Bloody hell, have you ever been contacted by a Scotsman from Scotish energy, COULD'NT make out one word. do the scots actually speak English or what................
2006-10-05 10:28:52 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
poch ma hon ya eejit
2006-10-05 11:20:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Ok I have never heard of any company called "Scotish energy" but I think you are actually talking about ScottishPower. (Yes there is no space in there.)
I actually work for the company in customer services and I have had very few people find it hard to understand what I say, I am from Glasgow and have a very strong Glaswegian accent and the amount of people that actually say to me they love my accent far outweighs the amount that can't understand it.
To answer your question (which is not really a question as it does not finish with a question mark), we do speak English but we use a colloquial dialect. Just like people from Liverpool or London or Birmingham.
I think maybe it is you who has the problem because you did not pay enough attention to what the person was saying.
Just a though....
2006-10-05 10:45:12 · answer #2 · answered by jamesy_cotter_man 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are some really good accents in Scotland. Allegedly Inverness is supposed to be Queens English, not sure about that one. But for pure entertainment look for Hector Brocklebank on the Internet. This is a Radio Wind Up telephone call for Radio North Sound1 in Grampian. Try and find the Deep Sea Fishing call.
Fas Dogs Deed?
2006-10-05 10:41:11 · answer #3 · answered by sananabetahi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually it was an Indian impersonating a Scotsman
2006-10-05 11:39:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dont know about Scottish Energy but I think Abbey national should change their name to the Bank of Bangledeshi
2006-10-05 10:31:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Och aye we do, mayhap e'en better'n anybody else oot dere in the wade English spakin' world.
And if ye t'ink Scottish speech is hard tae catch, it only means ye've ne'er heard a geordie spakin'.
2006-10-05 11:13:10 · answer #6 · answered by Svartalf 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I hate the Scottish accent if that's what you can call it...I think it's more like a language! I think Scottish men are unnattractive, and their voice is the biggest turn off!
Now, Irish accents are a whole different story!! Yum yum yum!!
2006-10-05 10:35:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anon 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Was she speaking Border (Braid) Scot, or Highland (Gaelic) Scot?
2006-10-05 10:33:45 · answer #8 · answered by kent chatham 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whit yoo goin on a boot, yoo cheeeeeky laddie, whits rang whit the whey a' taalk.
2006-10-05 10:32:41 · answer #9 · answered by pat.rob00 Chef U.K. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they do speak English, but only their own variety!
2006-10-05 10:30:49 · answer #10 · answered by Ahwell 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
och yir aff yer hade fits the metter wi ye,ye need a thick ear.
2006-10-05 10:34:19 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋