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Learn about the SCOTTISH accent, dialect, and slang!
Dae ye talkScots? In Scotland, locals speak English, but they have their own dialect, which means a set of different words that aren’t used in England. At first, the accent might also be difficult to understand. There might be a lot of vocabulary that you have never heard before. In this lesson, I’m going to teach you common Scottish vocabulary and fun phrases in my best Scottish accent! Depending on who you ask, Scots is either a dialect of English, or it’s vocabulary that is considered a local slang. However, if you are visiting Scotland, the difference in language is close enough that native English speakers can understand most of it easily. The Scots language spoken in Scotland varies depending on the region. Therefore, in this lesson, I will include the most well known Scottish vocabulary as well as some examples of Doric phrases (North East Scots). Be sure to make fun of my attempts at the Scottish accent!
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15 COMMENTS
Odd! Thanks.
Beautiful performance, Jade
thanks
It’s funny. This accent scottish remember the accent portuguese spoken in the south of Brazil.
Nice ethnic and cultural lesson.
Thank you Mrs Jade.
Loads of fun
It was a fantastic lesson, I think that scots accent could be easier for Italians because of the hard pronunciation but the slang is very hard to understand.
Jade you are great, you are an actress!!!!
Thank you for lesson.
Nice video! I have heard that Scotish dialect comes from the Celtic people, because most of the Scotish are Celtic descendants, in contrast with the English population, who is mostly Anglo-saxon.
What about Wales? Do they speak differently too?
Scottish seems to be more difficult than German. :)
Did you see the serie Outlander?
there has a sassenach
Got 10 correct out of 10. :D
9 /10 Och aye mon!!! :)
I’ve been there once. I liked it. By the way, thanks for the video :)
Thank you, Jade! Nice impersonation of Scotish people)
Why is an English person talking about the Scottish dialect – badly. Why not a Scottish person?
Hey, scottish person here,just to clear up a few things, usually what the english-speakers call “scottish dialect” or “scottish slang” is actually it’s own language called scots, it’s been recognised as a protected/ indigenous language by UNESCO, the EU and the scottish government:)