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Duke of Argyll being the Chief of Clan Campbell actually more relatable to Irish Gaelic (before it was Anglicanised really) means essentially Crooked Mouth of which is whos tartan the Black Watch use ruclips.net/video/-U5jOkkyaTI/видео.html
You'll never feel like mentioning Stonehenge again once you've seen Skara Brae, Ravens. It was covered with sand for centuries and only rediscovered after a big storm blew all that away (so save it for a summer visit).
You had a pretty easy time of it there - it’s when you try getting your mouths around Scottish placenames that things get interesting. Kirkcudbright, Auchermuchty and Milngavie might all be designed to trip up the unwary ...
This has really made me realise (a Brit) how “shire” is pronounced differently all over the British Isles, even within countries. I’m from Lincolnshire, where it’s definitely “shur”.
From North East England I'd say shire like "sha" (with a short "a" sound). Like you said, it is interesting how there is so many ways of saying the same word all over Britain
As someone from Orkney, I recommend you definitely visit. It is a beautiful group of islands, and definitely take some time visiting the islands other than just the mainland. Some of the best ones are Hoy, Westray, Rousay (my home island), and Sanday
Oh also, insider information for you guys when you visit. Either call it 'The Orkney Islands/Isles' or just 'Orkney' don't call it the Orkneys. No body likes that. Also, when you are there you are 'in Orkney' not 'on Orkney'. Just a few tips to not annoy the locals
The "pirate actor" comes Robert Newton who played Long John Silver with his native west country accent and that got attached to pirates. But pirates would have spoken with a wide variety of accents
@@WanderingRavens Bristol and Plymouth were two of the busiest ports in the world during the golden age of piracy, so it's no wonder a lot of pirates (and more honest sailors) spoke with Westcountry accents. But Bartholomew Roberts was definitely Welsh, so the "wide variety of accents" holds true as well.
Hmm. I have to wonder whether Americans also have difficulty hearing certain sounds as well as pronouncing them. For example, in this video you listen to the speaker saying "East Lothian", and to me the i is very strongly pronounced - East Loathe Ian. A very strong ee sound in the middle (which is the i sound). But then you immediately state that you heard "East loth an" as though you didn't hear the i at all, and say that maybe it was there just a little bit. I literally cannot imagine a more pronounced ee sound, so are you hearing what I'm hearing?
Oh wow! You're right! I'm sure that growing up hearing different accents influences what we hear. Would be very interesting to do a video about this :D
I agree! As a Scottish accented person, I heard the words very differently too. Scottish vowels in particular are different - a lot of people can't hear the difference between words like tick and tech in my accent when to me they sound really different and no Scottish person would be confused about which I'd said.
“Americans “ is a very general term. I don’t know where Eric and Grace hail from but I am from Northern New England (Maine actually) and my parents are from New Hampshire. Our accent and pronunciation is very different. I had no trouble with any of these county names. 🙂
The ironic thing is unlike English Welsh pronunciations follow the same consistent rules so once you learn how it our alphabet works you can figure out pretty much any Welsh place name just by spelling it out phonetically
I really like the way you two approach this. You seem genuinely interested in learning. I've watched Americans do similar place pronunciations (I am also American) and they tend to laugh and mock place names that are different than their own (including other places in America). I much prefer your style.
I think that you should get 4 haggises out of 5! A very famous trap for visitors to Scotland is Kirkcudbright, pronounced kur-KOO-bree. Also, I was caught out in Fife when I saw Burntisland on a road sign. I thought it might be burntiss-land but it turned out to be burnt island!
As a Scottish podcaster I have to say you chose the easy ones. Orkney is stunning. I look at it daily. I've visited a few times. Shetland is also fantastic. The Hebrides are beautiful. We are a very lucky nation. Also the way these are pronounced varies around the Scottish regions. Local dialects are very interesting. Good luck and if you ever get to Caithness give me a shout.
If you visit scotland, check out ardnamurchan. Its a beautiful peninsula on the west coast that is relatively undiscovered by tourists. Its home to small fishing villages, beautiful beaches, eagles and the ferry to tobermoray.
If you want to do a road trip around Scotland I recommend the north coast 500 One of the best roads on the planet. 500 miles of twisties through some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. If you want to visit and island I would recommend Mull to visit Tobermory the most beautiful town in Scotland and the isle of harris for the most beautiful scenery and beaches in the UK. I'm from North Lanarkshire and you were right out it probably being an industrial area. Alot of steel manufacturing, anti social behaviour and not much else
@@WanderingRavens also a good "route", well not route but a good adventure is to go from Land's End to John O Goats. I did it by walking every day and night ( when I was a bit younger!) and sleeping in any Inn (hotel or B&B really) I could find. It rather fascinating. I did odd jobs to pay for it on the way up.
I did a tour many back. Went up the west side to Cape Wrath and to John O'Groats then back down the East Coast. I reckon the West coast is more spectacular but it is all worth a visit
Most of the West Country counties talk like Pirates, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Gloucestershire and to a lesser extent, Worcestershire and Wiltshire, Airedale Terriers are named after Airedale in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, not Ayre in Scotland.
I recommend visiting the Isle of Arran - it's on the west coast and is really beautiful. My Dad is from there and I spent some of my childhood there (the rest on the mainland) and it's an amazing place to visit. Plenty of neolithic ruins, castles, crofts, amazing views and beautiful soft water, and only about 3000 residents. My primary school had less than a hundred kids! There's also great wildlife - especially deer and red squirrels.
There are a large number of islands, large and small, off the Scottish coast. The three main island groups are the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Orkneys and the Shetlands. The Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland is probably the most varied and includes well known places like Skye and Mull. It has beautiful white sand beaches, the third largest whirlpool in the world and hurricane force winds during the winter. The Orkneys off the north coast of Scotland has virtually no trees and a lot of pre-historic sites you can visit. The Shetlands is even further north and is half way to Norway. There is a lot of viking influence here and it also has few trees.
Moray is pronounced “Murray”, although recently even Scottish folk seem to be changing. Dean Martin will keep you right... When you stand in the sea And an eel bites your knee That’s a Moray...
Your actually bang on, North Lanarkshire was very heavily industrialised some of the biggest coal and steel works were in North Lanarkshire, pretty much everyone was shut down at the turn of the millennia so most of the old sites are now housing estates.
Shire is also where you get the word sheriff from, “shire” means county and refa meaning reeve which is an overseer of a town or administrative officer 👮♀️ 👮♂️
There are towns and places in Scotland I would love to hear you guys pronounce too. Auchtermuchty, Ballachulish, Kirkaldy, Kirkcudbright, Glenrothes and Milngavie would be a few but there are so many great names to choose from.
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The pilgrims didn’t “come over to the US”. It didn’t exist, then.
Whats a pilgrim? You do know America didnt exist until we built it with the slaves that now call themselves americans. Before Scotland it was Celtic land before that it was pict they are the only people who have always been and only from there. You know your first rulers were masons. Masons are only celtic.. no mason exists outside of Celtic countries and you need to be 100% and born there to get in to be a mason. Blood brings in blood. No masons in America after the last died after creating what is now called america. Name Scotland is over 14.000 years old. 40.000 years before that was all Celtic land. And there language isn't English. There language is gealic english is a second language.
The Orkney and Shetland isles are known collectively as the northern isles and are quite flat or slightly hillie, the outer and inner hebrideas are known collectively as the western isles and are very mountainous. I recommend the western isles to visit because of the mountains.
Airedale terriers are from Yorkshire, England. They're from the region of the river Aire which runs through a dale LOL. By the way. You can see the Orkney isles from the north coast of Scotland. They are absolutely jam packed with stone age sites, bronze age burial mounds and Viking age ruins. Literally you can walk from 'Maeshowe' Neolithic tomb to the stone age village ruins of 'Barnhouse', to the Neolithic stone circle of Stenness, to the Neolithic temple complex of 'ness of Brodgar'(which is still being excavated by archeologists,but you can get a guide to show you round & they set up a viewing platform too) to the extremely huge Neolithic stone circle of Brodgar, and then catch a 5 mile bus to the Neolithic village 'Skara brae' The whole way is dotted with un-excavated burial mounds too. All of this is older than stone henge & all within a 7 mile stretch.The busses on Orkney are brilliant too, and connect up to all the sailing times between the isles.
Shaun is one of my favourite RUclipsrs. However he has an Edinburgh accent and pronounces 'Shire' with an elongate 'i' so more 'shy-re'. Whereas on the West Coast we would clip the 'i' so closer to 'shir(e)'.
Funnily enough, I wondered if he was from Edinburgh. But I pronunciate a lot of words differently from Shaun. His Edinburgh accent is a lot more gentrified and educated than mine.
The Orkneys are well worth a visit if you’re interested in ancient prehistory as there’s lots of remains there, such as the Ring of Brodgar, or Skara Brae a stone-age village that’s older than the Egyptian pyramids, with houses that still look quite comfortable if someone put a roof on them! (They even have bedside cabinets (made of stone, of course)). Scapa Flow, the area surrounded by most of the islands, was a major naval base and is where the German fleet scuttled itself in 1919 rather than surrender when the Treaty of Versailles was signed (most of the ships were recovered over the next 20 years, but some are still there). Neolithic Orkney is a World Heritage Site - the Clydesdale Bank have put it on the back of their current £100 note.
The main reason for that is because Robert Newton chose to play Long John Silver in the 1950 "Treasure Island" movie with a West Country accent, and it kind of stuck.
The Scottish Isles are nice enough, but perhaps not the idyllic islands you are imagining. Like much of Scotland, they are pretty, but rather cold, and particularly damp. You'll be lucky to find good beach weather out in the Orkney Isles.
Hi there, love yer channel., as A Scot, I would like to say weel done, tae both of ye, and canny wait for aner yin. (translation. Well done to both of, and I cannot wait for another one) awfy guid(awfully good)
Hehe. This was great fun seeing the attempts. As a Scottish las growing up in Paisley I get a daily dose of many different accents. On top of that, my accent tends to confuse people that I’m not from Scotland at all! (I am so it’s something that really annoys me) my accent is Scottish (possibility with a hint of North Irish and Northern English) but I have something that’s apparently more common for Australians (as I’m told by my parents) where I often end a sentence in a higher tone of voice, instead of a lower one like most people. I most commonly hear the more diluted version of our accent where, we do still pronounce things the same way, it’s just not as strong though I do still hear a fair amount of the more Glaswegian (Glasgow) accent around the place.
The pronunciation of 'shire' really depends on where you're from. I'm from the East of England and we tend to say 'sheer'. Also, I'd recommend the Isle of Skye, Glencoe and Glenshee, stunning scenery and some awesome roads.
"Recently, Kirkcaldy. The town's pride took a bit of a knock recently when they found out the people of Ethiopia were holding a rock concert for them."
I'm guessing that the pirates come from around Bristol. Fun fact: Dun occurs a lot in Scottish place names and means 'fort'. Airedales are from Yorkshire, after the River Aire.
The midges the midges the blood suckin midges, the midges are really the limit! They got teeth like piranas, they drive you bananas... And don't let them under yer semmit...!
Would definitely recommend visiting the Scottish Islands. I grew up on one -Bute and have visited Arran, Mull, Skye, and Lewis. Each one has its own character and charms. Would be fun to see you butcher some Scottish street names like Auchnacloich Rd. (Och-na-cloy) Crichton Rd Montague Rd etc
Airedales actually come from my homeland: West Yorkshire. They are named after the river Aire that flows through Leeds and is one of the Dales for which Yorkshire is famous.
'Pirate accents' most common in the West Country and East Anglia. These are at opposite ends of the west-east spectrum. But one suggested reason for this in the literature is that this accent was the norm in rural southern England historically but was lost in many areas under the growing social cultural and political influence of London. The original accent remained in those areas under least influence from London, which were the distant rural areas in the West Country (definitions vary - but at least Devon, Cornwall and Somerset) and East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk - with maybe some of rural Essex)
As a kid in the 70’s, lived in Morayshire near both Elgin (L-Gin, gin pronounced like in word begin rather than gin drink) and Forres (like Forest but forr-ez)
The Airedale Terrier is from West Yorkshire, around the Leeds area. Dale's tend to be a northern English term for Valley, (I might have that slightly wrong) and are named after the river that ribs through said valley/dale. In this case the river Aire. If you are a Wallace and Gromit fan you'll be aware of Wensleydale Cheese, made in the North Yorkshire Dale Wensleydale.
Orkney is definitely worth visiting, especially for the archaeological sites and scenery, but other islands like Skye are also great. Airedale is a valley that runs through West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire in England, and is not connected with the Scottish county town of Ayr. The World Heritage Site of Saltaire is in the Aire valley.
Ayrshire is still used but got split it into East, North, South so councils can run each section easier. I'm from North Ayrshire and that's the best explanation I can give
The Orkney Islands are just off the north east of the mainland. The Shetland Islands are even further to the north east. But I doubt you will get much in the way of beaches. As far as I know they have rather rocky coastlines. Also because they are so far north, it is quite chilly. Obviously not reasons to not visit, the scenery and views of the coastlines are fantastic. But you'll want to wrap up warmish even in summer.
The Airedale Terrier, also called Bingley Terrier and Waterside Terrier, is a dog breed of the terrier type that originated in the valley of the River Aire, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England this is now West Yorkshire. It is traditionally called the "King of Terriers" because it is the largest of the terrier breeds. The Airedale was bred from the Old English Black and Tan Terrier, the Otterhound and probably some other Terrier breeds, and has contributed to other dog breeds, such as the Yorkshire Terrier.
Orkney is wonderful if you are interested in ancient history as there are so many standing stones, circles and Neolithic burial remains. Mull and Iona on the west are beautiful, with more trees, lovely beaches and mountains. There are very many Islands to explore all offering slightly different things, depends what you really want to see. I love the Corryvrecken whirlpool which you can take a boat out to see , so impressive that the Vikings wrote about it.
Western Isles have the best beaches and are well worth a visit. I love Skara Brae (a ruined village older than the Pyramids) and the Italian Chapel on Orkney isles. The dinosaur footprints, Ferry pools and the Storr on Skye are pretty cool. But my favourite isles are Mull, Iona and Staffa group of islands. Iona is small, simple and stunning. Staffa is like being on an alien planet and there is so much wildlife to see on Mull. Plus they are accessible, even as day drips from the mainland.
Those aren’t counties. They’re local authorities ran by different councils. For example the city of glasgow as it’s own council but comes under the county of lanarkshire along with north Lanarkshire and south Lanarkshire.
Technically East, North and South Ayrshire are council (administrative) areas, so the county is Ayrshire. A nice Island to go to from (North) Ayshire is the Isle of Arran, also called ‘Scotland in miniature’ because the terrains of the north of the island resemble the Highlands of Scotland and the south the Lowlands. Then you can get yourself back on the mainland from Lochranza to Mull of kintyre before driving through to Argyll and bute to practice your scottish pronunciation. Also the landscape and seascape are breathtaking! the midges too...
These are mostly regions which replaced historical counties, like Dumfries and Galloway is made up of three 'counties' Wigtownshire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Dumfriesshire; or Borders region has Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire. Highland region contains Inverness-shire, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland and Caithness. More fun I think.
Hi,Grace and Eric, if you get to Scotland I would definitely recommend a visit to Orkney, they are right at the top of Scotland, Shetland is even farther North.
I’m from north Lanarkshire and I pronounce it “Lan-urk-shur”. It has 32 council areas, some of which are, Motherwell (was the steel production capital of Scotland). Cumbernauld (has Britain’s first shopping centre). Coatbridge my area ( known as the industrial heartland of Scotland. It was famous for mining and production of steel and iron during the 19th century). Airdrie (has the first public library which opened in the 1850s). There is a lot more information but you are right by saying that it is an industrial area.
FYI, Airedale Terriers come from an area of Yorkshire. Many areas of Yorkshire have names ending with -dale (meaning valley), Wensleydale is famous for cheese etc. Scottish pronunciation of English is very different to ours because up until recent times (300 years?) they spoke Gaelic, as some still do up in the Highlands and Islands. Keep up the fun videos...................................................the ancient Englishman.
Hearing you trying to pronounce these Scottish places made me smile (I am Scottish). So recommending Islands for you to visit. Skye, Islay, Eigg, Muck, Rum, Tree. Yes these are all real names There are loads more
Orcadians are the indigenous inhabitants of the Orkney islands of Scotland. Historically, they are descended from the Picts, Norse and Scots. A very special place in my heart.
You should visit the Isle of Skye which is said to be Scotland in miniature. Also the Isle of Mull which gives access to the Isle of Iona with its 12th century Abbey and it's own tiny post office, and where You can take a trip to the Isle of Staffa. Also on the Isle of Mull is Tobermory well known for its brightly coloured buildings and a whisky distillery.
I live in West Lothian, and it is interesting to hear you try to pronounce "Lothian" The Lothian region actually contains four regions, East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian and City Of Edinburgh.
Missed a few including Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. Most of what you pronounced are modern local government areas rather than traditional counties of Scotland, including Kirkcudbrightshire.
If you're doing a road trip around Scotland you must come up my way in the Highlands north of Inverness and do the NC 500 (North Coast 500) and surrounding areas. Kinlochewe, Applecross, away up Cove, Gruinard Bay (aka Anthrax Island) Poolewe, Badluchrach, Achiltibuie, Kinlochbervie. Amazing, amazing roads and scenery
Airedale is a valley in Yorkshire and takes its name from the River Aire that flows through it ("dale" is a common word for "valley" in the north of England). The terrier breed originates from the same area. ^_^
Airedale Terrier named after Aire Valley in Yorkshire. Sorry for multiple comments, there seems to be a length limit for some reason on comments here, not seen it before.
Airedales come from Yorkshire. Ayrshire Cows come from Ayrshire (County named after the town of Ayr), so did Robert Burns (Auld Lang Syne), Robert the Bruce, John McAdam (inventor of Tarmacadam), Nicola Sturgeon (Current First Minister of Scotland) and loads of other people. It's also home to one of your presidents Scottish Golf Courses ... :/
If you want to visit a Scottish Island and if time is limited then The Isle of Arran the place to visit.The Isle of Arran is known as Scotland in miniature. It is beautiful and it also has small Buddhist island about one mile offshore known as the Holy Isle but don't get it mixed up with other holy islands. If checking it out on Google type isle of Arran and the Holy Isle in the search engine. ps Don't get confused between the Isle of Arran in Scotland and the Aran islands in Ireland
Airedales! My favourite dog. Not from Ayr, but from Airedale, which is (almost entirely) in Yorkshire. The city of Leeds is on the river Aire. Ayrshire is that bit in the south west of Scotland that looks towards the very top of Ireland. A certain fellow named Trump owns a golf course there.
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if you want to hear a pirate voice i think Phil Harding from timeteam is a good start
Duke of Argyll being the Chief of Clan Campbell actually more relatable to Irish Gaelic (before it was Anglicanised really) means essentially Crooked Mouth of which is whos tartan the Black Watch use ruclips.net/video/-U5jOkkyaTI/видео.html
@@jeremysmith54565 Incredible video! Thank you for sharing!
I still don't understand. Will you be moving on from British videos and on to French?
The most pirate sounding county is Cornwall, however there are elements in Devon and Somerset. It's mostly attributed to Cornwall.
Theres many different Scottish accents. I wouldn’t say many of these the same as Shaun does.
glaswegian accent mate govan through and through 🏴 HWFG
The Reaper yess, I’m from Govan too. born and bred
@@emmajane6909 hwg ma man aha
The Reaper aye ah know
SAME
Hearing anyone outside of Scotland saying "Edinburgh" gives me a laugh
Edinburg 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I say it right but then again my Grandad was from Bo'ness and I went to uni in Edinburgh and have been there many times. Just about my favourite city
In a RUclips video, I heard a Harvard lecturer pronounce Edinburgh like "Edin-burrow"
I’m American and I got all of these right as well as Almost every British town except for sandwich I pronounced it sandich
I pronounce it Edin-brah.
‘North Lanarkshire sound very foresty’
Me ~ looks out window to see a forest
Well I guess you’re not wrong 🤷🏼♀️😂
I just looked out my window and saw a policeman chase a bam. Airdrie for you I guess
Sleeping in my bed at night and I hear wee guys scrapping on the bridge and he shouts "the bronnnnnnnnnn" yeah abronhill north Lanarkshire
Not far from one in Motherwell lol,just up from Greenlink.
ec bellshill?
@@SquidNugget-nh7zv me? No.
Sean's from the east coast, in the central west (Glasgow / Ayrshire we'd pronounce 'shire' more like 'shur' (so does to my ear).
Aye Inverclyde folk here... I normally say "shur" too, especially the Ayrshire collections lmao
south ayrshire here. we say south air-shur
We dae say that 😂 killie here
Aye posh accent he hus
I do recommend Orkney. Especially Skara Brae. It contains a well preserved stone age village older than the pyramids. It's so cool
Wow! Thank you for the travel tip!
Yes, I’ve been there. It’s an amazing place. A must see!
Also don’t forget about Twatt! I went there when I was in Orkney too!
Also Maes Howe a Stone Age structure with amazing Viking graphite. Tomb of the eagles is worth a visit as well. Great seafood as well.
You'll never feel like mentioning Stonehenge again once you've seen Skara Brae, Ravens. It was covered with sand for centuries and only rediscovered after a big storm blew all that away (so save it for a summer visit).
@@leohickey4953 If that summer visit is in late June or early July it will hardly get dark.
You had a pretty easy time of it there - it’s when you try getting your mouths around Scottish placenames that things get interesting. Kirkcudbright, Auchermuchty and Milngavie might all be designed to trip up the unwary ...
Wow! Those are wild spellings!
Kircoobri! My favourite :)
Adrnamurchan Point, Hawick, Avoch
When they read “Dumfries and Galloway” I thought it was a pity that Wigtownshire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Dumfriesshire had been merged...
And then there’s Balloch and Balloch, which are not pronounced the same, so good luck with that!
This has really made me realise (a Brit) how “shire” is pronounced differently all over the British Isles, even within countries. I’m from Lincolnshire, where it’s definitely “shur”.
Aye, I was raised from like ages 10-15 or so in Cheshire. Say all shires the say way. Dunno if they tend to say the same there too?
From North East England I'd say shire like "sha" (with a short "a" sound). Like you said, it is interesting how there is so many ways of saying the same word all over Britain
I'm from Hertfordshire and I tend to say "sheer" or "shear".
I'm from central Scotland and would pronounce it "shur" too, but we say that part quicker and harsher than I've heard places in England
Well Abeerdeenshire is pronounced like Shire from Lord of the Rings not as shur
As someone from Orkney, I recommend you definitely visit. It is a beautiful group of islands, and definitely take some time visiting the islands other than just the mainland. Some of the best ones are Hoy, Westray, Rousay (my home island), and Sanday
Thank you for the travel tips! We can't wait to visit!
Small world. I grew up on Rousay, my mum and my sisters still live there :)
You’re blessed living there, as an artist I envy you!
Oh also, insider information for you guys when you visit. Either call it 'The Orkney Islands/Isles' or just 'Orkney' don't call it the Orkneys. No body likes that. Also, when you are there you are 'in Orkney' not 'on Orkney'. Just a few tips to not annoy the locals
@@maryavatar Small world indeed! My Granny, Dad, and sometimes sister still live there now
The "pirate actor" comes Robert Newton who played Long John Silver with his native west country accent and that got attached to pirates. But pirates would have spoken with a wide variety of accents
Didn't know that! thank you for sharing!
@@WanderingRavens Bristol and Plymouth were two of the busiest ports in the world during the golden age of piracy, so it's no wonder a lot of pirates (and more honest sailors) spoke with Westcountry accents. But Bartholomew Roberts was definitely Welsh, so the "wide variety of accents" holds true as well.
Hmm. I have to wonder whether Americans also have difficulty hearing certain sounds as well as pronouncing them. For example, in this video you listen to the speaker saying "East Lothian", and to me the i is very strongly pronounced - East Loathe Ian. A very strong ee sound in the middle (which is the i sound). But then you immediately state that you heard "East loth an" as though you didn't hear the i at all, and say that maybe it was there just a little bit. I literally cannot imagine a more pronounced ee sound, so are you hearing what I'm hearing?
Oh wow! You're right! I'm sure that growing up hearing different accents influences what we hear. Would be very interesting to do a video about this :D
I agree! As a Scottish accented person, I heard the words very differently too. Scottish vowels in particular are different - a lot of people can't hear the difference between words like tick and tech in my accent when to me they sound really different and no Scottish person would be confused about which I'd said.
“Americans “ is a very general term. I don’t know where Eric and Grace hail from but I am from Northern New England (Maine actually) and my parents are from New Hampshire. Our accent and pronunciation is very different. I had no trouble with any of these county names. 🙂
"Sounds like a mystical place" "Sounds like a place where Elves would live." Like Lothlorien? :-)
Ayy im from East Lothian
Scottish towns are a doddle after doing Welsh towns.
Hell, Klingon towns would be easier after trying out Welsh.
The ironic thing is unlike English Welsh pronunciations follow the same consistent rules so once you learn how it our alphabet works you can figure out pretty much any Welsh place name just by spelling it out phonetically
What about Hawick or Hoyk
@@markoconnell2458 Lovely couple. Lots of fun.
@@righthandofdoom77 They are really canny
Blackadder said you need to have half a pint of phlegm in your throat to pronounce Welsh place names.
Lothian is definitely three syllables! Low-thee-in
Good to know!
I really like the way you two approach this. You seem genuinely interested in learning. I've watched Americans do similar place pronunciations (I am also American) and they tend to laugh and mock place names that are different than their own (including other places in America). I much prefer your style.
Here, here.
I think that you should get 4 haggises out of 5! A very famous trap for visitors to Scotland is Kirkcudbright, pronounced kur-KOO-bree. Also, I was caught out in Fife when I saw Burntisland on a road sign. I thought it might be burntiss-land but it turned out to be burnt island!
4 out of 5 haggises? We'll take it! :D
Ayrshire has a few. Been caught out by Mauchline, Saltcoats, Shewalton...etc
@@WanderingRavens John Paul Jones, American naval hero or British pirate (depending on your viewpoint) came from Kirkcudbright.
The phrase “the Scottish accent” is pretty strange to me, since much like England, Scotland has many different accents.
Only sound Scottish in Scotland.
As a Scottish podcaster I have to say you chose the easy ones. Orkney is stunning. I look at it daily. I've visited a few times. Shetland is also fantastic. The Hebrides are beautiful. We are a very lucky nation. Also the way these are pronounced varies around the Scottish regions. Local dialects are very interesting. Good luck and if you ever get to Caithness give me a shout.
It’s interesting how you both don’t seem to hear the i in Lothian which I do hear
If you visit scotland, check out ardnamurchan. Its a beautiful peninsula on the west coast that is relatively undiscovered by tourists. Its home to small fishing villages, beautiful beaches, eagles and the ferry to tobermoray.
Falkirk has a reputation to uphold which was given by other areas of Scotland as our version of Alabama.
falkirk is a different breed
@@agcomlife7863, ain’t wrong there.
@@agcomlife7863 your are right lol
If you want to do a road trip around Scotland I recommend the north coast 500
One of the best roads on the planet.
500 miles of twisties through some of the most beautiful scenery in the world.
If you want to visit and island I would recommend Mull to visit Tobermory the most beautiful town in Scotland and the isle of harris for the most beautiful scenery and beaches in the UK.
I'm from North Lanarkshire and you were right out it probably being an industrial area. Alot of steel manufacturing, anti social behaviour and not much else
Thank you for the travel tips! We really want to do a road trip up there - possibly later this year!
is that where the "I would walk 500 miles" comes from?
sorry just connected the two.
@@WanderingRavens also a good "route", well not route but a good adventure is to go from Land's End to John O Goats. I did it by walking every day and night ( when I was a bit younger!) and sleeping in any Inn (hotel or B&B really) I could find. It rather fascinating. I did odd jobs to pay for it on the way up.
I did a tour many back. Went up the west side to Cape Wrath and to John O'Groats then back down the East Coast.
I reckon the West coast is more spectacular but it is all worth a visit
Tobermory is where they filmed the kids TV programme Balamory. I used to love that programme and always wanted to visit Tobermory. Never been though.
Most of the West Country counties talk like Pirates, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Gloucestershire and to a lesser extent, Worcestershire and Wiltshire, Airedale Terriers are named after Airedale in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, not Ayre in Scotland.
I recommend visiting the Isle of Arran - it's on the west coast and is really beautiful. My Dad is from there and I spent some of my childhood there (the rest on the mainland) and it's an amazing place to visit. Plenty of neolithic ruins, castles, crofts, amazing views and beautiful soft water, and only about 3000 residents. My primary school had less than a hundred kids! There's also great wildlife - especially deer and red squirrels.
"The French really like their horns"
But appear allergic to their indicators (turn signals if you still need translations :p )
There are a large number of islands, large and small, off the Scottish coast. The three main island groups are the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Orkneys and the Shetlands. The Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland is probably the most varied and includes well known places like Skye and Mull. It has beautiful white sand beaches, the third largest whirlpool in the world and hurricane force winds during the winter. The Orkneys off the north coast of Scotland has virtually no trees and a lot of pre-historic sites you can visit. The Shetlands is even further north and is half way to Norway. There is a lot of viking influence here and it also has few trees.
Moray is pronounced “Murray”, although recently even Scottish folk seem to be changing. Dean Martin will keep you right...
When you stand in the sea
And an eel bites your knee
That’s a Moray...
My great granny used to live there in Keith, and I miss it so much!
Your actually bang on, North Lanarkshire was very heavily industrialised some of the biggest coal and steel works were in North Lanarkshire, pretty much everyone was shut down at the turn of the millennia so most of the old sites are now housing estates.
The Scottish guy actually pronounced Moray incorrectly, it’s pronounced like Murray not mOray
There is more than one accent in Scotland...
duckwhistle Well, yeah, but in Moray, it’s pronounced Murray, so we’re probably more correct.
@@duckwhistle but only one way to pronounce Moray
Im from fife we pronouce it Moray
@@zolaubbary9186 I’m from Moray and we pronounce it Murray
The Scottish roll the R's. Like my name is Ross, when asked I say Rrrross 😂
Shire is also where you get the word sheriff from, “shire” means county and refa meaning reeve which is an overseer of a town or administrative officer 👮♀️ 👮♂️
Good to know! :D
Shire reeve = sheriff.
There are towns and places in Scotland I would love to hear you guys pronounce too. Auchtermuchty, Ballachulish, Kirkaldy, Kirkcudbright, Glenrothes and Milngavie would be a few but there are so many great names to choose from.
The pilgrims didn’t “come over to the US”. It didn’t exist, then.
Whats a pilgrim? You do know America didnt exist until we built it with the slaves that now call themselves americans. Before Scotland it was Celtic land before that it was pict they are the only people who have always been and only from there. You know your first rulers were masons. Masons are only celtic.. no mason exists outside of Celtic countries and you need to be 100% and born there to get in to be a mason. Blood brings in blood. No masons in America after the last died after creating what is now called america. Name Scotland is over 14.000 years old. 40.000 years before that was all Celtic land. And there language isn't English. There language is gealic english is a second language.
Great to see you trying Scottish places and happy to have helped :)
Thank you for helping us work on our Scottish pronunciation, Shaun! We appreciate you! :)
Orkney is worth a visit. Many Neolithic remains including Skara Brae a village which predates the Egyptian Pyramids at Giza.
I'm from Orkney. Glad you like it :)
If you want a beechy island in Scotland GO TO TIREE
Shaun sounds quite east coast to me, where he says shire and pronounces the e I would say it ‘shur’
The Orkney and Shetland isles are known collectively as the northern isles and are quite flat or slightly hillie, the outer and inner hebrideas are known collectively as the western isles and are very mountainous. I recommend the western isles to visit because of the mountains.
If the town of Ecclefechan isn't in this i will be dissappointed.
Please tell me that it's pronounced as its seems because I love it.
@@everyonelovesdee Yes it is. there is also a tart named after the town, the ecclefechan tart.
Airedale Terriers are from Airedale in West Yorkshire. The river that runs down the Aire Valley is the river Aire.
French cars have their horn attached to the brake pedal!
THEY DO!!
🤣🤣
Italians as well
@@donnkelt9114
The Italian horn is randomly attached to the brake, the indicator, the windscreen wiper or, sometimes, all three!
@@tonycasey3183 genius and so true. Evertime i been to Italy i have yet to see a car that does nt have a bash or a scrape. Gotta love the Italians.
Airedale terriers are from Yorkshire, England. They're from the region of the river Aire which runs through a dale LOL. By the way. You can see the Orkney isles from the north coast of Scotland. They are absolutely jam packed with stone age sites, bronze age burial mounds and Viking age ruins. Literally you can walk from 'Maeshowe' Neolithic tomb to the stone age village ruins of 'Barnhouse', to the Neolithic stone circle of Stenness, to the Neolithic temple complex of 'ness of Brodgar'(which is still being excavated by archeologists,but you can get a guide to show you round & they set up a viewing platform too) to the extremely huge Neolithic stone circle of Brodgar, and then catch a 5 mile bus to the Neolithic village 'Skara brae' The whole way is dotted with un-excavated burial mounds too. All of this is older than stone henge & all within a 7 mile stretch.The busses on Orkney are brilliant too, and connect up to all the sailing times between the isles.
Shaun is one of my favourite RUclipsrs. However he has an Edinburgh accent and pronounces 'Shire' with an elongate 'i' so more 'shy-re'. Whereas on the West Coast we would clip the 'i' so closer to 'shir(e)'.
Funnily enough, I wondered if he was from Edinburgh. But I pronunciate a lot of words differently from Shaun. His Edinburgh accent is a lot more gentrified and educated than mine.
It’s definitely cause of his east coast accent!
Away and don't talk pish John. The shir part of shire is Shy.
The way he says shire is different to how most Scott’s say shire
Pirate accents, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, I’m from somerset so when I’m not thinking about what I’m saying the r is very pronounced
The Orkneys are well worth a visit if you’re interested in ancient prehistory as there’s lots of remains there, such as the Ring of Brodgar, or Skara Brae a stone-age village that’s older than the Egyptian pyramids, with houses that still look quite comfortable if someone put a roof on them! (They even have bedside cabinets (made of stone, of course)). Scapa Flow, the area surrounded by most of the islands, was a major naval base and is where the German fleet scuttled itself in 1919 rather than surrender when the Treaty of Versailles was signed (most of the ships were recovered over the next 20 years, but some are still there). Neolithic Orkney is a World Heritage Site - the Clydesdale Bank have put it on the back of their current £100 note.
Incredible! Thank you for these travel tips!
Sommerset people sounds pirates, and kind of the Bristolians and Herefordshire folks 🤣
Thanks for answering that question for us! :D
People from Devon (like me ) also sound like pirates 😁
@@WanderingRavens Sir Francis Drake was from Devon so is likely to have sounded like a pirate too. 😁
Wandering Ravens I met a Chinese English sailor (Royal Navy) who talked like a pirate and he was from Dorset. He really confused the yanks.
The main reason for that is because Robert Newton chose to play Long John Silver in the 1950 "Treasure Island" movie with a West Country accent, and it kind of stuck.
The Scottish Isles are nice enough, but perhaps not the idyllic islands you are imagining. Like much of Scotland, they are pretty, but rather cold, and particularly damp. You'll be lucky to find good beach weather out in the Orkney Isles.
Still, can't wait to visit! :D
Yep we sound like pirates down here in the West Country. 😂
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Hi there, love yer channel., as A Scot, I would like to say weel done, tae both of ye, and canny wait for aner yin. (translation. Well done to both of, and I cannot wait for another one) awfy guid(awfully good)
Cringe 😫
@@echo2413 it's not cringe
Fellow scot!
Hehe. This was great fun seeing the attempts. As a Scottish las growing up in Paisley I get a daily dose of many different accents. On top of that, my accent tends to confuse people that I’m not from Scotland at all! (I am so it’s something that really annoys me) my accent is Scottish (possibility with a hint of North Irish and Northern English) but I have something that’s apparently more common for Australians (as I’m told by my parents) where I often end a sentence in a higher tone of voice, instead of a lower one like most people. I most commonly hear the more diluted version of our accent where, we do still pronounce things the same way, it’s just not as strong though I do still hear a fair amount of the more Glaswegian (Glasgow) accent around the place.
The pronunciation of 'shire' really depends on where you're from. I'm from the East of England and we tend to say 'sheer'.
Also, I'd recommend the Isle of Skye, Glencoe and Glenshee, stunning scenery and some awesome roads.
also known as the kingdom of fife
"Recently, Kirkcaldy. The town's pride took a bit of a knock recently when they found out the people of Ethiopia were holding a rock concert for them."
I'm guessing that the pirates come from around Bristol. Fun fact: Dun occurs a lot in Scottish place names and means 'fort'. Airedales are from Yorkshire, after the River Aire.
I was going to say: "The Aire runs through Leeds"; also, they are sometimes called "Bingley Terriers" (as in "Bradford & Bingley").
Watch out for the midges !
The midges the midges the blood suckin midges, the midges are really the limit! They got teeth like piranas, they drive you bananas... And don't let them under yer semmit...!
Would definitely recommend visiting the Scottish Islands. I grew up on one -Bute and have visited Arran, Mull, Skye, and Lewis. Each one has its own character and charms. Would be fun to see you butcher some Scottish street names like Auchnacloich Rd. (Och-na-cloy) Crichton Rd Montague Rd etc
Airedales actually come from my homeland: West Yorkshire. They are named after the river Aire that flows through Leeds and is one of the Dales for which Yorkshire is famous.
Isle of Arran, one of the most wonderful isles in Scotland
Hearing them try to pronounce Ayrshire whilst trying to get the more eastern pronunciation is so funny
No Airedale’s don’t come from Ayrshire, according to Wikipedia they come from the area around the river aire in the East Riding of Yorkshire!
'Pirate accents' most common in the West Country and East Anglia. These are at opposite ends of the west-east spectrum. But one suggested reason for this in the literature is that this accent was the norm in rural southern England historically but was lost in many areas under the growing social cultural and political influence of London. The original accent remained in those areas under least influence from London, which were the distant rural areas in the West Country (definitions vary - but at least Devon, Cornwall and Somerset) and East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk - with maybe some of rural Essex)
I love the pronunciation for Dunbartonshire (dʌnʙartənʃaiə). Also I love when Grace said “Dumb Fries” lol 😂 2:51
As a kid in the 70’s, lived in Morayshire near both Elgin (L-Gin, gin pronounced like in word begin rather than gin drink) and Forres (like Forest but forr-ez)
me too, were you in alves?
@@johngraham5996 my dad was in the RAF and was posted to Kinloss most of the 70s.
The Airedale Terrier is from West Yorkshire, around the Leeds area. Dale's tend to be a northern English term for Valley, (I might have that slightly wrong) and are named after the river that ribs through said valley/dale. In this case the river Aire. If you are a Wallace and Gromit fan you'll be aware of Wensleydale Cheese, made in the North Yorkshire Dale Wensleydale.
Orkney is definitely worth visiting, especially for the archaeological sites and scenery, but other islands like Skye are also great.
Airedale is a valley that runs through West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire in England, and is not connected with the Scottish county town of Ayr. The World Heritage Site of Saltaire is in the Aire valley.
Ayrshire is still used but got split it into East, North, South so councils can run each section easier. I'm from North Ayrshire and that's the best explanation I can give
Counties were abolished long ago in Scotland. They are a faded anachronism, with a few exception where people still relate to them.
The Orkney Islands are just off the north east of the mainland. The Shetland Islands are even further to the north east. But I doubt you will get much in the way of beaches. As far as I know they have rather rocky coastlines. Also because they are so far north, it is quite chilly. Obviously not reasons to not visit, the scenery and views of the coastlines are fantastic. But you'll want to wrap up warmish even in summer.
The Airedale Terrier, also called Bingley Terrier and Waterside Terrier, is a dog breed of the terrier type that originated in the valley of the River Aire, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England this is now West Yorkshire. It is traditionally called the "King of Terriers" because it is the largest of the terrier breeds. The Airedale was bred from the Old English Black and Tan Terrier, the Otterhound and probably some other Terrier breeds, and has contributed to other dog breeds, such as the Yorkshire Terrier.
Airdale terriers are from airdale in the yorkshire dales
people actually pronounce moray surprisingly differently depending on the person. quite common to sound like mury with a bit of twang
Airedale is in Yorkshire, a dale is a river valley and the River Aire runs through Leeds
Orkney is wonderful if you are interested in ancient history as there are so many standing stones, circles and Neolithic burial remains. Mull and Iona on the west are beautiful, with more trees, lovely beaches and mountains. There are very many Islands to explore all offering slightly different things, depends what you really want to see. I love the Corryvrecken whirlpool which you can take a boat out to see , so impressive that the Vikings wrote about it.
Western Isles have the best beaches and are well worth a visit. I love Skara Brae (a ruined village older than the Pyramids) and the Italian Chapel on Orkney isles. The dinosaur footprints, Ferry pools and the Storr on Skye are pretty cool. But my favourite isles are Mull, Iona and Staffa group of islands. Iona is small, simple and stunning. Staffa is like being on an alien planet and there is so much wildlife to see on Mull. Plus they are accessible, even as day drips from the mainland.
Those aren’t counties. They’re local authorities ran by different councils. For example the city of glasgow as it’s own council but comes under the county of lanarkshire along with north Lanarkshire and south Lanarkshire.
Technically East, North and South Ayrshire are council (administrative) areas, so the county is Ayrshire.
A nice Island to go to from (North) Ayshire is the Isle of Arran, also called ‘Scotland in miniature’ because the terrains of the north of the island resemble the Highlands of Scotland and the south the Lowlands. Then you can get yourself back on the mainland from Lochranza to Mull of kintyre before driving through to Argyll and bute to practice your scottish pronunciation. Also the landscape and seascape are breathtaking! the midges too...
Airedales come from Airedale in West Yorkshire (Keighley, Bradford, Bingley, Shipley, Leeds area)
These are mostly regions which replaced historical counties, like Dumfries and Galloway is made up of three 'counties' Wigtownshire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Dumfriesshire; or Borders region has Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire. Highland region contains Inverness-shire, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland and Caithness. More fun I think.
Hi,Grace and Eric, if you get to Scotland I would definitely recommend a visit to Orkney, they are right at the top of Scotland, Shetland is even farther North.
I’m from north Lanarkshire and I pronounce it “Lan-urk-shur”. It has 32 council areas, some of which are, Motherwell (was the steel production capital of Scotland). Cumbernauld (has Britain’s first shopping centre). Coatbridge my area ( known as the industrial heartland of Scotland. It was famous for mining and production of steel and iron during the 19th century). Airdrie (has the first public library which opened in the 1850s). There is a lot more information but you are right by saying that it is an industrial area.
FYI, Airedale Terriers come from an area of Yorkshire. Many areas of Yorkshire have names ending with -dale (meaning valley), Wensleydale is famous
for cheese etc. Scottish pronunciation of English is very different to ours because up until recent times (300 years?) they spoke Gaelic, as some still do
up in the Highlands and Islands. Keep up the fun videos...................................................the ancient Englishman.
Hearing you trying to pronounce these Scottish places made me smile (I am Scottish). So recommending Islands for you to visit. Skye, Islay, Eigg, Muck, Rum, Tree. Yes these are all real names There are loads more
What’s also weird is we almost never say the shire bit, I would never say I’m from Ross -shire but that I’m from Ross.
Orcadians are the indigenous inhabitants of the Orkney islands of Scotland. Historically, they are descended from the Picts, Norse and Scots. A very special place in my heart.
You should visit the Isle of Skye which is said to be Scotland in miniature. Also the Isle of Mull which gives access to the Isle of Iona with its 12th century Abbey and it's own tiny post office, and where You can take a trip to the Isle of Staffa. Also on the Isle of Mull is Tobermory well known for its brightly coloured buildings and a whisky distillery.
I live in West Lothian, and it is interesting to hear you try to pronounce "Lothian" The Lothian region actually contains four regions, East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian and City Of Edinburgh.
What's the Story in Balamory? Wouldn't you like to know? It was a 2002-2005 kid's TV series, and it was actually set in a place named Tobermory.
Missed a few including Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. Most of what you pronounced are modern local government areas rather than traditional counties of Scotland, including Kirkcudbrightshire.
Shaun has a ton of traveling around Scotland videos. Go check them out.
If you're doing a road trip around Scotland you must come up my way in the Highlands north of Inverness and do the NC 500 (North Coast 500) and surrounding areas. Kinlochewe, Applecross, away up Cove, Gruinard Bay (aka Anthrax Island) Poolewe, Badluchrach, Achiltibuie, Kinlochbervie. Amazing, amazing roads and scenery
Airedale is a valley in Yorkshire and takes its name from the River Aire that flows through it ("dale" is a common word for "valley" in the north of England). The terrier breed originates from the same area. ^_^
Most of these aren;t the names of counties, they are local authority names incorporating bits of the old county names in some cases.
Airedale Terrier named after Aire Valley in Yorkshire. Sorry for multiple comments, there seems to be a length limit for some reason on comments here, not seen it before.
Fun fact: Isle and island have different etymologies but semi-merged about 500 years ago
Falkirk is pronounced Faw-kirk if you're from there.
(which actually means speckled church from the type of stone used to build it)
quite happy to see other counties in here that aren’t all in glasgow or edinburgh
Airedales come from Yorkshire. Ayrshire Cows come from Ayrshire (County named after the town of Ayr), so did Robert Burns (Auld Lang Syne), Robert the Bruce, John McAdam (inventor of Tarmacadam), Nicola Sturgeon (Current First Minister of Scotland) and loads of other people. It's also home to one of your presidents Scottish Golf Courses ... :/
As a Scottish man i can say you did pretty well in what was a fun video 👍
Liked and subscribed for more fun.
If you want to visit a Scottish Island and if time is limited then The Isle of Arran the place to visit.The Isle of Arran is known as Scotland in miniature. It is beautiful and it also has small Buddhist island about one mile offshore known as the Holy Isle but don't get it mixed up with other holy islands. If checking it out on Google type isle of Arran and the Holy Isle in the search engine. ps Don't get confused between the Isle of Arran in Scotland and the Aran islands in Ireland
Airedales! My favourite dog. Not from Ayr, but from Airedale, which is (almost entirely) in Yorkshire. The city of Leeds is on the river Aire. Ayrshire is that bit in the south west of Scotland that looks towards the very top of Ireland. A certain fellow named Trump owns a golf course there.