunciation, but it really doesn't. Imagining it as "Irish rist watch" helps a lot.
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THATS SO TRUE!!!!!! -PINS COMMENT-
FreedomFiend so true I struggle
WeeScottishLass I get you
FreedomFiend focus on the hard consonant "T" at end of wrist and it could align the timing of the transition. give it a shot
Practice your Irish accent - then I bet you can say it =^.6=
i know someone called Carl and i hate it. he's Scottish. I'm Scottish. we live in Scotland. he has Scottish parents. why do they not love him?
also didn't realise i couldn't say Irish wrist watch....
This is one of my favourite comments ever! -Pins it-
WeeScottishLass omg ty!
What do you have against the name "Carl"?
Wiezymon i just cant say it like at all without sounding like an alien it's just one of the perks of being Scottish
That’s it, if I ever visit Scotland I will introduce myself as Carl.
Lol
Ahrimancp that's just mean XD
XD
Ye cannae dae that! Lol
@@burntsoup Or if you're familiar with The Walking Dead, "CORRAL!"
"Caaaaaaarl, why is there a dead body in our house?"
My profile pic doesnt concern you I was waiting for someone to say that! thanks!!! lol
My profile pic doesnt concern you there was a man in our house so I stabbed him 32 times in the chest
But caaaaaaaarl
Jiyong
Lol
Me: Call him by his last name?
Carl Carlson: Am I a joke to you?
Carl Purple Burglar Alarm: A'ight, I'm out.
@@doryaman : I saw Carl the Purple Burglar Alarm wearing Irish Wrist watch.
LENNY'S BEST FRIEND
@@dihumphreys8400 yeah!! You got it!! That’s exactly where I got the name lol
Im Scottish and Scots can barely say a sentence without swearing
This is very true...
S1lent R4nger MEEE
S1lent R4nger so true 😂
Fucking true...i have Kin in Scotland..and as a teen I went to stay the summer...and by the the end of my summer vacation I pick up the accent..and when I got back
Home to Tennessee I had a Scottish/ Southern accent..
And if you think after many many years it went away..it did some what . but some phases I say come out with a Scottish accents..
To this day
And I'm extremely proud of my Scottish heritage.." Clan Macleod
And Scotland forever..
My Nana always slaps the back of our heads when she hears us swearing but she's just as bad.
As an American, your "Carl" was pretty good, and you're right, "Irish Wrist Watch" is hard for us too. Always fun! :)
lmao its not haard for americans, tf
As a Norwegian, I suspect if I said "Carl" I'd probably pronounce it in Norwegian. And then someone would ask if I just called him Cal.
American here. Irish wrist watch is a challenging tongue twister!
It's a tongue twister
Tongue twister, but easy. Please don't speak for the rest of us.
"sounds like a fart just came out of my mouth."
I died. 😂😂😂😂
RandomCrap lol
When I say Carl it comes out as “carol”
Sarah M same
When she kept trying to say Carl, I imagined two llamas.
Taric Alani caaaarrrllllll that kills people!
XD SAMEE CAAARRRLLLL!!! I always that Paul was a guy
CAAHHHHHLLLLL, DAT KILLS PEOPLE!!!
Taric Alani But CARLLLLLLLLL
Caaaaaaaaaaaarl? why are his hands missing ...
my name is Carl and I found it amusing that you can't say my name
Oh my gosh... I'd just call you by your last name xD
but you won't be able to say my last name either LOL
Carl Fritzler I can confirm that we can say it but it comes out as Carol which I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate lol
My English friends son it called Carl 😁
2102mandaod I still find it amusing but if your I know your trying to say my name I wouldn't be offended :-)
2102 OMG RITE?!?!?!?
I think whoever this “Carl” person was had some fun with leading you to believe you could not say his name so you struggled to say it. You pronounced it fine.
exactly
Karrow
A lot of people are saying that I said Carol correctly! Good to know my practice paid off, but it isn't an easy word for me to say. I have to move my jaw and my tongue in a way that feels so unnatural and it's only because I practised a bunch. You come to Scotland and ask anyone else, they'll struggle. I promise.
I can't even say my own name... The struggles of being Scottish is real though. My name-"Carla/Karla" -is just as impossible to say as "Carl" seeing as it only has an extra "a" on the end.. When people ask my name, I'm just standing there struggling to say it.. Oh well.. (•-•")
It might be easier to speak without those ball bearings on your tongue.
Sangfroid It doesn't matter whether you have a tongue piercing or not. I don't have tongue piercing and can't say anything Moscow's trying to say... In fact, tongue piercings don't affect your speech at all. (Well, it might at first, but... Ya know...)
WeeScottishLass Northern Irish and can't say irish wristwatch
WeeScottishLass Not from Glasgow are you? Glaswegians I know are crippled by Purple Burglar Alarm.
i'm american, and i can't say "irish wrist watch" either.
...and i'm having a helluvatime trying to type it as well. lol
its like a tongue twister because your mind will wants to pronounce the WRIST as a WRISH sound because of the word Irish. Partially because of the rarity of saying irish and wrist then watch, so your brain isnt wired for the shift between the three words. im sure you could train your brain to not make the connection or simply take a momentary pause between irish and wrist so your brain can disassociate the two words as separate unique words.
My brain wants to say Irish wish wash
IAmValenwind I'm Irish and I can say it
Everytime you said Carl I kept thinking of "Llamas in hats"
xxKitty Soft Pawsxx same
xxKitty Soft Pawsxx IKR
That’s not what I thought of
"Carl! That kills people!"
What?
Your English accent is very good. I was surprised when you went from your accent to English very quickly.
We almost all can do this because otherwise the eejits don't understand us.
it's ok Hun, I'm an American and tried Irish Wrist Watch and I don't think any can say that, including the Irish lol
I said it! I'm from Illinois (no accent).
Rayvn7 haha from San Antonio Texas so maybe that's why I can't say it
I'm from Chicago and I couldn't say it.
PipsKay I'm Canadian and I can say it
I can say it just fine. I am american from ohio
Scottish people can't say "hoots man,there's juice loose about this house" without it rhyming
There is a loose moose in the House!
ken johnson you dont even have to say it out loud for it to rhyme...... lol
ken johnson haaaa
It’s pure true, by the way. Just like the Maynards Gums Advert!
David Blank there’s a moose loose in the hoose, an’ thurs juice loose aboot this hoose.
she pronounced Carl perfectly I don't understand...?
MelonBts I know right!?
MelonBts it comes out as Carol.
Felicity Hope //😂😂 no it doesn't. she pronounced it perfectly.
Scottish people have trouble saying the name Carl. To get anywhere near it u have to say it slow or in a different accent.
Funny, I was just thinking about melons for some reason
Actually you said Carl just fine.
Irish Wrist Watch is hard for Americans to say, too. lol
Kristy R. Pickering tbh true lol
Kristy R. Pickering I kept saying iris rish washed.... until I said it slow
Kristy R. Pickering I'm Irish and I'm getting tongue tied trying to say it
Kristy R. Pickering I can do It! 😊
I'm British and failing.
another thing that scots cant say is the difference between "addition, audition and edition"
BAHAHAHAHAHA You're right!!!!!
XD really? Uh-ddition, awh-ddition, ee-ddition if you are having that issue.
omg thats scary. it all sounds the same
Personally, audition is easy enough but the other two sound slightly similar but there's still a difference for me. It just depends on where in Scotland you're from
Try saying 'for', 'fur', 'fir'. How about 'thurty' or 'therty' for 30?
Welcome to Scotland, Carol.
OMG THATS HOW I SAY CARL
American: No, I'm Carl. My wife here is Carol.
This is fascinating. Thank you. I live in Montreal, (French part of Canada), and I don't speak French, but when I try to say something, it sometimes is impossible. So I do understand. Thanks for your humor, and fun attitude.
I'm an American living just outside Glasgow and get teased at work a lot-- my coworkers like to hear me say Scots words because they sound soooo dumb in an American accent XD I can't say the name Mhari correctly, and I tried saying Irish wrist watch, too, and had no success XD
Truth be told, it's not hard via exposure therapy. If you try one of those videos meant to teach you phrases/Scots/etc. but just pay attention to the dialect and accent over and over again at least once or twice every two days, there's very little you need to learn other than slang and proper nouns to reach a 95-99% approximation over time.
It's easier to go for southern Scottish instead if you've not been identified as American to begin with, as it's easier to fuck up in that "just went English a bit" way and get away with it. Or as I did trolling people online, I assumed the role of a Russian immigrant to Glasgow so they couldn't really call me on anything.
I'm not trying to fake a Scottish accent, though?
Rachel Shade I live near Glasgow and my dad works with someone called Mhari lol
Rachel Shade love your channel, Rachel Shade!
Awww, thank you! :D
I'm American and can't say the Irish wrist watch fuck that's embarrassing
Stormy Weather Irish wrist watch is meant to be a tongue twister, so a lot of people can't say it lmao
Really? I am Russian and I have no problems saying it. I understand if you can't say in really quickly, I can't say some Russian tongue twisters quickly too, but I presume you mean on a normal speed, that is weird.
айриш рист уотч
It's especially amuzing watching a German try to say "Naberezhnye Chelny"
wri after ish is a natural tounge twister for most people regardless of accent mostly cause they are uncommonly used syllables after each other so you would naturally just say an Irish watch but because u add wrist which feels unnatural in itself as not what u would normally do it messes you over people that can achieve this without issue everythime have adaptable or easy thought process by easy I don't mean stupid but they don't overcomplicate or are strange and say syllables like rih after ish a lot in English 2017 lingual other people that speak other languages are excluded as I don't know how their syllables work
Paul: Caaarl there is a dead man in our house!
Carl: Oh, Hey! how did he get here?
Paul: explain yourself carl!
Carl: I have never seen this man before in my life.
Paul: Why did you kill this man, carl?
Carl: I don't kill people. That is my least favorite thing to do.
Paul: Tell me Carl, exactly what you were doing before i got home.
Carl: Okay... well i was in my room...
Paul: Yes?
Carl: Reading a book...
Paul: Go on...
Carl: And umm... this man walked in so i went up to him and stabbed him 37 times in the chest.
Paul: Caaaaaaarl! That kills people!
That's what this video reminded me of XD
Llamas with hats. Caaaaarl!
Zambi Bunni glad I'm not the only one
Yes! First thing that came to mind for me too. Had to go watch it.
With my London accent, I struggle to pronounce anything with an "ay" sound in it, such as "fake" or "cake." What I tend to do, I've noticed- (and not just me, but a lot of Londoners in general), as I add an "i" what ain't really there, into them words, so they become "faik" and "caik." I just can't pronounce them "fayk" and "cayk." Anything with the letter "i"- (pronounced "eye"), it it's a weird one for me as well. Instead of saying "Pipe" and "Bike", for instance, they'll come out somewhere in between "bike" and the Irish pronunciation, "boik", and "pipe" and the Irish pronunciation, "poip." Not quite one and not quite the other, but somewhere in between the two. It's mainly anything containing them two vows what I've always had trouble with, and what any of my northern mates have always took the piss out of me for. I also have trouble saying words like "milk", 'cos with the "dark 'L'", it comes out more like "Miwlk." I also have trouble saying "girl" and "girlfriend." When I say either of them two words, they tend to come out more like "gel" and "gelfriend"- (but with the old dark 'L' striking again!) I also have to really think about what I'm saying in order not to use Fs and double Vs in place of some T.H.s- ("Fink", "Fings", "Beffnawl Green", "Norf", "Saaf", "Maaf", "Farvvuh", "muvvuh", bruvvuh"), "uh" in place of "er" on the ends of words- ("Bugguh!"), and the dreaded glottal 'T'- ("bu-uh", "gu-uh", "be-uh.") I come from Edmonton in North London, but I tend to say that I come from "E'mon'on in Norf London", if I'm ever asked where I come from, losing both the 'd' and the 't' in "Edmonton", in this instance. That's another one, seeing as I've just brought it up as well: anything with "ou" in it gets pronounced "aa" with my accent- ("Saaf", "Maaf" and "Traasees"- ["Trousers"]. I wouldn't invite ya to "my house", you'd get invited to "me 'aase", which'd probably make our American and Canadian mates think that I was inviting ya to look at me "ass"- (me butt)- ha-ha! That's about all I can think of right about now. Peace and love.
Woah did you just explain the entire cockney accent? That's profound
@@stobbi38 Not really! It just goes to show the I've got no bloody life! Ha-ha!
Hoiiii
As an American I have to say that was a lot and I had to read it twice to get it. Y'all explain things thoroughly that's for sure.
I love it. I especially love it when the English tell us Yanks how to pronounce words that they can't pronounce themselves, or have 72 different pronunciations, from Manchester to Newquay. I love 'em just the same.
I'm glad to finally find a Scottish youtuber!!🤣🤣🤣
Autumn Lilly i know no one is scottish on youtube
Same! 😂
Check out MarleyThirteen
FBI I'm offended cos I'm Scottish
Autumn Lilly isn’t jacksepticeye Scott?
I’m American and can’t say Irish wrist watch
the Jordan show I can't either
the Jordan show Umm. nooooooOooooo
hahaha, me neither
the Jordan show it's a choral warm up for articulation that's why it's supposed to be really hard
I can't say it either unless I pronounce the syllables little by little
"Why is it soooo haaaard?"
--- that's what she said!
bahahahaha sorry couldn't resist
I'm tempted to pin this comment...
WeeScottishLass Hahaha I was surprised no one else (yourself especially) hadn't already posted it. XD
Joe Calvert lol )^o^(
Have you tried "Toy Boat" 5 or 6 times fast? It seems like it would be easy.
I love the way Scots talk. I'm half Scot/half Irish meself. My paternal grandmother still used the pronoun "Ye", and I treasure the memory of her. I found this channel whilst looking up references to "Purple Burglar Alarm" on this platform. Greetings everyone from the state of Arkansas in USA.
Guys we made a new facebook group for you all to go and chat about all things Scottish! Just search for it 'Wee Scottish Group' and send us a join request!
Also... FIRST
WeeScottishLass first
WeeScottishLass and a can say at shit 😂 am fae Glasgow
really not like its in your name
ryan hay technically it's no Glasgow Rangers is in ma name just cuz a support rangers doesn't mean a come fae glasgow
Glasgow Rangers WATP 🔵🔴⚪️
I can't say Irish wrist watch and I'm a kiwi
Emily Jenner I can't say it and am American
Emily Jenner I can't say it and I'm irish
Woo! A fellow kiwi over here!
Kiwi ? Sorry to hear that ! I hope it clears up soon...lol
Noach Pehowic A Kiwi is a native of New Zealand
"No I don't want that deep fried"
Don't say anything on this matter Until you try a deep fried mars bar
Nah dinnae say out aboot tit till ye type pure accent man ovawise wit ye say isnae haf Scottish at aw jist shite fae yer one inched puebic hair sized brain cell nah jis kiddin ye on
I'm impressed that you have such a perfect American and English accent in addition to your native Scottish accent. :)
Happy 2020!
I can’t say “About” I say it like “A- boot”
Hehehe, that was a Canada joke
We're the same =DDDDD
That's why when we say this phrase:
'There's a mouse loose about this house.'
Everything rhymes in Scottish!
'There's a moose, loose, aboot this hoose.'
i remember that ad i had to sing it when i read this lol
scots say it like that too. at least the dundonians do
Anyone else Scottish?? 🏴❤️
Me! I'm a Fifer ;-)
Aye,thurs aboot 5 mullyin eh thum :)
No, it's unlikely to find a Scot online. There is only 5 computers in Scotland - 1 in Glasgow, 2 in Edinburgh (because it's better) and 2 in the highlands. Before he was allegedly a bit saucy, Alex Salmond introduced a tax payer funded shuttle bus to allow people to access the computers. You give them a call, they direct a bus towards you and you queue, waiting for your turn to use the computer. It's inconvenient as all hell but it does piss off the English something rotten because their taxes contribute to it all, even though they aren't allowed to use the service. If it pisses off the English, then it's generally worth a little bit on inconvenience and _that_ is why you don't often find Scots online. Fact.
Oh aye I'm a Scottish lass
Meeee
"Rural", I have such a hard time with that word! Comes out as "Rool" lol. I am American and cant pronounce it. I could listen to your accent all day and never get tired of it!
"feud" is one I struggle to pronounce.
Where are you from. Is in Kentucky can say it just fine.
It has to do whether or not you have rhotic R or not. The south is heavily rhotic while the north is not.
New York
As an American raised in the Midwest and having lived on both coasts, “Irish wristwatch” is difficult to get- I have to throw a slight pause in, so it’s “Irish- - -wristwatch”.
Or in American English, “Irish watch”.
omg with the English accent you sounded like Emma blackery
That's been a LOT of people who have said that to me...
WeeScottishLass aha :)
WeeScottishLass When u say "say" I always heard that u are saying "see" (But, I am from Finland so maybe that is why I am hearing that way)
Have you seen any of the videos of German folks trying to say squirrel? Good stuff :)
I have only seen videos of Boris and Natasha doing that. I don't think they were German.
I totally need to google this xD
I am austrian and i can confirm that squirrel is impossible to pronounce correctly =P
Squirrel is awfully hard to pronounce for Italians too, we manage to be understood but it still sounds weird when we say it. And when saying "Carl" we default back to the Italian "Carlo" and drop the final o sound.
don't forget that English has sounds that German doesn't--like the "th" in the word "the" as well as different pronunciations of "j", f,v and w
I know another thing Scottish people can't say: "No thanks, I wouldn't like a drink."
redsmerf .... No, that,s an Englishman refusing to buy his round, tight arses !!
Do we think we are all Tam frae still game
"999, whats the address of your emergency?"
"Hi, my names Carl and someone just tripped my purple burglar alarm and stole my Irish wristwatch. It was dark but he looked like a braw English fellow by the looks if it."
Irish wrist watch: my Russian friend can't say it, his accent is thicker than war and peace
😂😂😂
Irish wrist watch is a bit difficult. The key is forcing yourself to take a short pause after Irish.
I'm Irish And I Can't Even Say It
Irish Wrist Watch 🍀⌚
Anonymous Protester I am American, Can't do it either.
Anonymous Protester, I'm from Yorkshire ( England) and I can't say it either. My mum is a Geordie and she cant. I don't think anyone can 😂
Natt Cerano OMG i am Geordie!!
I cant day Irish Wrist Watch
Actually, you did a lot better than you thought. You got Carl perfectly.
What Scottish people can not *see*
I have a college degree in Theatre (and I'm American) and "Irish Wrist Watch" is a tongue twister that actors sometimes use to warm up. It helps you articulate better, but it's definitely meant to be hard to say!
I'm dundonian and can't say these pretty well.
Jo Jo Wyllie didna ken that
bluemeannie dundee!
Artisforgeniuses eh
Could tell by your profile picture
Sounds like you just invented a new pub game. 'Stump the Scots'.
Born in Florida and raised in New Hampshire. Cannot say Irish Wrist Watch. My mouth spurts out Irish Wish Wash.
I'm from Mississippi and I had trouble with Irish Wrist Watch, also. I have practiced and I'm doing better now but still can't say it too quickly.
Illinois (meaning no accent), and the last two are not words.
...Never mind, I just said it quickly.
Rayvn7 "no accent" -> "general American accent". Every way of speaking is an accent.
TRUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
I want to be Scottish. Anyway I can change my voice
Zara Butler The best way is to just move to Scotland for a few years. Get citizenship and it will mold.
Trey Secrest I’m picking up American haha. Thanks don’t really know anyone Scottish. I will just watch at more David Tennant. Always love to have reason to watch my hero haha
I am Scottish so the best I can say is move 2 Scotland for about 2-5 years
suzanne haazen would love too move to Scotland
Zara Butler I'm Scottish :D
Irish wrist watch is hard for an American too.
Not really.
I've now been yelling "irish rish rosht" for an hour trying to say irish wrist watch.
Next Video: Scottish woman tries to get voice recognition to work
Pretentious idiot fails oral language test and is deported back to Brigadoon on the next moonbeam.
Not a native English speaker here, but probably why saying "purple burglar alarm" seems difficult for Scottish people is because you subconsciously concentrate on pronouncing the R in buRglar and that messes the whole thing...
Also, Scottish R sounds a bit similar to Spanish R and perhaps that sound doesn't blend that well with English sounds, especially in between consonant clusters...
Modern English doesn't have the rolled R sound, so people with English or American accents can say it, tho with my Pittsburgh accent I mush it into "purple burglarlarm". Also squirrel is one syllable for us.
Carl
He works a camera
Carl
He knows what all those buttons do
Carl
He’ll clear a paper jam
Carl
And he’ll pick up the laundry too
He knows how to format spell-check and text-edit
He’s working this job just college credit!
HE’S CARL!!!!! THE INTERN!!!!!!
Carl.............
I sang all of this
lol now that you've said that, i did the same
2:10 I'm scottish and I sounded like an old granny when I tried to say.. *"Irish wishwash..."* XDDD
2:52 I also tried that one and I accidently went "red lorry yellow wally" lol
I know Americans have trouble saying the word "rural".
Morgan Burgess it's the two r's so close together. Same with Aurora, the bane of my existence...
I've heard exactly one human ever have a problem saying this.
It's like February with the Rs. The best I can say is feb brewery because for some reason I have no trouble saying brewery.
When Americans say "mirror" it sounds like meer and "bearer" sounds like beer 😂
+Olive Webb That's because "mirror" is the exact same word as "mere" when pronounced, and there is literally no other way today it (at least not correctly), and there is no such word as "bearer" in everyday normal English, but if one is for some reading this word that will never ever be used anyway thereby making it a non-word also, one will say "bearer". There is no R in the middle of the word beer, which also spuds nothing like each other.
I’m just catching up on your videos, here’s one no Scot can say “I’ll support England in the World Cup” 🥶
I live I the U.S. and when I used to be in theater we would say "Irish wrist watch" during warm-up to get used to enunciating words. I used to be good at it, but it takes practice and I'm out of practice
My friends all say Carl as "Carol" and I'm just here like "Carl" cos I don't roll my Rs unless I'm in a mood 😂 so when we say Irish, they say "eye rish" and I say "arish" 😂
Scottish People can't say 'Let me lend you a tenner."
When i first moved to england from Scotland i got this lovely porcelain doll i was like 9 years old teacher asked what i got and every time i tried to say porcelain doll in my english accent it sounded like i was telling the class i got some porcelain doors ... what kinda gift was that right? I tried many times .. ended up wrighting it down 😂👍
Why were you 'like' 9 years old? Why weren't you 9 years old?
Writing
That's how we in the American South say Carl. You said it right.
You're saying the name "Carl" perfectly fine.
I'm Scottish, I was brought up In Scotland and I have no Scottish accent at all
Same
Heather_xD we Scots do have an accent just like me u probably just don’t Hear it personally
If you have no Scottish accent, what kind of accent do you feel like you have? I'm a bit confused.
+TooManyGoodAnimes oh we hear it and wish you would stfu as it is very annoying
When english is not your native language, and you can't even pronounce "Hello" with confidence ='(.
Keep trying =D you'll be fine!
You and your user name do not look Asian, I'm confused how you can't say hello.
Rayvn7 He didn't say he was Asian, dear. He could be from a variety of places that don't speak English...
Rayvn7 oml. Smh.
+Kris R Except for the part where he literally specifically said that he cannot pronounce "Hello", you idiot.
I live in Texas, USA and have never heard a single American able to say Worstershire Sauce without slaughtering it.
Rhiannon HR Americans put way too much when they say shire
What then how are we supposed to say it
Michelle Bell i think its pronounced wus-ster
Gideon Amare I sound like I'm saying roster
Michelle Bell my bad i think it's actually wuss-ter-shir i thought you drop the shir at the end
I'm from Glasgow but now live in Norfolk. I rescued a kitten & called her Purdy. & no one can work her name out when I tell them
lol I think your pronunciation of vlog was worse than anything else you tried to say
Vuh-lawwwg hahaha.
Can you do tounge twisters? If so, try these.
1. A black bug bit a black bear and the black bear bled black blood.
2. Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear fuzzy wuzzy had no hair, fuzzy wuzzy wasn't so fuzzy was he?
3. Six silly snakes in seven silky socks( Five times)
Try this one: I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit.
I have a lisp. Number 3 isn’t fair.
No worries
Lol down here in Galloway we say Carl like "Carole" lmao
How do u say Carla then? The girl's name and mine actually 🙂
Darlin, I am Canadian and even I can't say the Irish wrist watch one so you are not alone lol
I'm Scottish but I don't have that much of a Scottish accent to my friends but to my English cousin I sound incredibly Scottish.
I thought English accents were annoying. Scottish accents are 100 times more annoying than English accents. scottish accents are the worst I've ever heard. like the English accents much better now!!!
she obviously doesn't watch the walking dead.
You would think there was two characters called Carol.
Or is it Coral?
Bam COOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRAAAAALLLLLLLL!
The walking dead can be seen every weekend along Sauchiehall Street at chucking out time.
omg i watched it with my boyfriend (scottish) and it was hilarious. seems to me Americans cannot say carl either
I'm English and I can't say 'Irish Wrist Watch' either!!
I think its a tongue twister... haha
I can't say it and I'm American. hahah
My husband is named Carl and we love Scotland…we don’t mind whatever you call him
I’m Scottish and didn’t realise I struggled to say these until this video
I struggle with the name Roy.I have to stop and think how to say it. I am southern USA.I stuttered as a chilkd nad taught myself how not to stutter. Did you know many of the Southern USA accents you hear come from England Ireland and Scotland.They were the settlers that came to the south. We just slowed it down a wee bit. So never think when you hear a southern people speak that they are ignorgant. They have mastered a beautiful lanague.
So you would have trouble saying my name which is Roy.
I agree with you Jerry. I was born and raised in northern Alabama and I believe our accent is close to those of Irish and Scottish descent. My family is primarily made up of Scot-Irish and we have passed down many cultures, recipes and sayings from them. When I hear a Scottish or Irish accent, most of the time I can clearly understand what they are saying. I have read and watched documentaries that say the southern accents closely resemble those of Northern European descent because of the same words and drawl that we carry.
Soooo... I'm Scottish and I can't say brown burgers by the beach, i dunno why it's just hard 😂
Carl wore his his Irish wrist watch while setting up his purple burglar alarm
Actually im english and that was actually a really good impression 😂
Same, It's one of the best English impressions I have ever heard
I am from oxford
that was freakin hilarious . i give an A for effort
YEY! First A I've ever gotten in my life :')
sweet !!! i feel special now :-)
I can't say 'Carl' either, and I'm Dutch lol
Oh thats super cool to know that actually the Dutch also have difficulty with that name =D thanks for the comment!
There is, of course, the famous story about this fellow in Glasgow who was accused of robbery but the man was dismissed on all charges because no-one could read the police report (below):
'' Karl Burkin is accused of breaking and entering the house after the purple burglar alarm failed to go off. After moving diagonally through the house, he stole some jewellery, a curly-wurly and a medium sized Irish wrist watch. Specifics aren't available, but it is generally thought he was frightened by a tarantula and broke the bathroom mirror, tumbling to the ground where he was apprehended by the local constabulary. ''
I would love to hear you try to pronounce some of the city names in Alabama , US. Hattchachubee, ossahachee, eufalua, opelika. Lol.
Amanda Corbitt I'm American and I can't say that shit
I live in Ohio and con not even pronounce them
Amanda Corbitt Those are all Native American words.
But all of us native Alabamians can say them. Like Oporto Madrid (street, not town), Arab and Loachapoka.
When she was saying “Carl” she was saying that males named Carl’s...and I thought she was saying”meal” instead of male😂
ME: IRISH WIRSH WASH
i have a lisp and i can not say moses
YES This was exactly what I was doing x'D
American here.. Irish wrist watch is just a jumble in any accent I think. They other ones are pretty easy though. Pretty interesting! Cheers from Colorado. ✨✌️
Irish wrist watch is hard to say for Americans too. Don't worry. 😂😂
Try this IRISH RIST WATCH
@@jamesware5100 I tried saying it with your spelling in mind, It did help at the first part, but I ended up saying "Irish Rist Rawtch"
You're precious and delightful! Just subscribed!
irishmermaid 4 she is cute af
@dead empty place: The internet shows us beautiful people that we otherwise would have missed, and been poorer for it. Blessings!
What's your favorite instrument? Mine is the bag pipes
I'm a sucker for a violin x'D sorry to say
Scottish accent is my favorite accent of all. Don't worry about saying a word correctly , just say it correctly for Scottish folks.
I had a hunch Carl would be on the list 😂
Gavin Bon Me too!!!
i can't say irish wrist watch lmao
"It sounds like a fart just came out of my mouth." 🤣🤣🤣
When you said "or you're just going to be called Carl" (said shortly) sounded fine to me.