American learned Scottish English for the first time!
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- Опубликовано: 29 апр 2022
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Finally , Emanuel said "I'm Emanuel from England 🏴"
I have so much pain when people say uk and im like Scotlands part fo the uk too
Yes, with Vanille from Scotland I really think he should have an English flag.
@@glimmerg3r120 I agree as an Englishman, we should always say we come from England and not from the UK when including other UK countries, the thumbnails flags annoyed me
That British guy look like Asian
I'm from England as well, and I hate it when people say UK for England
Shouldn’t the English guy have an England flag instead of a British flag?
ikr
England is the UK... the rest of yous are colonies
Yes
Ikr
No bcz he was born in Britain and the girl was born Scotland
this week was cool with the return of Emanuel, probably the first male main member and addition of Vanille from Scotland, nice to see Hallie and Kari again too
That British guy look like Asian
These words aren’t Scottish English these words are Scots words. Scots is a language recognised as a regional or minority language of Europe, and a vulnerable language by UNESCO and also the UK government. It’s great to be represented but It’s a sister language to English. They both came from a sister language but it’s like Portuguese and Spanish. Similar but different.
I agree with you,you´re fair on your words,but they´ve forgotten to mention:´´bairn´´,that means baby in scottish.
@@_floof_2088 bairn means child in English especially in northern England. It comes from scandanavian and was brought over by the Vikings it's not "Scottish"
@@lightfootpathfinder8218 free means liberal in French, particularly Parisian French. It was brought over by the Normans in 1066. It's not 'English'
Do you see how retarded that logic is?
Yo.. Scotland is part of the UK (at least at the time I posted this comment and when this video was published). Emanuel did say he's "from England" but he's got the Union Jack, and the others kept saying UK and Scotland
Is your comment in preparation of Scotland getting independence? Lol
Haud yer wheesht is apparently something the scottish got from the Vikings, because in danish we say "Hold din kæft" which is pronounced quite close to haud yer wheest, and the literal meaning is "Hold your mouth".
As scottish people we can also just use the last word.
It's really sad sometimes to see the Language of Scots to be refered to as simply slang. When Emanuel said it is like a different language to me I was like "Bingo"!
Well, there is Scottish English, Scots, and Scottish Gaelic, so it's sort of a continuum. Two languages living side by side for hundreds of years, with a big grey area in the middle.
@@barrettdecutler8979 I'm not too sure what you mean by Scottish English. The languages we have here are English, Scots, S Gaelic and BSL. If you mean English with an accent and a few regionalisms, then it is just English.
But yeah, there is a whole world over here that gets misunderstood and passed by a lot. And not just by Americans, unfortunately it is very popular within the UK to talk down the Scottish Identity.
@@zones79 Id say it's the English identity that is being talked down. Just look at the video they haven't even put his national flag on
@Lightfoot Pathfinder Firstly, respect for the name haha. But I think it is the reverse of that, because the English culture and identity is THE British identity to people from other countries and cultures.
We don't see Wales or NI here, and when you have the Union Jack displayed, it is synonymous with the English culture and not the others.
I think you could have a point when it comes to recognition of what is purely English, but to the outside world, British IS English.
So sad to see the Scots language being touted as simple English 'slang'.
It's a language in its own right and one that has a long history of being oppressed. Scots is now a marginal language in danger of being lost, so giving it some proper visibility is actually really important.
I'd love to see more videos including a Scottish person, but would ask you to please make sure it's someone who understands the difference between Scots, Scottish English, and Scottish Gaelic and is able to communicate these differences.
Hey, don’t leave out Doric! One day us teuchters will rise up 💪
@@mei5050 there is a scottish dialect, but also the scots language and scottish Gaelic. They were talking about the scottish accent of english, rather than the language, but they weren't claiming that Scots isn't its own language
@@eugenelevchenko9422 My comment was about Doric. Doric is a native language of Scotland, I was born and raised in a Doric-speaking area. I assume your reply was meant for someone else’s comment, but while I’ve fortuitously got your ear I implore you to try Irn Bru if you haven’t already, it’s the greatest drink ever created. And an Irn Bru goes perfectly with a Tunnock’s caramel wafer or tea cake 👌
@@mei5050 I also speak Doric :)
Same as AAVE. "Proper" or "formal" just means what the oppressors speak.
Scottish slang? I think you meant to say Scots, hen. Scots is a language in its own right, not a slang version of English. . .
Nope. It's Scottish slang in British English. It's separate from Scots.
@@justinyoung9055
A lot of these words are Scots not Slang. Scots, as a language, predates Modern English, many people feel it is slang or just English mispronunciation (including many Scots), but it is how many words were pronounced in English before the 'Great Vowel Shift'.
@@justinyoung9055 They have been treated as slang but many of these words are proper words in Scots, which is it's own language that is related to English. Scots vocabulary was labelled as slang and denigrated in the past, with children being punished for speaking their own language. This went on into the 20th century, and still kind of is, although not officially anymore. Officially Scots is actually recognized now. Notable that this is similar to what colonizers have done to indigenous populations all over, although in Canada we had more mass graves for ours. Actually our French too, their were laws passed against French schools in western provinces (which had significant populations of French and Metis). As a result many French-Canadians outside of Quebec are anglophones, and it is a part of current domestic conflict.
Aw this was really good! 🥰
Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.
If he’s from England and she’s from Scotland they should both have the union flag 🇬🇧 or he should have the England flag 🏴 if she got the Scottish flag 🏴 seems only fair 🤷🏻♂️
7:15 Hi from Ontario, Canada. I've often heard of "You're off your rocker." 🤪
So I guess Scotland somehow left the UK without anyone noticing. Someone should probably tell Sturgeon.
🏴 is still a part of the UK but these people don’t know the countries of the uk and they think 🏴 is the uk as whole.
Scotland is part of UK too
Ive never heard piece refer to sandwich, its only ever used for baked treats in the north east
There are a lot of not just British but Scottish Roots in Canada as well.
Glad to know the Englishman is now from England. 😄
I've heard eejit used in North Carolina. I have never seen anyone spell it, but it sounds the same.
Coming from a Scot-Irish background I grew up hearing some of these things but I just thought they were old people's talk. I never thought that they could be traced back to where my family immigrated from a very long time ago.
She said to the Scottish girl, that Scottish accents are more similar to Irish accents than it is to the UK accent lol 🤭🤭🤭🤭
The Canadian girl is so friendly , bonnie and funny 😅
Scottish English is very interesting! Very educational today, learnt a lot! I've only heard of wee because New Zealand use that word alot too. Love Hallie's humour 😄
It’s used in New Zealand a lot? I’m from Scotland but have lived in New Zealand most my life and I feel like I haven’t heard anyone ever use it here. I stopped using it after moving to New Zealand because I got used to not hearing it and it kinda left my vocabulary.
A lot of this is NOT Scottish English, it's Scots, a separate language that is recognized by the EU and the UK. Previously it was denigrated as simply slang and children were punished for speaking it instead of the "King's English", not too different from how various governments have treated indigenous peoples around the world, although not as bad considering the mass graves that some residential schools have and stuff. Anyways, as a result the language is often not even recognized as one by native speakers, because they have been told it's not, it gets a bit political with people promoting the Scots leid being accused of trying to push some separatist agenda.
As a american person wha speaks scots this is kynd o funny, ye earnit a new subscriber
7:16
England: You're off your head
US: You're outta your head
I have heard of the stereotypical Scottish kilt but this is possibly the first time I have heard of the stereotypical Scottish quilt that they wear
..., also "wheesht" is how it is pronounced and spelled, i. e., with an h to make the "sh" sound.
Shouldn't the Englishman be wearing the St. George's cross flag if the Scotswoman is wearing St. Andrews cross? Scotland hasn't left the UK yet and the Union Jack is not English per se.
It’s interesting, I find the more Scottish words used like wheist sounds kind of Dutch, though obviously it’s more Celtic influenced
That Scottish woman’s accent is not verrrrrolly your arrrs strong
I watched outlander so some of these were familiar to me😅
Texas here we say idget instead of eejet with super Country accent at times but they sounds alike with our accent so I knew what that was right away
I always associate "idjit" with poorly-educated Southerners. I didn't realize it was so commonly used in Texas.
@@cahinton. It’s sad mostly when a person does something stupid that was obviously stupid as a way of adding more insult to the injury but in like a joking manner
We use the word 'wee' in front of every sentence here in Northern Ireland. Like literally every sentence 😂
@MADARA Think that's a Nazareth song actually.
Scots and Northern Ireland have a bunch of connections, N Ireland being heavily colonized by Scottish protestants since the 1600s.
Och, wheest ye! Yer ass's hangin' out th' windey!!
🙏Please make a video to compare the English of Anglosphere countries like 🏴England, 🏴Scotland, 🏴Wales, 🇮🇪Ireland, 🇨🇦Canada, 🇺🇸USA, 🇦🇺Australia, & 🇳🇿New Zealand 🙏.
And South Africa.
I wasn’t familiar with most of these terms. You learn something new every day.
That British guy look like Asian
He said “no your just trying to be different”
Then she ended up being right…. Also I live in the US and me and my family have always called eachother “Ijits” in replace of idiot. Idk why I guess because when we got in trouble as kids for saying idiot we started saying “ijit”…
Same! I’m not sure where I picked it up from, but I do call people eye-jits sometimes
As an English person I do question the flag. Scotland is british too, so he should have the English flag, not the british flag.
I don’t know why. I am Indian but I currently live in England and I hate it when people say uk for England while Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland get left out.
5:22 In other words, when the Gael would be saying "tha é fliuch agus fuar an diugh" ...
Bobby from supernatural says eejit.
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The test said my grandma was part Scottish but my grandma denied it and said NO IM 100 PERCENT IRISH
in the US, for #7 we would also say, "You're off your rocker!"
Yeah same I'm from USA 🇺🇸 too or (You've lost your mind N/OR Your out of your mind)
Piece comes from piece of bread as in slice of bread
My bonnie lies over the ocean.
My bonnie lies over the sea.
My bonnie lies over the ocean
Please bring back my bonnie to me...
Are kids not learning that song in America anymore, Scottish folk herritage is part of our folk heritage. we had that still in school when I was a kid, as well as several other scottish songs. Also, it is strange to reduce a language to slang. That ruffles feathers sometimes (that is slang LOL).
Curioso lo de Bonnie dado que en castellano decimos (entre otras palabras) bonito ... tendrán mismo origen o será casualidad?
The ultimate rootword is "bonus" from Latin. Same with bonne in French, which I think is where Scots got it from, the French and Scottish had a lot of connections historically.
Apparently kids don't learn "my bonnie lies over the ocean" in preschool anymore...
I was shocked that no one knew Bonnie, but we have the city of Bonney Lake in western Washington State as well as a Bonnie Lake on the east side, so maybe it is just more popular here?
First thing I thought of was Bonnie Prince Charlie 🤷♀️
@@michelehoffman1308 same! I was like “they don’t know Bonny Prince Charlie?”
I learned from the Carebears personally.
I am Scottish and I noticed in America they can recognise Scotland and our specific cultural identity such as Highland Bagpipes, Kilts, Highland dancers and even cows, whiskey ECT. ...but they struggle to recognise English culture.
They think everything that represents British culture is the same thing as the English culture, examples of British culture is Scones and jam (Scones were invented in Scotland so not English but have become a symbol for Britishness), the Queen (represents the UK and Commonwealth not England), Tea drinking which is common throughout the UK and Ireland, the BBC which is supposed to represent the UK not England ect...you get my point.
But Americans know nothing about Morris Dancers, Cadbury's Chocolate, Cheddar Cheese, Cricket, Football, Black Pool illuminations, the English Pub, Cornish Pasties, Cornish Language, Lancaster Hotpots, Soap operas such as EastEnders or even the St George's flag or st George's Day. England NEED their own identity! We should not be scared of the St Georges flag or the English Identify, everyone deserves a national Identity. Respect English people individual Identity and learn the Difference between something that is British and something that is English. You are very good at doing this with the Scots, why can't you do the same for the English.
Well said mate, and not to even get into Welsh and the divide between the south and north. I'm from Yorkshire and we are more similar to Scotland than to southeners.
Hear hear, very well said. I'm with Sam. I'm Cumbrian, and feel much more at home with the Scots than I do with those ponces in the south.
Why did they make them take their shoes off?
There's a lot of these Scottish terms that we also say in Newcastle (North East England) like bonnie, yer off y' heed, eejit
Scots (which is it's own language, related to English) does have a lot of relations with Northern English dialects. Partially because they are physically close, but also similar influences, mostly related to trading and with the Germanic tribes that colonized the areas in the migration period. North was mostly Angles, south had more Saxons, which is where Essex, Wessex, and Sussex get their names from (East, West, and South Saxons). Also Jutes (Yoots) in Kent.
I don't think South Africa is small compared to the UK, which includes England.. 😅
South Africa population: 59.39 million
UK population: 67.33 million
England population: 55.98 million
South Africa is around 5 times larger than the UK.
South Africa country size: 1,219,912 km2
UK country size: 243,610 km2
I miss Kristina and Lauren...
It has been a while (
People in the southern US say eejit
How do they not know Bonny? Bonny Prince Charlie! Have they never heard of him?
Omg, i never realised ‘dreich’ was Scottish! I’ve never seen it written down before. It looks Scottish when written down but I just thought it was a standard English word. When I saw ‘dreich’ I had no idea what that was and was just as clueless as the other three but then when she started explaining it, I realised I knew that word. That’s so weird. I didn’t realise it was Scottish.
If you are from the north east of England you likely speak a form of English closer to Scottish England than standard English. The further south you go in England the more Latin influence there is and this is why the south of England sounds so posh. They really lean into their Latin vocabulary in ways people in Scotland and the north of England dont
@@boxtradums0073 I’m from Scotland lol.
@@rachelcookie321 that’s mental that you dont know that’s a Scottish word 🤣. I’m from Edinburgh the most anglicised part of Scotland and I know it’s a Scottish word 🤣. People in Edinburgh dont even use the word typically.
@@boxtradums0073 I hear it so often that I just assumed it was standard English.
Iba a decir mi pobre angelito jajajaja se parece el chavo
3:50 What's wrong with the word "sandwich"?
1) It's named after an Earl of Sandwich, who had his castle on the wrong side of the border. Had he had the taste to live in Erskine castle and give the double bread and butter with a filling the name "an Erskine" instead, it might have stuck.
2) In France, "sandwich" is very ambiguous. A kebab is a "sandwich". A hamburger is a "sandwich" ... Scotland being with France in the Auld Alliance obviously can't ignore this!
3) Everyone doesn't have to call it "sandwich" all over the world! Some call them "canapé" which means sofa.
Dreich reminds me of Yiddish dreck / drech which means trash, junk or garbage. The weather is garbage today.
Its funny when they talk about "UK" refering to England when Scotland Is part of It too 😂
Am I learning english or german or dutch this time? 😁
Piece as in 'piece of bread'
Wheest, and eejit😂
Y’all do know they’re two Brits there right?
He’s English, and she’s Scots and they’re are both British.
me as a Scottish person seeing if i can get them all right
I know right. I felt odd in the previous episodes when Emanuel compared the UK with Scotland just as if Scotland was not part of it.
That's what I was about to say. They should compare England or Wales with Scotland. But it sounds like they are making a political statement here.
That British guy look like Asian
We are in AMWF relationship. We are a new content creator. My gf is from Dumfries, Scotland and I'm from Bangkok, Thailand. Her accent is easy to understand for me.
I think it depends on the experiences. If you have some Scottish friends, you will get used to the accent.
With that being said, I don't think Scottish accent is hard to understand.
I am Scottish so it was easy for me😂
I'm English, but was an avid reader of 'The Broons' and 'Oor Wullie' back in the day, so did pretty well.
Im kinda surprised they're not including bile yer heid
Yer aff yer heid. It's dreich outside. Haud yer wheest and have a piece. Don't be an eegit. When the weather is ok, we will go outside again, Bonnie girl.
I always assumed wheesh was the equivalent of or derived from shsssssh as when you say that to tell someone to be quiet
No because in Scotland we say Shsssssh and followed it with a finger over the lips.
Wheest is followed by your mum making a mouth closing gesture with one hand. I think it's supposed to represent the sound of the mouth suddenly closing in mid sentence.
But still telling someone to be quiet?( I was born in Scotland my father would use the term in a joking manner ei exaggerating his Scottishness (I think)
DREARY! It's DREARY!! Driech = DREARY. Get it together, woman.
Haud yer wheest looks like “hold your horses.”
We in Kansas use that phrase to mean slow down or keep quiet.
You´ve forgotten to mention:´´bairn´´,that means baby in scottish english and other words...
Really good video. I was surprised no one had ever heard the phrase "bonnie lass". We've used the word "eejit" in Wisconsin too, was unfamiliar with how to spell it. Was interesting how the Scottish phrases have a German look to them, almost like Celtic and German smashed together. I'd have thought the Saxons mostly settling in Southern England would have had more of an effect on the words in the English used around Wessex (West Seaxe), Essex (East Seaxe), and Sussex (South Seaxe).
I would be inclined to pronounce dreich "dryk" though. Reischl would be "Rye shl". My ancestors came from Bavaria and Switzerland.
Scots, as a language was quite heavily influenced by the Dutch. Merchants, and Traders coming to Scotland in the 15th Century influenced the blossoming language. There's influences from Old English, French, and other Germanic languages, such as those from Scandinavia too within (Old)Scots.
I guess nobody watched outlander. That shows vocabulary is 90% Bonnie lass 😀
Eejit is also from Ireland probably bc we had a colony in West Scotland and where gaidhlig came from
@@stinkygremlin267 I was bowling yesterday and it snapped into my brain where I've heard eejit from. The Warner Brothers cartoons with Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam, one of Yosemite Sam's go to phrases for Bugs is "ya stupid eejit!" along with "ya long-eared galoot!" and "ya flea-bitten varmint!".
@@EddieReischl Sam does have an accent that is influenced by areas that have a lot of Scots and Irish immigrants and influences. It is a bit of a broad caricature. I have heard eejit in Canada.
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Firstly English guy should have an English flag that was UK where Scotland is 😅
The words that are more interesting they choose at the end are in the dictionary it isn't different words
Scottish as the Scottish flag and English as the British flag English flag pls
Maybe I’m ignorant about the United Kingdom but doesn’t England have its own flag? Why does Emanuel have the UK flag instead of the England’s flag?
They do.
He possibly isn't aware of it- he seems'posh'. Try someone from elsewhere in the UK and you may get a different impression of the understanding of Scottish.
Also there are variations within Scotland itself.
Yeah, the whole point of the union flag is that it's made up of the English St George's cross and the Scottish St Andrew's cross (and then also St Patrick's Saltire for Ireland). So Emanuel is sitting there with Vanille's flag IN his.
In Scotland 🏴 i think they speak Something like "scotts" and that's why is called Scotland or somehow
I thought they spoke Gaelic like in Ireland .. I could be wrong ..
Yeah. All these words are a part of the Scots language, incorrectly labelled as English/slang (but most people don't realise it's a language since it's rarely taught in schools and is similar to English)
@@flatcatart glad to know i'm not wrong. It should be worldwide recognized though.
@@beatlemaniacwaltdisneyfan4753 Should be, but there's still so much debate about it's status as a language. Many native speakers don't even realise that they're raised to be bilingual. It's quite sad, to be honest. I was taught some Scots in school, but mostly around Burns night, and not proper grammar or anything, just a few basic words (aipple, puddock, nicht etc) but I wish we were taught a bit more than that
It’s not called Scotland because they speak Scots, it’s called Scots because it’s from Scotland.
I've been watching videos from this channel for months. But I just realise they are not wearing shoes. I went back and checked, oh, they are not wearing shoes in every video.
I guess it's because seeing people wearing socks indoor is very normal for me. But seeing people with hose / barefoot, without slipper indoor is very weird.
Geez. They don't know Bonnie?
Also compare the indian english
i’m australian and have a lot of ancestors from the scottish highlands on my grandmas side and i gotta say they’d be disappointed in me rn 😭 i just started watching a scottish show bc i wanna connect more with my ancestors past and shit and i thought i was doing pretty well understanding small differences between australian english & scottish english but i’m now realising i’m not as smart as i thought lmfaooo 😭
You should defo watch still game If you Want to learn some of the banter we use aswell
They used the wrong flag. Emanuel is wearing the Union Jack, which can be also referred to Scotland because it's in the UK. So it'd be better to use English flag rather than UK. I'm not Scottish but I feel offended.
It’s the “English” who should feel offended, because it’s their national identity that is being disregarded here.
@@tamaracarter1836 Yep Union Jack is a hoax I do believe that there's no unity
Your reply has been deleted. There is unity with some, and not with others. Nothing is black and white. Anyway, I was just saying that I think it is so disrespectful to use the flag of Scotland, but not the flag of England on this video. England is not just part of a political union (the United Kingdom); they are a separate nation themselves, with thousands of years of history, heritage and culture of their own.
@@tamaracarter1836 I know lass where are you from?
What’s so different between UK and England??
England is one of part UK. United Kingdom is Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England. Scottish people don't like English people they were enemies and fight
I believe the UK includes Scotland and Ireland as well? They're sometimes used interchangeably, though--but I think that's the "official" difference.
It's like Hispania and Spain.
I thought is part of GREAT BRITAINNN...
UK is basically a union nation of countries such as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Yer aff your hed : I tend to use “you’re out of your gourd.”
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First off scottish chick is really cute. And i know idjit from supernatural. Thanks bobby
It’s spelt eejit
@@rachelcookie321 American spelling
@@L1berty1776 it’s a Scottish word though
@@rachelcookie321 yeah cause the guy from the show had scottish ancestors
@@L1berty1776 I mean, it does not have American spelling then because it’s not an American word. In Scots it’s spelt as ‘eejit’ so that is the correct spelling.
Eejit is also used in the area in Lincolnshire I’m from (well it was I haven’t really heard it recently)
Scottish is British!!
The last two slang does sound like Germany to me.
The Scottish were among the first to get colonised by the germanic-speaking peoples of Europe, so it makes sense! E.g. 'edinburgh' comes from a similar language as something like 'salzburg' or 'hamburg' in austria and germany respectively
@@EngineMashups Yeah Scots is a Germanic language (most of the words they had were Scots , not Scottish/English Slang) and has similar sentence structures, spelling, pronunciation and words to other Germanic languages. Old English was similar but got changed to Modern English by French influences. As Scotland was independent a that time it escaped that influence.
Very interesting video to me, non native English speaker!
Especially, I was surprised to know that Emanuel sometimes didn't know
the meanings of Scottish words.
That's probably because the examples they gave were actually Scots (a separate language) and not Scottish English.
@@SeonaidNicThaidhg OK thank you got it!
But, Emanuel is from England, why should he know that?
@@bettinaceciliasilveira5773Because England is closer to Scotland than America or Canada is. I think Emmanuel isn't a native English speaker. He has some foreign accent and his name isn't a common English one.
Bro I'm Scottish and I've never even heard some of these words before
You are not Scottish enough..... :P
not used as commonly, but are still heard. have you ever done scottish poems at school during january for robbie burns? they are used in those:)
Tbh what most people call a scottish accent is actually scots the language its kind of sad that it isnt recognised by many people
Barefoot girls is a win , always
I wish they would use the English flag 🏴 when talking about the English instead of the British flag. Scotland is also British their flag is a part of the Union Jack 🇬🇧
Great vid! Love the new faces and great subject as usual! Such beautiful young people! Keep up the good content! ❤️
Really wish people would stop using the union Jack to represent England and not Scotland it's the UK flag you have to either use it for both or use the st George's cross for England.
South Africa has more people and more English speakers than the UK by about 20 million people. Nigeria has more English speakers than the UK.
I feel like the American perspective is hard to be accurate about because some of these "foriegn" terms are common in certain regions of the US but not in others.
Same for the Canadian.
And you will never get a fair representation of England because we have completely different accents every 25 miles and use our local slang in everyday conversations.
Just happened on this but I feel it needs to be called out. A defining feature of Colonialism is for the Colonist to try to eradicate the culture and language of the Colonised. It is done by various means; by force using the Legal System to proscribe use of a language; by less obvious methods like denigration and mockery. This is what happened and is still happening to the Scottish languages. Gaelic was proscribed in the 18th Century and is only now slowly making a comeback; the various dialects of Scots were regarded as inferior, described as "slang" and strongly discouraged. As children, we were sternly telt aff (told off) if we didn't speak "proper English". In some schools, pupils were violently assaulted if they were heard speaking their own language.
So, it is disappointing, though not entirely surprising, to see some of these Colonial attitudes on display in the film and in some of the comments, particularly as the participants are so young. It starts with the display of the Union Flag, rather than the flag of a country like the other three flags. The Union Flag is symbolic of Imperialism and is unpopular with at least half of the people in Scotland. "British", like "European" or "North American" may be an identity but it is not a nationality. So the symbol should have been the red cross on a white background. Then there was the go-to assumption that the word would be "slang", with the implication that it wasn't a "proper" word or used only by an inferior type of person. There was the question, "What's wrong with"sandwich"?". In other words, "Why don't you use our word instead of one of your own words?" I could go on. Finally, there was the balance of power in the format of the video. It came across as though 1 person (Vanille) was having to justify the existence of Scottish words and phrases in the face of laughter and incredulity from the others on the panel. She did extremely well to maintain her dignity in the face some of the remarks made. The balance of power should have been the other way round, with the minority person expecting the others to try to learn about their language with an appropriate attitude. I.E. that the language is not some quaint variation of their own one. Rather, it is a perfectly legitimate language that has been in use and evolved over centuries.