Scottish English
Scottish people can't say "purple burglar alarm"
Play videoWindswept Robert, a scotsman, attempts to say "purple burglar alarm" with his accent.
Tory MP fails to understand Glaswegian accent of SNP's David Linden
Play videoIn a UK parliamentry session, British-NZ Tory MP Paul Beresford fails to understand the Scottish/Glaswegian accent of MP David Linden. Linden 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'
What Accents do the England Players Have?
Play videothis video looks at the different accents of the players of the English national team, examines the features and links them to geographic, socioeconomical, and cultural/race/ethnicity factors, and also intra-speaker variation
Scottish English: TRAIN
Play videoa Scottish comedian discusses the "proper" pronunciation fo the word train
Purple Burglar Alarm
Play videoA comedian's alevolar trill makes for a great Scottish tongue-twister.
Glaswegian Accent
Play videoA Polish man and a Scottish man with a Glaswegian accent talk about sports and being friends.
Scottish Accents
Play videoThe dialect coach Carol Ann Crawford for the show Outlander demonstrates a series of Scottish accents and gives a brief description on each.
Accent Tour of the UK
We talked in class about how one person producing two versions of one vowel was helpful when asking people to evaluate or respond to speech, because it eliminates other factors such as age and gender, and controls for the vowel itself. I thought this was a really good example of that: this man is really good at putting on a lot of the accents of the UK, and the fact that it is just one person makes it really easy to hear the differences in his speech.