Tory MP fails to understand Glaswegian accent of SNP's David Linden
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- The Conservative MP Sir Paul Beresford fails to understand what the SNP's David Linden is asking him in parliament because of his accent. Linden, who represents Glasgow East, repeats his question twice with no success, before the Commons deputy speaker Lindsay Hoyle suggests 'the answer might be helped if you can reply in writing'
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Teacher: “Don’t worry, the listening test is not difficult”
*The listening test:*
Every time man, I'm fluent in French and even French listening exams trip me up
I’m worried that you find this difficult to understand (coming from a Scottish person)
@@niamhdee9487 A lot of people find it quite strenuous to perceive Scottish accents especially Glasgowian accent ig
@@yunarukami14 I'm just saying in the spectrum of scottish accents his isnt that particularly strong. I understand for non english speakers it's difficult to understand but personally i feel like the man in parliment wasn't even making an attempt to understand him.
@@niamhdee9487 I concur
"Oh noooo! You're Welsh!" at the 1:03 mark. That proper tickled her!
she's cute
When you're not even British but you understand him perfectly
Could it be the subtitles?
@@mumflrpumble9107 It’s just not that hard to understand?
@@mumflrpumble9107 I didn't have subtitles on
Understood him perfectly.
Bruh he’s an old man.
This is the daily struggle when talking to someone outside Scotland 😑
Only if you talk to assh*les.
I'm French and I can't understand a word of what he's saying. I think it's so rude to speak with such a thick accent when you're not in your open country. He did it on purpose.
Mr Random I think it’s insulting for people to expect you to change your accent just cause they are too ignorant to listen. Most torys are arrogant and don’t like snp, I think it’s more likely he’s pretending he doesn’t understand everything he’s saying
@@mrrandom1265 That is how scottish people speak, his accent is easy to understand. You should actually go to scotland before making assumptions about it
You probably won't believe me, but I'm norwegian and I actually understood what he said, thanks to Burnistoun 😊
As a South African who’s never stepped foot in Scotland I understood him perfectly
Lie some more
Eat ma arse@@JanBanJoovi-ol1qv
Compared to the rest of Glaswegians, his sbeach was almost in English
Yeah I had to listen a little more closely than I normally would but he really wasn’t that hard to understand. If we’re going for Scots that are hard to understand you should check out Limmy
@@wenterinfaer1656 he was speaking English. I think a lot of Glaswegians may be speaking Scots instead of English tbh
Mr Speaker, I know from speaking to parliamentary colleagues that certain aspects of the estate including the Northern estate is not great with people having certain disabilities. I want to ask the honourable gentleman what work is being done to make this place more accessible.
Very clear to me.
Could it have been meant as a joke?
"How can disabled people get in?"
"Sorry, I didn't get that" - suggesting that a scottish accent is a disability. Not all that funny but the accent really wasn't all that thick.
@@royvarley1824not thick, but very fast
Talking at 2x speed.
"Could you slowdown?"
"Aye"
Talking at 1.9x speed.
At no point did he ask him to slow down
@@hannahdyson7129 0:45 He asks him to do it very slowly.
🤣🤣
@@hannahdyson7129your family have a hoover buisness
@@hannahdyson7129his initial comment made me LOL . yours did not . Neeeeeext
I'm a swede and that was clear as a summer sky to me.. What a wallaper!
Be fair, Fabian. You understand Swedish so you can understand anything! Lol :-)
Haha, I scrolled to the comments, and it seems that people which have English as a second or third language were able to understand him. I am from Norway and did as well understand him.
im from Australia and i understood him pretty well
Are you kidding me?!?!
I understood it perfectly the first time around.
Can you tell me what he said exactly?
@@niushatajiturn on the subs
No you did not, everyone is hoping on the same train to feel important.
I understood but not without some difficulty.
I used watch your channel. I like it.
You host an amazing channel
I'm from Middle Earth and even I could understand him.
Well you would wouldn't you?
tbh one of the advantages of growing up moving around the world and going to international schools is understanding tough accents well
I am Azerbaijani and I understood him perfectly by using captions
😂
yeah with captions, we all know how to read. he didn't have captions...
@@lukakavteli9441it was a joke.
@@berkekadircelik6282I laughed at the first part
Conservative immigrant MPs must do more to become integrated into the community.
Clearly trying, it would help if on the second time the Scotsman did slow down a bit.
@@mumflrpumble9107 He didn't ask him to slow down. He just asked him to repeat the question .
He had no intention of answering the question . Had that been his intention he would have made it clear what the problem was
@@hannahdyson7129 Didnt think he'd have to spell it out for him, if someone can't understand you it helps to slow down
I had a Scottish boss before, I know the pain 😂🤣
From Eddinburgh?
We aren't that bad have you heard scouse accents
Pain?
The fact is many foreigners find it easier to understand the Scottish accent than the southern English accent. I’ve heard this mentioned time and again by both non-native speakers and Americans. I think it’s the combination of non-rhoticity (dropping the final “r”) and the broad “a” in words like “path” and “chance” that throws a lot of foreigners off.
Wait what?
But not this kiwi eh?
'The southern English accent' - I think you'll find there's quite a few accents in the South of England!
One can turn on the subtitles [CC]
wait, r u serious?
I'm Colombian and understood perfectly what he said, by the way, what an amazing accent...
Vete a un pueblo perdido en Andalucia y siendo nativo vas a flipar en colores cuando te hablan!
I'm from China and even I understand what he said
It also got him out of answering the question in front of the Commons!
HELL I'M FROM TEXAS, AND I UNDERSTOOD HIM....THEY'LL JUST CLOSE THEIR EYES, TILL THEY FIND THE ENEMIES AT THE GATES.
If people from China understood him that means he was really incomprehensible
bolso66 Well I understood both the Scotsman and Englishman. What's your take then?
Me too
I'm from Glasgow and he's talking very quickly, too quickly and I'm finding it hard what he's trying to say.
Maybe if he had added "We Ara Peepil, 1690 No Surrender" at the end you might have heard it clearer?
Toiler On The Sea hahahhhahahhhhhhhahhahahaha nice one 😂😂😂
I'm from Chile and I had no problem understanding his question.
@@ToilerOnTheSea I think he's saying something about Eric Joyce having a Celtic Season Ticket. 👍
@@ToilerOnTheSea Then again it could be something about Alex Salmond sexually assaulting women in Bute House?
He's talking too fast! I talk like that when i really need to go to the bathroom
It’s easy to understand his accent but he’s speaking WAY to fast for the commons
He should slow down a bit,and pause between sentences.I'm Scottish,but i struggled to hear him clearly.
Seriously?
I'm German and I understood this man perfectly well. My dad used to say similar things to me but he was deaf on one ear and the other not in top shape either. Maybe check out your ears. A lot can be done these days. All the best!
Kenny Mackenzie, Scottish born and bred, and I understood him perfectly.
I could basically understand what he said,all i was saying is that it's not crystal clear,for example on the second attempt he spoke even quicker,the sentences which ended and began in '...the estate.Given that...' were joined together really quickly.It's not his accent i struggled with,it' was how quickly he spoke.
Kenny Mackenzie, fair point. Speed over accent. I just don't think it was that fast to be honest.
I'm a foreigner, but I can still understand him, though it is EXTREMELY hard. Given that English people have more access to Scottish accent, I have legitimate reasons to think that the older gentleman is teasing the younger one.
No, it's not too common to hear such a strong Scottish accent so fast so an older gentleman like he in the video would struggle
That is so true and in public,so he is not just teasing but trying to inflict humiliation,an action that is standard procedure in the house on Scots when ever the can inflict it,Tory MPs at their best,and all the English reading this in the comments know this,as most are unionist,as are those who are saying they are Scots and saying they cant understand him.
the older gentleman was from New Zealand or Australia, originally, which might explain why he was struggling to understand an accent he was not completely familiar with. Most English people grew up around the various regional accents of the UK and so don't have any difficulty with it. I would give the immigrant MP (the older gentleman) a broader benefit of the doubt, because of his foreign birth, in this situation.
@@bethyngalw Yeah he did say he's from the Antipodes. Though he was probably trolling, I'm also from the Antipodes, and I could understand him perfectly fine.
He’s not English you dufus.
Fixed it: "The Conservative MP Sir Paul Beresford fails to understand what the SNP's David Linden is asking him in parliament because he preferred to ignore the question."
Exactly this. The way he asks him to repeat gives it away , normally another person would be like, oh sorry I'm foreign-born , could you repeat it slowly for me , he doesn't look like he is genuinely trying to understand what's being said , although granted the Scottish MP is a fast speaker.
Exactly! He couldn't care less about disabled people
I like how the speaker is chuckling along in a thick Chorley accent as if he is speaking crystal clear English
I don't understand the conflict, can't the noble gentleman just read the subtitles as i did?
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The questionee is from Australia/New Zealand (he has an "antipodean background"). That's why. Oddly, as an American I had zero difficulty understanding the Scottish gentleman.
Nonsense, I'm an Australian and I could understand him well enough without the subtitles.
Nope, that's misleading - he was elected as a Councillor to Wandsworth Borough Council - in London - in 1978...!!!
So he's had many years to acclimatise to UK accents.
@@ChrisM541 People never rarely lose their accent (not entirely), many Brits who immigrated to Oz in the late 1960's & 70's (even when they were young) still have very thick accents...
@@artmallory970 though I struggle to tell the difference between a posh Australian and a general RP English accent.
I'm born and raised in the poorer suburbs of Perth, western Australia.
As an American, never left the US, I understood him perfectly.
I am Canadian and can understand this man perfectly and I am not accustomed to this accent. I think this other guy is just trying to dodge the question.
Tbf eastern Canadian accents are somewhat Scottish sounding. And yes it would seem the old guy is just dodging the question
You can easily tell by the look on his face that he was really ashamed cause he couldn’t understand him properly, I bet if you didn’t have subs you would’ve asked him to repeat the question too
I understood him as well, but I have noticed that certain accents are difficult for others to understand, depending on their backgrounds. Like I said, I understood him, but I could also understand why someone else may not have.
I think he understood perfectly well 🥸🎻🤨
I'm not even an English speaker and I understood that Scottish man!!
No you are lie
@@sher1411 Talking about making parliament more accessible to disabled MPs. It isn't that difficult to understand.
Because you turned the captions on so you can read through that
@@hussainnoor8957 I didn't turn the captions on. I just took the bits of the sentence that I understood and filled in the gaps based on the context.
JollyOldCanuck ok Karen
I'm from London, and had no difficulty understanding him the first time.
Completely condescending and reflects how Scotland is treated by Westminster in general.
Disagree. The onus is on the speaker to make themselves understood. Linden's pace of speaking is much too quick.
Isn't Tony Blair a Scot?
@@utuber2 Which wasn't made clear by the other guy . Even if he had spoke at a snails pace he still would not have " understood " the question
TBF he does talk bloody fast.
That’s a great sign of disrespect not just to this representative of Glasgow, but to the Scottish people. He should be ashamed of himself!
Exactly! Just another reason why these arrogant pr-cks lost the election
- could you speak slower please?
- *speeds up angrily*
He understood just fine. What a ****
Second time was even more difficult to understand!!!
Oh BS! Where have you been all your life?
@@juliahay9570no one on your island speaks the same way, which is why no one takes you seriously and doesn't believe in your culture. It's not everyone else's fault, it's yours
I'll jump on the bandwagon as well: I'm Norwegian and I understood him perfectly
Just wondering... Did you slow it down? I am a native English speaker and had to replay it to understand most things... Even then I still didn't understand all of it.
Også jeg er lærer Norsk, men hadde å snakke i engelsk fordi jeg Vet mye. Hva (part) av Norsk bor du i?
Vær så snill (correct) mine feil...
Men også ... Hva heter du?
@@sophieminter0 This is quite old, but I find that highly proficient non-native speakers actually find it easier to understand dialects/accents. Like ESL speakers with Scottish or Indian accents, or a Canadian friend who found it really easy to learn Dutch while my German-trained brain just nopes out.
It’s not his accent. It’s the speed. He doesn’t even attempt to slow down the second time.
I'm not British and I understood everything that the Scottish guy said. It's obviously just being condescending.
I am English and I didn't
@@alrafter1593 I'm Scottish and Southerners are the ones who I find it difficult to understand
he was just condescending, dismissive and wasnt interested in listening. There is always Welsh and Scottish representation in Parliament, why didnt he learn? its a deliberate flaunt of colonial power
I think it's also racist and classist as if anyone with an accent is uneducated and shouldn't be in Westminster
i think it was just him not understanding because accents differ a lot in the uk
I ain't a native Brit and I understood 90% of what he was saying. The
posh Tories taking the mickey out of working class people.
He's from New Zealand. That's why he had trouble understanding it.
If he doesn't understand 10% of the words he's using then he's right to ask for clarity. Because those 10% could be crucial to the content. The guy just needs to slow down
That’s wild. I’m a Brit/Aussie Asian without a single Scottish rellies or friends and I could understand him clear as day.
Im Australian, what did he say??? 😂
Many from other countries could understand him. Glad you couldn’t lol, as I’m Australian as well and understood about 2 words lol.
As a martian who has never even been to the Earth’s galaxy, I understood what he said perfectly
This comment is a lot dumber than you think it was.
But mars and earth are in the same galaxy.
Thank goodness for subtitles
I'm from Antarctica and English is my 7th language, and even I can understand what he says,even when muted,I'm a genius..
I'm deaf and I heard every word
Haha, best comment!
I understood every word
wow I’m shocked i actually understood him clearly
I'm from Canada and even I understood what he was saying
He did babble his question
He slowed down when he repeated it though
I'm Canadian and I can understand him just fine.
He can't understand that?
What did he say?
English teacher: 'And now the listening test'
Students: [start sweating]
Imagine how he sounds after a few drinks.
I couldn't understand much of what he said the first time. After I had to turn up the volume and then replay it a few times to get a general grasp of what he was saying. And I speak 3 languages fluently. The main issue is he's almost rapping with the way he speaks
What on earth did he say
I'm Australian and it took me a bit to understand most of what he said.
Tory MP meant: "speak proper English, not this gibberish Scottish mumbling" 🤣
I'm a Malaysian an even I understood the question being asked and English is my third language.
Then could you re-watch this video and write it down in this thread? :) thx
Nah,you are just a liar trying to seem cool on the comments section
@@sophieminter0 there are subtitles, if you still want to know what was said a year later
For people from Glasgow, his accent is honestly not that strong it's actually pretty understandable.. Ive heard way stronger Glaswegian accent that when i first heard it I thought it was a totally different language, i could not understand a single word.. This guy's accent is honestly not that bad!!
Hello from Ireland.... 😂😂🤣
He's actually easy to understand.
It is if your Scottish 😂😂😂
@@wanabepetegreen1132
I'm French so I'm far less equipped to understand him than an Englishman. I still do.
@@BlunderCity all in jest 🙈🙈
@@wanabepetegreen1132
Yeah, yeah I know. But seriously this guy is easy to understand compared to his Glaswegian four legged counterpart after a night on the piss. I have had the honour of associating with such individuals.
The high administration of the world masonic government Rochelled period says that, No for Scottish competitors, Yes for English kings in English Kingdom. Are Irish students allowed to study Scottish literature? Is Richi Sonak from Scotland or from Irland?
No for Scottish competitors, Yes for English kings in English Kingdom.
Do Scottish people speak scottish well? Tell us something about scottish past, how many english generals and traders control scottish life?
Excuse me, Who is Queen or king of Scotland ?
Is there a television satellite channel that teaches the Scottish language, displays Scottish culture, history andhb traditions?
F. Northmans
he is very well spoken for someone from glasgow
I'm from Arctic Mexico and even I can make Ice Cholupas
TH-cam's auto subtitles are really good now
For a second i thought this video is on fast forward mode 😅😅😂but it looks weird ti my why this parliament looks like a old cinema hall ?? No computers no desk , bo speaker no other device?? And it's too small
He’s speaking in standard English in the same way as everyone else in Parliament as opposed to some Scottish variant of English which particularly people in Glasgow and other major cities in Scotland tend to speak in it’s just his accent that they couldn’t understand but I understood him perfectly!
as a californian whose closest approach to scotland is watching rangers play once, it's really not that hard. here, i'll show you:
first part:
"-which, Mr. Speaker, I know from speaking to a number of parliamentary colleagues that there are still certain aspects of the estate, including the northern estate, that are not great for people with disabilities. Can I ask the honorable gentlemen what work is being done to make sure that this place is more accessible, particularly for some of our colleagues who have a disability?"
second time:
"Well, [unclear]. I'm saying that, uh, a number of parliamentary colleagues who have disabilities do find it quite difficult getting around certain parts of the estate. Given that we're doing this refurbishment work, what can be done to make sure that those with a disability are- are able to move around more freely and that the place is accessible?"
I'm American and I understood every word 🤔
I think is even more intriguing the number of people attending the meeting
Was pretty clear to me and I'm an American who has trouble sometimes understanding speakers from Scotland.
I understood it but he does talk very fast and it's an accent you don't hear often so I can see the struggle haha
I understand his Glaswegian accent very well.
i am from Indonesia, and I can transcribe the question if necessary.
Please do.
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Ocean Flyer So you can’t transcribe the question....
please do so. it's very difficult even for native speakers to understand scottish accents. it is necessary because it's quite mysterious for someone from indonesia to transcribe the very difficult and cryptic scottish accent. even if it's in general american english, it would also very difficult for non-native speakers or even young native speakers of english
Indonesian language is weird...😂
Not a native English speaker. I could understand him, I had difficulties to get all the words right though. I have to say it's just because that was fast as hell, it's got nothing to do with the accent.
I'm not a native English speaker, too. I totally got the main point of the Scottish speaker at the second attempt - but, you're right - his speech was too fast even at the second try...
P.S. Considering the profile picture and the nickname (Doraemon), did you take a "translation konjac" or something? (It's supposed to be a mere joke.)
I'm in American understand every bit of what he side
He understands fine well
I'm from Spain I think the scottish Rs and the Spanish Rs are really similar. Maybe thats why I could guess the general meaning of the question.
If he had watched Rab C Nesbit this would be a problem.
I'm from Mars and I understood him perfectly even before going to the earth.
"Please could you do it very slowly and less Scottish?"
I am German, I used to live in the US for 8 years, and I could perfectly understand the Gentleman from Glasgow.
He's speaking too fast that's why it's difficult to understand him.
I'm not from planet Earth and even I understood the question! No, seriously, what's up with all these non-native English-speakers who pretend they understood this thick accent at super speed?
I could understand everything he said! All the years in the university of Outlander. 😂
I mean i can understand some of the words he said like 70% but man he is just too quickkkkk
I am polish living in Canada and u have no problem understanding him.
I'm Canadian and understood him perfectly.
At first I thought he was speaking both English and Norwegian.
My gf is from Glasgow, and tbh when she first spoke to me when she was flirting at the pub, i had no idea what she was saying 😂
I'm pretty sure he understood him perfectly.
I understood him no problem but he talked too quickly
The hear him, hear him afterwards. Bet ye the MP was thinking I didn't hear anything.
You’re killing me braveheart
I am not British but did not understand his speech since it was so fast and not unclear. please could you repeat more slowly?
So what did he say?