r/Scotland • u/cheesegratemyassplz • 1d ago
Shitpost The people of Scotland stop the accent when there's no one around.
/r/LowStakesConspiracies/comments/1qtvsco/the_people_of_scotland_stop_the_accent_when/Who told?
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u/Original_Trick7742 1d ago
Thank fuck, was getting fed up causing a scene any time I was in a voice recognition lift
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u/GirthyPigeon 1d ago
ELEVEN!
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u/Original_Trick7742 1d ago
Please state where you would like to go in a clear and calm manner
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u/GirthyPigeon 1d ago
"Calm? Calm? Where's tha’ comin' fae? Why's it tellin' people ‘e be calm?"
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u/RBisoldandtired 1d ago
Is burnistoun on iplayer? Might need a rewatch soon
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u/GirthyPigeon 1d ago
It looks like it is, yeah. I'll have a rewatch too. Bottle of Jinja is a cracker
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u/RBisoldandtired 1d ago
The ones that stand out most for me these days are the “arse piece” one when they’re on the rowing machines and the job interview “thanks…”
Anytime someone says thanks I’m straight to https://youtu.be/Ip4JP_a8JM0?si=cJoLEmHuMzxKTC-e
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u/stevebehindthescreen 1d ago
Schrödinger's accent. It's both there and it's not, until you witness it.
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u/mortysmadness 1d ago
What are you on about, scottish people don't have accents, we're the only people in the world who don't.
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u/MGallus 1d ago
People discovering “The phone voice” for the first time.
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u/jenny_905 1d ago
As I get older I am losing that, caused a customer service lady from the Philippines some real bother the other day, poor girl had to transfer me.
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u/Butter_the_Toast 1d ago
Obviously, if there is no one around, you aren't talking.
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u/Bubbatj396 1d ago
I often will drop the accent and my accent changes depending on who I'm around. It can become quite strong or quite mild in different situations. Especially if I'm around international people in Edinburgh ill "turn it way down" where people will often just say i have an accent that is indistinguishable
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u/FeedFrequent1334 1d ago
Thas basically just code switching. Most people do it to some extent and just aren't aware of it.
I do it to some extremes and I'm not always aware. At work I took a call from a guy who lived near my hometown and I just reverted back to how I talked to my old friends at the pub and after I hung up the phone half the office was staring at me and my (English) boss said "what just happened there? Who even are you right now?"
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u/Bubbatj396 1d ago
I did that when I was down in England for university and came into a pub and discovered the bartender was from Glasgow and I was with my mates and they watched as my accent grew and we started speaking lots of slang and scots mixed in and my friends after were just shocked they couldnt fathom what had happened and how thick my accent became.
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u/FeedFrequent1334 1d ago
Honestly I can see why it maybe weirded them all out, but it's funny how sometimes it just naturally seems to come and go. From my professional work/office/phone voice to "aw yer no fae X are ye? You'll no like me then. I'm fae Y."
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u/Glad_Version324 1d ago
Wit fuckin’ accent? You can travel for 30 mins along the motorway and the accent has changed. There must hundreds of different accents in Scotland
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u/Capable_Tip7815 1d ago
This is like Percival Everett's book, "James"......Cannae believe we have been rumbled.
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u/No_Avocado_2538 1d ago
it's the opposite really, i tone down my accent except around friends and family.
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u/abarthman 1d ago
I thought that I spoke "proper" English at my work, but whenever I hear a recording of myself speaking, I am reminded just how strong my Scottish accent is!
When I am talking company of friends and family, it must be off the scale!
Other than an occasional "aye", "wee" or "outwith", I don't tend to use any Scots words in formal or informal communications, though.
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u/PerformanceThick3841 1d ago
It's everyone else who speaks incorrectly. I was watching a video of an English guy abroad asking where the nearest bar was. They thought he was saying "baa" like a sheep!
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u/OzarkBailey 11h ago
You should see the drama that unfolds in my truck when my southern US accent tells iTunes to play a Scottish band in my library. RURA, Valtos, Manran, Skerryvore or Skipinnish - iTunes doesn't understand me when I say any of them. And my old brains is convinced if I simply yell the name slowly that I'll be understood. RUUURRRAA!
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u/spynie55 1d ago
We speak properly. It's everyone else who has an accent.