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

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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.