Forums › Life › Learning & Education › UK : Scot : Younger Scots speakers "throw the R away"
“Speakers with a more vernacular Scottish accent seem to delay their ‘R’ gesture making it hard to hear”
This means ye sassenachs have tae learn Scots the noo – but it was predicted nearly 30 years ago :laugh_at:
I seen a story about this in a tabloid a few days ago and took a few photos so i didn’t have to buy the paper. hadn’t got around to reading it yet but the headline was ‘Death to the Scottish Accent’ I think they are blaming broadcasters who speak in the Queens English for this.
I myself think all Scots should get into a routine of rolling their R’s with saying ‘Round the Rock the Ragged Rascal Ran’ at least once a day
Have you walked 500 miles? Have you walked 500 more?
Find out if you are entitled to compensation by ringing the pro-claimers now on……………….
The Proclaimers are one of the most popular tracks on Dutch pirate stations in Groningen province….
It is true the Scottish media is diluted by networking from English stations; but I believe the Proclaimers more than the tabloids. Folk have different dialects across Scotland, some use the R and others do not (if they don’t use the R some English people cannot understand them!) It may coincidentally be less common in Gronings dialect than Standaardnederlands…
Westerkertiers: t Eenege dat wie niet doun is slik uutdeeln
Stadsgrunnegs (city): t Oinege dat wie noit doun is baaltjes oetdailn
Hoogelaandsters: t Ainege dat wie nait dudden is slik oetdijln
Westerwoolds: t Einege dat wie nich dun is slikkerij uutdeiln
Veenkelonioals: t Ainege wat wie nait dudden is slikke uutduiln
East Frisian Low Saxon: Dat eenzige, dat wi neet doon is Slickeree utdelen.
Northern Low Saxon of Germany: Dat eenzige, dat wi nich doot, (dat) is Snabbelkraam uutdeeln.
Standard Dutch: Het enige wat we niet doen is snoep uitdelen.
Standard German: Das einzige, was wir nicht machen [=”was wir nicht tun”], ist Süßigkeiten austeilen.
Scots: The anerly thing we dinnae dae is gie oot snashters.
English: The only thing we don’t do is hand out sweets.
0
Voices
2
Replies
Tags
This topic has no tags
Forums › Life › Learning & Education › UK : Scot : Younger Scots speakers "throw the R away"