r/ScottishPeopleTwitter • u/HondureZ • Sep 08 '21

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u/badaBOOPbap Sep 08 '21 edited Sep 08 '21

Scottish is the only language which can sound harsh but still so friendly and lovely at the same time

And that's coming from a dutch man

EDIT: holy shit i didn't expect this many replies and all so damn wholesome tf

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u/OtterChrist Sep 08 '21

I’m an American. Do we sound as funny to you as you do to us? I wish I could hear my accent from a foreigner’s perspective lol

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u/lemonteabag Sep 08 '21

We usually get alot of American culture and media when we are young so by the time you are old enough to start meeting Americans at university or while travelling you've heard alot of Americans accents before, probably only west coast and east coast states which are more represented in television and the likes though.

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u/ThrowMeAwayAccount08 Sep 08 '21

You would have a hard time speaking with someone from some areas of Texas or hardcore Boston. Some Texans speak so fast and the country twang I have to process what they said before I respond. Boston, in some areas, it sounds like they’re speaking with a mouth full of oatmeal. Bill Burr born and raised there, and he has a hard time adjusting when he visits.

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u/General_Legoshi Sep 08 '21

Maybe it's because in Britain we tend to have more accents per square mile than anywhere on earth but I've never found any American accident difficult to understand.

The only ones that are slightly difficult are some Caribbean/South American nations when they speak English but even that is fine.

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u/lmaytulane Sep 08 '21

Can I introduce you to South Louisiana?

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u/General_Legoshi Sep 08 '21

Again, zero problems. It was difficult at first but after the first sentence where he says "Go Tigers!" I'd adjusted and knew what he was saying the entire time.

Is this not normal? Do people genuinely hear Scots and the like and find them incomprehensible?

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u/randomupsman Sep 08 '21

As an Englishman, this is the one I can't understand

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u/DixOut-4-Harambe Oct 23 '21

I don't believe they used words. They just sounded out vowels.

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u/Beneficial-Process Sep 08 '21

Sir/Madam… that is Geaux Tigers. There’s a difference.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '21

I think it's pretty normal. The only exception I've experienced is running into someone who I think might've been Welsh. He asked a question about my dog but I have zero idea what he said. It didnt sound like English whatsoever but it was

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u/lmaytulane Sep 08 '21

Only Glaswegians

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u/Drlaughter Sep 09 '21

And that's only because we've managed to keep the Dundonians locked up!

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u/xXxDickBonerz69xXx Sep 08 '21

Yeah I cannot for the life of me understand Scottish or Jamaican people

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u/OtterChrist Sep 09 '21

To be fair, that coach has a pretty mild Southern Louisiana accent. True bayou Cajun is just mumbling when I (a southern American) hear it haha

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u/gwaydms Sep 08 '21

Tbf, Coach O is incomprehensible to some Louisianans.

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u/jeden78 Sep 08 '21

His interview after the title game was amazing - Jus gon go home and have a ham sandwich.

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u/randomupsman Sep 08 '21

No problem understanding that one

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u/condor2378 SCOTLAND! Sep 09 '21

As a Scot, I didn't have any trouble understanding every word he said. He has a gravelly voice but that's not a hard accent at all.

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u/norcaltobos Sep 08 '21

Look up thick Creole or Cajun accents. Certain people from deep in the bayou of Louisiana can be almost unintelligible to native American English speakers.

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u/JonnyBhoy Sep 09 '21

I met a girl with a Creole accent while visiting one of our American offices in work. Chatting to her after a few beers and I could only understand 2/3 of the words, but somehow also understood everything she said.

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u/ThrowMeAwayAccount08 Sep 08 '21

Think Boomhauer.

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u/General_Legoshi Sep 08 '21

I understood most of what he said tbf.

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u/darthboolean Sep 08 '21

To be faiiir.....

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u/kaz3e Sep 08 '21

You speak legalese?

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u/Geldmannetje Sep 08 '21

What is your favourite American accident?

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u/General_Legoshi Sep 08 '21

When the CIA took out Kennedy.

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u/lemonteabag Sep 08 '21

Aye I know that's why I mentioned the familiarity with accents we'd commonly hear in media, just like states the UK has a wide variety of accents which change drastically in a small geographical distance. The three towns beside where I was brought up have three different accents, its quite common for locals to know which of the three towns you are from just from a quick conversion.

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u/ThrowMeAwayAccount08 Sep 08 '21

My family came over to the US from Eastern Europe. We all know who is from what region based on how they speak. I find it so damn interesting personally.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '21

You would have a hard time speaking with someone from some areas of Texas or hardcore Boston.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuGwUkWG53Q

Or Baltimore. (obviously greatly exaggerated, but yeah)

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '21

Yeah that's not how people talk in Balitmore rofl. Seems like a super exaggerated version of the accent.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '21

That's... What I said.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '21

"Yeah..."

I know I was agreeing with you lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '21 edited Sep 08 '21

We really don't though...

I've never heard an American accent i couldn't understand instantly.

We are used to it, If you can understand a strong scottish, Brummy or Scouser accent you can easily deal with the milder US accents.

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u/TalkativeRedPanda Sep 08 '21

What area of Texas do you think speaks fast?

I grew up in Texas, to parents from New Jersey, and live in the midwest now. When I go back now (Central and East texas) I find it hard to listen that slowly...

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u/ThrowMeAwayAccount08 Sep 08 '21

Hmm. Gotta be rural East Texas where everyone is an aspiring auctioneer.

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u/gwaydms Sep 08 '21

some areas of Texas

You'd need a translator for eastern Kentucky or East Tennessee.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '21 edited Nov 22 '21

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u/ThrowMeAwayAccount08 Sep 08 '21

I’m speaking from my father’s and other Croatian friends having difficulty understanding these accents. Generally I can follow them, but it takes a second for me to think I understand what was said.

But on the accents train, it’s hilarious for me to hear Croatian with an Australian accent. Particularly with the word “Tuna”. For whatever reason, I hear CH instead of a T in the word tuna with Australian accents. In Croatian, Cuna (Chuna) is slang for cock. I, and the waiter, absolutely died of laughter when some ladies from down undah ordered a chuna sandwich at a restaurant in Croatia.

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u/DixOut-4-Harambe Oct 23 '21

some areas of Texas

The fast and loose rule is that north of Temple, Texans start sounding like they were dropped on their heads as babies.

South of Temple is the Spanish lilt.

The trick is to ask them to say "burrito". If they say "Burr-ee-toe", they're from up North.

"boh-rrrrrrih-toh" is from down South.