Comments on: I’m Sorry, I Don’t Understand a Word

By: Digbeth D'Marriotti

Digbeth D'Marriotti — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:46:14 +0000

Scots have accents!

…in other news the sun rises at dawn.

By: Deep Thought

Deep Thought — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:58:30 +0000

As someone with a ‘Midwest American TV broadcaster neutral’ accent, I have no trouble understanding Kiwis, Scots, Irish, etc. But what I love about the Scots is how they *curse*. I mean, I was a soldier for years and use the f-word like a comma – these guys curse MORE! My favorite was a TV interview with a female singer – she sounded like a sailor with Tourette’s!

By: Dezik

Dezik — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:52:35 +0000

My sister lives in Glasgow. We were once there for a family Christmas, but as there were so many of us, we had to spill over to a hotel close by. I took a taxi on Christmas morning from the hotel to the house – a five-minute drive. In that time, I understood two words the taxi-driver said: “fuckin’” and “nationalism”. It was a gripping ride.

By: Scot

Scot — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 03:34:23 +0000

Fecking english

By: Alarming News

Alarming News — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 02:35:16 +0000

Hey Scots,

I think there’s an English guy making of you guys….

By: Paddy

Paddy — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:48:00 +0000

The accent they’re speaking in About Adam isn’t Scottish, but Irish. As for the main character, played by Kate Hudson, a pretty bad fake Irish for that matter. I really don’t see what’s so hard to understand about it though. You have problems understanding people from Kansas too? I’m not even a native speaker of English, and I understand every form perfectly. So do most of my friends. What’s up with that?

By: Suburbia in the City

Suburbia in the City — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:58:02 +0000

What about when they leave subtitles for Oasis??? That’s hysterical.

By: Aliandra

Aliandra — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:30:04 +0000

Also wanted to add … the local TV channel in my area (Northeast USA) was doing a documentary on the Scottish fishing industry. When they interviewed the Scottish locals, they put the “translation” on the screen in the form of subtitles. I guess it was cheaper than dubbing, LOL.

By: Aliandra

Aliandra — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:16:25 +0000

pdberger;

I assumed it was Afrikaans. It certainly sounded foreign – until I heard more of it. I’ve met Scots on other tours and had to listen very carefully to understand them.

They had no problem understanding my English.

By: pdberger

pdberger — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:16:47 +0000

Aliandra, did you think they were speaking Afrikaans or English?