By Scottish accents

the problem with the sottish accent is that they speak very quickly and people dont listen properly. i have no problem with scottish accents. as to being rejected demetris, there is one thing you must remember about the british... we can smell your fear! but seriously, no matter what the...

"An accent in itself should not be too much of a problem " Then why do many English people say that they have problem with Scottish accents

It would be rather silly to think that there is one scottish accent, they are all very, very different...people dont actually talk like rab c nesbitt..!!

From: Germany Living in: Germany Languages: German (native), English (not perfect though), little chunks of Dutch and French. My accent of course is German, I've learnt mainly British English at school (that's what they said it should be), but do also know people from Scotland, Ireland, the US,...

It is good for the students to get a variety of accents so your idea of using clips would be a good. Maybe not entire movies unless you have a free movie night but specific parts of movies/sitcoms could get their interest up since they are a little harder to obtain by internet than pure links to...

In the old days the English and Scottish armies used to fight by gathering their armies on top of the hills and at day break they would run down the hillside into the deep gorge below to fight. One morning at dawn there was a fog (as thick as pea soup) and the two generals decided to refrain...

I'm new too, and really enjoying all the threads. I'm in Brazil, having lived in Scotland, England, Honduras, and France. I follow my husband around the globe, dragging my kids with me, but they speak 4 languages and I get to teach English, so it's not a bad life really. (Although, I sometimes...

Glaswegian is a very strong Scottish accent! Hitch's mum is from there!

Though sometimes a thick Scottish accent can be hard to understand (and sometimes an Irish one too), especially at one of their local pubs at closing time. Castles....I love castles!

I like the Scottish accents as well, and I would like to speak English like them. Instead I don't like my Spanish accent at all, although I cannot part with it. Cheers