I need help from someone from scotland
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fire89bug — 19 years ago(May 24, 2006 10:54 PM)
i want to go to scotland soooo bad you don't even knoW. i was wanting to know where is the best place to go to find the most awesomeness accent. now i've heard a lot of different actors from glasgow and thats pretty cool but is there somewhere better then there?
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kingianthe1st — 19 years ago(May 25, 2006 12:03 PM)
If you're from the U.S. you'll probably have a hard time understanding a Glasgow accent, or atleast that's what I've noticed. Edinburgh accents are fairly easy to understand for Americans, and it's a great city to visit.
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HorseJumperGirl — 19 years ago(May 27, 2006 12:54 AM)
I'm from Edinburgh, and I've noticed that tourists are consistantly misprounouncing the city name. It's Ed-In-Bur-Rah. Edinburgh is beautiful, especially in spring. It's more of a historical city than Glasgow. Edinburgh has the Edinburgh Castle on a hill above it. Glasgow is good, it's more industrious than Edinburgh. Glaswegian accents can be quite difficult to understand, but usually what one is saying is distiguishable.
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schmezno — 19 years ago(May 29, 2006 05:34 PM)
Dumfries is nice (ma wee toon). Glasgow is my favourite city in Scotland though, can't say the accents are hard to understand though, but I guess its easy for me!
what what to scots think of Texans
Australian and southern accents are my all-time favourits. Yes it does rain quite a lot here, Id happily trade countries with ya!
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Ortep — 19 years ago(June 01, 2006 03:11 PM)
Well its nice and cold here in Scotland.and wetand windy, practically all bad weather, its not all bad though, its just past 11 pm here and it's still somewhat lighty outside (but its June so it obvious that would happen). But aside from the weather at times it is a nice place. Accent wise its pretty hard to tell, depends on what you like more, being from Dundee i don't notice any accents (which is how you can tell people are not from here). Edinburgh as mentioned is a nice City and probably one of the most popular when it comes to tourist spots.
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dunctait — 19 years ago(February 15, 2007 03:05 PM)
if youre coming from america and like the scottish accent, your best bet is edinburgh definately.
the glaswegian accent is not only pretty hard to understand, its pretty horrible as well.
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xBriarRose — 19 years ago(February 18, 2007 04:19 PM)
indeed, edinburgh is the best! the centre is beautiful and there's lots t1c84o do in the summer like the festival and fringe. if you ever go make sure to walk down the royal mile and do all the touristy things like the castle and the edinburgh dungeons! but i'm very biased having lived here all my life!
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ironicness — 19 years ago(February 21, 2007 06:45 AM)
I read in a Scottish newspaper that Ayrshire accents are the strongest in Scotland. I was born in a town 2 miles from Dundee, but have lived in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, for most of my life. OK, it's not the nicest place in Scotland, but just outside it you'll find some of the best countryside Scotland has to offer, and if you're looking for strong accents, Ayrshire's the best for it. Apparently. [:
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Aurora_7 — 19 years ago(February 23, 2007 02:30 PM)
I agree. I live on near the west coast, and I've always found when I visit other parts of Scotland, that my accent is the strongest more "scottish" if you care to put it that way. I knew some people from Campbeltown and they sounded more English than Scottish and I felt quite harsh sounding compared.
My personal opinion, although I love Edinburgh and the people are great, I find after a while the accent is too bouncy and can get annoying time to time. But there are far worse accents, generally Scottish accent are the best in the world
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chameleon24 — 19 years ago(February 23, 2007 05:48 PM)
Thanks to whoever started this thread and everyone who responded. There's so many places i want to travel to, but Scotland is #1. I'm sure it won't be anytime soon b/c i just started college last year and only have a part-time job, but it's good to get ideas of where to go since i know i want to go there soooo badly.
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