The second worst accent in Scotland?

[Miguel Sanchez]

There's a branch of Sanchezes from Fife who talk like they're from Fife. I don't see them very often and when I last did every sentence they spoke ended with an inflection that would give you vertigo. And "eh?" tacked on for no apparent reason. It was really disorientating because when you're not listening and tuning it out (because that's what you do when people from Fife talk) then hear what you assume is a question you think: Oh! What? Am I being asked something? That wasn't a question, why are you saying it like one?

Not helped by the fact every time one of them does it I find myself wanting to scream YOU GREW UP IN MARYHILL, mind.

[Miguel Sanchez]

Also, the last time I was at T in the Park (2011) it was full of obvious thickos who kept walking about musing loudly "aye the place is full a weegies ken/like/eh"

Cretins, to a man.

[.Stuart.]

f**k all wrong with the word Ken. A lot of jealous weegies/ weegie wannabes on here it seems.

I've heard 'ken' used a lot around Ayrshire and D&G

[1320Lichtie]

Ah kehn eh

[craigkillie]

The worst part of the Glasgow Uni accent is the way they pronounce "T" as "D" in a lot of situations.  "It was only, like, you know, fordy quid".

[1320Lichtie]

Also, the last time I was at T in the Park (2011) it was full of obvious thickos who kept walking about musing loudly "aye the place is full a weegies ken/like/eh"

Cretins, to a man.

Like and eh perfectly acceptable at the end of that sentence, Ken doesn't work and I refuse to believe anyone would use it in that context

Kehn means I know or know, just doesn't work

[bob the tank]

Gads, it must be Ayrshire so it is

[vikingTON]

f**k all wrong with the word Ken. A lot of jealous weegies/ weegie wannabes on here it seems.

^^^ cretinous bumpkin

[jagfox]

5 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said:

There's a branch of Sanchezes from Fife who talk like they're from Fife. I don't see them very often and when I last did every sentence they spoke ended with an inflection that would give you vertigo. And "eh?" tacked on for no apparent reason. It was really disorientating because when you're not listening and tuning it out (because that's what you do when people from Fife talk) then hear what you assume is a question you think: Oh! What? Am I being asked something? That wasn't a question, why are you saying it like one?

Not helped by the fact every time one of them does it I find myself wanting to scream YOU GREW UP IN MARYHILL, mind.

The first rule of Fife Club is nae biddy talks aboot Fife Club, ken? 

[FlyerTon]

13 hours ago, jagfox99 said:

Who the fůck is Ken?

[NorthernJambo]

Also, the last time I was at T in the Park (2011) it was full of obvious thickos who kept walking about musing loudly "aye the place is full a weegies ken/like/eh"

Cretins, to a man.

It is though, eh?

[Hamish's Passenger]

Wid

[Dudu Dahan pal]

It must be hard growing up in the west of Scotland tbf; growing up listening to that shite nasally accent whilst wishing you were from Edinburgh or the east where people speak properly. At least you have the Clyde though, eh.

[Dalrymple76]

7 hours ago, craigkillie said:

The worst part of the Glasgow Uni accent is the way they pronounce "T" as "D" in a lot of situations.  "It was only, like, you know, fordy quid".

I also have to endure this notably when discussing "Scoddish Power"

Also - what accent does Jim Kerr use?far cry from regular Toryglen

[oneteaminglasgow]

It must be hard growing up in the west of Scotland tbf; growing up listening to that shite nasally accent whilst wishing you were from Edinburgh or the east where people speak properly. At least you have the Clyde though, eh.

We don't have idiots saying absolute nonsense like "it's a Barry day the day like" though, so swings and roundabouts.

[Dudu Dahan pal]

We don't have idiots saying absolute nonsense like "it's a Barry day the day like" though, so swings and roundabouts.

I rarely hear anyone say that tbf. You however, probably speak like someone is permanently holding your nose.

[jmothecat]

'Ken' is used in every part of Scotland apart from Glasgow isn't it? Slightly ironic for Glaswegians to criticise how others speak.

[ayrmad]

50 minutes ago, Hibeesbounce75 said:

It must be hard growing up in the west of Scotland tbf; growing up listening to that shite nasally accent whilst wishing you were from Edinburgh or the east where people speak properly. At least you have the Clyde though, eh.

Certainly wasn't my experience when I lived through in the east, spoke properly with no authenticity was my experience, for all their foibles, I'd far rather be in the company of west coast people any day of the week.

[throbber]

'Ken' is used in every part of Scotland apart from Glasgow isn't it? Slightly ironic for Glaswegians to criticise how others speak.

It's not used anywhere on the west coast or in the Highlands.

[TheScarf]

The Invernessian accent is a funny one, I'd say there's probably 2, maybe 3 of them.

You have the proper broad one, where a lot of folk from the Merkinch and South Kessock area still have; the proper rubber bumpers one.  Where they say something like;

'suheen'  - something

'heere eh/here mun' - here

Then you have what I would say my accent is, still Invernessian, but far softer and not as nasally.  Id say 'suhin' for the word something. And I don't say 'eh' or 'mun' at the end of every sentence.

Then you have a sort of new one, the one ICTChris mentioned previously.  Like a mix of Invernessian and central belt, stemming from the influx of Weegies and others over the last 20 years.  Every second accent I hear in work now is a central belt one.   Said peoples kids are being born and brought up here and developing this hybrid accent.