Air Traffic Control - SNL

A Scottish air traffic controller (James McAvoy) with a heavy accent tries to guide a plane to a safe landing.
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[@ashaoverstreet1509]

"your accent is very thick, is it possible to not have it?" omg i am dying 😂😂

[@Spikey7]

Ive had people say similar to me, its pretty funny hearing them really confused

[@carolinamurtha3102]

I grew up with immigrant parents and my mom doesn’t have a thick accent, my dads was super thick. If he watched too much Spanish news, I couldn’t understand him for an hour afterwards. But at the coffee shop I work at, whenever someone orders and has a thick Spanish accent, almost all my coworkers get their order wrong and I have to correct it. They’re always like “how did you know what they said?” Trust me, I had a lifetime of practice for this moment. Now watching this, if this is what my dad sounded like to some people, no wonder he had a hard time being understood 😂😂😂.

[@ummtalhah313]

Everytime I speak to a non Scot lol

[@perky9717]

My favorite line!

[@kismet256]

Yeah - unthick please.

[@andrewlauder2777]

I used to work in a call centre (I’m Scottish) and had an American once ask me if they could speak to someone who spoke English...

[@neeldeshpande3559]

the rest is history

[@juanok2775]

haha

[@Agent1W]

It helps to be fluent in American English.

[@danwilkes8964]

Have you seen the kevin bridges speech where he talks about English people acting like they can speak 2 languages because they understand scottish, I was like oh shit that's actually me

[@christansdad]

Sounds about right.

[@romxxii]

I love how the first part was James "Americanizing" his accent to be more understandable by a non-Scot, but the moment Kenan brags about having a feel for Scottish, James goes full highlander.

[@user-gg9ue4cb7o]

🤣😂🤣

[@steelyspielbergo]

that never happened

[@gerardmontgomery280]

@@steelyspielbergo it literally happened.

[@huskiehuskerson5300]

Highland cows are beautiful

[@gasp1gasp1]

NOPE!

[@CassieDee21]

I’m Scottish and from Glasgow and yeah, James was spot on how how we speak. Can’t help but laugh when kenan says “nope” lol

[@lisalu910]

So he isn't just making that stuff up? I thought he was laying it on thick for the sketch. However, I've been to Scotland and I have to admit I did the "What???" quite frequently when someone spoke to me there!

[@victordenisov1412]

What does he say? Could you please transcribe? I'm dying to know what he said.

[@TheCasualGamer13]

Came here for the NOPE hahah

[@casperjakobsen423]

In Danish, and ít almost sounds danish some times

[@eggboimcgee6050]

@@victordenisov1412 one of the things you might have missed is the f bomb at around 1:48

[@cavannaro1]

I’m a Scottish air traffic controller working at the London centre, and i swear to god that this is representative of pretty much every time I have to control a United or Delta flight.

[@mailamakua602]

Cavannaro 1 🤣🤣🤣

[@judioregan4210]

@Duc de Richleau - what's up your arse? 😕

[@zweigackroyd7301]

@@judioregan4210 never ask questions when you don't want to know the answer! 😉😂

[@Sylvita75]

😂😂

[@supersoldier2887]

You can get famous just by recording your chats with the pilots. I personally would like hearing the reactions of said pilots. XD

[@FlyingOverTr0ut]

I could watch another ten minutes of James McAvoy shouting piloting instructions in Scottish.

[@Theomite]

YES! #NotAlone

[@crikey8]

Me too!

[@rfk7192]

How's your mother?

[@nopo8011]

Me too

[@ketcherinthery5079]

I would watch a tv series lol reminds me of an old Navy buddy... For fook’s sake man

[@GordiansKnotHere]

James McAvoy is one of the most talented actors out there today. He was incredible in Split.

[@TheCasualGamer13]

Absolute beast. Def should’ve been nominated for best actor.

[@yourKING7]

@@TheCasualGamer13 Really? Don't make me laugh

[@kotovski3241]

Мудаки за Селтик не болеют)))

[@scottishhellcat]

I loved James in "Becoming Jane". OMG he was hot! He also did a great job in a film about the Lincoln assassination. I think it was called "The Conspirator". He was a young lawyer that was assigned to represent Mary Surratt (Robin Wright). Both very good movies. And he was in period costume in both films. McAvoy is so very handsome.

[@TheCasualGamer13]

@@yourKING7ude played like 8 characters. Name someone else who did that…

[@RaviPal-fu2lh]

"Did I eat at Wendy's 😂?, Never "...."Fine I had Wendy's last week, but don't tell Kylie" had me dying. 😂

[@alexandrapaulk1593]

Welsh air traffic control: All right, you’re gonna land nice and easy in Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch, yeah?

[@theredalpha7290]

Lol 🤣

[@thejiggy]

I love that that's an actual place lol

[@theredalpha7290]

@@thejiggy I know right?

[@SuperHedgehog910]

Lala lalala You mean Taron Egerton?

[@cognacc2144]

Lol

[@Mia7189]

An SNL writer posted on Twitter last night that James worked with them on this skit by rewriting his lines, telling the writers that 'everyone in Scotland will understand me, but no one in the US will'. Good work, James. 😂

[@clevelandcbi]

That is awesome!!!!!😁😁😁😁😁

[@conroecurio5145]

Awesome😁 I love James so talented and hot as we'el

[@AlicenSoundGarden]

Is it weird that I understood what he said then? Lol

[@priscillajimenez27]

Yeah I understood a lot of what he said the first time he said it, and I'm a Hispanic born and raised in the US lol

[@nobytes2]

@@priscillajimenez27 Same here. I think people that speak multiple languages have more susceptible ears. I understood about 100%. But some words I don't use like doodad. Comprehension was about 75% due to this.

[@mbayatab4326]

I like James McAvoy’s serious look at his face as if everyone should understand what he says😅

[@alix14359]

James’ lines: Alright, now, there’s not a TikTok for monikers, big man. I know you’re coming on all peely-wally up there but I’m going to help you down out the sky faster than a whippet gets a hard-on. Okay? Now, I’m going to get you down but here is what I need you to do first, okay. Have a deep breath. I just want you to take a deep breath. In. Out. In. Out. You alright there, wee man? You alright? Deep breath! Right. Deep breath and you need to stay calm. Now, listen to me very carefully. On the wee panel of switches in front of you, there’s a brown doodah with a red jack. About the size of a what do you call it? American cookie. Oreo cookie, not a Keebler. Alright. There’s a wee thing about the size of an Oreo cookie. I thought it was a Keebler. What’s the doodah coming in at? Mate, the brown doodah that looks like an Oreo cookie. What’s it’s coming in at? No. No. Repeat. Brown. The colour. Brown. Aye. What’s the brown doodah coming in at? Good. Two heads are better than one. Right. Have a wee shufty out the window down at the ground. Tell me if you can rest your goggles upon Auchentoshan plane station. Come on. You try it with him. Listen, big man. Tempus Fugit cause we’re only going to get a crack at this once. Now, there’s a wee burgundy hingmajig on the dash, give it a wee tug. Aw no. Aw no. In the name of the wee man. Ah. Right. Radar’s got you leaving Scottish air space. This connections getting crunchier than a bag of smashed crabs. Alright. Godspeed, you lot. Glasgow out.

[@thegadphly3275]

Thank You.

[@vasumathimenaka]

Thanks a lot!

[@jillbythelake]

And what does THAT mean? Tick tock for monikers? Peely-wally?

[@samreid6010]

@@jillbythelake​no time for small talk, all turned around

[@alix14359]

@jillbythelake no TikTok [video] ‘for monikers’ means for getting to know each other on closer terms. And if you look peely-wally, it means you look pale and tired

[@musings2134]

They are speaking in doctor's handwriting!

[@diegopitbull7580]

BEST COMMENT Can I steal it ?

[@akrogirl32]

But that I am trained to understand, lol.

[@zink_d1665]

😁😁😁👍

[@ThunderPants13]

Maybe they are telling the guy in the cockpit to take 2 thorazine and call them in the morning.

[@keirsamson]

This is a posh accent in glasgow

[@Finnickzfilms]

Please gather Ewan McGregor, James McAvoy, Davis Tennant and Richard Madden and make them speak in the strong ass Scottish accent or I'll riot

[@rmac8378]

All middle class guys

[@jamesmartin9401]

There's a couple of KZbin videos with Graham Norton and maybe three different Irish guests and in one case Lily Tomlin and in another Marion Cotillard and the poor women are totally lost.

[@marthabixler1606]

Craig Ferguson interview with David Tennant is a hoot

[@oliclay1348]

I'd add Robert Carlyle and Gerard Butler to the mix aswell

[@aditisk99]

Add Karen Gillian too

[@MichaelAarons1701]

Keenan’s “Nope!” was all I needed!😂🤣🤣🤣

[@kindking8009]

It doesn't matter how many times I watch this, I laugh until I have tears streaming down my face. Funniest SNL sketch ever!

[@yourKING7]

I have been in Scottish. And i nothing understand what they were saying to me.

[@mariannayoung6484]

Ditto. Many times. Love it!

[@headoverheels88]

Same 😂 literal tears. "Lets do this" *speaks in highlander Braveheart Scottish cartoon character* "Nope. 🏃💨" Gets me every damn time. 😂

[@catalinaa766]

@@yourKING7it looks like you haven’t because it’s Scotland not Scottish😭

[@yourKING7]

@@catalinaa766 And you? Have you been to Scotland? Second question. Do you understand Scottish?

[@joanneswartzberg8851]

This is too funny. I once was on a train to Scotland and this nice man tried to teach me a card game. i still have no idea what he said.

[@suziejane1008]

But you ended up £500 down :)

[@bandlaganesh10695]

Lol

[@zaurekassenova204]

😂😂😂

[@lisarose3566]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@amazingsupergirl7125]

What a nice memory ❤️😍

[@hypnoharlequin3546]

*The entire English language has left the chat*

[@Littlebirdinatree]

😂😂😂😂

[@faunacaledonia]

He's speaking Scots.

[@evilscotsman495]

@@daisyrambob7959 No he is speaking Scots.

[@margaritam.9118]

*Gaelic has entered the chat.*

[@rojava1619]

Hypno Harlequin fuck off it’s the original language your yanks made it sound like child talk. Aye ya ball bag

[@Roxy-Mara]

As a Dutch person working as a doctor in the West of Scotland I'm proud to say his accent actually sounded quite mild to me😆

[@hungariangiraffe6361]

Imagine a Scottish doctor. No one will understand what they say or write.

[@localCrows]

How long did it take you to understand this kind of accent?

[@melodyssong4916]

As an American who's never been to Scotland, I'm very proud of how much of this I understand. Outlander trained me well.

[@ashvermilion]

You n'wah! oops, pardon me, wrong Outlander. This Dunmer shall see myself out.

[@juliehill9247]

I’m always on the lookout out for James Alexander Malcom Makenzie Fraser -

[@user-oe7bl9yf1n]

Literally came here to say I understood about 90% of this due to JAMMF ❤ ! Living in America all my life, I will take that as a great proof of my Outlander being my show for "education" 😂. I laughed so very hard at this. Love it!

[@Oldleftiehere]

@@juliehill9247😂 Same here❤

[@andrearukop8069]

😂👏🤝

[@sockmonkey6666]

What's extra funny is how even the Americans started laughing as soon as they mentioned the Welsh.

[@ValensBellator]

I spent a week driving around with my family in Wales as the “navigator”. It got to the point where I just had to point at which exits to leave the roundabouts as I couldn’t begin to pronounce the signs lol

[@haggismuncher429]

Iam Scottish but Welsh accent is the best, Geordie and Irish and amazing too, and of course Scouse.

[@dannymcafee4552]

It's a laugh machine, most Americans, probably ALL would think Wales was a large mammal, and even then, they would say fish.

[@ValensBellator]

Danny Mcafee We’re perfectly aware of Wales here. I mean, not everyone, but it’s pretty common knowledge... and the one thing most known about wales is that you can’t tell what they’re actually saying lol

[@shuboy05]

I think many of us Americans watch enough BBC America and Masterpiece Theater to see the joke coming.

[@niedermitderjagd1968]

James McAvoy speaking in his natural accent is ear porn to me. Is there any scottish audio book with him as a narrator outthere?

[@christiankrenek7689]

Check out “Ceebeebies Bedtime Stories” on KZbin! It’s a BBC channel where lots of British actors read bedtime stories in soothing voices, often their natural accents. James McAvoy has at least two. :D

[@niedermitderjagd1968]

@@christiankrenek7689 Well thanks, gonna take a look on it ;)

[@lou-xr5rz]

see him read 'The Dinosaur That Pooped'.... his accent is adorable and the story got me cracking up

[@pielad4349]

yeah the scottish accent is a beautiful one

[@alterego480]

If he told you where to find one you would never understand

[@lydacious7338]

Love all the comments from pilots. I'm American living in Scotland. This sketch is spot on! Hilarious!

[@dianaparker4807]

This is one of my favorite SNL skits of all time. If I need a good laugh I put this on and laugh away. I gotta love Keenan too. He always manages to crack himself and me up! 😂😂😂

[@francesoutlaw7021]

There should be a full Wales continuation skit with a true Welsh actor.

[@antitheist5567]

Matthew Rhys would be perfect for this

[@francesoutlaw7021]

@@antitheist5567, :) :) :)

[@bobacat4859]

Christian Bale.

[@francesoutlaw7021]

@@antitheist5567, oh, yeah! Excellent choice!

[@francesoutlaw7021]

@@bobacat4859, sounds good to me! He's another eye candy! :) :) :)

[@EtnorbYenreit]

As a Scottish person from the same part of the country as James, you just know he wrote this skit. 😂 “doo da” is the remote for the tv in our house, “hing-ee-ma-jig” is thing, any thing. Makes perfect sense.

[@israelportillo9469]

Or that "shitass"

[@israelportillo9469]

Whichever you prefer

[@meekdook4236]

Whaaat?

[@eleSDSU]

@@raymondluxuryyachtmp In Chile it is "thingamagaver" (like in "please pass me the thingamagaver") which is a contraction between "thing-a-ma-jig" and "verga" read backwards (inverting words' syllables is a common practice in Spanish slang), one of the many many many Spanish non-slang words for "penis".

[@toomuchiridium]

In England, we say "thing-a-ma-bob" or "thing-a-ma-jig"

[@borayurt66]

This never gets old. I've seen it maybe 50 times, and I laugh till I cry every time. :-)

[@briangatt2956]

Kate McKinnon's Scottish accent was a hell of a lot better than Mel Gibson's in Braveheart that's for sure.

[@robertwhite8941]

I agree 100%.. even watching Braveheart when I was younger was annoying ..with his over-acting and ex treme accent..

[@Thytos]

I always thought I could speak English. Until I visited Glasgow.

[@fiedelmina]

I went to learn English. In Glasgow. Had to learn Glaswegian first.

[@eleSDSU]

I still think I can speak English, now I know they can't.

[@JamesBond-si7xs]

Haha....wit yees takin aboot

[@djvuatalevu7265]

This is so me🤣🤣😄😄

[@markboyle3089]

@@eleSDSU *** won't!

[@j_soo]

LMAO “your accent is very thick, is it possible not to have it?” 😂😂

[@SeanFerree]

😂😂

[@AndresPerez-rg4xk]

Every American tourist ever! 😂

[@Gingermycat]

Yup every time we call tech support in India 😂😂😂

[@PrincessXylaGalanis]

😂 On God

[@YaoiHoshi]

I lost count of how many times I watched this. It’s my go-to video when I’m in a sad mood because it always cheers me up 🤣

[@alexchord5689]

Wow, I haven't laughed so hard in so long. James McAvoy was brilliant and Kate McKinnon was spot on as always.

[@Danielle-qq5tq]

I spit my drink out when kenan was like NOPE!

[@nancyglem]

He was THE BEST when he did that 😂😂

[@christineferreira2181]

Did I have Wendy’s? Ok, I had Wendy’s last week 😀

[@ReliableMyke]

It's an ongoing gag with him, I swear he says NO! or NOPE! in every other skit he's in.

[@jarricah7920]

Why did I read this in a Scottish accent 😂😂😂🤷🤷

[@afshinafshin6408]

when watching snl never never drink or even eat seriously you might die

[@Tricks_53]

I’m from Glasgow and can admit this is an exact representation of when I talk to somebody who’s not Scottish 😂

[@EvelynL.1112]

Wait, really?!

[@Tricks_53]

Evelyn L. Yeah the best part is my accent isn’t as thick as James’s one in the vid but people still don’t understand you have too speak slow or dull your accent down

[@EvelynL.1112]

@@Tricks_53 Oh, I feel sorry for you.

[@natalie-cu3to]

Same with me, but I’m from Wales

[@TheKarahan2011]

at least your text comes without the accent

[@HelenS.739]

Kate McKinnon is amazing with her accent too. James McAvoy is so damn funny. Plus Mikey Day with his WHAT !!!! Omg way to funny 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@katg2192]

I never get tired of watching this skit! Today, however, was the first time I watched it with the automagically generated closed captions... absolutely losing my mind that the CC gives up utterly whenever JM speaks. 🤣🤣🤣

[@MrManish1434]

God, even the auto generated English subtitles couldn't understand what they were saying.

[@subject_of_ymir]

Auto generated sometimes can't even understand American accent.

[@knotationmusic]

Did you actually expect them to be good? Most of them privilege a certain type of American accent so I have low expectations of them in English, let alone Scottish accented English.

[@sleepykat9]

😂😂😂😂

[@dianasayson2846]

My captions generator must be Scottish. It got all correct.

[@darkfrost904]

@@dianasayson2846 It is not auto-generated anymore. They have uploaded correct captions.

[@B501M]

"the BRAUUWWNNN dooh-dahhh that loookKKs like an OOHH-REEAAAHHHOOOO KOOKIIIEEE " !!! hahaha

[@007nadineL]

Koo-key

[@leticiaf.1431]

That was cute

[@B501M]

@@007nadineL haha, yes, thank you for the correct spelling :)

[@smithiii6630]

You mean "brunn " 😂

[@romxxii]

He pronounced "brown" a bit like how Americans would pronounce "bruin", which of course means "brown".

[@vanshikachats]

God i watched this sketch so many times now and it is still hilarious. One of the best sketches ever.

[@teresasarigan251]

It is 2024, this is still funny

[@ASMRShortbread]

I’m Scottish but I live in England; this is reminiscent of my colleagues’ struggles every day. Bless them.

[@johnthwaites5976]

Really? Most English people can understand Scottish accents. I can't understand cockneys personally

[@andrewmark2783]

Yupp, this is me with Scottish and Northern Irish accents. And I'm from the North...

[@DavidAWA]

I have no idea what you just wrote. "Remi sent college snuggles every day?" What does that mean?

[@bryanthompson12]

ASMRShortbread hilarious

[@caseyc580]

England is my city

[@wchrisgarcia]

0:41 “Kylies not on board right now, thank God” 😂😂😂

[@corriehingston6744]

Even the subtitles are broken at the point when James enters 🤣

[@Truelegend86]

Anytime a Scottish accent skit happens it always cracks me up as my grandad had a thick Scottish accent which I understood with absolutely no problems as I do with most Scots thanks to him 😂 my friends and my wife used to sit there lost not having a clue what he said but for me it was clear as day which just goes to show how you adapt to your surroundings,I miss the old man and his quirks which included the old Scottish and English rivalry which I was always the one exception to him 💪🏻✌️

[@roseJ96]

I love how when they mentioned Wales everyone was like, "Oh, shit." The audience knew what they were in for.

[@shuboy05]

Everyone watches British television!

[@ronclark9306]

As a kid, I used to watch Monty Python. They had great fun at the expense of the Scottish!

[@ronclark9306]

@@ichijofestival2576 Found on KZbin as "Monty Python's Sci-Fi Sketch", for those who might want to check it out.

[@dr.funkenstein9790]

Duc de Richleau why don’t you cry about it some more?

[@Kwales66]

So Funny !!!!!

[@JB-bg1kr]

They needed Mcavoy to host much earlier. Glad they finally corrected it

[@Infraredx]

Best episode in a long time

[@revolrtol]

This was loooooong overdue

[@jensen1901]

@@Infraredx THE SKETCH WAS FANTASTIC!!!! I was laughing my ass off, so funny!

[@LoLo-654]

Oh god this happened with me in Scotland the old man kept talking and I’m 😕 I’m not a native English speaker and that accent was very hard to understand, until a young woman came and rescued the situation 😂😂

[@MH-pz8wf]

It happened to me when I travelled to Edinburgh and the only thing I could make out of the Scottish B&B owner talking was 60 pounds. I think that's good enough. I am also glad to realize that I am not the only one have so much trouble understanding the accent.

[@maridelacroix1998]

I've been to Edinburgh for a week and their accent fascinated me. I loved it!!Mind you, I'm Brazilian and speak English with an American accent, so this was incredibly funny to watch. I laughed so hard. I'll be coming back to watch it again every time I need a good laugh. 🤣🤣

[@KeithofSpades]

"The connection is getting crunchier than a bag of smashed crabs." Oh my, if I could only get one opportunity in life to use that sentence I would be forever grateful.

[@atulkishan3752]

I heard "The connection's getting cuntier than a bag O'crabs

[@Me-fo1kk]

Just spat my tea out....crack

[@MyMarsham]

For me it’s “take a shefty oot the wendie aet the groon.”

[@fleurdelacour2405]

You can come to this island I'm spending my holidays on. A bag of smashed crabs is defo less crunchy than the connection here. But the place is worth it

[@KeithofSpades]

@@fleurdelacour2405 Haha, that would be an opportunity to use the phrase! 😂

[@larrymcdonough9036]

Retired United pilot here. Love this skit! My first few years flying to London or anywhere in Europe starting back in the 1990's, this was EXACTLY how our communications with Scottish Control would be! I laughed so hard watching this because it is so accurate. All of the U.S. pilots were continually asking the controllers to repeat themselves, I am sure that it irritated the crap out of them. We would look at each other in the cockpit and say "what the hell did he say?" My last 5 years of flying over there before I retired at the end of 2020 were much easier to understand them. Either I got better at understanding "Scottish" or they got better at speaking American English!

[@DEATHBYFLYINGCDS]

Damn, and here I was thinking they were exaggerating.. Surely you'd think they'd get some air traffic control people with less of an accent considering how vital their job is

[@nicholasdavis5393]

@@DEATHBYFLYINGCDS in Scotland? Those don't exist. I think it's a bit of an American thing also. The pronouncement of voul sounds are so different that it's understandable you guys have a hard time.

[@DEATHBYFLYINGCDS]

@@nicholasdavis5393 The American dialect is a neutral dialect... basically it's what you get if you remove it.. But I'm half Colombian.... I was raised by difficult accents

[@LS-sg8rb]

@@DEATHBYFLYINGCDS You just think that because American TV and movies are all over.

[@danterosenberg7506]

@@nicholasdavis5393 yeah. They're not gonna get like Londoners working airport jobs or Scots with accents with articulate pronunciation if those even exist. They will probably get more "Cockney" like people who are like lower class, ya know? I agree. Like even in the US airport workers are low class people who can't afford healthcare. on food stamps..... or work multiple jobs. I saw it on Michael Moore's Sicko.

[@ditzygypsy]

I just woke up my entire household watching this at 6am on a Sunday. 😂😂😂

[@SlimThePhenomenon]

“Your accent is very thick. Is it possible to not have it? Over.” 😭

[@majorchief5449]

“Lewk out the windew!” “Ok, I had Wendy’s last week, just don’t tell Kylie” 😂😂😂😂

[@amyminus4622]

MajorChief5 That was probably the least funniest thing in the video. You must be one of those people that laugh at EVERYTHING.

[@majorchief5449]

Amy Minus Let. People. Enjoy. Things.

[@jacobteague635]

@@amyminus4622 Dude, it WAS funny

[@Pippsissewa]

Video: we’re gonna switch you over to welsh airlines Me: oh no. Oh no no no no 🤣

[@kubortthedane9487]

Welsh Airlines?

[@txb3806]

As a welsh person, I can say first hand that we are not understandable

[@tomo366]

@@txb3806 ye we fucking are

[@natsukilovestobake4427]

Inquisitor Pippa This comment has 666 likes

[@hannahpatwell5435]

Same

[@letzgobrandon5007]

I was an ATC for 20 years, this brings back some funny stories.

[@thegrimcritic5494]

You know, I really don’t care for modern SNL, but this is easily one of their greatest skits of all time.

[@AT-cy7im]

Totally agree, I just descoverd it today, I consider it my Xmas present. LOL every time I watch it

[@johnross5765]

I’m from Glasgow in Scotland and I’m in tears at this 😂😂😂😂👏

[@hollyb7142]

I'm American who has talked to a friend in Scotland and I'm in tears! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@Nexus-ub4hs]

John ross I lived and worked in Glasgow. My favourite seconds city in the uk, pretty much would be my first but loyalty and all. I managed well with the accents, though did get nearly daily headaches 😂. One guys accent was so thick that even other Scots couldn’t understand him lol. I can remember sitting in a senior committee meeting, he was worked up, and appealing for me to back him. I understood the first two minutes, then no, uh uh just his mouth moving with sounds 😂. Nobody else understood either, we all cracked up. He did get what he wanted eventually, a great big Jock with a big heart 😀👍 I’m a bit Scots too, love Glasgow, love Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

[@johnross5765]

Nexus nae bother mate 😂👍

[@rachelgallacher2463]

Im the same 😂😂😂

[@The-Chief-Sweep]

It’s amazing thinking of those Americans thinking wat the fuck

[@nicotiutalupau6472]

Translation of the Welsh guy: “Hi”

[@vyacheslavbrodovoy2039]

in two hundred letters

[@gloriette89]

Its all i can get (Italy here)

[@Sebastian--2]

Man can say "where are you" in only 3000-7000 letters😂

[@lucascoval828]

🤣🤣🤣

[@katharinenoble1682]

Takes Kenan to produce a "NO!" that decisive.

[@weirdstonk729]

I'm Scottish and you should know that his accent isn't exaggerated but for the sake of the skit his sentences are formed of strange words on purpose. The way he said "right, have a wee shifty oot the windae doon at the groun; tell me if you can rest your goggles upon Auchentoshan plane station" at 2:50 is very weird way to say "Look out the window and tell me if you can see Auchentoshan airport"

[@aaliyahgabrielle6097]

*Whenever Kenan said “No!” I just lost it* 😂😂

[@Romanceguru]

Me too! Especially the way he shouted the second NO.

[@svscared]

As usual Kenan stole the show. I hope he stays on SNL forever!

[@TheFatScot]

Being able to understand this is amazing 😂 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Fire-Bound]

Ikr

[@justvocals4652]

I couldn't understand much :(

[@rufuspowell9366]

I'm English/Welsh and got this

[@forestrot666]

I understood about 3/4s.

[@Annie1962]

Me too!

[@fajar_siswandaru]

Have anyone realized that even KZbin is having a hard time generating the subtitles on the 'scottish' part?

[@ERMediaOfficial]

I understood the scottish but man, the welsh killed me XD

[@ivanterrible7362]

Keenan kills it with one word "No!" That man is a genius.

[@claycarpenter8625]

Lol SNL sucks. I cant believe people still watch it. You have to go back to before 2000 to find good SNL comedy

[@hiramrosajr8231]

No ... He's not

[@hiramrosajr8231]

@Charles Ross no

[@LoganLS0]

My uncle is from Scotland. This is exactly what talking to him on the phone is like.

[@Tracymmo]

I hope you have an inexpensive international calling plan!

[@izerelynda]

@@Tracymmo ikr? Cos those calls will take forever

[@Tigerlillielibra]

OMG! LOL

[@DavidChandra]

This is hillarious. I laughed non-stop. The last one killed me. 🤣

[@dilofena8560]

Amazing! 😆❤️ Been to many villages and small towns in Asia and Africa where they couldn’t speak a word of english, but I never got such anxiety and stress like being in Scotland and someone is replying to me in what they think sounds english… I got confused, they got frustrated. We shouted and I cried. 😵‍💫 😂 It’s been extremely stressfull untill I got the hang of it. There’s nothing like you think you speak perfect english and the person infront of you too, but you can’t understand each other at all! 🤣

[@christopherr3676]

Im Scottish . This is the most accurate representation of a Scottish person communicating with the outside world ever

[@toot8510]

Christopher Reilly well james mcavoy is scottish soooo

[@rockpaperscissors82]

But Kate McKinnon did an amazing job as well. I lived in Aberdeen for a postgraduate degree, and this is exactly what it was like when I tried to order coffee in Inverness. The English girl I was with had to literally translate for me!

[@scriptsupervisor]

That's cas he is Scottish lmao 😂

[@SethMason88]

Did anyone else immediately start reading Christopher Reilly's comments in a Scottish accent? Just me? ok...

[@christopherr3676]

@@SethMason88 it's like Hi I'm Morgan Freeman Its impossible not to read that in his voice lol

[@LexiRaph]

I'm an American studying abroad in Glasgow, Scotland and I have to say that this skit is 100% accurate

[@LexiRaph]

@Charles RossHaha depends on the professor but if its truly impossible I ask the nearest Scottish person in class to show me their notes!!

[@BiancaBoyC]

I studied a broad once myself.. she was confusing AF

[@DravenGal]

@@BiancaBoyC BaDum-swish!

[@BiancaBoyC]

@@DravenGal 😂

[@allisonrowley661]

Lol I studied abroad in Scotland as well... Can confirm. Glaswegian accent are v hard to understand. Plus the use different words. Still love that accent though ❤️

[@huy99454]

I've laughed myself to death a 1000 times...again... This is hilarious! :D

[@benkellman4577]

I did a semester in Edinburgh in college and didn't have much trouble understanding anyone. Visited Glasgow later on and it was a whole different story 😂

[@still34u]

gold! my brother once moved to scotland and thought his roommate was french and didn't speak english for three weeks.. then they found out, he was scotish

[@alchemyseal9400]

still34u Oh my God that’s so funny !!!

[@chicktait5544]

Away'n'bileyirheid

[@angie1299]

hilarious

[@zeusmasterson4117]

still34u Omg, you’re kidding, right? 😃

[@jcdenton5828]

still34u When did you find out you couldn’t spell? NOW! Scottish*

[@yaganomabaatuolkuu3702]

I laughed so hard at this. I studied in Scotland for a year and stayed for two years after just cause. Coming from a west African country that was a real culture shock for my first year. I remember I got to the train station from the airport to get to my university and heard someone speaking on phone and I thought. Did I land in the right country? The accent was insane. I listened intently for sometime to try and identify the language until I heard the word early. I called home as soon as I could to narrate that experience. Now back home I am always delighted to hear the proud Scots speak in their native tongue. Will definitely be visiting again after COVID-19 clears. Thanks SNL.

[@giulia6344]

Omg dude saaaame!!! I’m from Italy thought, and learned english mostly through american tv shows/movies. I thought I understood english, then I arrived in Edinburgh… it was tough 😂

[@MH-pz8wf]

Concurred. When the owner of B&B discussed how much it costs for one night lodge, I couldn't understand anything he said. But I managed to catch/understand the $ amount, whew. And it's all I can say. I thought I am the only one w/ Scott accent since English is not my mother tongue. Apparently, the experience is universal with English speakers! lol

[@davidgraham370]

@@giulia6344 I live in Edinburgh and I'll admit the FIfe accents are a bit strong sometimes, but nothing beats the west coast - apart from the Doric... thats just english mixed with phlegm

[@Ivy94F]

@@davidgraham370 English mixed with phlegm… 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mannyb7949]

@@davidgraham370 Holy shit 😆

[@RadityaNugraheni2405]

After spending more than a year in Ireland, I feel proud that I started to understand 40% of the instruction. 😂😂 Let's see next year, once I visit Glasgow.

[@robertwhelan9132]

This was brilliant. Spot on!

[@moshrae]

The Accent is so heavy even the youtube subtitle generator cant write it down. :D

[@paulwartenberg8479]

you mean canna.

[@supersoldier2887]

I noticed. XD

[@UpRoaryus]

dude, though, that tool is pretty daft with it's interpretation of plain old ENGLISH (Brit OR American variety) no regional accents necessary. It's so bad that it might even end up captioning something MORE accurately resembling sensible thought than the phonetical fudge batter it usually generates for well articulated stuff!

[@philipmcniel4908]

The fun thing is to have it generate English subtitles when it doesn't know the person's talking in Chinese or Korean instead of English!

[@NicKeLas]

I'm furious the channel creators didn't upload proper subtitles for this. Thanks to the guys in the comments. As English is not even my native language, that was extremely difficult to understand. And I got about 10% of it right)

[@ihuomao6735]

😂😂😂. I moved to Scotland in 2014 and this was me for 2 months!

[@crazyforcoffee5950]

Hummer O same but still running into problems like this on occasions

[@richardschindler8822]

The part that’s makes this hilarious for me is, I’m a retired corporate pilot and I’ve traveled to many different countries, and so many times I’d talk to a ground controller and have to ask for him, or her, to say again as I had no clue what they said. Very funny, but oh so true.

[@scotttigers]

It’s hilarious how the computer translator at the bottom of the screen is even confused. 😆😂🤣👍 Funny stuff.

[@scotttigers]

It catches some of it but utterly stops translation in other parts. Lol. 😆😂🤣

[@arcanawho5636]

I could listen to James talk all day, even if I can’t understand him 😂

[@dinakay330]

Amen to that

[@jackcedillo6055]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤️

[@sandra969]

Ahh yessss

[@usualsuspects42]

Yes, add me to that list : )

[@tinytitts5804]

As someone from Glasgow I applaud Kate’s accent, I’ve never heard an American do that so well 😂 Thanks for all the likes my gals, guys and theys ❤️

[@Charmedsas1]

😂😂 kate and Cecily are the best at perfecting accent.

[@sweetglasgow72]

☝️

[@SiriusMined]

So cool. I didn't know if it was accurate, nice to hear it is. She's a chameleon!

[@jabber67]

It was pretty shite mate, your caught up in the moment

[@amycole3034]

I think I read somewhere that her grandfather’s Scottish.

[@peacefulsoul81]

Pilot's reactions were perfect

[@lauraeverett4412]

I'm obsessed with the welsh language. It's amazing

[@greatvalue_ethelcain]

SNL now legally has do a continuation of this with David Tennant. Sorry, rules are rules. 😑

[@tb4522]

YES!!!!!

[@mj-yo7vt]

I need that

[@aliciad8553]

I'd also take Michael Sheen.

[@Luvie1980]

Or ewan McGregor

[@samuelbarber4154]

How about Capaldi?

[@speakevermore]

This is the ideal use of James McAvoy in a comedy sketch. His American accent is so convincing that i forget he has a Scottish accent

[@TheCasualGamer13]

One of the greatest actors ever.

[@Sandeep_kr529]

" Just aim for water " LOL 😆

[@kerrieventre2454]

I have watched this skit soooo many times and still LMAO!!

[@Lovefilms99]

To this day I'm still confused how they got from Scotland to Wales without passing England

[@user-wl4ex5fd6j]

Maybe he flew towards the ocean and back.

[@rachele3334]

I didn’t think about that at the time, but that’s a good point. 😂

[@caatabatic]

Timey wimey

[@availablehage]

They work for the Kylie Jenner...

[@c-light7624]

🤔😂

[@JennaProbert]

Being from Scotland I totally understand this nae body understands us

[@carloshernandez-yi7rl]

What? Say again!!

[@JennaProbert]

@@carloshernandez-yi7rl no body understands us

[@eaterdrinker000]

I was able to cope because I sometimes catch "The Thistle & Shamrock" with Fiona Ritchie on the radio on Saturday evenings.

[@mannysikario]

@@JennaProbert sorry, can you not have that accent while you type?

[@JennaProbert]

@@mannysikario forgetting that majority of people will be American 😂

[@Lost_Quasar]

Proud to say I only had to watch it three times to understand it. Missed most of the first run through because I couldn't stop laughing. 😹

[@rominaking2751]

This has got to be one of the funniest skits I've seen in a long time. I couldn't stop laughing.

[@edrage8679]

Your accent is very thick, is it possible to not have it?

[@benb7727]

ed rage Hey. This was one of the lines in the video.

[@lisacjlm]

Loved it!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BiancaBoyC]

Like # 666

[@777osbaldo1]

@Noble Bevillian no one really cares. It's not like he gets paid for likes.

[@zarengaalluchi7312]

Lol

[@brotherseckel9698]

When he said "Can I eat at Wendy's?" milk came out of my nose.

[@gamefoodislife7811]

Same 😂😂😭😭😭

[@eratera4059]

milk came out of my robot nose

[@TheSesilye]

lmao

[@ThunderPants13]

Were you drinking milk at the time? Cuz if not, that's extra impressive.

[@laurenmaguire7334]

@@ThunderPants13 💀💀

[@mononoke813]

“Just aim for water” 😂 😂 😂 💀 💀 💀 That’s the singularly most relatable moment ever 😂

[@a.m88877]

I watched this over & over, so good 😂😂😂😂

[@sharr630]

After five years of traveling to the UK, visiting Edinburgh and twenty years of watching British television, I'm proud to say that I can understand 40 percent of this lol

[@lost422011]

So did I. Lol

[@JohnWilliams-zu8wg]

Watching Chewin the Fat and Still Game became educational.

[@FiercelyReality]

My husband is the only person I know who understood every word but his mother is from Glasgow so it’s kind of cheating 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@afshinafshin6408]

thats a great improvement

[@Weimar76]

You smart... 🤣🤣🤣

[@mediocreandworse59]

I've entered the conversation into Google Translate and my phone said "Nope".

[@MegaSid19]

My computer says; Noooo

[@alchemyseal9400]

Mediocre And Worse Lol !!!! Try Scottish Goggle 😉

[@virgoqueen8950]

LMAO

[@joejames4095]

Kate McKinnon's Scottish accent was top notch !

[@axeman3d]

+1 for Kate's accent, it's not too bad. She's been around someone before that speaks the lingo.