[JeorgeNoxeref]

Hello folks. Would anyone enlighten me in the way which a Scotsman would talk?
So far, from what I have heard, most of u and o sounds are umlauted like in German...

[NumDusthouh]

Hello folks. Would anyone enlighten me in the way which a Scotsman would talk?
So far, from what I have heard, most of u and o sounds are umlauted like in German...

See "Braveheart" in English - Mel Gibson does quite a good job I gather. And wear a kilt in very cold weather - that helps. Drink lots of whiskey, eat lots of white pudding and fried Mars Bars.

The Scots speak English just like us Sassenachs (well, not exactly like us but close enough) - no umlauts!

Unless you mean Gaelic which is a celtic language.

[jelena-nanana]

"Damn you, Trebek!"

[fissasste]

I feel the need to point out here, that a Scottish accent is the same as an English (or American for that matter, but we all know that all Americans have a deep southern accent...) accent in the sense that it doesn't really exist...

[GAGNAPPEAPH]

This could help:

http://www.firstfoot.com/php/glossar...x.php?letter=g

[elapicearpisp]

My mother who spent years in Scotland says that they have a very funny way to say th "rl" like in world or girl.

[Queuerriptota]

Watch 'Trainspotting'...hehehe

[Effofqueeno]

I feel the need to point out here, that a Scottish accent is the same as an English (or American for that matter, but we all know that all Americans have a deep southern accent...) accent in the sense that it doesn't really exist...

Can you repeat that?, didn't get it, is the accent

[Alliopeti]

Not that wiki is reliable, but there's an entry.

[dubGucKcolo]

This could help:

http://www.firstfoot.com/php/glossar...x.php?letter=g

Thanks for that Ignatz. Gammy will be useful next time I visit Scotland.

[Coededgeme]

Mel Gibson really does a bad, bad job of the Scottish accent.

[Jadykeery]

My mother who spent years in Scotland says that they have a very funny way to say th "rl" like in world or girl.

There's a lot of rolling of the r's up there.

[Phouepou]

Read Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" series.

Ye cannae whack it!

Oh, and I love this:

What for maun we thole wee laddies
when they are sic awfu baddies!
For ensample let me save ye
frae a pair like Dod and Davie
wha insteid o tryin harder
to be guid lads, get nae farder;
slee wee deils, they smirck and snicker,
lauchin gars their badness siccar.

Hope I didn't mix anything up there...

[mrPronmaker]

Mel Gibson really does a bad, bad job of the Scottish accent.

I know, but for someone not from these Isles it's a start, sort of a Scottish primer. How about Billy Connolly? I have friends who have no idea what he is saying. Never had a problem myself.

[Nurfzerne]

Just read Robbie Burns poems

aloud

daily

[Tyncneiff]

Read Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" series.

Ye cannae whack it!

Oh, and I love this:

What for maun we thole wee laddies
when they are sic awfu baddies!
For ensample let me save ye
frae a pair like Dod and Davie
wha insteid o tryin harder
to be guid lads, get nae farder;
slee wee deils, they smirck and snicker,
lauchin gars their badness siccar.

Hope I didn't mix anything up there...

Was that Burns?

Funnily enough, most Scots I know and have met don't speak like that. It's a great accent (except for Gordon Brown's).

[CesseOveldset]

I feel the need to point out here, that a Scottish accent is the same as an English (or American for that matter, but we all know that all Americans have a deep southern accent...) accent in the sense that it doesn't really exist...

In certain parts of the Outer Banks of North Carolina (Okrakoke, Hatteras, Wanchese) they speak kind of an Olde pre Elizabethan English. Many of the inhabitants are descendants from shipwreck survivors, pirates etc.

Years ago I went to a birthday party for my friend's grandmother and when she started talking to me my first reaction was "Huh? What language is this?" In a short time I recognized it because they made me read Chaucer in the original when I was in high school.

[connandoilee]

Was that Burns?

No, just a (most probably crappy) "translation" of Max and Moritz.

[Rinkeliacasse]

Hello folks. Would anyone enlighten me in the way which a Scotsman would talk?
German...

Easy.
Just shove 10 packs of bubble gum on your mouth, and then smack your hand hard with a hammer.
You'll be speaking Scottish straightaway.

[miel]

See "Braveheart" in English - Mel Gibson does quite a good job I gather. .

In the immortal words of Jock Hopson Sensei. "no no no no no"

Scene from Braveheart.

" G'day. The name's William Wallace and you'll never take me freedom" (please utilise an accent borrowed from Neighbours, Home and Away, Skippy or any other Mel Gibson film and you will get the idea.)

Scottish ( or skaw-tish to give it its real pronunciation) is best heard abroad.

Where, as an Englishman, one can enjoy the idyllic sounds of the response of any Scawttish prrrson being approached by timeshare rep/lucky lucky man/pub tout et al. "ah'm no fakkin' 'eng-leish" - This is response to the introductory remark made by aforesaid persons vending their wares - "'ello English you buy from Mig..".

Ahh the sweet sweet sounds of summer holidays everywhere in Europe.