Ross. Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Just now, Torpar said: That's true, and usually they answer back in English anyway, just to show off As soon as they know you are a natural English speaker they want to practice. I've turned the tables on them mind you. I generally ask folk if they speak English and regardless of the answer I try and talk German. The biggest issue I have though is understanding the different dialects within Swiss German. Sounds absolutely f**k all like the hoch Deutsch I have to learn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC13 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Anything within the central belt/Civilisation is a normal accent. It's when you go north of Stirling and towards the borders areas like Dumfries the accents sound horrific. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 On 16 November 2016 at 09:41, Rugster said: That's a good shout as well actually. Een for eye, and nonsense like that. Get it right man - yin EE, twa EEN. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 It's when you go north of Stirling and towards the borders areas like Dumfries the accents sound horrific. Which one, The Borders or Dumfries? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 4 hours ago, milton75 said: The Limmy thing is about spot on. Really anyone that finishes sentences with "eh", or lifts their voice at the end of a sentence like some sort of brain-addled antipodean village idiot. My wife gets texts from a Fife pal that always ends in "eh". She looks at the phone like it's covered in dog shit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 My wife gets texts from a Fife pal that always ends in "eh". She looks at the phone like it's covered in dog shit. I end a lot of my sentences with eh or like.. That's gid like, that's gd eh etc. Eta: text and speaking. I think this is a pretty common thing though. Except it's but instead of like with weegies. After thinking about it and speaking to people in work there I don't do it that much but it's still pretty regular. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 16 minutes ago, MONKMAN said: Which one, The Borders or Dumfries? Let's be real they're both the same basically. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton75 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 21 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: My wife gets texts from a Fife pal that always ends in "eh". She looks at the phone like it's covered in dog shit. They actually bother to put it in a text? That's really very odd. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernJambo Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 I'm bad for ending sentences in texts with "and that", "like" and "eh". I don't actually drink from puddles though, well not recently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northboy Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Overuse of "actual" or "actually" really bugs me. A couple of years ago I was on a course with some guys from Paisley. One night they'd gone out for a meal and the next day one of them said "the actual restaurant was actually down by the actual river". Gut wrenching! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 1 minute ago, Northboy said: Overuse of "actual" or "actually" really bugs me. A couple of years ago I was on a course with some guys from Paisley. One night they'd gone out for a meal and the next day one of them said "the actual restaurant was actually down by the actual river". Gut wrenching! Literally? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 27 minutes ago, 1320Lichtie said: I end a lot of my sentences with eh or like.. That's gid like, that's gd eh etc. Eta: text and speaking. I think this is a pretty common thing though. Except it's but instead of like with weegies. After thinking about it and speaking to people in work there I don't do it that much but it's still pretty regular. Are you not at uni now? Don't they beat that sort of thing out of you? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 24 minutes ago, milton75 said: They actually bother to put it in a text? That's really very odd. Unreal eh? Eg.. The wee 1 is goin 2 stay wi his da this weekend eh? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Are you not at uni now? Don't they beat that sort of thing out of you? I am. And there's worse accents than mine. There's plenty of people I've worked with that I've actually never heard say the words yes or aye because they use eh to say it instead. That's much worse like 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 On 2016/11/16 at 11:40, Ross. said: You should watch Limmy. "That accent" is clearly the worst. Followed by the roasters in parts of Ayrshire who use words like "Twa", "Seeven" and "Eleevin" when counting. Saying fower instead of four is the real hard core Scots language usage on numbers, but choice of vocabulary has hee haw to do with accent. Always find panloaf Morningside type accents the most irritating to listen to, but only when you can tell the person involved thinks it makes them better than anyone who speaks with a normal Scottish accent. Making value judgements about people based on something like that or based on what football team they support or whether they live in a council house are prime examples of the small minded prejudices that still seem to be viewed by many as socially acceptable in modern day Scotland, unfortunately. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 6 minutes ago, 1320Lichtie said: I am. And there's worse accents than mine. There's plenty of people I've worked with that I've actually never heard say the words yes or aye because they use eh to say it instead. That's much worse like I went to St Andrews (20 years ago) and every other sentence ended "okay, ya?". "The ya's" were classed as a species in their own right. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 22 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: I went to St Andrews (20 years ago) and every other sentence ended "okay, ya?". "The ya's" were classed as a species in their own right. You sure they weren't filming Fargo? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton75 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 40 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: Unreal eh? Eg.. The wee 1 is goin 2 stay wi his da this weekend eh? She should stop being friends with this person. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton75 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 26 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said: Saying fower instead of four is the real hard core Scots language usage on numbers, but choice of vocabulary has hee haw to do with accent. Always find panloaf Morningside type accents the most irritating to listen to, but only when you can tell the person involved thinks it makes them better than anyone who speaks with a normal Scottish accent. Making value judgements about people based on something like that or based on what football team they support or whether they live in a council house are prime examples of the small minded prejudices that still seem to be viewed by many as socially acceptable in modern day Scotland, unfortunately. Making value judgements about whether other people make these value judgements is a prime example of one the small minded prejudices that still seem to be viewed by many as socially acceptable in modern day Scotland, unfortunately. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Just now, Slenderman said: You sure they weren't filming Fargo? It was certainly cold enough. The accent was a posher relative of the Glasgow uni one described earlier. I was just a scrote from Dunfermline. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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