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Emrys

(8,698 posts) Thu Oct 13, 2022, 08:05 PM Oct 2022

American voice actor imitates Scottish regional accents near-perfectly [Twitter videos]

With so much nonsense and heaviness around at the the moment. I found this quite a lift. Apart from Aberdonian (an outlier even in Scotland, and I'm sure he'll perfect it in time), Tyler Collins pretty much nails them all (though the auto-subtitles aren't 100% right!).

Link to tweet

Tyler Collins
@two_metre_man

Dispelling rumours it’s impossible for Americans to do this one thing.

[Twitter video]

Link to tweet

Tyler Collins
@two_metre_man

Follow up.

[Twitter video]

Link to tweet

Tyler Collins
@two_metre_man

Thanks for the lovely reactions Scotland!! Yer aw fit

[Twitter video]

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American voice actor imitates Scottish regional accents near-perfectly [Twitter videos] (Original Post) Emrys Oct 2022 OP

Fun - thank you! cilla4progress Oct 2022 #1

Do they subtitle it for US audiences, or are the accents just not very broad? Emrys Oct 2022 #2

I would say not very broad, cilla4progress Oct 2022 #3

Ah, OK. Emrys Oct 2022 #5

It's sexy and from a feminist viewpoint, cilla4progress Oct 2022 #6

I'm Welsh, but emigrated to Scotland long ago. Emrys Oct 2022 #7

Great cilla4progress Oct 2022 #8

No. Both Welsh and Gaelic (Scots and Irish, along with Manx) are derived from Proto-Celtic, Emrys Oct 2022 #9

Wonderful, thanks! cilla4progress Oct 2022 #10

Its the marbles they always seem to be in a hurry Historic NY Oct 2022 #4

Tyler's latest episode Emrys Oct 2022 #11

cilla4progress

(26,428 posts)

1. Fun - thank you!

Reply to Emrys (Original post)

Thu Oct 13, 2022, 08:08 PM

Oct 2022

Presently addicted to Outlander, so doubly appreciate this! 😁

Emrys

(8,698 posts)

2. Do they subtitle it for US audiences, or are the accents just not very broad?

Reply to cilla4progress (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 13, 2022, 08:13 PM

Oct 2022

cilla4progress

(26,428 posts)

3. I would say not very broad,

Reply to Emrys (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 13, 2022, 08:23 PM

Oct 2022

Tho of course closed captioning available.

Emrys

(8,698 posts)

5. Ah, OK.

Reply to cilla4progress (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 13, 2022, 08:25 PM

Oct 2022

Funny thing - I live in Scotland, have done since the 1980s, but I've never seen Outlander! Partly because it's on cable, right enough.

cilla4progress

(26,428 posts)

6. It's sexy and from a feminist viewpoint,

Reply to Emrys (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 13, 2022, 08:31 PM

Oct 2022

largely.

Amazing scenery (but of course you know since you are there!).

Are you Scottish?

Emrys

(8,698 posts)

7. I'm Welsh, but emigrated to Scotland long ago.

Reply to cilla4progress (Reply #6)

Thu Oct 13, 2022, 08:40 PM

Oct 2022

My wife's American. When she first visited Glasgow, she thought people were speaking Italian till she got her ear tuned in. Nowadays, she can sound quite Scottish when in Scots company (not least with a drink inside her). Not to Tyler's standard, though. But neither are many Scots!

cilla4progress

(26,428 posts)

8. Great

Reply to Emrys (Reply #7)

Thu Oct 13, 2022, 08:49 PM

Oct 2022

personal story!

The Welsh indigenous language is Gaelic like Scotland, yes?

Emrys

(8,698 posts)

9. No. Both Welsh and Gaelic (Scots and Irish, along with Manx) are derived from Proto-Celtic,

Reply to cilla4progress (Reply #8)

Thu Oct 13, 2022, 09:04 PM

Oct 2022

but they're in different branches. Welsh, Breton and Cornish are p-Celtic languages, and the Gaelic strands are q-Celtic.

I can, with a bit of a struggle, sort of understand Breton, Cornish seems fairly familiar, but the Gaelics are not at all similar, though there are a few words that Welsh and they have in common.