stevieKTID Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, Ross. said: I was getting dogs abuse last year during a visit home because my accent has softened a lot in the time I have been away. Usually takes a couple of pints to get back to normal. Then I come back here and get dogs abuse off the folk in the office because I am speaking too fast for them to understand me. I get that quite a lot, feels like all of Ayrshire is staring at me because I'm not saying seeven and eleeven. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I get that quite a lot, feels like all of Ayrshire is staring at me because I'm not saying seeven and eleeven.Does anywhere in Scotland pronounce them seven? Its either sivin or seeven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, effeffsee_the2nd said: Does anywhere in Scotland pronounce them seven? Its either sivin or seeven In Perth it's definitely seven. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 18 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: Back when we used to to play Berwick, I found it rather surreal that we'd be in a pub whereby the locals sounded like they were from Lothian, yet there were St Georges flags all over the place. Weird, ken. Won't be long till you see them again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, SlipperyP said: Won't be long till you see them again. Not in Fraserburgh he won't, nor Wick. Edited January 27, 2020 by welshbairn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I made a conscious effort to rid myself of my Ayrshire accent when i moved to Amsterdam, it was getting embarrassing being asked by someone speaking English as a second language what the f**k i was talking about.I've toned it down considerably, thankfully. Why? Tell the English c**t to speak properly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I've lived in so many places, I struggle to understand my own thoughts. Born in weegieland, moved to Oz when I was 6, back to Scotland east coast when I was 10, #Perthshire 14. Birmingham 19 and then kept moving. (coming back now and again to see Forfar get beat) Was there not a wee stint inside somewhere along the road... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Ross. said: Went out with a girl from Coleraine years ago. Quite polite and middle class. When we met I actually thought she was from the North West of Scotland. Her accent was a strange one. So she didn't talk about leaving the "pipper" on the "tible" and stick "but" at the end of every other sentence? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A96 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 3 hours ago, ICTChris said: My favourite thing about the word 'ken' is that it disappears by the time you get to Perth, you never hear it anywhere in the Highlands or North East... until you get to Shetland where it makes an amazing comeback. Dinna really ken aboot Perth or the Highlands , but it’s commonly used in the north-east 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, A96 said: Dinna really ken aboot Perth or the Highlands , but it’s commonly used in the north-east My mistake. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Jacksgranda said: So she didn't talk about leaving the "pipper" on the "tible" and stick "but" at the end of every other sentence? She told me to stick something somewhere but it probably doesn’t need repeating before the watershed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Being from Stirling I often get asked, when in Glasgow or at Celtic matches if im from Edinburgh, while not out and out Begbie fae Trainspotting likes our accent is certainly more East than West coast with a sprinkling of 'likes' and 'ken' in sentences something I'm prone to doing on occasion. Living in Alloa as I have done for coming up five years now, just six miles along the road from Stirling I have noticed people here have more than a hint of the Fife drawl about their accent, starting sentences quite high and slowly dropping in tone before ending them sounding like they are asking a question, something my brother does a lot having lived in the Rosyth/Dunfermline area for about 25 years now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden God Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Glasgow, Ayrshire and Lanarkshire accents are all different. Ayrshire is by far the worst, along with being the worst place on earth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 2 hours ago, A96 said: Dinna really ken aboot Perth or the Highlands , but it’s commonly used in the north-east I'm one of these c***s that say 'ken' after every sentence. I have tried to curb it over the years but it's just second nature ken? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 The Stranraer accent is a cracker. I'm sure they pronounce every "l" as an "r", and every "r" as an "l" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, johnnydun said: I'm one of these c***s that say 'ken' after every sentence. I have tried to curb it over the years but it's just second nature ken? Hello? You called? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 1 minute ago, The Skelpit Lug said: Hello? You called? Di ye ken Ken? I da ken Ken, ken? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 Tell Ben to come ben, if Ben doesnae come ben, tell Ben I'm gonnae come ben and get him ben myself 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, Angusfifer said: Tell Ben to come ben, if Ben doesnae come ben, tell Ben I'm gonnae come ben and get him ben myself It's more bain in the North East, eg.. Bain eh hoose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 The Stranraer accent is a cracker. I'm sure they pronounce every "l" as an "r", and every "r" as an "l"I’m assuming you’ve never actually been to Stranraer? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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