15 Words Americans Love Asking Scottish People to Say

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  • @shaunvlog
    @shaunvlog  4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Thanks for watching. Do you listen to sounds to help you sleep or relax? I’ve made a channel for that. Come and check it out: th-cam.com/users/ambientadventures

    • @logankerlee
      @logankerlee 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh that's very interested! I may have to give it a listen whenever II try to sleep next. :) It's currently 18:54 and I'm still awake from the day before yesterday!
      So later tonight I'll give it a go and report back with the results. :)
      Thank you Shaun!

    • @mayfair_forest_witch
      @mayfair_forest_witch 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can you please iron this poor wrinkled flag? :)

    • @jamesgeorgeadamakos5016
      @jamesgeorgeadamakos5016 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey there. I have Scot relatives in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia- - you should visit there. NE Margaree & Middle River -- MacRae, Ross, MacIsaac fams.

    • @jamesgeorgeadamakos5016
      @jamesgeorgeadamakos5016 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      BTW love your work. Do you ever talk about the "privy" for the toilet/bathroom?
      USA: 1. bathroom; 2. restroom/men's/ladies' room; 3. "John".
      England? Have visited & seen: toilet, WC/wash closet; heard "loo".

    • @ShiinaRingo13
      @ShiinaRingo13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As a linguist, I have absolutely loved this video. I’m always fascinated with languages and accents. One word that kills me is the way the Scottish pronounce “girl.” In an American accent, it is pronounced with a hard “r” sound like “ger-l.” But it’s quite intriguing the way it is pronounced with a Scottish accent; “gar-rl.”

  • @NikkiMKarLen
    @NikkiMKarLen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    As an American who's recently learned Scottish, I must urge you as strongly as possible to resist our pronunciations and continue to use your own.

    • @JonyScot
      @JonyScot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That is refreshing to hear. Cannae beat it

  • @robclark3095
    @robclark3095 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    In America, an Herb (erb) is a plant you make tea out of, put in food, or smoke. Herb (herb) is a man's name, short for Herbert.

    • @stephanie7270
      @stephanie7270 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yes, if we pronounced the H, then we would be eating poor Herbert when talking about eating herbs.

    • @jamesgeorgeadamakos5016
      @jamesgeorgeadamakos5016 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@stephanie7270 Don't forget Peaches & Herb 🌿, "Solid like a rock".😁

    • @lindanizamoff7981
      @lindanizamoff7981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sorry but I am from New England we say Herb like the man's name.

    • @flakyanddelicious
      @flakyanddelicious 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lindanizamoff7981 Yeah, I work in a kitchen , and I've found some people from the North East and Mid West say herb with an h. I don't. The first time I hears it, I did a double take but it was only the initial shock. Don't even think twice about it anymore.

    • @trfmamurphy9885
      @trfmamurphy9885 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And there again we call people names of the month, or seasons, such as April, May, June & Summer. Glad we don't call people after the planet Ur Anus lol!

  • @mythicald4369
    @mythicald4369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Love accents, especially Scottish . Think Scottish people as with other countries should keep them. It's part of history. How boring if we all sounded a like.

    • @azuroslazuli6948
      @azuroslazuli6948 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, as long as we can still understand you, it’s like spice on the English language :p

  • @sarahwithanhyouheathen3210
    @sarahwithanhyouheathen3210 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    In Kentucky, we say tomato as 'tah-MAY-duh,' or if you're a bit more rural, 'duh-MAY-der,' or even shorten it to just 'MAY-der.'
    Language is so fascinating 😊

    • @anastasiasholeinthehollerc8697
      @anastasiasholeinthehollerc8697 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same way in West Virginia.

    • @justjennb11
      @justjennb11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In Alabama it would be more 'tah-MAY-tuh' but after all, we're both southern.

    • @May-qb3vx
      @May-qb3vx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Im another Kentuckian. I say Mater all the time! And tater.

    • @cherrygummybear1132
      @cherrygummybear1132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep maters not too rural in ky but Iv'e heard every way. Tah-May-duh is most accurate for my region.

    • @deetorbett2363
      @deetorbett2363 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Maters and taters....its a southern thing

  • @amandacpicini
    @amandacpicini 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love hearing the Scottish words “bonny” for beautiful & “wee” for little/small. I’m so proud of my Scottish heritage & I absolutely love watching your videos! Always learn a lot!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿♥️✨

  • @rhiahlMT
    @rhiahlMT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Water is pronounced differently all over the country. Depends on where you live.

  • @Auntyalias2014
    @Auntyalias2014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I LOVE how you say "Great"

  • @AniBigAl
    @AniBigAl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    How about “Captain, I’m given ‘er all she’s got!”

  • @SketchyKim
    @SketchyKim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We're American working in Glasgow. (It's been fun learning that "language") I love the way y'all pronounce everything, but my favourite thing about Scots is how you use so few words to express yourselves. I think your accents lend themselves to being more emphatic so you don't need filler words. Also, Scots are the kings and queens of sharp wit and sarcasm and I absolutely love it!

  • @chrisnewton5126
    @chrisnewton5126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    In Philly we say "wooder" for H2O. So many different American accents.

    • @jodydiou
      @jodydiou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's how I say it too. I grew up in CT!!

    • @DENVEROUTDOORMAN
      @DENVEROUTDOORMAN 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wooder never heard that sounds dirty

    • @DENVEROUTDOORMAN
      @DENVEROUTDOORMAN 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jodydiou no Im originally from Glastonbury Ct never heard that....but grinders instead of subs or hoagies and Eastern Mass call soda ton....ick...when I lived near Springfield Mass we talked normal without the Boston Accident

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm in NE, but where I live, there's a metathesis, "woor-ta"

    • @BuzzcutGtr
      @BuzzcutGtr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I grew up in Vermont, went to college in Boston, lived in/around Philly for 10 years. People can't figure out where the hell I'm from. LOL

  • @TrulyUnfortunate
    @TrulyUnfortunate 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    When I was a youngster in Texas we'd visit family in B.C. Canada and my cousins buddies were always trying to get me to talk.
    The Canadian girls loved my accent much to the dismay of the dudes.

  • @caroltaylor3479
    @caroltaylor3479 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    I love to hear Scots say squirrel

    • @shaunvlog
      @shaunvlog  4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Haha I never thought of this, I’ll need to say it in a video for ya

    • @caroltaylor3479
      @caroltaylor3479 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Shaun it sounds a like skittle (candy) to me. The first time I visited Scotland, we couldn’t figure out what our guide was saying! We thought it was so cute.

    • @mceveb
      @mceveb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Came for this

    • @cathifamjourney469
      @cathifamjourney469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Jim Elliott haha, I think it would be cute!

    • @mariaconway405
      @mariaconway405 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      SKWIIIRUUUULLL HEHE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @lindseystraley9596
    @lindseystraley9596 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    "Et"- In the Appalachian region, we say that a lot. I guess it's one of the many things we still haven't lost from our Scots-Irish ancestors.

    • @montrelouisebohon-harris7023
      @montrelouisebohon-harris7023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I live in the Appalachian Mountains in Roanoke Virginia and my family are Scott's and my great-grandmother on my dad's side is French or was. Everyone else on my dad's family it Scottish. I think my mom's family are all English. I take after my dad's side of the family because I'm tall and many Scott's and Vikings were tall, and the English were short.

    • @deerslayinredneck1003
      @deerslayinredneck1003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We say et here i Northeastern Arkansas though we have a large scots irish ancestry too

    • @jamieflowers534
      @jamieflowers534 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm from Pittsbrugh PA, same thing. The steel curtain blended a lot of languages and accents.

    • @bearpawz_
      @bearpawz_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamieflowers534 My uncle who lives in rural Pennsylvania adds an "er" onto everything.. "To-mater" 😁

    • @paulmac251
      @paulmac251 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      my auld dad used to say his pay "poke", over yonder, who's he goggling at

  • @PockASqueeno
    @PockASqueeno 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Some Americans say “et” instead of “ate,” but it’s more of an old fashioned thing. My late grandmother from Texas always said it that way, and I always teased her for it. 😊

    • @ourfamily3570
      @ourfamily3570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's more of a southern thing.

    • @mikehart5619
      @mikehart5619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I live in the southern US and it was common among the older people to say "et" and something our teachers drilled us not to say. Perhaps, it is the Scottish and Scots Irish immigrants to the mountain region of the south that brought this with them.

    • @peterblood50
      @peterblood50 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Y'et yet?

    • @sarahharris5025
      @sarahharris5025 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah... That's not unique to your lot mate

    • @montrelouisebohon-harris7023
      @montrelouisebohon-harris7023 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      My great-grandparents were Scottish on my dad's side and my grandparents even said that and I would giggle as a child in the early 1970s at my grandma for some of the things that she and my granddad would say. We live in Virginia but they were country and they still had some of that Scottish lingo but it sounded like Virginia country. Haha!

  • @racafritz
    @racafritz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I’m in the US and just looked at my foil and it turns out we spell it with a slight difference. Here it’s Aluminum without the i after the n. Which is why we say it the way we do. I never thought to check til now. The more you know, right?

  • @that44rdv4rk
    @that44rdv4rk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "Vitamins" is a marketing portmanteau, comprised of "Vital Minerals"

    • @georgenewlands9760
      @georgenewlands9760 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The term was coined by a Polish biochemist, Casimir Funk in the 1920s. From the Latin vita (life) and amine (because he thought they were amino acids). Based on that the pronunciation should probably be “veet-ay-meen (it’ll never catch on).😉

  • @chloehennessey6813
    @chloehennessey6813 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Digging the Houston shirt. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
    I’m a few miles outside Houston.

    • @Ten13Grl
      @Ten13Grl 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Jim Elliotthow long ago did you live in The Woodlands? There aren't as many trees as there used to be anymore...

  • @meloneyparker
    @meloneyparker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I just want to hear a Scotsman say "If it's not Scottish it's crap".

    • @solatiumz
      @solatiumz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Probably be more likely to say "If it's not Scottish it's shite"

    • @copperhopperwarren4788
      @copperhopperwarren4788 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      think its actually.. if its nay scottish, its shite

    • @Darren.ftk.
      @Darren.ftk. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      If it isny scottish it's pish

    • @meloneyparker
      @meloneyparker 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Darren.ftk. 😆👍👍

    • @johncourtney3295
      @johncourtney3295 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Reference to the Saturday Night Live skit with Mike Myers??

  • @mistyrosemcconnell9586
    @mistyrosemcconnell9586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your videos! found them by accident tonight. This one makes me feel so much better. My family comes out of a 300 year old community that till 15, 20 years ago still had a distinct Scottish sound to it so people laugh at me a bit and ask where I come from. I think the changes in pronunciations are funny and so different from state to state or from one side the ocean to the other.

  • @ecclestonsangel
    @ecclestonsangel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Here's one for ya Shaun! I'm from Tidewater Virginia(an area in SE Virgina along the coast), and we pronounce water "war-ter." Same way we pronounce wash "warsh." We have a bad habit of sticking "R's" in where they don't belong, and removing them from where they do, ie, we pronounce here,"heah." Fun, huh?

  • @brandxmacz2431
    @brandxmacz2431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As an American, my ears melt hearing any kind of British accent, love them so much.
    One of my favorite words from Scottish people is "about." Sometimes it sounds like they say "aboot" or "aboat." Is that where Canadians got that from?

  • @Not-thatKaren
    @Not-thatKaren 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    In Texas especially Texas, and I guess in the southern states is we’re ‘fixin’ to’. For example, ‘I’m fixin’ to go to the grocery store, need anything?’ I know, it must sound weird.

    • @keepbreathing9237
      @keepbreathing9237 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Funnier yet is when someone says, “I’m fixin’ to get ready to go.” 😊

    • @Ten13Grl
      @Ten13Grl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm from Texas, but I went to Penn State for college. My Freshman year, I was studying with my English class (there were only 8 of us) and I stood up and said, "I'm fixin' to go get a coke. Does anyone else want one?" One guy said he did, and I think my next question broke him, "What kind?"

    • @keepbreathing9237
      @keepbreathing9237 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ten13Grl Yes! My grandfather called all soda, “Co-Cola.”

    • @susanhawk8730
      @susanhawk8730 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I grew up saying "taste of that". My boyfriend from Philadelphia would correct me "taste this".

  • @alexcochrane1966
    @alexcochrane1966 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Lake of Menteith, also known as Loch Inchmahome (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Innis Mo Cholmaig)

  • @Aliensdontwearsocks
    @Aliensdontwearsocks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thanks for the content! I will definately have to visit Scotland someday and explore some of my own ancestry

  • @jamesblanton3744
    @jamesblanton3744 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I have heard that most of the younger people in continental europe learn to speak english like Americans because of tv when in the past England was the biggest influence

    • @user-bx4ti6ig3i
      @user-bx4ti6ig3i 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pewds comes to mind.

    • @sarahwithanhyouheathen3210
      @sarahwithanhyouheathen3210 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well it seems to happening both ways, haha. Some little kids i know watch so many shows with various British accents that they speak like Peppa Pig. I was so amazed by this that i looked it up and it apparently happens a lot more than i thought. 😅

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sarahwithanhyouheathen3210 My great niece did this. Once my niece was on the phone with me, and she came up to ask her something, and then said with a perfect British accent, "I must go find my daddy now." Other times, she would ask for her "torch".... finally, my niece was certain she was going to approach her some day and ask her if she could go play in the "garden"

    • @cathifamjourney469
      @cathifamjourney469 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LindaC616 lol, I love this, adorable 💕

    • @michritch3493
      @michritch3493 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sarahwithanhyouheathen3210 I love your email name. 😁

  • @sherrydickens6635
    @sherrydickens6635 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love listening to you from Kentucky! I dated a guy from Scotland and he said so many things different. We say put on “turn signal” in car. He would said put on “indicator”
    Keep sending videos. Love them. We were scheduled to go to Ireland and Scotland back in March😢 tour group has rescheduled for end September. We are hoping UK opens up and that America lets us fly out ❤️🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @nanfertiti
    @nanfertiti 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I could hear a Scottish man say “garage” to me all day, LOL. I love the “ra” sound.

  • @rlrbates
    @rlrbates 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Water is pronounced differently around the U.S. In North Carolina, we say water more like you except we pronounce the the 't' like 'd'. ( Wa-der)

    • @agoogleuser4443
      @agoogleuser4443 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      As an NC native I agree!

    • @tonyahancock9863
      @tonyahancock9863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My part of Virginia too. Depends really if I'm being lazy and my country twang comes out it's pronounced (wader) If I'm enunciating it comes out exactly like the Scottish say it.
      Oddly I used to say herb with an H until people pointed out I was pronouncing it funny.

  • @sarasmith6527
    @sarasmith6527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Regarding herb, for culinary words we often adopted modified French pronunciations. .

  • @robnorris4770
    @robnorris4770 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    “Mobile” can be a city in Alabama, hanging pendulum art, or an adjective meaning able to move around. All pronounced differently.
    For “Advertisement”, we actually shorten it more than y’all. We say “Ad”.

  • @johnjdumas
    @johnjdumas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In my experience, a "lock" is a pool of water used for raising and lowering ships between water of different levels. Do these double-gated ship elevators have a different name in Scotland? It seems confusing not to have different names.

    • @shaunvlog
      @shaunvlog  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes we have the same thing... that’s called a lock, in the same way you’d pronounce ‘locked door’. Lock and loch are different 😉

    • @johnjdumas
      @johnjdumas 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shaunvlog You could have a lock to the loch locked.

  • @maggieswebbable
    @maggieswebbable 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Saw your shirt. GO COOGS!!!!! Was born and raised one block from the main U of H campus. Glad to see a fellow Cougar on TH-cam!!

  • @sandraphillips5947
    @sandraphillips5947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of my best friends is from Glasgow, and we’ve been friends for 34 years. My all time favorite word to make her say is “better”. Pure music to my ears. ❤️
    Oh, and we say guh-rajjj down here in the South. 😎

  • @mariasneed7497
    @mariasneed7497 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania saying wood-er for WATER! When I moved to the Bay Area 35 years ago I always had to think before speaking that word. 😅
    I have a friend who is from England (Hull) and I love how she refers to “jumper” for sweaters and “trainers” for sneakers.
    Love these videos, Shaun. When we can all travel again i hope you consider visiting San Francisco/Bay Area. It really is as beautiful as all the pictures you have seen.

  • @TMcConnaughhay
    @TMcConnaughhay 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don't take after how we speak in America! Your accent is so awesome...please don't loose it! Have a great weekend Shaun :-). Cheers from Phoenix Arizona

  • @jewellfamilyfarm9597
    @jewellfamilyfarm9597 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Being from W.NC There are a lot of words we say that I have heard you say.
    I never realized the words derived from the Scottish way of saying the words. Fascinating!

  • @FineBreezy5
    @FineBreezy5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great Houston T-shirt!!!

  • @glensafreed1059
    @glensafreed1059 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really enjoy the differences in how others pronounce various words. Even within America there are various ways we speak and express ourselves. I do really enjoy learning the differences among countries as it interests me. Thanks for sharing.

  • @kittima3218
    @kittima3218 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love these kinds of videos...but I love your accent sooo much. Everything you say with your accent sounds so much more educated.
    You could read me the phone book and I'd enjoy it fully!
    I could listen to you all day.
    Love your channels!!!

  • @frankrobinson1322
    @frankrobinson1322 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My understanding of why we (U.S) pronounce "herb" the way we do is because of the French influenced silent "H" , just as in honor, hour, etc. Also our word for that particular metal is spelled different actually you guys add an extra "i" near the end ? : )

  • @Donnybrook10
    @Donnybrook10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    we say Ad'ver'tyze'ment. Not ad'vertis'ment

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Stress on the "tyze"

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stress on the "tyze". We use "ads" more

    • @lindajack1391
      @lindajack1391 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I may use either pronunciation, though I usually shorten it to ad.

    • @jamieflowers534
      @jamieflowers534 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now we just day say "add"

  • @christinestockman7042
    @christinestockman7042 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Long ago when I was in English class we had pronounciation rules. The first rule of all, was that there were always exceptions to the rules. Anyway, we pronounce vitamin the way we do because of the rule about when a vowel is pronounced long or short. If the vowel is followed by a single consonant and then another vowel, it is pronounced long, otherwise short. Thus tall versus tale, or matte versus mate. I wonder if these rules are still taught today and if they are taught anywhere else than in the US.

    • @andie22311
      @andie22311 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It makes sense to pronounce it with a long I sound bc “vitamin” is from vital minerals

    • @michritch3493
      @michritch3493 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      We were taught those rules when we lived in Alabama in 1965 - 1970. The word "vitality" also comes to mind as an example. I don't think ya'll say "vit - ality" in Scotland. 🤔 I could be wrong.

    • @christinestockman7042
      @christinestockman7042 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was taught those rules in the 60s in New York state.

    • @christinestockman7042
      @christinestockman7042 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      We were also taught that if a word came from another language, we should try to pronounce it the way a native speaker would. In my experience this rule is not followed very much. But this would explain how we pronounce garage.

    • @maryg.249
      @maryg.249 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I homeschooled all 7 of my children (the last one is 15, not done yet) and I taught them the spelling rules. There’s at least 26! With exceptions of course! My mother says “warsh” for “wash”. And “fir” for “for”. Most of our ancestors come from, Scotland, Ireland, and England.

  • @heatherdeavalon
    @heatherdeavalon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good to see you today. Thanks for the funny words!

  • @Hetty-uw3vr
    @Hetty-uw3vr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Something that gets on my goat is that folk (even those in England) fail to acknowledge Scotland has so many different dialects, meaning each area has certain key slang words that others don’t. I also roll my Rs as in “girl” is pronounced “girill” :)

    • @christinagreen8073
      @christinagreen8073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is so true. Our Grandpa was from Kilbernie and Grannie was from Glasgow (they met in the states)and Grandpa's brogue was so much thicker, that Grannie would translate for us grandchildren sometimes. Yet they grew up only 20 miles apart as the crow flies. They almost split up on their 2nd date when his friend said something like "so this is your bag", which in Glasgow was slang for a slut. My Grandpa had to do a lot of damage control to convince her that it was slang for your girlfriend in Kilbernie. I think flowers were involved to get her to go out with him again.

    • @Hetty-uw3vr
      @Hetty-uw3vr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Christina Green Oh my Gosh I live like ten minutes away from Kilbirnie! Yeah I’m a student and commute to Glasgow and everyone on my course is baffled by my dialect and some of the slang I use. They spend most of our study time asking me to pronounce different words and quizzing me on living in a small village, it’s nuts 😂

    • @christinagreen8073
      @christinagreen8073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hetty 0602 Wow, I feel like saying ‘small world’ or something. I have a tape of my grandparents singing and talking. I was listening to it when I first received a few years after they were gone, thinking to myself that they had less of a brogue than I remembered, when one of my children came in, listened, then asked “What language are they speaking?”

    • @christinagreen8073
      @christinagreen8073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hetty 0602 It is a bit crazy that you are asked to pronounce words by fellow students 😂

  • @neilk.9041
    @neilk.9041 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Outlander is a great show! Helps expose people to history and other cultures! Awesome!

  • @devilman2465
    @devilman2465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Middle English: via Old French from Latin herba ‘grass, green crops, herb’. Although herb has always been spelled with an h, pronunciation without it was usual until the 19th century and is still standard in the US.

  • @charlottethien3749
    @charlottethien3749 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was quite an enjoyable video ! Enjoyed your channel from the SE USA !

  • @kilomover8890
    @kilomover8890 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Here in Alabama depends on how we are talking about Aluminum we might just call it tin foil, also we might just call tomatoes 🍅 maters too. Different regions of the USA 🇺🇸 pronounce words differently from the north to the south and from the East to the west. So don’t also take how they say it or pronounce it on tv shows/movies as the correct way to say things. Love seeing your videos, keep up the good work.

  • @glh4823
    @glh4823 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love to hear you say 'Florida' with your Scots accent. It's awesome! 😁

    • @DENVEROUTDOORMAN
      @DENVEROUTDOORMAN 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      We say in Colorado flat gator to pronounce Florida

  • @dancingfirefly7761
    @dancingfirefly7761 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    WI live in Virginia, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and w hen I first started listening to UK You Tubers, I had a really hard time understanding the language. I have finally gotten used to it. I love language and dialect!

  • @SerendipitySoulFluidArt
    @SerendipitySoulFluidArt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Isn't it crazy the variances in how we pronounce some of these words? Here in the mountains of East TN and NC we say "Et" when we have eaten our dinner! Hearing you speak is a joy. It reminds me of my Great-Nan, who I was blessed to know as a child. She was a joy to be around!! Hearing her sing songs from home which she was in the kitchen, as she was in the garden or as she read me stories at night. Here in our Appalachian culture there has really been a degradation in some of these words. 'Mater for Tomato, (Taters for potatoes), 'lumium (loo me um) for Aluminum, 'vegables for vegetables (for the record I say Herbs with the H and people laugh at me), I hear a lot of people here drop the T in words like "water" and it comes out "wa-er" ... drives me NUTS. My great Nan ALWAYS called in the COOS and it has become a word my entire family STILL uses, but "coo" is an ugly word in some cultures indeed. Sassenach cracked me up - I've heard that my whole life, we use that word for people we don't want to hang around or for someone who has been rude or has slighted someone. I can hear my great Nan say, "Achh, lass - that Sassenach is a filthy rogue, he pockets his profits and leaves his bairn hungry" in referring to a local merchant who supposedly ran a shady business out of the back of his mercantile running mountain moonshine! My own father teasingly calls my husband Ronnie a "bloody Sassenach" when introducing him as his son in law....LOL It's a running joke in our family. You're the best, I love your videos. Excuse me, I need to go out to the guh-rahg and find my gardening tools, hat and gloves right now! :-) Cheers!!! ~ Jan

  • @TyrRaven
    @TyrRaven 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Might I add I love the outlander series on the book shelf, I just got the book series and can’t wait to read them!

  • @lorrainegreen6782
    @lorrainegreen6782 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Here in America we say parking lot. In England they say car park. Don’t know if car park is used in Scotland. I thoroughly enjoy all your videos Shaun!

  • @JaimieJo
    @JaimieJo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fun video Shaun! I think I love the Scots accent more than any other in the world! Although I have a hard time understanding the Glaswegian Scots. My faves are coo, which reminds me of that video you did where you captured the person in the cow costume singing about the highland coo! That was so funny! I also love wee bonny lass. Scots is such a beautiful language! I've been trying to learn Swedish for years and it is so difficult! I speak French. I think a lot of the words in the US have a French influence. Thus you hear herb as erb. Here in the mountains of Utah, most locals say warsh for wash, wadder for water and crick for creek! It's weird hearing Sam Heughan give interviews because he sounds British. But in Outlander his accent is verra fine! American English has so many influences. And every State has its own quirky words!

    • @JaimieJo
      @JaimieJo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      p.s. Did you do any filming in Edinburgh last week? I'm just waiting for some Scotland outdoors! Stay safe!

  • @2tubeornottootube
    @2tubeornottootube 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    12:17 I'm familiar with the word "coup"... sounds like what you're saying for cow.

  • @r2Gt06
    @r2Gt06 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I especially loved the "lads and lasses" 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 Thanks a bunch, Shaun, the video is gorgeous as always! Cheers!

  • @TerryB751
    @TerryB751 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I guess with with the U.S. "aluminum" and the U.K. "aluminium", there is a spelling difference so there is an added syllable.

    • @deetorbett2363
      @deetorbett2363 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's one word I still can't say unless I read it. Get teased about it all the time

  • @MrTmwilliamson
    @MrTmwilliamson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really enjoyed this video! I am so pleased to see you wearing the University of Houston shirt that I sent you.

  • @squint04
    @squint04 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Shaun, my Mom came from Glasgow as a young child! To this day!! She will pronounce #5 as you would!! AND a few other words!! Do they still call a "Harmonica" a "mouth Organ" OR "mouthy" in Scotland? My Grandpa used those names! Regards from Southern Calif. Keep the videos coming friend!!

  • @autoadjuster
    @autoadjuster 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the Metro Card pasted on the shelf behind you. My grand mother was from the UK, I grew up hearing words both ways.

  • @RockinTheBassGuitar
    @RockinTheBassGuitar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Vitamin is short for "vital mineral" so we keep the pronunciation the same.
    With dropping the h in herb, I believe that was a class distinction at the time of the colonies that later just ended up devided between the continents.

  • @claudiapulido617
    @claudiapulido617 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Shaun, thank you for this video! As a non English native speaker this video helps me a lot to do not get so worry when talking in English and thinking at the same time about the "right" way I have to pronounce a word!

  • @sandragarner3913
    @sandragarner3913 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please don’t stop using your wonderful accent, I love it

  • @stroudsptr4111
    @stroudsptr4111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We spent our honeymoon in Glasgow and overheard a young boy say the word watermelon. It sounded more like watermalone. I don’t know if that’s common, but we loved it so much we have adopted it in our household.

  • @ShiftylittleDemon
    @ShiftylittleDemon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I think I saw something about how the word 'herb' was originally French and in French the h is silent

    • @caulkins69
      @caulkins69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Just like "hour," "hono(u)r" and "honest." Even the British don't pronounce the "h" in those.

  • @tracylee3925
    @tracylee3925 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hiya Shaun, posting from Wilmington NC, sorry I missed you on your last trip. Great vid, on the shortening of things like aluminium and other words, maybe we tried to borrow from Shakespeare- "Brevity is the soul of wit"... Which also explains many of the other words in the video, especially in the American South, laziness. Don't speak or do anything else any more than you must. ***also, your "lad" addition was funny after spending some time in Ireland.

  • @errinrhodes6784
    @errinrhodes6784 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love that you have all the Outlander books behind you! ❤

  • @LauraMartin-ie6yo
    @LauraMartin-ie6yo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for this great video!!! What about the term “ken” or “kent?” As in “you ken” something. Outlander uses it a lot and wondered if it was still common in Scotland today?

    • @irenepaulton3392
      @irenepaulton3392 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well it was 29 years ago when I first moved here. It took me a while to work out who the hell Ken was, lol! I eventually realised it was the Scots language equivalent of "you know" (ye ken) and it was used a lot in everyday speech. It's tended to die out a bit now but you still hear it now and then.

  • @Pixiemama63
    @Pixiemama63 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    We love you too..My grandma said some of the Scottish words. We grew up with it. My Irish grandmother used a different dialect. But we grew up with that too. And when they were mad we just said yes mam. All letters were addressed to Master or Miss sometimes Lady.

  • @laura01279
    @laura01279 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live close to Mobile (MO-BEEL) Alabama. A city. Something that can be moved is MO-BILE.

  • @ThyGeekGoddessMuze
    @ThyGeekGoddessMuze 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “It must have been something I et.” Was Dad’s cute way of saying his food upset his stomach. After a burp, or indigestion.

  • @StMyles
    @StMyles 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    😂 this was fun to watch. I’ve narrowed my Scottish channels viewing, to you and Erin for Scottish culture views. Thank for sharing Shaun.

  • @bassmangotdbluz3547
    @bassmangotdbluz3547 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Water is pronounced many different ways in America. We call print advertisements and billboards "ads" while on Television we refer to them as "commercials".

  • @robertschwartz4810
    @robertschwartz4810 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember hearing the British pronunciation of vitamin in "The Lady Vanishes". Also, I used to love hearing Craig Ferguson say squirrel as "squiddel".

  • @nambuibouchawang8928
    @nambuibouchawang8928 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m from north India and I subscribed to your channel just yesterday itself and these is the third video of you I watch and I really enjoy a lot and coming back to these video I just wanna say we speak almost the same British accent as you do !!!

    • @dicey8928
      @dicey8928 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have always thought the same about india and Scottish the tones are same

  • @rebeccacornett9035
    @rebeccacornett9035 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved this! I’m from North Carolina and my sister and brother in law live in Edinburgh now. 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @johnjdumas
    @johnjdumas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I live north of Boston MA I say water the same way you do with a T not a D.

  • @tonyahancock9863
    @tonyahancock9863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I actually love how ya'll say good.

  • @mariareed5238
    @mariareed5238 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was born in Scotland, my family moved to Australia and were I stayed up until 2 yrs ago. I am now living in America with my American husband and due to my upbringing ie Scottish household in an Aussie country I picked up both Aussie and Scottish words I also can not do a Scottish accent to save my life.

  • @lauriepalmer6421
    @lauriepalmer6421 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the little music between the numbers you used

  • @r2Gt06
    @r2Gt06 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lovely seeing you, Shaun!!!!!

  • @elainecragel4647
    @elainecragel4647 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    My father grew up in West Virginia, and could never say aluminum properly. Always enjoy your videos Shaun. Brings a smile and makes my day Take care.

  • @DanieVargas
    @DanieVargas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh yeah, I knew about “Priv-eh-cy” in the U.K. My husband and I are avid Renascence Fair goersand at Faire the bathrooms are referred to as “Privys”... a shortened version of
    Priv-eh-cy!

  • @claudiapulido617
    @claudiapulido617 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Also thank you for helping me understand better the Schotish way of talking, I just started watching Outlander and know more things are clearer ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️

  • @donnaroberts281
    @donnaroberts281 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m from the Great Lakes Region (aka the Upper Midwest) and we tend to be really lazy in our pronunciation. “Can you” sounds like “queue”. “Did you eat yet?” is more like “jeet jet?” This may be the case in other parts of the country too. TH-camr Safiya Nygaard is a good example of someone from the Midwest (Chicago) who goes to the other extreme and is very precise in her pronunciation.

  • @lindaclark3319
    @lindaclark3319 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Michigan here, besides the pronunciation of certain words, there is one phrase that drives me crazy. On shows when someone is ill or hurt they are "in hospital". We say they are in "THE" hospital. There are several nouns used that leave off the article of speech 'the". I noticed this turn of phrase from Doc Martin. Love your shows, and enjoyed watching you unpack your care box from Michigan. I'm surprised they didn't include some fudge from Mackinac Island. It is an Island in Lake Huron near the Mackinac bridge which is famous for their fudge.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      True, but if they're outside Detroit, that is a bit of a long drive for fudge, correct? I mean, at least until the end of the summer! 😁

  • @leefischer5814
    @leefischer5814 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    We'll compromise on Garage and just call it the Carriage House 😂 But we'll never say we chopped up Herb, that'll get the Police looking and asking why you chopped Herbert up.

  • @chrisholzhauer3698
    @chrisholzhauer3698 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Many Americans find the Scottish people and culture fascinating, myself included. In your future travels, you may want to consider the Appalachian Mountains and surrounding regions. Many Scottish people settled those areas and because they were so remote, some of the culture, ways, and even certain speech patterns exist there to this day. It would be interesting watching a video of you visiting with some mountain folks who have that history.

  • @georgenewlands9760
    @georgenewlands9760 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The aluminium/aluminum thing goes back to Humphrey Davey, the guy who “discovered” the metal. He used both spellings in his writing, the U.K. used the former and the US adopted the latter, though I don’t know why.

  • @tracysmith1871
    @tracysmith1871 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks. Great video 👍. Please do more of these. I enjoyed the last 5 the most because I have heard the rest of them before.

  • @Shadowace724
    @Shadowace724 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    All but #13 I know well. I am in the US, however, my father worked for Leyland when I was young. Sassenach I learned from a wonderful sci-fi book by Anne McCaffrey and Jody Lynn Nye. They did spell it Sassinak however.

  • @doghair5403
    @doghair5403 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You should really check out "Lost in the pond". He is a Brit living the USA and has a lot of videos on words. He has done research on how and why we are, as he says "two nations divided by a common language".

  • @davefinster8697
    @davefinster8697 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Found out about your videos while watching Bruce Fummey. I'm a Californian (a subspecies of American!). My Dad's ancestry is largely Scottish, my Mom's is Welsh 100%. And in Welsh, the word "Saesneg" is used to apply to those people others call "English". It's the Welsh word for "Saxon", and looks to me like it's a twin to the Scots Gaelic "Sassenach". Those people from east of the Welsh border are still "Saxons"...Saesneg...1500 years after they first made their appearance. My Taid (Welsh for Grandfather) did not seem to be using the word as a compliment...

  • @seanchadwick9036
    @seanchadwick9036 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Shawn, In the US, water is also is pronounced differently depending on what state or region a person is from.

  • @planojag595
    @planojag595 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video Shawn. We Americans don’t say the H in Herb because we try miserably to pronounce that French word as the French would say it. We do the same with Honor (you spell it Honour) but what’s funny is you do drop the H in Honour but pronounce the H in Herb. I always wondered why you say the H in Herb but not in Honour.

  • @angelamowbar7492
    @angelamowbar7492 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm dying! 🤣😂🤣 Shaun I thought you said: Hairball Tea!!!! Bwahahahaa in America saying herbal tea the h is just quiet to make it difficult I'm sure. Because we always need more rules in language somehow. 🙃

  • @irenepaulton3392
    @irenepaulton3392 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    No. 5, Garage - how you say it in the UK is very regional but can sometimes be due to your class. I'm English. specifically from the West Midlands and was always brought up to say Garage in the same way that Scots do. Funnily enough, I now live in Scotland (for 29 years now) and really find the lengthened second syllable (ga - rarge) very alien, even though I spent some considerable time near London and heard it said with the long second syllable all the time.

  • @maryannewillequer3305
    @maryannewillequer3305 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well, this was great fun to watch tonite! Thanks!

  • @evelynalden7291
    @evelynalden7291 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    On the mobile/cell phone issue, I don't know if satellite phones were a big thing in Scotland, but over here, they were fairly widely used by ranchers (in my area) and businesspeople before cellular phones. So my guess is that we started using "cell" to differentiate the types of mobile phones.