hampden_loon2878 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I seen on the news a few days back that the scottish accent is dieing off a bit and being more diluted with english/american.I have a very stong doric dielect when most my age would have a tonned down version.Aberdonions used to speak doric,now they talk in a stange scotch/american/english strimash..Even peterhead locals are staring to "talk toonser" is this happening across scotland with the slow delusion of local accents? I love the veriaty of accents across scotland and would be very sad to see one dilutes scots accent across the whole of scotland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) I misread the title of this thread Edited July 30, 2015 by fringo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee-toon-red Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 My nephew goes to primary school in Dumfries and gets told by the teacher that he shouldn't use any of the slightly peculiar words they use down there. Real shame imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flumax Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Hmm, it's weird one language and dialect change continually, so the doric you used as a boy would have been different to when your grandparents were kids. Kids today are speaking it in schools and I know teachers are encouraged to interact with those that do using doric. Is different in different parts of North East, find Turriff, Buckie strong use and retention of doric. In the city tend to be older folk and less affluent areas. I know I have a roaming accent depending on who I'm talking to,and people can't pin point it. Time spent in Glasgow, London, Yorkshire has caused a blend. I guess lots of people are more mobile and hence dilution. Do dispise some of the American sounding kids in Aberdeen now. Plus "Jamped" grinds my gears. Get yourself involved with http://www.thedoricfestival.co.uk/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flumax Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 My nephew goes to primary school in Dumfries and gets told by the teacher that he shouldn't use any of the slightly peculiar words they use down there. Real shame imo.What? Clearly teacher ignorant of CfE(http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/knowledgeoflanguage/scots/) teachers I know actively use doric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunchy Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 First time I heard folk speaking Doric I didn't have a clue what they were saying lol. Was at college and staying in the halls of res with a load of apprentices from the oil company's. After a while you get to understand Doric and I still love hearing it ( even if I do take the proverbial a wee bit). Do agree though that accents are slowly being diluted which is a shame as there are some great Scottish twangs. I even hear differences between my generation and my parents generation with words being lost such as simit or oxter. I might not use them now myself but I will try and make sure my son learns Scottish words ( if only to annoy my English neighbours lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UPROAR Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I seen on the news a few days back that the scottish accent is dieing off a bit and being more diluted with english/american.I have a very stong doric dielect when most my age would have a tonned down version.Aberdonions used to speak doric,now they talk in a stange scotch/american/english strimash..Even peterhead locals are staring to "talk toonser" is this happening across scotland with the slow delusion of local accents? I love the veriaty of accents across scotland and would be very sad to see one dilutes scots accent across the whole of scotland very badly misreported by the press.... Scottish accent is not 'dying' or being 'diluted' - it is evolving in a noticeable way. There was a very nice researcher on the radio who explained it extremely well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunchy Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 very badly misreported by the press.... Scottish accent is not 'dying' or being 'diluted' - it is evolving in a noticeable way. There was a very nice researcher on the radio who explained it extremely wellYe guess evolving is a better way of putting it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UPROAR Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 when was it not ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heid Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Accents fine here in Glasgow im sure Dundee is the same Maybe as Aberdeen voted no they want to sound more English?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Accents fine here in Glasgow im sure Dundee is the same Maybe as Aberdeen voted no they want to sound more English?? Aye, there is something in that right enough. They are clearly a wee bit ashamed by their Scottishness so are trying to hide it by speaking posh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Accents fine here in Glasgow im sure Dundee is the same Maybe as Aberdeen voted no they want to sound more English?? Except that horrible Glasgow Uni accent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Aye, there is something in that right enough. They are clearly a wee bit ashamed by their Scottishness so are trying to hide it by speaking posh. It's not being posh, it's the correct pronounciation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) I've noticed this one Kevin's talkin about here. Anybody gonnae admit tae havin this accent.. Edited July 30, 2015 by Marky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Blackheart Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 When some fvcker that can't pronounce "bath" correctly pipes up, I'll occasionally point out that they are just another victim of the great vowel shift. However, I rarely point it out, as I don't wish to improve that type of person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 It's not being posh, it's the correct pronounciation. Not of Scottish English it's not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 When some fvcker that can't pronounce "bath" correctly pipes up, I'll occasionally point out that they are just another victim of the great vowel shift. However, I rarely point it out, as I don't wish to improve that type of person. Does that include those highlanders or islanders that cannae say it properly. Ye know they say "that's me jist oot the bawth" like the school teacher on chewin the fat. Or dae ye just mean folk face the south of England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 "Farquhar, run me a bäth" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Except that horrible Glasgow Uni accent. I've noticed this one Kevin's talkin about here. Anybody gonnae admit tae havin this accent.. http://youtu.be/0ouk_XEU-mw That's the one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 That's the one! Aye. It's no irritating at aw is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Folk that lose there accents (excluding children) after two ####in minutes get on ma paps tae. Next March it'll be 30 years since I moved away from Scotland. I might not use slang as much unless I'm talking to another Scot, but my accent hasn't changed a bit. I'd pay good money to watch a cage fight to the death between Sheena Easton, Gerard Butler and a Bengal tiger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) Edited due to being a tit Edited July 30, 2015 by Marky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Blackheart Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Folk that lose there accents (excluding children) after two ####in minutes get on ma paps tae. I'd pay good money to watch a cage fight to the death between Sheena Easton, Gerard Butler and a Bengal tiger. Both excellent points. I think there's a lot of the Holden Caulfield in how we relate to each other's dialect. Unless you're Welsh. In which case it all sounds like a bit of an "in joke". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kirk Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 When I lived in Canada I had to time my accent down and speak slower. I did pick up some weird bits of there accent to and how they said some things. Got dogs abuse on my return and rightly so. But after about a day I was back to normal. Apparently when I talked to other Scots over there especially weegies noone else in the room could understand what we were sayomg. And the Glasgow university accent is a disgrace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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