Political blooper: MP's Scottish accent baffles British parliamentarian
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2018
- Members of the British parliament broke into laughter on October 18 when New-Zealand born Tory MP, Paul Beresford, visibly struggled to understand his Scottish colleague who was speaking with an accent.
Beresford initially apologized to Scottish National Party's (SNP) David Linden before asking him to repeat his question. But after a second attempt he sheepishly suggested Linden speak more slowly.
After two failed attempts in the miscommunication, Deputy Speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, suggested they resolve the matter by letter.
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I’m Polish and I understood his question very clearly. I’m just wondering who taught him to speak Polish so well??
I live in Scotland, at low a tone the Polish women and scottish women sound identical
hahaha, im swedish and i understood to
As an Latino American I fully understand what he said word for word idk how even Brit's can't pick it up
@@anthonymelendez949 Londoners. Lots of them barely know the rest of the country. My cousin went to university in London and one of her classmates who was from London didn’t know where Scotland was, she thought it was in mainland Europe.
@@anthonymelendez949 Its mockery, scotland is consider by the english elite and I suppose ireland too, backwards, or not as civilised so to speak.Its funny because scotland has had "civilization" on Britain, along side the welsh(the original Britons),and cornwall thousands of years before an anglo saxon or norman set foot on the british shores,while also having a shared language with other people in europe and a time before rome and germans was the vast majority of middle and western europe (with the slavs being a massive part of eastern europe still to this day),and I think thats part of the twisted humour of the English take a peoples language culture spread them throughout the world keep them poor and then pretend to act surprised when they dont speak with a posh english accent,strange thing about scotland my last name and the majority of the population is Irish they've tried to erased scotland and have just created more scotland people than before
Centuries of British history condensed into one minute.
"oh no, you're welsh!"
funny thing is the accents arent old at all. even independent america is older.
@@Alexandros.Mograine How so?
@@Alexandros.Mograine ?
@@Alexandros.Mograine what?
He later submitted his question in writing as suggested, only for his colleagues to discover that his handwriting was incomprehensible.
nice try on the joke but nah
@@quetzal3000come on man, give him some credit 🤣🤣
I dont understand. Can you repeat that?
I died
Yeah he used the Scottish alphabet
I love how he said it even less clearly the second time 😂
Was thinking the same and I love how both are still smiling and stay open, seems like both are good people
tequila sunset as i live and breathe
@@joekreissl4499 The one and only bratan!
I might believe he was deliberately attempting to humiliate the English MP but his non-verbal language makes me believe he's earnest & sincere. And possibly over-caffeinated.
In my southern American city we speak very slowly 🐌. We are ever so languid but perhaps we merely like to hear ourselves go on and on. Years ago we visited Scotland, and it being a Sunday, no one was out and about except one gentleman who gave us his tie for some reason. He invited us back to his club for a cozy pint. And even tho we did not understand half of what anyone said, it was just a lovely, lovely memorable day. 😊
"-I'm Welsh so God help him-"
Will admit, this ending made me laugh.
Absolutely brilliant "I'm Welsh so God help you!" 🤣
so why is he here ? the welsh have their own assembly
@@frenzalrhomb6919 because you bunch off robbing twats stole everything from us and made us a principality. Trust we dont want to be there. Let you have london and no.10 still illeagal to speak welsh in parliment to.
@@frenzalrhomb6919 lmaoooo you're pathetic m8, screaming at nothing. Keep it up I love being reminded I'm sane.
@@benspiller455 What woman?
People here aren’t realizing that we’re hearing him mic’d closely but they’re listening to his voice in a huge echoey room, I would imagine that would make things a lot more difficult if he was that far away too.
and he was elderly, which probably meant his hearing was not as sharp
@@en1909s9iah ironically he was asking for help with his disability and everyone laughed at him
Plus he's talking unnecessarily fast.
This should probably be the top comment.
trueee
As a persons of non Scottish background his Japanese was impeccable and perfect.
😂😂😂
😂
a non English native who lives in Scotland trust my that is no way harder to understand in real life?
@@ApEvaristo Why I'm answer the why talking me to dyslexia?
@BltchErica
Some people just want to be c*nts online. That's how it be sometimes.
@@BltchEricabecause it’s really not that hard to understand?
Also, you’re a non English native. It’s assumed that Scottish will be hard for you to understand. The man asking him to repeat the question is English.
@@ApEvaristo as a non-english native who lives in your mum, I advise you to pluck a chicken and roast your carrot.
What’s a non English native?
"Just give him any old answer" - said like a true politician
For real
An insane statement in this contex
Exactly smh
satisfactory!
I love politics
He's a nice guy for thinking of his colleagues with disability and wondering if anything could be done to make the place more accessible so that those colleagues could move more freely. Bravo to him.
Im terribly sorry I couldn’t follow your statement. Could you please repeat it slowly so I can understand what you’re trying to say. Thank you.
i have been disabled
@@dariogreggio7981 who disabled you?
@@SnaKe23599 because of this video my chromosomes got fkd up
By disabled he means they also have thick Scottish accents.
I'm an Indian and its lovely to see a Scottish MP recite a Sanskrit mantra in the British Parliament❤️
Indians will never not be cringe.
Would you be as entertained if they mocked u?
@@notrealatall196 don't people do that on internet already. Every country is mocked Here.
Nah, it didn't sounded like sanskrit, it was completely difference
@@notrealatall196 why are ya getting pissed brother , he's just making a joke
A lot of people seem to be missing the fact that the video gets its audio from microphones which are right next to the MP speaking whereas the other MP does not have the benefit of listening to clear audio
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
Wow... his accent is thick but can be understood by listening carefully.
It’s pretty easy pal
@@musti12312 not English, NZer
@@musti12312 I'm English, have never lived in Scotland and I understood him perfectly!
I can too. And I am French Canadian, english is not even my first language. It takes a few minutes getting used to, is all.
i think he was being sarcastic.
I like how when the gentleman asked him to repeat his question he did so faster than the first time, lol.
I’d say because when people are nervous they tend to speak faster 😭😂 which didn’t really help
gentleman? you mean the fat politician that needs a hearing aid?
Kinda defeats the purpose of repeating the question.
No he spoke noticeably slower and broke down his sentence a lot more to make it clearer.
Exactly hahaha
I understood this just fine. But having worked in Scotland, while I was working there I found myself having to ask people to repeat themselves or speak more slowly pretty frequently. I do like the accent a lot, I just get lost so easily.
That being said, as long as you stay polite, in my experience Scottish people are super cool about it. They may give you a giggle but that's it. 😁
Scottish accent sounds manly
Understood everything he said perfectly. Thanks Outlander.
the guy at the end saying “im welsh, so god help him” LOL
Gotta help him..
@Jerry god help him cause he was about to ask his own question and if he didn't understand the scottish accent then he's screwed with welsh one
@Jerry god help him. Wouldn’t say ‘gotta help him’ here for quite a few reasons.
I think he said "I' m welsh so i could help him" which cracked me up
@@user-eo7wi5hu3b lol I thought he said 'im a wheelchair so godfrey helped me' that was hilarious 🤣
I met a Scottish guy once here in the USA, couldn’t understand a word he was saying. Asked him to speak slower, he proceeded to speak at the same rate.
Well, that's nice. The guy in this vidwo actually spoke FASTER the next time.
@@jacquelinestephenson323 Vidwo? Nae wonder.
@@Weejie2011 nae under oi coldent er enthin! Ets uh vidwo naught uh video!
@@TurkeyOW Mince.
Ha ha ha
As a Jamaican with some Scottish ancestry, I understood the question perfectly on the first go around.
Before any more of you say how easy it was to understand, just take into account that they are quite far away in a very echoey room and the MP asking the question is being played over a speaker, while we hear the raw microphone sound directly into our headphones or speakers at a much lower volume and with little to no echo.
You got the point
Geez, I'm not even British and I could understand the poor fellow.
same here.
It's worth noting, that we're hearing their microphones, and they are in a big echo-y room, with noise etc
i couldn't
Is the MP being questioned Australian? I can hear a bit of an accent on him. I can understand the Glaswegian accent clearly, love scottish accents!
@@maxwkh antipodean means from the southern hemisphere colonies
I'm Asian and I understood him perfectly. The mans clearly asking for directions to the toilet.
😅😅
well it is totally different when you hear someone speaking in the feont of you and on youtube....
😂😂
I am the mixed, I understood his words somehow. 🙄
Aye right, Ye dinnae ken it. 🙄
I have absolutely no problem understanding him.
What can be done to make sure those with disabilities can move around more freely?
Clearly something has to be done urgently to make the parliamentary building more accessible to his deaf colleagues.
😭😭😭
🤣🤣🤣
best comment by far.
😂😂😂
Love it
Remember, we're hearing this from a microphone next to the MP, and most of us will have headphones/earphones on. This is some 60 year old dude who has to hear him from across the entire House of Commons.
The microphones probably also project they’re voices through speakers and into the chamber
@@danielmacintyre4170 only to a certain extent. At least in my experience watching the Ontario Legislative Assembly live, it is harder to hear inside the chamber than watching on TV.
"across the entire House of Commons", trying to make it sound like he was far and there were many people. No, it was basically an empty room with them very close to each other.
Just an excuse for a brit making fun of somebody's accent
@@aliancemd oh shut up.
@@aliancemd you do know because it’s empty it’ll do this thing called an echo, yeah amazing so a 60 or so year old with no doubt some hearing issue will hear double of a Scottish accent
My mother and grandparents were from Scotland, and their accent definitely weakened while they were here, but got stronger every time they came back from visiting scotland! Proud I could understand him lol
He was takin’ the piss surely by the second time lol
I’m American and I understood him perfectly the first time; it’s when he repeated himself that I got lost on some parts lol
@Meadowfrost Excuse me? I’m talking about ME, what I PERSONALLY understood, not how understandable it is tf
@@BijinMCMXC 🤣🤣
Me, too!
I'm American and I didn't understand him. After replaying a few times I understood some of the words.
@@lmlm-ph4pp funny because its not event that strong an accent
As a non native english speaker I'm so proud that i was able to understand that
Thats how bad his english was
@@SteveJobIess lmfao
Yeah, to understand it in your native language? 😜
I also understood it very easily. I am baffled how that gentleman had trouble understanding it. Especially given that he seems old and must have encountered Scottish accent once or twice in his life.
These racist British still hate Scottish. It reminds me of how China mistreats the Hmong people.
he actually said it very clearly i usually get lost when i hear a real thick Scottish accent a kin to his
I refuse to tell anyone where I'm from or how much of this man's question I understood.
It's just nice to be here with you.
im glad we are here
@@inrodu_1027 Together.
i love your comment most of all haha
@@goodluck1070 We can be e-friends.
@@ItchyKneeSon what does it mean e-friends?
As a Scottish i perfectly understood him. His welsh accent is fabulous
Furry boots?
I thought he’s scottish lmao
@@guinevere5666 you don't get it
@@bramstokes7156explain pls
@@mrkillyourselflolhe's saying even Scottish people can't understand that thick accent
As an American, I was expecting to also be lost, but that was completely understandable 🤷🏼♀️
Ikr can’t believe he couldn’t understand him, the fact he was speaking very clear Spanish with a Scottish accent is also incredible
Jk he wasn’t even hard to understand I just think the guy didn’t want to answer the question
Where is everyone?
I'm not even a native English speaker and I understood him perfectly. There are much stronger Scottish accents.
It's because we are surrounded by different accents that use different vocalizations to pronounce words. It's like we were set up before something like this. Over there they are gonna stay close to familiar dialect/accent to make their lives easier.
Americans in the southern region can understand him with ease, because that is the root accent twang and cadences
I am a certified interpreter, English/Spanish and let me tell you, the first time I was both confused and amazed how difficult it was to me to understand that, let me tell you, I am very used to hear people speaking English all the time, but this really caught me off guard! Very interesting accent!
Check out some of Limmy's sketch comedy from his BBC Scotland show, "Limmy's Show". You'll soon become acquainted with harder-to-decipher speakers!
Same here!!
It's not just the thick accent, but how fast he speaks (maybe out of nervousness). Even when replaying the video already knowing what he's talking about it's still hard to me to understand every single word he says, and it's more a matter of context and deduction. I'm not native in English, but I've been living in England for almost a decade and yet I struggle with thick Scottish accents (like Glaswegian).
It's not his accent, he just speaks quickly
He speak in Glaswegian accent, when they speak slow, you can understand every words they said
Combination
It’s like they’re constantly speaking Eminem
@@Kutsuhimo8 good comparison
Glaswegian here, we do speak really fast.
I'm an Estonian and I'm baffled by his perfect Southern Estonian dialect. Amazing.
Estonian? No he was asking in plain Arabic about the recent increase in chicken price.
@@wiszak9370 😂🤭
Seto in british Parliament
Racist.
HAHA!
Even my familiarity with Irish people and their accents did not spare me from scratching my head at what the good Scot was saying
That was straight up bullying 😂
This guy literally lives in the same country. I’m Canadian and lived in Scotland and this is not even close to the strongest accent I’ve heard. I understood him quite fine.
@Demon Slayer The United Kingdom is a country consisting of four distinct nations. Some claim the nations within are countries, which they may be depending on your definition of country; however, most definitions don't count England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland as countries. They do not have independence from the UK, nor external recognition, embassies, UN seats etc. In these ways it's more apt to compare them to US states than to US and Canada.
The second time he speaks, what does he say after "getting around certain parts"? Sounds like a whole other language, some kind of other germanic or maybe slavic language
So, what?
Nah, Sarah J, he's a Kiwi & a naturalised British citizen. He was born & raised in New Zealand. We dont even know if he's an indigenous Brit. He could be German New Zealander.
@@2Zemog your right, you can compare them to one person from New York and another person from Tennessee, both states are in the same country but they have different accents
How embarrassing ..
This man is speaking perfectly clearly! Did any of you stop to think that perhaps French, isn't actually his first language?
😂
Well the man is old and it's in a room, so echoes
That is not a French accent lol, I can tell you I'm a French speaker 😭
Man said “desabelity” 🤣 stfu
@@orpha521 He said French probably wasn't his first language so of course his accent wouldn't be French either.
I was expecting to have a stroke hearing his question but I somehow understood him perfectly
I‘m an extraterrestrial species that doesn’t have ears but I understood him perfectly.
I am a partly deaf Englishman and understood him perfectly. However, I've been in that situation many times, where I've had so ask someone to keep repeating themselves. It's very embarrassing, especially if I've still not understood after the 3rd attempt.
ye like that youtube video where the girl asks their name a billion times but still can't catch it!!
Yes I find that I can understand even Glaswegians in videos, but in real life all that goes out the window for many different reasons
In my opinion, when he had to repeat it he made a mistake. If someone asks you to repeat something, it’s quite obvious they didn’t understand you, so you should try to communicate in a way that would make you more understandable for the other person, e.g., by speaking more slowly.
I live in Scotland and I never have this problem. But when they talk to me and I ask to repeat, they slow down or they try to standardise their English. Maybe they don't do this with you because your accent is a native one?
It happened to me once in France. I am Algerian and I was brought up speaking proper French. In the early 2000, I visited France for the first time. There, I met someone from the South-Ouest of France. He was from a rural area known for its heavy regional accent. I asked him to repeat a sentence 3 times. I was very embarrassed. My ears are more trained now...
I'm a Canadian maritimer. I could understand him, but if he talked any faster my brain translation would be lagging. I could already feel it warming up from watching this.
Well said lol
I speak extremely fast too. Difference for us is that we need to keep up with our thoughts and if or when we slow down, we're lost.
I struggled with this at school and so much of my work life, until I saw an interview with JRR Tolkien. He spoke at an unbelievably fast pace. I no longer apologize for the way I speak.
waves in fellow maritimer (it does help that my grandmother was scottish, but even she spoke very softly + slowly)
It's not that he was particularly fast. His accent made the sentences seem like one long slurry of wrds
Howdy, fellow maritimer! I too understood him perfectly. It's probably the New Brunswick/Scotland connection. 😆
I am so proud of myself for being able to understand what he said.
American and I understood the first time like most here. I think he just wanted to hear more of his lovely voice😂❤
The word 'antipodean' lowkey caused me more confusion than anything the Scottish guy said lol
Antipodean technically means relating to the geographical location on the Earth diametrically opposite where you are, but in modern parlance, it almost always refers to anything from Australia or New Zealand.
@@joshandallo2170 the guy is a Kiwi so makes sense
@@the_sad_wallet1553 he has dual citizenship and has lived in the uk for most of his life though.
@@rachelcookie321 I can hear an NZ accent coming through!
@@joshandallo2170 I think he's using it in a rhetorical sense, implying that he is coming from a background entirely different to that of the MP asking the question. 'Separated by a common language' and all that.
I’m Scottish and honestly no wonder he was difficult to understand. Spoke far to fast and didn’t breathe between sentences
But...I'm Aussie and I understood him perfectly.
@@anniesamuel4787 To be fair, we're hearing the audio directly from his mic. The other guy is having to interpret him from the other end of a big echoey room.
I'm Canadian and it made perfect sense to me.
@@sn0wdon maybe they could invest in earpieces. 🙂
Yeah! he spoke too fast like chased by the tiger.
As a southern British person living on the Isle of Wight with a “bbc news” accent, I found it surprisingly easy to understand the question, for some reason🤯
I feel this pain. 😅
I'm Mexican and after listening to the video a thousand times I could finally understand he was asking about breakfast
I was so scared that you were gonna say “asking about gardening” but thank god you didn’t.
lol
"The right honorable gentleman requests desayuno?" jaja
He wants a taco.
Scotch eggs with beans on toast.
I'm French and he is lucky I'm not the one asking the question.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You guys are the worst.
The French aren’t allowed in the parliamentary
German here, would be the same lmao
@Kuncu As a French speaking person myself, I agree. I barely speak it now.
I'm from New York, USA and I understood him perfectly. Great accent
There is nothing better than the Scottish accent.
As a proud Martian, I’m just shocked that he speaks my region’s dialect with such fluency.
Greetings 🖖
Ha.😄
hahahahhha lol
So you're a weegie like me? Noice
You win
As a Kenyan I am proud of his excellent mastery of his kisii dialect ,not many people abroad can do that
Yaa omoisia 😂😂😂
eh? Are you saying the Kenyan dialect Kisii, sounds like Scottish accent?
Is that swahili?Jambo bwana, habari gani, mzuri sana. Though we don't speak very many languages over here, I am glad we learn a little bit here and there.
@@ravinraven6913 He was being sarcastic brother.
😂😂😂
unatuhaibisha
I am Dutch and I just understood him?
Bro is speaking in cursive letter
As a non native English speaker I'm proud I understand 70% of what he's saying and get his message.
Yeah it's not bad
Just don't go to Glasgow, that's where they start speaking their own language
@@bhanksshuggy5158agree. Only English language I didn't understand and needed to read the subtitles on one occasion.
Q
He cant officialy answer for a question that he partially heard.
Guess works wont work there 😊😊
@@bhanksshuggy5158Dundee too
It’s easier for us to hear with the speaker in our ears, but the acoustics could be really bad in that building.
They aren't though, they can't be or they wouldn't use the room, since that's it's main purpose
House of Commons is built specifically for the purpose of speaking to someone from the opposite bench. No, the acoustics is good and well-planned.
Yeah I can imagine
@Sally Rees his accents not a big deal, but when he speaks fast it gets jumbled. He should've just slown down
@Sally Rees The other guy is a New Zealander, but as he'd already been in the UK for years, he should have known better. I suspected him of prevaricating because he didn't have an answer to the question.
He understands him perfectly 😒
Its impressive that the youtube subtitles is able to follow him 😮
Yes, Scottish accent is quite difficult to understand and it doesn't help that this gentleman is racing to get the words out.
Exacly good fello'
When I was working at a hotel desk in a national park with many foreign visitors I quickly learn to speak at a slow/normal speed and very clearly. I had more than one guest who's first language wasn't English tell me that I was easy to understand. Even if you have a thick regional accent just slow down. People will figure it out.
This must be a Scottish thing then because I think he’s talking at a perfectly normal pace (and talking very clearly) lol
Naw it’s no just listen
We've had to learn to understand the mad variety of accents around the UK, maybe the English elite could maybe bother learning ours?
I’m New Zealander and I understand everything he said.
Ahahaha😅 whaat
are you married? I feel I need to ask this question
I’m an American and I can understand the New Zealand English accent a lot better than the Scottish English accent
@@waldemarmoskalecki7891 down bad
Probably some Scottish jeans ✋🏻🙄
You carrying miss
*"Oh no, you're Welsh"* 😂😂
Indian here and was able to understand him completely- He was asking to make the place more accessible for disabled persons.
I'm Dutch and I could clearly understand him! I too would like to know why their coffee machine has been broken for 2 weeks now.
LOL!!!
🤣
"Can I ask the honorable gentlemen, what work is being done to make sure this place is more accessible, particularly for some of the colleagues who have a disability?"
As a non-native english speaker in India, I can say he was clear enough to be understood.
...being done to make sure this place is more accessible...
@@hoseinamirkahrizi4988 Yep.
I had to come to the comments section to be able to understand what he said. Young people talk too fast these days.
As a native English speaker, thanks for translating cuz I really didn't understand most of it. 😂
Stands to reason - everyone knows Hindi and Scotch are in the same language family.
They will smile right in your face while hating every breathe you take.
"very slowly" 😂
I'm from the far south of England and I understood him clearly. No one has an accent like that here but I still could understand him
Born in London, grew up in California, lived in Suffolk for almost 50 years now - no problem understanding him at all.
It was just an excuse not to give him an answer ..
I thought this was clear ?
Well you hear Scottish accents on the news and in media etc
@@hannahdyson7129 I think you're right, it's a prevarication technique, avoiding the question. :c
As a politician he should be able to understand people clearly
Same here, from Dover, I could understand him quite clearly
they say the finnish language is one of the most difficult to learn.. that being said, as a finn i'm very proud and humbled that this scottish dude speaks it fluently!
The way he speaks does remind me of the rhythm/patterns of Finnish (I'm neither a Scot or Finn, however).
Scots language has Nordic links amsure
@Bobb Grimley clearly the joke flew over your head
@Bobb Grimley I don't know what your problem is but I'm guessing its hard to spell it.
@@truthseek4107 No, Scots is of West Germanic origin, same line of ancestry as English. However, I do believe a few hundred years ago people in the northern islands of scotland did speak something similar to norse
I understood him, but he was talking ridiculously quickly.
The British Parliament is probably the most chill and cool government building in the world, seems like a free discussion
All these comments saying the man couldn't understand because he's English and the English are elitist, but the man's a Kiwi! He even says as much, while apologising. 'Antipodean' means from Australia or New Zealand and he's 71 years old in this clip, so he's probably got hearing issues. Also, the Scottish MP didn't even slow down the second time, which is ironic if the Kiwi MP does have hearing issues because the Scottish MP is talking about accommodation of disabilities and, well, he could at least have slowed down and taken the elder man's age into consideration.
This!
@@Stadtpark90 aye if you're into bollocks
You re right, i was thought like that
OMG 😂
True, but if you're a representative in the UK of the UK people, should you not take the time t listen to the accents? I'm so fed up of being told our accents are unintelligible but somehow everyone understands Geordie's and Scousers? I agree he could have slowed down and the chamber is echoey though. Isn't that the point though - if it makes it hard to hear, it is the building itself that's an accessibility issue.
My uncle is Scottish lol. I’ve known him for years. Can never figure out what he’s trying to tell me 🤣
Idunnowaturgoinonaboottisveryclarewat
easetrinetotellya
@@thomasr1051 wow this is perfect
What is "Scottish lol"?
Are they like the peaky blinders....lol
@@Weejie2011 seriously?
i just hear "what can be done.."😅😅
How did he not understand him?
He was speaking clear as dae.
I’m Singaporean and I’m genuinely impressed by his ability to speak such fluent Singaporean Chinese. It’s hard to master the little quirks in Chinese, but this guy does it flawlessly.
on a more serious note, I’m appalled by how an english person cannot understand his scottish accent - i can understand it very clearly, and I don’t consider english to be my native language.
@@alxrnexlj thats not how singaporean sound like.
@@takeshisatou2371 ah yes, i forgot. Singlish is our official language obviously, how could I forget? it’s my native language
@Jack Smith who tf actually says mandarin
@Jack Smith it may be mandarin but no one i know actually says mandarin. we just say chinese. you know, cause we speak it
I remember once going to the pub in Birmingham and there was 3 Scottish men in there having a good night playing pool and one of them started talking to me and I really couldn't understand his thick accent so I panicked and just kept saying yes to him and whatever I agreed to he gave me the biggest death stare I'd ever seen in my life 😂
Even Londoners who speak fast or mumble a bit can be very hard to understand
Yep. Some thing happened to me in a pub in Aus. I'm a Kiwi too. A Scottish guy said a sentence to me and I didn't understand a single word. It's odd, as lot of New Zealand's early migrants were Scottish; Dunedin & Invercargill are cities in New Zealand. However I find Scottish English harder to understand than say Indian English or Singapore English.
I’m from Birmingham and when I was a around 10 in holiday I met a kid from Glasgow & he asked if I wanted to meet his meeva & Feeva … I didn’t have a clue what he was saying but he took me to his mom & dad & ask me to speak to them because my accent was so funny to him , even at that young age I understood the irony 😂😂
@@mjkrbjcw
Just wondering, why does a (loud and) 'PROUD_BRIT' "from Birmingham" use US spelling - 'mom'?
Is that Birmingham, Alabammy?!
Or are you ashamed of your own culture and heritage?
Resist US cultural colonisation.
If he gave you the death stare then if meant harm from the beginning. Bad people.
I think it was also the speed of his fluent speech as well!
As a notherner I could understand both of the times he asked his question
Hi, could you please fix my understanding? you can copy and fix only those places I missed. Thank you. A Korean studyng English here. : can I ask all the gentlemen what have been done to make sure all this places more accessible but I'd like to question ?? a colleage who has a disability.
I'm sorry it must be something to do with my antipathy in the background, but coul d you repeat the question, I couldn't follow it.
well, ?? I've seen that a number of parliamenary colleagues who have disability do find it quite difficult to get their own seats or parts?? these days , but gentlemen??, doing this accomplishment what could be done to make sure that those with disabiiity are better able to move freely and ?? accessible?
@@flyxtop no prob bob,
First time he speaks “can l ask all the gentlemen what have been done to make sure all this places more accessible but I'd like to question a colleage who has a disability.”
Second time he speaks “Oh well Iam very popular today, I've seen that a number of parliamenary colleagues who have disability do find it quite difficult to get their certain parts ding this refurbishment work what can be done to make sure that those with disabiiity are better able to move freely and the place is accessible?”
David: talks fast
Paul: I’m having trouble understanding you could you repeat?
David: *says it the exact same way*
The four horsemen of fast talkers: Glaswegians, Hispanics, Japanese, Francophones
U haven’t heard South Indians mate
we had exchange students in our school and one of them literally dropped a class because the teacher was glaswegian and she couldn't understand him
Lmao francophones is very true. At some point the words they just combine together and it's nearly only the vowels that you hear when you speak really fast.
😂😂 you can add Somali too
I have a Philippino buddy who speaks about a nose slower than light speed.
I'm from South East Asia but I studied in the UK for a while. The same thing happened to me on the very first day in class. A Scottish guy asked me a question three times because I couldn't understand what he said with his thick accent. I was so emberassed because it was a group meeting (he's the group leader) and there were like 10 people who saw it happened.
An Indian owned fish and chips was opened near where I live in the uk and I struggled to understand their accents cus they moved here from Liverpool
There was nothing for you to be ashamed off. People with different accent should speak slowly. Same is true when we south east Asians speak English to the natives. It's sometimes hard for them to understand
Years ago I was in a pub in Belfast. It did take me a few Guinnesses to understand the local dialect.
@@OfficialBruceLeeDumbF, India is in South Asia, not South east asia.
@@OfficialBruceLee Maybe you're looking for your long lost father, but sadly I'm not the guy you're looking for, keep trying maybe one day you will find him.
“Can I ask the honorable gentleman what has been done to make this place more accessible, particularly for our colleagues that have disabilities?”
Try subtitles. Extraordinary
I understood everything he said. If you need a translator for a Scottish accent, I can help you. The Scottish man’s words were: “Can I ask the honorable gentlemen what work is being done to make sure this place is more accessible particularly for some of our colleagues who have a disability”. I heard him clear as day. I’m Irish, I also enjoy the Scottish accent, Sean Connery, a fine gentleman and a great Scotsman. A wonderful actor as well.
Some might consider the Sean Connery part as an er, backhanded compliment.
i'd rather like a translation for the second part of his speech, as the first one was actually quite clear. If it's not too much of an inconvenience
@@seanscanlon9067 Sean Connery is my favorite Scottish actor. My second favorite James Bond.
Me as a guy from the Netherlands could understand his first question easily as well. The second bit had some parts that were a bit more difficult but I understood his point clearly
@@Gumaonetwothree Get the old men with bad ears out of the courtroom. If they can’t hear, they should not be judges.
As a scottish person i can confirm i can actually speak polish, french, japaneese, greek and swedish all at once
❤👏🏻
😂🤣
Oh really, you speak Greek? Χαίρομαι γι'αυτό φίλε μου, θα ήθελα να μιλήσουμε ελληνικά παρέα 😊
But not English thank the Queen
The calmest parliament ever
The Jock was translating from Gaelic lol
"Do you understand the words comming out of my mouth?". "NO! Just send me an Email"😅
It’s weird how it was easier to understand him the first time than when he was asked to repeat it
"oh no, a Welsh!" lol
"my antiquity" is such a baller way to say "I'm old"
He said "... my Antipodean background", not antiquity
@@alicem289 Honestly, either works.
He’s a bumbling waffler that’s convoluted.
He didnt say antiquity lol
No, he means he is from British Oceania.
I’m northern Irish, I can understand easily, I need to do this for Canadians in Canada. I think it’s funny on the second go around he didn’t make any change to the accent or speed. 😂
In Canada we do this helpful thing where if someone didn't understand us we just repeat ourselves and speak louder and louder until the other person nods
It seemed like he just went faster the second time
Nah second time was a bit clearer. I still didnt undertand the question properly but I could make out more words during the second going haha
It’s because they were far from each other
When I visited Belfast my brain was on a 5 second delay as it processed what people were saying. Hard to believe we are all speaking English. Haha.
This Scottish politician, and his accent, are adorable.
I lost track what he says oh men, that's an alien language
The MP understood the accent, he was baffled by the notion of helping the disabled
Sounds about right.
Now that I've listened to it again, I actually understand every word the first time he speaks, but the second time there are words that are just mumbling, to my ears. That was supposed to be the clearer repetition though! 😂
If you put the automated subtitles on they make rather a hash of it.