Scottish Accent

Scoflo

I have a real mixture as i am eclectic and pick up the way people speak. I was brought up in Falkirk but have an English touch due to living in Cumbria for 12 years. My partner is Weegie so I have a bit of that & I work in Stirling so I have a few couthy words from clients. The girls I work with are all from the Hillfoots and thats where my folks were from so it all adds up.

aliasojo

Fran wrote:

You all sound great! :beer:

None of you sound very scottish in your posts....:rolleyes:

Have you got a special pc Fran????

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aliasojo

Actually I know what you mean Bealzibub, I cringe when I hear some of my old school friends talking with a really broad accent and using local slang words. Maybe I've been away from the area too long........or I've turned into my Mother.

Btw Pink.......I love the Irish accent.....I could cheerfully leave my family for a tall, dark haired, blue eyed Irishman who whispered sweet nothings into my ear all day!

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Please no-one print this off for black mailing purposes.......I was kidding (well at least about the cheerfully bit, I suppose I would have to give it some thought).

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bealzibub

Must be just me then

silverfoxdude

Mr Silverfox has a lovely Falkirk Scottish accent. It sooooo sexy!! Me, on the other hand, has a really broad Yorkshire twang and I HATE IT!!!!!! I try and talk posh, but it just doesnt work :-(

bealzibub

I think my accent sounds even worse on an answering machine, comes over really broad then.

Edinburghlass_2

aliasojo wrote:

Btw Pink.......I love the Irish accent.....I could cheerfully leave my family for a tall, dark haired, blue eyed Irishman who whispered sweet nothings into my ear all day!

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Please no-one print this off for black mailing purposes.......I was kidding (well at least about the cheerfully bit, I suppose I would have to give it some thought).

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Just sent the link to Ivan

stressedoutmum

How can you hate your scottish accent - be proud of it. I come from just outside Glasgow(12 miles) and my accent used to be very broad. However after living in England for 15 years it has mellowed but not gone - something I am pleased about but you can still tell Im Scottish. However I do laugh when I visit my family back home or speak to them on the phone. Some of the words they use that I have not heard for years makes me smile and brings back memories. I stopped using them because nobody knew what I was talking about so hearing them cheers me up. Such as:

am gon tae toon owen seturday fur a new rigoot - Am going to town Saturday for a new outfit for those who are not sure!

wiull ye gee it up yer doin ma heed in - will you stop it your giving me a headache

awright sister u gettin owen awright - Hello sister are you OK

noowhosfurracuppa - now who is for a cuppa

Wit a dunderheed - what a fool

Fellow scots will ken what I mean!

Swan_2

lol, I do indeed in spite of being from the East!

we have a 'posh pal', lovely lady, but she can't speak Dundonese at all & we've been giving her lessons, but she has difficulty with the glottal stops, or should that be glo'al stops
currently she's trying this out ...

oh eh, ee e' i' a' - oh yes, he ate it all

Peter-Pan_5

" English-impersonating good burghers of Edinburgh would be dull indeed"

I am from Edinburgh and certainly don`t speak like the above description,I

have a broad Scottish accent and proud of it.