"Dave speaks with a very gentle Scottish accent, if you have difficulties understanding him, then don't get lost if you visit! You'll never follow any directions you are given!"
Good Advice Alan. Many years ago I was stationed (USAF) in England. Traveling north I got lost in Newcastle - some time later I learned that actually WAS English the helpful locals were speaking but we were well and truly "separated by a common language" that day.
Cliff
Hah. First time I ever went to England (back in 1985) I asked somebody at Victoria Station for directions. After three failed attempts at trying to figure out what the guy was saying, I finally asked, "Are you speaking English?"
A couple of times I've been on business in Edinburgh and Dublin, and I've had to ask my English escort to translate what a client is saying.
It generally takes me a couple of minutes before I start understanding what Davie is saying. He's a breeze though compared to the actors on "Outlander."
Maybe not after next week.Originally Posted by AlanB
I accused a Scottish colleague (he's a unionist) of still being ticked off about James VII. He told me there was no point in having a grudge if you weren't going to hold it for 325 years.
I'm surprised that people find Davie hard to understand. I've heard far more indecipherable accents on the streets of Baltimore -- and I live nearby.
Bob
I blame the mass media for the homogenization of language. Even still, I have needed a translator in the Southern part of my own country and when I travel more than a couple of hundred miles, I often get looks of amusement to down right confusion when I speak!
I too do not find Davie hard to understand, now we have some people out on our east coast (known as the Rock) that can be very hard to understand.
Geoff (member of Clan Gregor)
ever heard some of the tiers from some of our "remote" areas on their videos?
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