Some Scottish people can't say "purple burglar alarm"
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- Опубликовано: 1 апр 2022
- Too many Rs and Ps and Us close together for some Scottish people to say this phrase.
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To see a VERY Scottish recitation of a famous Scottish poet : ruclips.net/video/0yQvnT6EJN4/видео.html
Hi Robert, just subscribed. I think I have this issue nailed.
It's entirely the position of your tongue during your pronunciation.
Being a self-elocuted "sassenach" with an old school beeb-beeb-ceeb accent, I pronounce purple as _"perple"_ and burglar as _"bergler"._
My pronunciation employs a relatively flat tongue whereas yours, accentuating the depth of the "u" requires a substantial "dishing" of the tongue, by which I mean that you are lowering the central portion of your tongue whilst raising the peripheries.
Simplistically, you're asking your poor tongue to perform some pretty Olympian gymnastics - my own attempts to emulate your vowel usage results in a similar oral catastrophe.
My advice would be to stick to the more colloquially acceptable: "Yen noisy kant!" in order to avoid further confusion. 😛
a box of biscuits ...a box of mixed biscuits and a biscuit mixer
Its alarm you're having trouble with which is quite ALARMING Sorry had to say it >..lol
Hi Robert, I think you folks have issue just with the word ALARM, which nobody says anyway.... they just pull and run! Oh, and for the record..... nothing is more beautiful to hear than a Scottish accent.
@@lindalavenderisfabulous I'll second that Linda ;-)
Life must be pretty difficult for the residents of Purplburglaralarm, Scotland
It is!
Hahaha! I f_cking love you!
They pronounce it Purblarm
Only when we have to tell people where we live. The struggle is real. ❤
That looks like a Welsh name, but with 75 less consonants.
I prefer it when they say "the biggest squirrel in the world"
"The biggest skwuddle in the wuddled"
The biggest skwurril in the wurild.
*beggist
the beggust skwerul en the weruld
Ask a German to say Secret Squirrel. It can actually make them stop what they're doing.😄
I literally can't say that without it sounding Scottish lol
Purple Burglar Alarm is a keyword to get Scottish people back to their factory settings
His honest attempt to say it, is WAY too adorable. 😂❤
awww..shucks ☺
@@WindsweptRobert You tried, and that’s further than most people’s. You’re already halfway there.
Don’t give up. 💜😊
It’s not honest it’s fake.
@@prpwnage9296 bro pulled that info out of his ass with no proof
@@amongusmappingAUM because the point isn’t that Scottish people can’t say it, it’s that it sounds funny. This idiot thinks it’s cos Scot’s can’t say it. And so is pretending.
Now say "Aaron Earned an Iron Urn." I want to compare something.
Baltimore reaction 😂
@@deerharvester7355 glad someone caught this 😂 I live in Baltimore lmao. UURN URRNED IN URRNED URRN
damn we really talk like that?!?
“AARON EARNED AN IRON EARN!!” 😂
Works the same if you’re from Northern Ireland 😂
The immediate realization of the truth is hilarious! It's like there was doubt up until he tried saying it himself, then reality collapsed.
I was fairly sure I'd be able to have it slide from my mouth like a silky piece of chocolate. It caught me unawares when the words just seemed to mash together on my tongue...
Cuteness overload. ❤ @@WindsweptRobert
@@WindsweptRobert I've been trying to teach myself German for years, and I make the same expressions when I make the attempt at my normal pace. 😂
😂😂😂 the last expression freeze frame, LOL
I married a Scotsman and after a while, fell into speaking in the brogue because of him. I can still speak in the brogue when I want to, and speak Gaidhlig somewhat, but I can’t pronounce “purple burglar alarm" while speaking the brogue. BTW, he died 20 years ago so it has been a long time since I was speaking the brogue with him…
He is sorely missed!
I have a discord server. Anytime you feel like speaking the brogue, get in there and open up a voice chat. If I'm in, I'll voice chat to ye! discord.gg/tgZZHRU4
@@WindsweptRobertthat's crazy bro she just said her husband died and u advertise ur discord
@@tezzla6358why is that crazy? Somebody's husband dies 20 years ago and then you can't talk to them ever?
@@tezzla6358he’s clearly being kind you wet blanket
@@EzioAuditoreDaFirenze99 That is the rule. She must be sent to an island with no other people on it.
I'm not Scottish, but I've been watching Limmy for years. A truly different and surreal take on life. Great stuff.
People love his humour or hate it. I love it. Got addicted approx 20 years ago when I first heard his podcasts on iTunes.
I think you meant, “I’m no Scots”
@@Tr33fiddy Ha!
Limmy is shit and thats coming from someone who is scottish, all scottish people can say purple burglar alarm even limmy can say it but pretends in his show that he cant say it
Change your name to Purple Burglar Alarm and move to Scotland, they will never be able to prosecute you.
When I went to Scotland, I honestly had a terrible time understanding the lovely locals! I knew they were speaking English, but I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what they were saying! Beautiful country and such nice people. Who cares about purple burglar alarms, anyway?! 😊
They were most likely enquiring whether perchance you could help them though a momentary lack of funds, so they could continue a lightly lubricated discourse with their friends.
I know that to the untrained ear, it sounds like "Yeegochane f'r a cuppsyeh'nglisbarssardye!", but such is the lilt of the local brogue.
@@baldieman64 😁😁Oh, I loved the way it sounds, especially those rolled “r’”s! But the only people I really interacted with were either pub servers, street artists selling their wares (yep, bought a Celtic Knot ring!), or other workers. We were with a cruise ship, so didn’t get to stay long enough for my liking. I’d go back in a heartbeat if I weren’t so old and broke! 👵🏼☺️
No, they were speaking Scottish. Just ask Lauren Cooper (Catherine Tate).😂
Where can we get one of those devices? 😁
@@B.B.Digital_Forest 😁😁😁😁
I am a native English speaker and I only understood about 40% of what this guy said
I am a native Scots speaker and I only understand half of what I say...!
@@WindsweptRobert Lol!
So you'll be getting your floors and flaws muddled up then.
@@stanleybuchan4610 I grew up in the New York City area, and it was certainly true that the way we pronounce those two words was indistinguishable. Having lived away in different areas for many years now, I make a clear distinction between them.
That's the beauty of..
I'm fully convinced that Scottish is a whole different language so at this point I'm not even trying to understand what we's saying
I guffawed at your face in the end when you realized you're one of the Chosen 🤣
I really thought I'd be able to say it!
@@WindsweptRobert I don't understand. I thought you're making a joke. Why can't you say it?
@@Marius-ii7mbhe just can't
@Marius-ii7mb if you were given French words and a French person was next to you to guide you, I bet you still wouldn't be able to pronounce their tongue twisters that well
@@randomguynolonger727yearsa9 Ohhh now I understand! English is a foreign language to him
If it makes you feel any better, here in the southeastern US, most of us can't pronounce the word "rural".
Aye, I've heard you fellers pronounce it: 'rule'
@@WindsweptRobert More like "rurrrr".
Aye, right enough on the Brooks & Dunn song: 'Red Dirt Road' he sings "I was raised off of rural route three" and it sounds like rurrroot 3 @@benjamingeiger
Now try IRS
Oh lawdy, that reminds me of the 30 Rock episode when Jenna was cast in a show called The Rural Juror and she had so much trouble saying it.
That’s awesome! My Grandma came to America from Scotland when she was 12 and when she first got here the kids in her class made fun of her accent so she lost it, FAST! Every once in awhile she would use a word where you could still hear the “rolling R” but for the most part the accent was gone. I always found that incredibly sad.
aww....I bet she could have reverted back to her Scottish accent instantly if asked :)
Ivanka, is that you????
Aaaww what a shame 💕 I moved to England and I got a really hard time at work, some wouldn’t even talk to me and my boss constantly correcting me. They said I wa annoying. I haven’t lost my accent in fact sometimes it can be stronger 😂😂. Moving jobs shortly
@@Jolene492you're putting up with a lot, nothing grates worse than an english accent
What a bummer! Both my grandpas lost their native languages when they came to the US. One spoke Spanish, and the other Italian.
I just listened to this again on my way to the pub. I was laughing out loud and people were avoiding me as if I was drinking a bottle of bucky and shouting at the cars. 🤣
Seek out a Scotsman and ask him to say it ;)
@@WindsweptRobert It was the Tay Bridge disaster I was listening to, but I posted to this one, which is funny, but I got my fingers crossed up. I should stick to using a PC and wait until I get home.
Diabolical!@@WindsweptRobert
I visited Glasgow one time, and couldn't understand a thing the man said when I asked him for directions to the train station.
Bucky!!
Thanks for a nice little giggle! I needed that. The Scottish accent is always lovely to hear.
Glad you enjoyed it :)
I could listen to you talk all day. Lovely Scottish accent.
Wow, thanks :)
If you drop the Scottish accent it's way easier to say.
What accent?
@@seanvogel8067The one he’s has?
@@AdamKayaan , it’s a kind of joke
The face screw at the very end killed me dead 😂
His confused face is priceless lol
That's right up there with getting Chinese and Japanese people to say things like "Relatively". 😀
Lol, I’d like to see that on a video!
Yup. or „rural“😂
@@WindsweptRobertTry saying "Irish Wristwatch" without slowing it way down or pausing between syllables.
My sister's roommate always tried to get her Japanese mom to get gas and say, "Fill it up with Regular"
To be fair, I’m sure these groups (Scott’s, Chinese, Japanese, etc), have PLENTY of funny examples of things Americans can’t say.
OMG!!! You’re face at the end!!! I thought I was going to hyperventilate lol!!!😂
Don't do that! :)
I like this comment
The look on your face at the end is priceless 😂
so many have forgotten how to laugh at themselves..thank you,sir
So nice of you
Say what you will sir, but you edited this clip perfectly, the whole lead up, and punchline delivered with perfection. Well done sir. I say, say what you will, but apparently not Purple Burglar Alarm, eh?
I now apologize for laughing as hard as I did. I hit my head. So apparently God got me back.
That would be the God of Headaches, Tongahiti. ;)
Fortunately there are no purple burglar alarms in Scotland, so this is not a big problem.
How could anyone function in a modern society without that vital phrase? Let's GoFundMe a speech therapist for this unfortunate man!
Haha your facial expression at the end was amusing!
Quizzical! ;)
My local union had a number of scotsmen here in America. Once they had a snootful I couldn't understand words! Damn good men to have behind me when the chips were down too!!
Thanks for the kind words about my fellow countrymen :)
😂 Bless you!
Fwiw, I'm an Anderson - long ago of Scotland, third generation later in Alabama. Please believe me when I tell you it's butchered there in a brand new way.
Peace & light to all.
Woah, I’m descended from Anderson as well, although I’m in Britain
This one of my favorites Being English living in Australia having many Scottish and Irish friends I find asking the Scots to say "PapplBuglaLarm" distinguishes the Glaswegians from the rest.
One of my Glaswegian friends recently had a stroke so I must go easy on him, but I'll ask his speach therapist to include "PapplBuglaLarm" in his exercises. He'll be on a disability pension in no time.
I’m Glaswegian and I can say it with no difficulty.
@@rachelcookie321 Just jesting No offence intended
For Americans and Canadians, try saying "Irish Wristwatch" without slowing it down or pausing between syllables or the words. It can't be done!
Oof that's a hard one. It's the "sh" part of Irish that throws us off.
Okay, that *is* a tough one. It keeps ending up as "Irish Wistwatch"
Easy?
DAMMIT
toy boat
unique New York
I'm from America, and Sir I could listen to you talk for hours. Love your accent!
Wow, thanks. You may like my current series of Scottish ghost stories that I’m producing :)
@@WindsweptRobert Most certainly
I'm proud to be Scottish. Greetings from Clan Johnston in the USA!
Greetings from Clan Windswept from Scotland ;)
Limmy is amazing, I discovered him a week ago and he's amazing.
When he speaks really fast is a little hard to understand and some Scottish terms are new to me.
But I love Limmy
His sense of humour is very unusual. I've been following him for over 20 years :)
That's literally why I kept watching it. I was FASCINATED by the fact that I could tell he was clearly speaking English, but I couldn't understand it. So I kept watching, and slowly learned how to decipher Glaswegian. It's amazing.
I'm Canadian, but for the last few months, the RUclips algorithm has been giving me Limmy content, and it's definitely up my alley.
Limmy's soh is an acquired taste ;)
I love Scottish humor and culture and you trying to say :purple burglar alarm is comedy gold. Maybe it's in the genes, it's been well over century since the last of my people left Scotland.
The last of the "old world" lines of my family was a Gloucestershire lad who emigrated through Bristol Harbor in about 1800, so the Scots part of my lineage has been here since at least the 18th century; but Scottish ancestry neither dies out nor thins out. With all the English, Irish, and what-have-you (on both sides,) I'm still somehow 49% Scottish by DNA count.
I've got my MacDougal great grandmother to thank for such joyous pursuits as housecleaning from dawn to physical collapse every New Year's Eve, because that's clearly superior to champagne and dancing.
@@MelissaThompson432 Same here, I've got English, Irish, French and Swiss ancestors but it's the Scottish half that stands out for me.
As a kid I loved the stories told by older family members about the Battle of Culloden and Bonnie Prince Charlie and Angus MacAskill the "Cape Breton Giant" who I'm related to.
@@dougcoombes8497 wow, cool! I don't think I have any illustrious ancestors, but I do believe my nieces, whose other grandmother is from the Smokies in East Tennessee, are probably Stuart descendants.
I've never asked them. About half of my family is into genealogy, but idk about those two. I think I WILL ask, now that I think about it....
I've never laughed at someone else's expense so politely. This is awesome 😂
Thank you :)
My grandmother came from Scotland. I loved her brogue. We always had to stand in a circle cross arms in front and sing Old Lang Sine before you could leave the party.
Quite right too! ;)
I just adore your accent but it was the face at the end that made me laugh out loud like a looney at 1am. 😂
😂😂😂😂 Apparently, down here in TX, I pronounce flag, bag and roof incorrectly. Being raised in the north, we say it differently. My students laugh at me all the time! 😅
I do like the southern accent!
Lived in TX 5 years and yeah, I won't be taking any lesons on speech from them.
They pronounce Suite, as in Bedroom Suite like Suit, as in something you wear.
Yes, I want to buy a Bedroom Suit!
Then there's the whole ALL soda or pop is called coke. Literally had a guy ask me to get him a coke I was like they don't have coke, they have Pepsi products. In frustration he said a Dr Pepper! As in I was sipoosed to l ow thats what he meant. Well how the hell am I supposed to know coke means Dr Pepper or 7up or Sprite?
@cryptojihadi265 He might of said Dr pepper because it is a Pepsi product. Southern people LOVE Coke! Most will not substitute Pepsi because it's to sweet. So when you said all they had was Pepsi products, his exasperated look might of been one of "Why would ANY business have PEPSI instead of COKE!"
That statement is doubly true in the south!
Roof I can imagine hearing you say wrong but flag and bag? How the hell do you mess that up? Flague? Flog?
The reaction in his eyes to his own words is the absolute best. I'm surprised that "alarm" was the word that tripped him up the most.
I know this video is a year old, but I love the delightful Caledonian accent! Visiting Scotland is on my bucket list. I recently watched Scenic Railway Journeys and The Highlands look absolutely stunning. The people seem very hospitable and there's so many fascinating places to visit in your beautiful country. Anyway, best wishes from Australia.☮️🇦🇺
Thanks very much. You're right on all counts. We Scots love visitors and always treat them with great friendship :)
You're very welcome but let me tell you, my friend did her friend a favour. A Scot in living over there asked if she would host her Aussie friend who felt overwhelmed visiting in London.
Subsequently, the lady was treated to the best of the best for days but she moaned and criticized everything.
On a tour of the Highlands on the last day the lady was vitriolic. After treating her to lunch my friend drove to a railway station. Told the lady to get out of her car. The woman gasped, WHY?
I want you to get out of my country NOW. (She complied.)
😂😂😂😂😂
Btw. The station was only 200 miles from where she was to catch her train back to London later. Her luggage was with her, ana. 🎉
Ana = as well. 😂
Luckily, that phrase doesn't come up a lot in casual conversation!
Okay. At the end I burst out laughing.
So funny 😂
Lol, it's difficult to explain why exactly limmy is so funny. The humor it's self is sort of eye rolly, but I think that's just what makes it so funny. It also helps that the Scottish accent is one of the best if not the best. Made me cry btw, thanks for the laughs.
He just hits ma funny side :)
It was the horror in Limmy’s face when he realized he couldn’t say it, and then the smug joy when he finally was able, a year later. 🤣🤣🤣
how refreshing, a RUclips video that isn’t trying to sell you something, it isn’t telling you your wrong & it isn’t advising you to invest in this that or the other…it doesn’t go on & on & on & oh fook! what was I going on about again! ultimately though, who actually owns a purple burglar alarm 🤔😜😂
I was just thinking of Limmy the other day, meant to watch some clips or an episode but forgot.
Thanks from Texas
Lol well for what it’s worth, you guys still have the world’s best accent.
Thanks! :)
His facial expression at the end is a total mood!
Scots saying “purple burglar alarm” gives me more joy than it probably should, and I am down for it!
You're look of pissy disbelief at the end cracked me up 😂
Thanks LOL!
I'm an American Army veteran and proud descendant of Clan MacKinnon of Skye. This video had me laughing until I cried. Cheers from America!
I earned a 1AD combat patch in Iraq 2004. We were not 1AD, but supported them. Proud to wear there patch. There was another Division that we refused their patch, didn’t like what we saw.
He looked down like the answer was gonna be in front of him😂
The look on his face at the end of the video, though. Hah hah!
Well now.. the look on his face at the end summed it up perfectly 😂😭
That was so funny! I actually was laughing out loud..that's ok that he couldn't say that. His Scottish brogue was beautiful.
Very nice of you to say so, Andrew :)
It's hilariously cute. ❤ I'm from Texas and have been trying to learn Gaelic and I am nowhere near as precious when I butcher a word. 😂
I have a team at work who deliver Gaelic lessons for free to the local communities :)
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Laughin me socks off here !!! About to embark on a visit to Scotland and catch up with all my relatives there....gonna have great fun asking them to recite those three words !! Thanks Windswept Robert !!
Have a great trip and let us know the results!
@@WindsweptRobert .....thanks WR ....Got over two weeks up there so plenty of time to test it out !! Also just subscribed to Limmy...I find him hilarious and actually very clever with his sense of humour so I will give you a mention 'cos I 'd never heard of him before! Cheers.
This was hilarious…that face at the end😂😂😂
Your voice is so pleasant to listen to!
So nice of you to say so. Thank you ☺️
The look of absolute abject FEAR in his eyes at the end though. It’s like he didn’t try saying it and went into this video with 100% confidence he could and then realised he couldn’t
It's true!
@@WindsweptRobert I’m rooting for you,show the English language who’s boss
Limmy is SO funny! Love y'all scottish folk, gorgeous accent and way of speaking.
0:05 theres a gay?
Its aboot time!
Yes, he was doing porncast in his bedroom
😂🤣😃😅😆 I can't match that but I amuse myself by asking Alexa to say "Boris Johnson Carrots 100" in Welsh.
Now you made me curious...I'll need to try that to my Alexa!
First skit I saw of Limmy on RUclips was the one with the laptop lol Been hooked ever since!
He had a fantastic podcast on iTunes approx 20 years ago - I think he recorded all the shows from his bedroom. They were hilarious :)
Thank you for the best laugh I’ve had all week!😂
I’m happy that you’re happy 😀
Hehe sounds like gargling marbles.
Actually, "gargling marbles" might be a good tongue twister too!
I wouldnae even attempt it! ;)
I may be an American but I really liked his show and continue to follow him years later. Limmy’s show was on the American version of Netflix for a while, but I’m pretty sure it’s gone now.
Edit: I didn’t have that much trouble understanding the show and had to act as a “translator” to my fellow Americans.
Edit2: I love the Limmy style humor in this vid lol, you sure are a fan from the look of it!
I've been following him for decades, since he did his wee iTunes podcasts from the bedroom in his flat.
When I was younger, my buddy had some friends visiting from Blackridge, Scotland. We were in a pub and she was trying to tell me they’d been to visit a historical site here in Canada named “St Marie Among the Hurons”. When she said the name, I just sounded like “sanmarrrymongohugh” to me. Took forever for me to suss out what she was saying, and we had a great laugh after that, and a few nice pints too!
We Scots like a guid drink! ;)
I went to follow Limmy’s channel and I was already following it ha! I guess past me knew somethin even if I didn’t remember 🤣🤣
You seem so kind, but dam it I can't understand a word you're saying, but it's great. I'm laughing and enjoy you!
Oh thank you
@@WindsweptRobert ❣
That was funny. I'm laughing too hard to go to sleep now.
Aww...I didn't mean to give you insomnia! ;)
Hehehehehhe funny. At least I went to sleep with a smile. Have a happy day!
LMAO!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Omg... I can't stop laughing!!! WHY is this so funny???? LOL
It’s like that Italian person that tried to say Worcestershire sauce.
I was walking home from school with my friends one day and they were making fun of my accent. One of them decided to ask me to say “purple burglar alarm” so I did and they were very disappointed when I said it perfectly fine. I had never heard of it being hard for Scottish people to say so I was really confused why they asked me to say it because I find it easy to say.
i'm a hillbilly from kentucky & I too know this struggle.....
Oh my God, I don't knoe what I did but I've been laughing so hard at so many youtube videos my face hurts 😂
It may just be a sign of me getting old, but i genuinely nearly pissed myself watching Limmys vid n this 1 back2back!!!
Lol!!! Very funny.
Thank you.
Thank you too!
This made me belly laugh!😂
That was adorable and made my day, thank you for posting this ❤
You are so kind :)
That was like a limmy sketch actually, he would have been proud :)
I hope he wouldn't think: 'rip-off merchant'. :/
I am 52 years old, live in the Midwest USA, and can easily say purple burglar alarm, but guess what? I've never had the need to say it, and most likely never will.
I say it all the time because I have several of them around my purple house.
It's because of the way you pronounce certain words. My father was from Glasgow and he could say most things but some words tripped him up a lot!
It's like sayint "Purple Burglar" completely reboots their mind, so that they can't say alarm in time
O m g 😂😄😅😆😉😂😊
Thank Youhoooooo i Needed that 😂😁😀😊
Kiora From New Zealand
My pleasure, Kiora :)
We have an office manager called Carol and a production manager called Carl, but we had to change Carls name to Ted because every time our Glaswegian boss rings and asks for Carl he gets put through to Carol.
Aye, we don't have many men/boys named Karl here, probably for that reason! :)
Yeah, that “ pupple buggler alar” can be a tough one!
Love ya brother. Got it and God bless. I will giggle for hours.
Thanks Wyatt! :)
Limmy’s super rad. Also, you’re getting pretty close to conquering that purple burglar alarm. 🙂
Limmy is under-rated genius. LOVE his work!
Love the Scotts! 🏴😎❤
And we love YOU, Beefy! ;)
Laughing hysterically alone in my house. 😂😂✌🇨🇦
The neighbours will think you’re crazy 😅
@@WindsweptRobert nah they already know!!!
You’ve made me laugh like sneakers on a rainy day
Half the reason I listen to Count Dankula is his accent. Thank you for the recommendation of Limmy.
I was not aware of Count Dankula. Thanks for making me aware! :)
@@WindsweptRobert, a good episode to start with is when the 'Stone of Destiny' was retrieved from England and returned to Scotland. Brilliant!
Ok the combo of the intensely soulful eyes, very not American, and the comedic value of attempting "purple burglar alarm" with the BEST facial expressions was exactly what I needed today 😂.
Hope it helped :)
@@WindsweptRobert So much ☺️. Thanks!
Brilliant. The expression at the end left me in tears 😂😂
absolutely brilliant you brighten my day