+Gavin MacNeish up to you if you want to vote souly on independence. For many it's about voting to help people the best. getting disabled and the poor money and jobs. I'm English. I'd love an independent England. but who will you blame when you're in dependant and the corruption continues? doesn't matter if you're Scotish English etc....its more about who you are as an individual. like Billy Connolly said about the yes/no vote last year. 'I've got more in comments with dockers from Liverpool or Newcastle than I do with the average Scotsman'
Me = Aussie. Most of my oldest friends are either Scots or Scots-Australian. Been there five times. Love the place and the people. The first time I went, in 1986 - I got a lot of strange, confused looks from Glaswegians trying to figure out my accent, thinking I was English at first...then doing a double-take. We were more of a "curiosity" back then. Love Glasgow, doesn't intimidate me at all. (Being 6' 2" and looking like a hairy Golem probably helps) In '86 I ended up at an Old Firm match at Park Head, a few hours after Glasgow hosted an Orange Walk. All my pals were Celtic supporters, so here's me right in the middle of the Celtic end - being stared at menacingly by approximately half of the 68,000 people in the crowd...because I was in a sea of green, wearing the dark blue parka I'd brought along from Oz. It finished 1-1 and I got to live, especially after talking loudly in the most unmistakable Aussie accent I could muster. Once people realized I was just a dumb foreigner, they just grumbled and began to ignore me.
I'm a Geordie. I've never had any bother understanding Scots - in the main. The Scots have never had any bother understanding me - in the main. One of my friends from uni, a Scot, emigrated to Australia. I went to Oz and we met up in Broome. He reverted to Maryhill Road form. He was so relieved to be able to talk 'properly'! The Aussies were totally non-plussed.
***** My brother is a lecturer at Manchester University. My mother phoned him on his lunch break and they chatted for about twenty minutes. When he put the phone down, there was a wall of disbelieving faces directed at him. Ha! x
Also Geordie here, Scottish very easy to understand to me, and I love the sound, its almost poetic. I never understand what other people's problem was, but there again, the Geordie accent is really only one step short of Edinburgh Scottish, one more short step, and you're Glaswegian. I found this out to my cost when working at ALDI, in Blue Mountains, Australia, when the most popular customer question Aussies asked, was where abouts in Scotland/Ireland I was from. It was pretty infuriating to explain to Aussies where Newcastle was, and what then accent was....
***** I've had the Irish/Scots mix up as well. But, my mother was Irish Catholic and my father was Scottish Presbyterian - thereby hangs a tale! So, perhaps that's not surprising, I've also been thought of as Welsh! Perhaps it's the 'sing-song' intonation. I'm just happy to be a Geordie and by virtue of that fact, English - just to piss them all off!
***** I come from further south, Yorkshire. When I lived in Brisbane, the times I got asked what part of Scotland am I from I lost count of. Reckon they all think English talk with London accents and if you don't you must be Scottish.
***** Great Britain is a bizarre little island. I could walk along the river Tyne 50+ miles and meet people who speak like me, with only a slight variation. But, I could go three miles south along the coast and find people who speak differently. 50 miles north west and I'm in Hawick or Jedburgh, enjoying the crack with other Newcastle United supporters, some of whom are family and are Scottish. They have taking the piss down to a fine art - just like Kevin Bridges! Kevin Bridges!? What kind of Sassenach/Irish name is that!? 50 miles south and I'm venturing into Yorkshire territory. They're Engl- ish, with a strong sense of identity which puts them Yorkshiremen first and English second. Thus the Engl-ISH. So, what am I trying to say? We should all try and preserve our national languages and dialects, although we should also attempt to be bilingual. We're all a bunch of schitso arseholes who can only unite on this one common theme: South of the Humber is where the cocks seem to be in the majority. x
I'm American, with a thick country accent (that I'm ashamed of, to be honest) and I have to say his accent is by far my favorite. I don't get everything he's saying, but I love it.
Don't ever feel ashamed of your accent mate,It is part of your identity,if other people don't like it! too fucking bad for them! I would rather listen to someone speak in a thick country american accent than that of lets say a new yorker or californian,the southern accent to me sounds much more genuine and Honest if that makes sense. All the best from Glasgow.
@Gavin MacNeish that's a shity thing to say mate, i don't approve, i bet your grandparents were happy America was there for us in ww2, grow up pal👍🇬🇧🇺🇸
I turned on the subtitles and it was going well. At one and half minute mark even google's translator went "fuck it. I have no idea what he is saying!". xD
I think the English and Scottish comedians are funny. I've watched enough of the Scottish ones now I can understand them. It is a little tough at first but worth it.
I was on a ride in Disney Florida and an american guy sat in front of me turned round and said ' I overheard your accent, are from the north or sourh of Ireland' I told him neither. He apologised said 'Im sorry what part of Scotland' I said Im not scottish either, Im from Liverpool which is in England....he didnt believe me.
Since this is true, and we (Americans and others) have such a hard time understanding Scottish accents, would the Scottish have anywhere near the same difficulties? I'm thinking that maybe media and television may help them understand us, while I don't see much Scottish normally in every day life here.
Once bumped into him in a petrol station, he had a bottle of iron bru and a packet of peanut m&ms. I made them print out his receipt and he signed it for me.
I live in oz now and my bro told me about him years ago and forgot his name. Glad I stumbled across him he is fucking funny and pretty good at an oz ascent. I feel his pain the amount of times I have to repeat myself or just walk away with them looking so confused at me boils my blood. Lucky I have a 7 year old to translate.
I was doing a hike in Peru and the other other person was a Scot. The Peruvian woman who was our guide spoke pretty decent English but I ended up interpreting Scottish to Australian English for the guide to understand a fucking word that he said. I felt like a true man of the world, being able to connect cultures like that.
One of my best mates is from Glasgow, I'm from Manchester. He explained that most Scotts like people from the industrial northern cities such as Manchester and Liverpool but don't like cockneys and other southerners. Fuck knows if it's true or not he always dribbles shit x
Reminds me that our US slang is just nothing compared to the Scottish variety, as Kevin only began to prove - and no a bad Aussie impression! Hilarious!
The Big Yin (hope he stays with us a while longer), Frankie Boyle, and Kev.i.n. all share top place on the podium, imo. Now, let's see ye fight over that...
I'm Scottish born. Lived in Canada 40 yrs. Last time I landed home in Scotland...immigration guy said. Whires yir Scottish passport? Yeah should hay yir Scottish passport. Like he could project the future rising of the clans:)
Kev Bridges is as funny as fuck!! Best Scottish comic ever!! Not much competition from scotland to be honest.. the crankies?... frank carson and francis boyle, whoever she is? and the you have , well no one else.
As a Welshman, I wanted Scotland to get their independence during the campaign. These days though, I really think we're all better off together. Scotland has way more influence than Wales and the Welsh are pretty happy
Scotland would be better off without Westminster's rule, we would keep all of the revenue we generate from oil, exports and tourism for redistribution into councils for better infrastructure instead of a bunch of fat cats exploiting our resources for their own gain. No offence intended here, I think Wales would be better off sticking with the United Kingdom as you don't have as much of a tourist industry as Scotland, England or Ireland so it would be somewhat advantageous for your people to have the support of a larger country. Until your country's people decide otherwise that is, the United Kingdom is doomed to fall apart in the next 50 years I'd say.
If what I heard was true the popular vote was for succession. However they switched the vote piles to make it look like it was the opposite. I would not be surprised if that were true. The English need the crazy Scots for their wars and the Scottish lands for taxation & food.
Todd Stanley Everybody I have spoke to about the Independence referendum all said they voted yes, being all my family members and my friends that were old enough to vote at the time. Since everybody I have asked voted yes that shows that the majority of people voted for independence as I cannot seem to find a no voter, it was obviously rigged. Queen Elizabeth needs her heating bills paid for after all doesn't she...
F4lloutBoy96's Channel That was what I got from it. A rigged election. An Australian news organization & RT both ran similar stories about the strong possibility of it being rigged.
it pays to be careful what you wish for, especially now that brexit is turning into a beaurocratic and financial nightmare - voting for brexit was a disaster mainly by people who had no idea what they were voting for and therefore deciding the scottish fate at the same time so there is small wonder that the scots are waiting for a referendum to be done very presently in order to save them from the uk fate of voting for stuff the voters there had no idea would bring a lot of tradeloss and unemployment, presently still masked by corona fallout, and at the same time the idiots who voted for brexit also had no idea of the accessory damage that would be caused to exchange and travel restrictions within the eu and right of stay. in short, the most important trading partner was voted out and the uk plus scotland voted a third world country tradewise, with all the great problems this entails - mainly loss of trade and travel. you can t do something more stupid and dangerous to livelihoods all over the uk, than this
Christina Speirs OOps you were wrong. From our dear friends at wiki - Whisky or whiskey[1] is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash. Various grains (which may be malted) are used for different varieties, including barley, corn (maize), rye, and wheat. Whisky is typically aged in wooden casks, generally made of charred white oak.---- So I was correct and you were wrong to correct me. English is my fourth language so I make mistakes, hence I believed you at first. How do you say " go away" in Gaelic.
