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Anonymous
#494403 Sat, 29 Mar 08 10:01 PM
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First off, can I just say: Lmao to that video- pretty much sums up the majority of Scots; in the 'words' of the 'great' Kenny Dal: 'It's good tae mumble'. < This was from a mock TV interview of him from 'Only An Excuse', I think it was, though don't hold me to that.Ok, first off, WHY has no one mentioned 'Finding Neverland' as a source. Johnny Depp's accent in that is possibly one the best Scottish accents I've ever heard. Trainspotting, sure it's good, but it's pretty slang-like to be honest.It depends how broad you want your accent to be and the area you're supposed to be from.Generally, Scottish people associate Edinburgh accents, no NOT with Sean Connery, with English accents; mainly because they sound quite 'posh' and 'upper crust', compared to other Scottish accents at least anyway.'Gonnae no dae that' is a typical phrase associated with Glasgow, but in truth, not THAT many people speak this way.
I have a mixed Glasgow accent. My dad speaks with quite a broad one, whereas my mum has a more refined accent.
For an example of a 'broad' Glasgow accent, look at Billy Connelly. Certain phrases I've read on here, even HE would've stoop to use, and that's because, like many other places in the world, they're only used by a select group of people.
I'm at uni in Aberdeen and they have an accent wholly unto themselves, not to mention what seems like another language. Though the same could be said of Dundee, where one of my best friends is from, and many other places.In Aberdeen, the normal stereotype is 'fit like?' as in 'how are you doing?' or just 'fit?' in place of what?
In Fife, it is 'you ken what I mean, like?' basically meaning 'do you understand what I mean?'
If you want a stereotypical Scottish accent, copy Mel Gibson in Braveheart, sure it was on the whole pretty shabby, but in some parts he sounded ok.
Don't be surprised, however, if you don't get rave reviews from natives.If you want what most people on this board seem to term a 'Glasgow/Glaswegian accent' then slant your words.
i.e. 'dae' - 'day' instead of 'do'
Also, use words like 'heed' instead of 'head' and 'deed' instead of 'dead'.
Also, use 'aye' ALOT. My friends and I use the term, 'eh wit?' when we're taking the ***. It basically means, 'what are you on about?'
I've been told people from Glasgow use terms like, 'What you doin' jus' now?', instead of saying, 'Hey, what are you up to?', apparently we like knowing what others are doing right that instant. *shrugs* We also apparently use 'pure' and 'proper' alot, as in 'that was proper amazing' or 'that was pure dead brilliant' - note: this is slightly exaggerated as in normal every-day-use, it's not said or used THAT often.
Like most other cities here though, we have our own words for things, slang or just simple local references. They can range from the widely used 'bawbag' - literally meaning '***', and generally used in name-calling to 'ginger' in reference to our 'national' drink: Irn Bru.
The key to picking up a Scottish accent is probably to pick a place you want to be 'from'. That way it'll be far easier to pick up the phrases and dialect of the place.
Not to be prejudice or whatever, but generally the Edinburgh accent does sound more English than Scottish so if you're not too good at the Scottish accent or don't want to be ridiculed or whatever, you're probably best to try to master that; also, it's most likely one of the most easily understood Scottish accents due to it's crispness.
Listen to the accents of Scottish actors during interviews, though many get to 'keep' their accents in films nowadays (YASS! :P ) or people like Craig Ferguson - Scottish television host on American TV.
Shows recommended such as 'Chewin' the Fat' stereotype the Glasgow accent, and even the actors don't really speak like that; I should know, I've met them more than once on occasion walking down the road near me.
If people need help on Northern Irish accents, though again these vary wildly, some of my best friends are from there so I'm sure I could russle up some help. Though, again, it much depends on where you're from how strong an accent you have and how you pronounce certain words.
If people need any advice/help on how to pronounce certain phrases/words I'll try my best to be of assistance, and the same goes for anyone trying to pull of being a Glaswegian ;)
Hope this helped somewhat :)
Steph
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P.S. Sean Connery is not a good example of someone from Scotland or Edinburgh, he's claimed more than once that he's made his accent up, while this isn't ENTIRELY true to the quote, he has exaggerated his accent an awful lot to make it so... unique as it is. ;)
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