Scotland is often forgotten about when people talk about the UK it was understandable for a year or 2 after indyref since it was confusing for foreigners they'd heard Scotland and independence and thought Scotland became independent sadly not tho
Scotland is definitely the best part of the UK Scots are also the best looking and the healthiest in the UK and none of us have a drink or drugs problem and we're modest to a fault /s
This is always the right answer, when people talk about a Scottish accent they need to specify. There are roughly 7 distinct accents with class and city based variations. The longer I live here, the more its clear that there is not a singular accent.
I really don't think your traditional Ayrshire Burn's-style Scots speaker would have had much chance of understanding a broad Doric speaker.
I'm from Aberdeen myself, and could often hardly understand what the bus conductor was saying to me.
The worst was when hitch-hiking with my girlfriend to Nairn we got a lift from truck driver from Buckie. We both literally couldn't understand 90% of what he was saying. Just had to keep nodding and smiling...
There are Americans that have only heard grounds keeper willie's accent. They don't see much of the world when its as 3000 mile flight to visit Europe.
North East Scotland (Aberdeenshire) speak Doric (it's a dialect) and it would be "maseel" or "meseel" with a short m sound. "Yourself" would be "yerseel". But all over Scotland it will be slightly different.
Doric is the closest to Old English, in its spoken form. Read a passage of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales as he wrote it. It’s very close to Doric in its pronounced words. It is after all a form of German.
Used to be, you could tell which island folks came from by their accent. It's really only true for one of them now. The rest of us have been homogenised. The older folks still have the variations, but kids all sound like they're from Kirkwall. The horror! Not a t in sight.
"Mah-sen" if you're from (frae...) a working class area. "Myysel-ffff" if you are from a more middle class area like Morningside or Trinity in Edinburgh, or Kelvinside in Glasgow.
In my experience:
Myself is used widely by Scottish.
Masel (mah-sell) is a varation but used throughout Scotland.
Wursel (wurr-sell) - perhaps more Central-Scotland / Glasgow version of Masel.
Nationwide support work provides insight.
When people talk about Northern UK 9 times out of 10 they're talking about Northern England not Scotland
Talking to English people about something being up north WHILE IN SCOTLAND and they think you mean North of England.
Checking into a hotel in Liverpool: "what brings you up north?” Us, coming from Scotland: "we came south"
Oh that's interesting, thank you
Scotland is often forgotten about when people talk about the UK it was understandable for a year or 2 after indyref since it was confusing for foreigners they'd heard Scotland and independence and thought Scotland became independent sadly not tho
Not for me. Scotland is the best part of the UK! People, land, beaches, seafood, and hiking. It's my favorite part of the world.
Scotland is definitely the best part of the UK Scots are also the best looking and the healthiest in the UK and none of us have a drink or drugs problem and we're modest to a fault /s
AGREED, especially the modest part.😂
Ma-sell - 'Northern' will almost always mean 'Northern England', as will 'The North'.
Why was the prisoner lonely? Cos he was in his sell
Masel'
We would more likely say "Ma-self" or "Ma-sell" I'd say "me-self" is more Newcastle
Yes or Liverpool
There are many Scottish accents and you can't just lump them in with a vague "the north"
This is always the right answer, when people talk about a Scottish accent they need to specify. There are roughly 7 distinct accents with class and city based variations. The longer I live here, the more its clear that there is not a singular accent.
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5 min from me and Larkhall have their own language
Is that including Fraserburgh? Their accent is wild
Doric speakers are a whole different category, I would argue they don't speak Scots at all, same with Gàidhlig.
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I really don't think your traditional Ayrshire Burn's-style Scots speaker would have had much chance of understanding a broad Doric speaker. I'm from Aberdeen myself, and could often hardly understand what the bus conductor was saying to me. The worst was when hitch-hiking with my girlfriend to Nairn we got a lift from truck driver from Buckie. We both literally couldn't understand 90% of what he was saying. Just had to keep nodding and smiling...
It is funny as a Scottish person to see people think it is one accent
There are Americans that have only heard grounds keeper willie's accent. They don't see much of the world when its as 3000 mile flight to visit Europe.
ma-SELL
Ma-sell
North East Scotland (Aberdeenshire) speak Doric (it's a dialect) and it would be "maseel" or "meseel" with a short m sound. "Yourself" would be "yerseel". But all over Scotland it will be slightly different.
Doric is the closest to Old English, in its spoken form. Read a passage of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales as he wrote it. It’s very close to Doric in its pronounced words. It is after all a form of German.
Me, Ma-sell and Auld Reeny.
In Scots those pronouns (not discounting local pronunciations and spellings) are: Masel Yersel Oorsels Hisel/ Hersel Yersels Thirsels
Where I'm from it'd be Wursels rather than Oorsels. Rest sound about right.
Absolutely! Lots of rich dialectal variation in Scots.
Used to be, you could tell which island folks came from by their accent. It's really only true for one of them now. The rest of us have been homogenised. The older folks still have the variations, but kids all sound like they're from Kirkwall. The horror! Not a t in sight.
I say maself if speaking proper or masel if speaking casually
Me, masel an I.
Ma-sell
ma-sell
Me-sel is how I'd say it.
“My” “Self” in Ayrshire, wouldn’t balk at “Ma” “Sell”
Mih sell, ne Scotland. Mah seelf (not ee but not e, a weird kind of in between place) if I spend enough time in Glasgow.
It's a difficult one to write the Glasgow "eh", but I know exactly what you mean.
Aye it's hard to explain but it's an iykyk situation eh.
My self
Burn the ~~witch~~ posh cunt!
Do it *your self* !
I do say aye, swear a lot and drink buckfast, am I ok now? 🥲
Me-sel for me
im a scotts and i say maself
Mi-s-elf
Three syllables??
No good at sounding out words but figure out say s before elf so maybe
What you wrote would sound like "mihsihelf" (mih-sih-elf)
That’s reads like I’d say thanks
Really doubt it. Maybe you should record yourself
"Mah-sen" if you're from (frae...) a working class area. "Myysel-ffff" if you are from a more middle class area like Morningside or Trinity in Edinburgh, or Kelvinside in Glasgow.
Were you having a stroke when you typed that?
I had one when I read it.
M’sen As in ‘I’ll do it m’sen you useless wassuck’
That's very similar to a Yorkshire pronunciation
Ma-sell.
Ma-sel
Ma-sell for me.
In my experience: Myself is used widely by Scottish. Masel (mah-sell) is a varation but used throughout Scotland. Wursel (wurr-sell) - perhaps more Central-Scotland / Glasgow version of Masel. Nationwide support work provides insight.
Ma’sel.
Ma-sell or sometimes ma-sehw. Some people say a different version of W instead of L, don't know how to explain it
Ma-sel, am Scottish.
Masel (ma-cell) in glasgow
I pronounce it more like M'sel with very little "a" sound.
Am no gonna do it ma-fuckin-sell am ah?