A Scotsman Visits Australia | Kevin Bridges On The Jonathan Ross Show

[@ThreeRunHomer]

When he does other accents, he gets them spot on. A real talent.

[@imaner76]

Ai canny year a wourd.

[@thomaswigfield7623]

@@imaner76 Yes, it’s difficult to understand Mr. Ross, isn’t it?

[@kevinwm1172]

@@imaner76 what you typed is way wrong. Plus most Scots are good at accents

[@imaner76]

@@thomaswigfield7623 Indeed! LOL And Kevin, it's a joke, a play on phonetics. Relax fella.

[@nbay500]

Nott really. His Leamington Spa accent which he does a lot is unlike anyone else I ever heard in the town in all the years I lived there.

[@bobbobbing12]

"The smug prk, walking off thinking he's bilingual" 😂😂😂

[@lanemcginty64]

Aye that line has had me pure delighted for hours 😂🤣

[@dickon728]

Yeah, it's really funny.

[@ILoveMyMalinois]

What's a prk? Do you mean prick?

[@Ppppooiiuuyytrree]

I swear this said walking off thinking he’s hilarious and then he said it and the comment changed

[@PaulMclauchlin]

I once had an African guy translate my Scottish/English for an English bloke serving at a counter in an airport. Felt great.

[@peterclarke7240]

That sounds utterly superb! 😂

[@PaulMclauchlin]

@@peterclarke7240 It's like something from a comedy sketch show.

[@peterclarke7240]

@@PaulMclauchlin It sounds like something I'd expect to hear on Would I Lie to You 🤣 Along with Kevin trying to explain how he ended up buying a horse by mistake in Bulgaria, of course.

[@PaulMclauchlin]

@@peterclarke7240Now you mention it, that's exactly what it's like.

[@satansalley6526]

😄excellent

[@gregiles908]

I'm Australian and my neighbours in the 1980's were Scottish migrants from the 1960's. Their daughters were born here and had Aussie accents, their parents were understandable. The visit from the 80yo Grandmother from the Highlands is memorable, I was introduced to a Lady that I could not understand a single syllable, let alone word. I nodded and said ",yes" three times, it seemed to be the correct response! I asked my friend later why her Grandmother spoke a foreign language only to be told it was in fact English. Absolutely no way I could have ever gotten a word though. I was being respectful at the times.

[@brotherben4357]

😂😂😂

[@capcompass9298]

I had a Glaswegian flatmate for two years. Ut's no tha same lingo.

[@thenewvoice8]

As a Glaswegian in Melbourne I can't go through drive through, well I can but it's a mystery as to what I'll get. And I've worked with people who've not understood me after 6 months and it boggles the mind, even without using any Glaswegian or Scots words. Totally scunners me

[@shaunmichael2477]

I'm Geordie and work up Scotland regularly I can get the accent no problems as their pretty similar but when us and the Scots work down south not even they can get our accents

[@iankearns774]

I am from Melbourne, what does scunners mean?

[@futurehope1900]

How is sounds to us mate "ev works wiv people who've ntd üņđśťòòd mî". The brogue is excellent. I worked with an old gentleman instructing me on the finer points of structural steel in outback Australia....the man is still dear to me as for the first three months I didn't know if he wanted a fight or was giving a compliment.

[@margaretnicol3423]

@@iankearns774 Disgusts. 🙂

[@margaretnicol3423]

It irritates me how he speaks on stage. He. says. one. word. at. a. time! ... and ... his home town is not Glasgow - it's Clydebank - so he's a Bankie rather than a Glaswegian! How's that for petty? 😀

[@1616jaime]

I wonder if that was an awkward encounter with Danny Dyer after his jokes about him "He's a pricks prick" lol

[@itellyouwhy6957]

Malcolm Smith would have been just dandy...

[@danbreen6946]

@@itellyouwhy6957 Shut it orc

[@dannyward673]

I’m a cockney and understand almost everything Bridges says he’s a quality comedian and is bang on with his humour. One of my favourites.

[@graememckay9972]

Born and bred in Lanark, Scotland. I've needed translation in London, Canada, Arkansas, Spain, Australia, Turkey and Egypt. The translator was my wife, born and bred in Inverness who also translates for me while talking to her mum from Cambridge.

[@williamrae9954]

Funniest bit there is Prince Danny Dyer sitting there biting his tongue 😂

[@ochjim]

Aye, the "prick's prick" -wonder how that face off went?

[@jimmyriddle5246]

I'm an Aussie with a Scottish mum. No problem understanding her (of course), but when she gets on the phone to speak to her sister back home in Scotland and reverts back to the dialect, I have absolutely zero idea of what the hell she is saying!

[@andrewthomson870]

I'm Scottish and I once had to translate for an English colleague who was trying to order a KFC in Northern Ireland. Neither could understand the other. 😂😂

[@petesmitt]

Norn Iron accents are more understandable than a really thick Scots accent..

[@gwynnethcoan761]

I’m Scottish and live in Australia and it’s so true. Constantly repeating myself or spelling words out and I’m nowhere near as “broad” as Kevin.

[@stephenmckenna7663]

Fair play Kevin u made a living by being like every Glaswegian I have ever met respect never forget the bowl you where baked in

[@baldbastardo]

English is my 3rd language and I'm pretty good at understanding accents. Glaswegian or even Scouser are no biggie. Some Irish folks on the other hand? No damned clue what they're saying. Pretty cool how someone who started out so young and got so successful is still so relatable. Kevin deserves a world wide stage, he's that good as far as I'm concerned.

[@andrewphillips5565]

I'm an American and I'm offended that you said we all have a hard time understanding you. You're one of the funniest fuckers I've ever seen brother

[@phillipwalker6517]

Kevin is simply the best. He is a realist in a hilarious way.

[@nomadicroadrat]

Have been able to understand about 10% of what he says, and for me that's good enough. I definitely understood the person needing an interpreter to figure it was water he needed.

[@ChrisM541]

Not from around here, I presume?

[@Stevehboy]

If English is ur second language then u get a pass but if ur American then Just open ur ears pls

[@annitownsley]

Long time no see. Glad I’m reminded though, your a legend lol ❤

[@JonJobOnzo]

When he said: "that's my girlfriend", for a moment I genuinely thought he's joking

[@andreashaynes3346]

Absolutely fantastic, Kevin 🤣👍🤣

[@Joker-pt9rm]

Haha, Clydebank garden parties 😅

[@nbay500]

His flat was in the West End of Glasgow in a street were a lot of Scotland's celebs live.

[@cynthiamckenzie8451]

I was born in Scotland and live in Australia. I had to slow my speech when I came here and I still say water differently and I’m told it sounds American 🇦🇺

[@sandrafinbar]

Yes, water is a word in some states of US that could sound similar to a Scottish accent.

[@weswheel4834]

I loved it where at 3:45, he paused briefly, while deciding how strong a swear word he could get away with :D

[@frankiefugazi]

I seen a young English girl struggle with a Glaswegian down for the horse races... "Canny Cock!" "Canny Cock!" I said, he's asking for a can of coke 🤣

[@geoffsecombe]

I'm Australian, and I lived in Scotland for 3 years. I was in a shop the day I arrived and asked for a can of Coke whereupon I was inexplicably presented with a Kit-Kat.

[@vickibrown8490]

Fantastic as always

[@Clearlight201]

I have a friend from East Kilbride with a strong Scottish accent and because I've spent a lot of time with him I know what he's saying. At one point he was speaking to some folk from Motherwell which is about 10 miles away from East Kilbride and I had to explain to them what he had just said!

[@BozoTheBear]

This Aussie absolutely loves KB!

[@SkyEcho7]

😂😂😂 Like the Scottish Illuminati

[@WhiteTiger333]

That's why we die so young in Scotland...frustration. (And lack of hydration). LOL!

[@barryaitchison5565]

always brilliant kb

[@gjaxx]

Gadgie cracks me up every time 🤣🤣🤣 Billy Connolly can rest easy about a worthy successor

[@Doorito_]

He's not dead lol.

[@gjaxx]

@@Doorito_ Didn't say he was... lol 🙄 ... and in case it escaped your attention... he officially retired over 5 years ago... and at 81, don't really see him making a comeback, taking his health problems into consideration... do you? Think you might want to look up the definition of 'successor' in a dictionary... when you can spare a minute from trying to be clever... lol

[@Doorito_]

@@gjaxx You must be new to his stuff, he's officially retired like 7-8 times due to health.

[@gjaxx]

@@Doorito_ Yeah... Whatever!

[@Doorito_]

@@gjaxx Someone using that many ellipses with no full stop, wow... that's someone trying to be clever.

[@angelajanem318]

Pure dead brilliant

[@francisbrown5469]

It just goes to show that he can speak English but I'm grateful for "Subtitles" I get to understand what the fuck he's on about ...

[@robertvere2263]

Jonathan Ross is a quick-witted guy. Love how he added to Kevin's frustration joke with his hydration line, using Kevin's joke.

[@Andyc515]

Kevin Bridges what a legend of comedy his impression of English n Americans are hilarious man lol the best comedian to come of Bonnie wee Scotland soooo funny 😂😂

[@DizzyDungeoneer]

I'm baffled as to why he wasn't understood in Australia. I'm Australian and I understood every word he said.

[@MartintheTinman]

Not everyone here speaks English though, so I can understand

[@Kbesw3]

Same

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Me toooo, must have been a new Australian! 😂

[@pencilme1n]

Also it’s because he is using a diluted version of the Glaswegian accent/dialect. I understood every word but in a bar in Glasgow you will fare no better than in China.

[@tomsmith9048]

Brilliant 😝🍺

[@pairsay]

The Scottish Illummiati - Wow

[@1garryrippon]

F*cking come on! Hilarious 😄

[@tigertiger1699]

Sharp mind ole Kevin

[@r4mbo4974jr]

Funny to see Danny Dier waiting to appear. As Kevin Bridges once referred to him as 'The Prick's Prick'

[@crabbyoldman8209]

Yank here. Re: translating into the same language: At least twice, I was trying to understand a Scottish character in a BBC show or movie, and his accent was so thick I had to go to subtitles. Problem was that there were no English subtitles, so I had to use the Spanish subtitles. The subtitles worked, so all's well. Naturally, I had a good chuckle at having to use Spanish subtitles to understand my own language. But that's not the funny part. The funny part is I don't speak Spanish. Yes, I understood more of a language I don't actually speak when I couldn't make out the Scottish.

[@acecolin52]

Whilst the pricks prick was watching and laughing 😂😂

[@lanemcginty64]

Aye I had a very hard time getting a request for water understood in Australia, I was repeating the word over and a very drunk lad fra Derry walked past and joined in which didnae help much 🤣😂. Pure class difference in approach to "translating" us than our other less enjoyable neighbours there 💙💚

[@sammij7863]

Haa haaa that is funny. As an Aussie, I admit to having difficulty understanding the broad Scotish accent but I do love it.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Glasgow accents never leaves though, especially under stress and around other Scots! 👍😁 Thirty years later, you're a Scot aren't you? It's "Wader" in Australia! 😊 Fun! 👏

[@mycroftsanchez901]

Kevin is a top comedian, really like his material. Him taliking about translation mistakes reminds me of a clip on WILTY where due to this he accidentally purchased a horse! Check it out, it's hilarious.

[@bamleith3095]

class

[@directionalsirens1283]

I was in Florida and the ice cream seller said "smlmedmlrg"..I said "What?"..."smlmdmlg" ..I said "What" again..she said "wasamtr - cntuspkinglishpropr". I replied - with my head high -"Actually, I am English - I would like a small ice cream if you would be so kind " I got a small ice cream - 5 ..king scoops !

[@BamBamZ_Gaming]

Mate, the Aussie was just flabbergasted you asked for water... beer is for drinking waters for swimming 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Matty217]

Mad lad

[@Cloud-df3hy]

Yeah still live in Glasgow but you wanna make those gig tickets affordable to for people that live there not the glasgow rich list.

[@ziggymurdoch]

Hey Bobby jo 😂😂😂

[@Stonesygirl]

I hope someday he'll do a wee tour of the States.

[@des3919]

Exactly the same thing happens with my Irish accent abroad and people translating it 😅

[@shaunmichael2477]

Same with Geordie even parts of England have trouble understanding us then you have Wales no body can understand them and they haven't a clue what we say

[@marklondon8407]

Comic genius!!! Avocado!!! Or you're getting stabbed!!!

[@jacktowers7533]

Scottish isn't an accent it's a language

[@robertthomas3777]

Australia here. My mates son met his Scottish granny. The lad nicknamed her Boris. Why? Because couldn’t understand her. We cackled. 😂😂😂😂

[@ImGoingSupersonic]

HOOSE RICE!

[@kellyjordan6440]

The DVD? What year was this 1995?

[@mrsminiverblue]

My Glasgow born friends children had to take English as a second language at school in California

[@dickon728]

That's so funny.

[@lynngreene1993]

What?😨

[@Suspect333]

Who is this wascally wabbit doing the interview?

[@ev3lynxx._]

...johnathan ross???

[@chiefcheeser]

@@ev3lynxx._ Woss

[@paulgrant5543]

wonathan woss.... wetard

[@Suspect333]

@@paulgrant5543 lol i'll pay that

[@paulgrant5543]

@@Suspect333 paying with wouchers i hope

[@johnirwin2163]

I bet the scotish granny thought you spoke a strange dialect

[@davedoogan6650]

They've got bin laden in a tank somewhere like area 51 c'mon.

[@tootz1950]

I understood every third word...kinda.

[@JonJacques]

I'm Australian and I have met a Scottish person I could honestly not understand a word from. Having said that I can understand this guy clearly in the video. But really, he should have just done that English accent when asking for a water, it was so clear lol

[@jamiescott9495]

"Lack of hydration" from the country that doesn't have "water" 🤦‍♂️

[@54Rocketeer]

When I was a teenager doing a job in the school holidays the foreman was Scottish I couldn’t understand anything he said. Told him to speak bloody English and he spent the next five minutes chasing me to kick butt, luckily I was much younger, slimmer and far quicker back then.

[@annereidy7981]

Could we cut J Ross out of this? No idea what he's here for!

[@mellymarriott6637]

He’s probably there due to it being The Jonathan Ross Show mate 😂😂

[@annereidy7981]

@@mellymarriott6637 yes I know!🙄🙄

[@philomenakennedy3933]

I think JR is a very good host

[@lynngreene1993]

Cannae bear Woss!!!!

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

Glasgow story: my Dad was an avid salmon fisherman in Canada. He even made his own fishing flies. So. He’d heard about a Scottish salmon fishing fly, the Hiighlander. He got a bee in his bonnet for getting one of these, a large one, and mounting it on a plaque for his office at home. So. I looked for one on the high street in Glasgow. To my delight, I found an outdoors store! They sold all manner of fishing gear. I explained my story to the shopkeeper. And he had the fly in stock. But they were tiny. Two sizes. 0.5 cm. And 1.0 cm. I bought them both. The shopkeeper asked me a question about my Dad. My brain was swimming through the murk of jet lag... and his strong Glaswegian accent made me unable to understand just about everything he said. The jet lag made me into an idiot. I had trouble using crosswalks even. The struggle was beyond me. So I just stood there not answering his question. So rude, looking back. I didn’t mean to be. But I was just doing my best. Total sale was about 1.5 £. 2 days later I was in Aberdeen, they had a Highlander. About 10 cm long. But mounted on a plaque already. 45£. I bought it instantly. If I’d’ve really been on my game, I’d’ve removed these plaque. I gave him all 3 highlanders. He got his fishing flies in the end!

[@MBicknell]

Holey shit how fits his misses!?

[@stetomlinson3146]

I once had a conversation with a bloke in a pub in Glasgow near the station. I was getting a train home to NW England, which is only about 170 miles from Glasgow. We “spoke” for about 15-20 minutes and the ONLY word I understood was train, pronounced “trayen”! He’s probably telling the tale of the time he met an English idiot who could only smile/grin and say “yes” and grin like an idiot, to every question he asked about rail transport policy! 😆😆

[@nickjames3049]

Never heard of him!

[@BuckfastConsumer]

I remember ogunbombs face at the so called osama hit

[@mavenfrankeus7287]

GIVE ME A QUID OR YOU'RE GETTING STABBED.

[@offal]

JK Rowling isn`t scottish?

[@auldfouter8661]

She's lived in Edinburgh for years , she wrote the HP books in Edinburgh and is married to a Scottish doctor. Not sure she gets on with Nikla though.

[@offal]

@@auldfouter8661 that doesnt make her Scottish in the slightest.This only makes her a resident of Scotland. nor playing proffessor mcgonagall makes maggie smith scottish, one is from Bristol one from essex, both English.

[@auldfouter8661]

@@offal Well I'd say living here for 40 odd years makes her an adoptive Scot or are we going on racial purity? - in which case count me out. ( even though my DNA is being purportedly put at 100% Scottish on the latest iteration)

[@glakiteejit1718]

Bridges is a smug P himself so he would recognize one.

[@BuckfastConsumer]

“Muslim oh gunbomb” aka Barack

[@auldfouter8661]

Haud yer wheesht.

[@yantomanuel6919]

my girlfriend???

[@brianfraser849]

Any respect i had for this guy went out the window when he mocked the Queens death,very disrespectful.

[@lanemcginty64]

Then why are ye watching pal? Life is short so rather than watch people ye dinae like or "respect" ye should go tally up the cost of her funeral x jubilee x son's planned coronation which they take from funds that would otherwise be spent on much needed public infrastructure & resources.

[@danbreen6946]

@Lane McGinty Absolutely spot on the country is in a mess and they spend millions of the tax payers money to bury her what a joke

[@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479]

Forget the Queen. What about the goose they call king now 🤦‍♂️

[@MartintheTinman]

Hahahaha, poor widdle diddums

[@MartintheTinman]

She's getting flicked from the $5 note Oh happy days Oh happy days But I doubt I'll ever see a republic, which is disappointing

[@Skinhead-201]

Used to be funny.

[@garysmith2216]

Saw Kevin in Plymouth,always been a fan,must been an off night ,he wasn't funny,sound was terrible,couldn't make out a lot of what he was saying ,we and quite a few others left early,very disappointing.

[@gerhardusvanrooyen6663]

Totally unfunny!! Give up.

[@dez3540]

I hardly watch his material, but I do find him funny. Russell Howard on the other hand... He's still failed to make me laugh, at all.

[@shaunmichael2477]

@@dez3540 can hardly call Russel a comedian more of a KZbin commentator

[@patricknolan1096]

Soooooooo funny😐

[@gavinbottcher9174]

Not funny

[@tombradshaw5164]

Scottish accent! WTF are they saying? I can't understand any of it.