AMERICAN REACTS TO SCOTTISH ELEVATOR VOICE RECOGNITION | AMANDA RAE

[@scouseofhorror104]

I'm a Scouser and there's recordings of me drunk arguing with Alexa! 😂

[@Psmith-ek5hq]

Is that the machine or your partner?

[@winkle1]

We want to hear it scouse👍

[@madyottoyotto3055]

Where's the link lar You can't just keep us in the blind lar

[@hafizsharani5336]

Blue or red?

[@Athena621]

I am glad this classic has resurfaced

[@begbie1888]

The show is called Burnistoun and is shown here in Scotland. And is quite true having to talk to a machine up here can be like this more often than not. I'm always shouting at my Alexa after having to repeat myself several times! Although it is getting better. The Kevin Bridges stand up on voice recognition is much funnier imo, but follows the same premise. If you can find that I'd definitely check it out. There were another few shows similar to this, Scotch and Wry, with the fabulous Rikki Fulton and his priest sketch; then Naked Video, which spawned Rab C Nesbitt; Absolutely; and Chewing the Fat, which spawned Still Game. If you like Scottish humour, you should definitely check them out, especially Still Game as it's more up to date. Great video again, keep them coming 😊

[@begbie1888]

That's the Kevin Bridges stand up one kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4PdnZybfaannrc

[@PreceptorGrant]

Naked Video! Now you're taking me back.

[@sid35gb]

Up the road!

[@raibeart1955]

I’ve actually had this happen to me in Tower Hamlets offices and at a court building in london. also it was truly an”American” sounding A.I. Voice. there was no intercom or phone in both of these lifts so I was completely stuck for a good few minutes - tried explaining that to the people who got on in the lift at canary wharf and they looked at me as if i was mental. 😊 all the best Rab

[@ArminGrewe]

The show is Burnistoun on BBC Scotland, the two comedians in this clip are the lead actors and writers. Some popular recurring ones from Burnistoun include "Quality Polis", "Paul & Walter (ice cream van)" and "Alex Ciderson".

[@LADYRAEUK]

Thank you! I’ll have a look😊😊

[@andrewcoffield5835]

Or the brilliant 2 litre bottle of ginger 🙂

[@alastairclunie7232]

It's a great skit so funny but made better by your cute snorts of laughter. Hope you're well today saying hi from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@kennethmcgeechan604]

I love this sketch so much, it has me stiches every time.

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

Oh this hits home , I called a well known energy company and it took 7 attempts with totally different responses to what I asked to finally get a human being . These voice activated robots vary massively in their abilities to understand contact with humans which makes this both funny and empathic with the audience . Loved it ! As usual an interesting choice and a great reaction Amanda .

[@LADYRAEUK]

I think we have all been there at some point! Glad you enjoyed it and I hope you’re well David 😊

[@markbowman1771]

I knew this would bring out the cute snort, makes me cry with laughter every time I see it

[@tonygroves5516]

Amanda, when all the terrible stuff is getting me down, watching your reactions and seeing there are still beautiful people in the world lifts me back up. Thank you.

[@jezfield8547]

Hi Amanda. 2 days in a row! you are spoiling us😁that was so funny, i dont know where it was from, but i have been in that position talking to certain people on the phone, and getting very mad!!!! thanks Amanda, that was great

[@LADYRAEUK]

I’m feeling generous 😂😂 I think we all have been there at some point

[@SeanHendy]

I love love love this skit. One of the advantages of being an Army brat is that I grew up hearing lots of different regional dialects from all over the UK even though we were in Germany at the time. Add to this mix the ability to take the pi55 out of ourselves and you get cracking comedy gold like this. Aye, FREEDOM!!!!! Suk Ma Whally lol

[@garymcatear822]

It's 'willy' not whally lol

[@SeanHendy]

@@garymcatear822 was going for phonetic lol even listened back a couple of times 😂

[@garymcatear822]

@@SeanHendy Willy is a word usually used by kids in Glasgow.

[@philjones3824]

Freeeeee-dommmm!!!!

[@stuartrawson5057]

Hello Amanda this is hilarious 😂😂😂😂I've never seen this before i remember working with two Scottish people and they couldn't understand each other😂

[@LADYRAEUK]

Haha I love that😂😂

[@andy70d35]

You should try having a conversation with an aberdonian🤣

[@garymcatear822]

@@andy70d35 Try having a conversation with someone who can't speak and get back to me.

[@Alan_Mac]

A Burnistoun classic. I've shared that with a few 'non-Brits' and it's well loved. Their other big hit was, "The 2 Litre Bottle of Ginger" skit which is also funny but a bit more 'street'.

[@LADYRAEUK]

I’ll check it out !

[@TheThird1977]

@@LADYRAEUK I totally concur with their "2 Litre Bottle of Ginger" skit; absolutely hilarious.

[@apathyintheuk265]

There's been some great Scottish comedy sketch shows since the 1970's. I make no apologies for ranking Stanley Baxter's ice cream van skit re crushed nuts/laryngitis as one of my all time favourite short gags.

[@paddyk1888]

The show is called burnistoun it’s a Scottish comedy sketch show.it’s hilarious you will love it

[@stevencooper7505]

All I can say is thank God for subtitles when available.

[@jackthelad8182]

I remember watching this a couple of years ago and in hysterics from it,such a great sketch,good choice amanda,how are you doing?

[@pauldear6660]

You are definitely one of us now. You said "an all" at 4.23, instead of as well. 😂😂😂

[@davidpage4005]

Some poor young American girls must have had a similar experience with me in a lift back in the 80's in Florida. They were trying to ask me the time so, being Cornish, I put on my broadest accent and said to them, "Tis five and twenty to four my lovers".! The kicking I was getting on my ankles from my wife was well worth it to see the expressions on their faces. Eventually I just had to show them my watch. Great fun.!

[@gregphillips24]

When he tried the english accent he asked him "are you from the same part of england as Diclk Van Dyke.Classic.

[@dilljay11]

that shows called burnistoun and theres another show called scots squad both of them have funny skits like that they’re great shows

[@elmiguel1969]

The best one from Burnistoun

[@anselman3156]

The show is Burniestoun. I recommend their other sketches: Sarcasmaholics Anonymous, Talking Alarm Clock, and the two Beardlove sketches (a funny take on the current craze for big beards).

[@michaelduke6623]

That was brilliant I'm gonna have to watch the whole sketch

[@philjones3824]

James McAvoy as a Scottish air-traffic controller, if you haven't seen it, you need to.

[@AchimE]

FREEDOOOM! So funny! I love Scotland! Greetings from Germany 👍🤘

[@Connordabunny]

It's from a program called Burnistoun

[@steve3291]

My sensible head says - Go for a simple number like ten and then walk up the other flight of stairs.

[@LADYRAEUK]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@nephi6666]

Back in the 1990's when I first came to the USA (from the UK) voice technology was in its infancy. We were an HP reseller (computers and printers) and the HP helpline had voice recognition. Needless to say I got used to being transfered to lots of new and different departments.

[@benmiller7690]

People saying they should of said ten, as a Scottish person it’s principle as soon as it fails twice we won’t change tactics 😂😂😂

[@kennymackenzie5544]

Amanda, the show is called "Burnistoun". It's hilarious.

[@user-et3ep5zi1l]

The show was Burnistoun

[@paulhanson5164]

I get the same problem with my Birmingham accent, for my own amusement one evening I sat in front of the tv going through a range of accents in an attempt to change channels, I discovered that if I butcher the Geordie accent my tv works. I did pause at one point to ponder my mental wellbeing, questions have to be asked when a man in his late 50s is shouting at his tv in a pirate accent.

[@fresh.prince7472]

Never seen this show I'd like to see more it looks pretty funny

[@LADYRAEUK]

Same!

[@HGPTW]

Standing, in silence, in the overcrowded lift (elevator) of St Mark's Campanile , Venice some years ago, an American suddenly piped up with "Why does no-one ever speak in elevators?" Filling the deadly silence, my friend replied "Because we're not all fucking Americans, that's why!" Immediate laughter and eye contact from everyone!

[@scottirvine121]

This genuinely used to be rhe case with voice recognition technology for us but technology has improved

[@cbcdesign001]

To voice recognition software back when this sketch was made, Eleven in a Scottish accent probably sounded like "ah live in". Great sketch.

[@Muff0616]

I sometimes have to turn on a posh voice from time to time when speaking to some non-Scottish people. I'll never apologise for my accent, but I'll try and make it as easy as possible for people to understand me.... even Elevators. 😂 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (love your reactions ❤)

[@alanmills9492]

They should have said TEN and walked the rest.

[@apollomemories7399]

Nobody likes a smart ass, Alan.

[@jazzman1626]

I was just about to say that 😂😂

[@LADYRAEUK]

So many people said that 👍🏻

[@alanmills9492]

@@LADYRAEUK Ha ! Great minds think alike ! or "fools seldom differ". 😀

[@eddiewhite7309]

Then it wouldn't be a comedy sketch then, think about it.

[@deemdoubleu]

You have to watch Absolutley - the non-slip trainer sketch is a classic

[@deemdoubleu]

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[@deemdoubleu]

Not "Absolutely", got it wrong, though that is another classic Scottish comedy series worth looking into.

[@alanj9391]

I've an accent from another part of Scotland (accent has been described as posh Scots by some English), and I gave up trying to get Google assistant to understand me on my phone.

[@colin34164]

a good Scottish comedy show the watch is called still game or Rab C Nesbit. Rab is an old classic, but still game is more modern but great show to watch

[@LADYRAEUK]

A few people mentioned it!

[@DavidPaulMorgan]

The elevator voice in Manchester Double Tree Hilton has a very nice scottish lady doing the voice and she rolls the 'R' for Ground Floor etc. Makes me 🙂smile and recall this comedy sketch. Not found a welsh one yet 😞

[@MrCuddy2977]

I think there’s an element of truth in this: from what I recall, early versions of Siri had trouble - ahem! - with Glasgow accents

[@thefilmsett]

Love this sketch

[@dscott1392]

Amanda the show is called Burnistoun and is well worth a watch

[@LADYRAEUK]

Thank you! I’m going to check it out

[@GrahamMacdonald-w9o]

Amanda, if you really want to try to understand the accent of Scotland's largest city, look for 'Parliamo Glasgow'. It was first broadcast in black and white in the mid 1960s but was re-done in colour about ten years later. It is a spoof of a TV series teaching native English speakers to learn Italian (Parliamo Italiano). It halts the conversation periodically when the actors explain some of the Glaswegian expressions they have just used in faux Received Pronunciation English. Having grown up in Edinburgh, there have been times where I have struggled understanding someone from Glasgow but there is not really a single Scottish accent. The accent around Fraserburgh, known as The Doric, in the north-east can be as difficult to understand as that of Glasgow.

[@hardtackbeans9790]

There are videos of Germans renting cars in the US with voice activate navigation systems that are in a similar vein. Those are based on actual events & the hilarious conversations that follow. 🤣

[@robchissy]

scotland will be vital in the war against robots when it come, we can use the scots for passing information, if they are captured the robots will not decipher the information

[@charlestaylor9424]

There are some great Scottish sketch shows - Rikki Fulton, Scotland the What, Chewin' the Fat

[@LADYRAEUK]

I’ve never heard of them, I’ll have a look 👍🏻

[@ianwebster3544]

The Big Bang Theory did a similar gag with phone recognition.

[@josefschiltz2192]

“I go up,” said the elevator, “or down.” “Good,” said Zaphod, “we’re going up.” “Or down,” the elevator reminded him. “Yeah, okay, up please.” There was a moment of silence. “Down’s very nice,” suggested the elevator hopefully. “Oh yeah?” “Super.” “Good,” said Zaphod, “now will you take us up?” “May I ask you,” inquired the elevator in its sweetest, most reasonable voice, “if you’ve considered all the possibilities that down might offer you?” Zaphod knocked one of his heads against the inside wall.” Douglas Adams, The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21]

I got stuck in the lift at Grantham (UK) Hospital. It had a voice command intercom. "to whom would you like to be connected"? "Grantham" I replied "Is that Lincoln"? replied the lift "no, Grantham" I replied "Is that Boston Maternity"? said the lift & so on & so on. Richard (UK)

[@LADYRAEUK]

Oh no lol

[@frankschlanker]

Amanda they also do a sketch on people addicted to sarcasm called "sarcasmaholics" you can imagine what follows!!

[@McGurk72]

Im ulster scot and i could never get my phone to do anything with voice recognition , i feel their pain 😂

[@paulfreespirit]

That was hilarious!

[@Colingl1]

Alexa once added willie bananas to the shopping list instead of wheelie bin liners. The joys of the Scottish accent. 😂 Other Burnistoun sketches to lookup. Nae Rolls and Sarcasmholics.

[@mathewcooper8327]

Burnistoun mad uncle is class

[@gremlin181]

Saw this clip a while back then went searching for the series it came from "Burnsitown" There is a Scottish version of Star Trek from another series thats pretty funny

[@ToniMcGinty]

The sketch is from Burnistoun, a weird show, but I love it! I recommend the "Bottle of Ginger" and "Hingmy" sketches.

[@shanchat]

The struggle is real.

If I entered an elevator without any visible buttons, I'd get out again immediately. Any system without a sensible fallback is… not a good system.

[@LADYRAEUK]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@andrewward2010]

LOL! They could have been stuck there all day

[@XhodanXeus]

the "11" wasnt really that bad I was holding my google phone on the speakers to see if it understood "11" and it did

[@thomasmcfarlane7529]

I’ve asked Alexa to play a song then I ended shouting at it and going off my head with it and don’t start me with phoning up for cinema tickets 😂

[@TheRealityleak]

Did you say "I'd wanna smash that thing and all"? (I tried to use the contraction but it doesn't come out well in text)... That's amazing... How to say I'm fully integrated with English expressions without actually saying it! Love it!

[@Jamienomore]

Yes! That's the way it is in Scotland when it's English Voice Recognition.

[@LADYRAEUK]

Is it really? Lol

[@TheScottwright]

@@LADYRAEUK aye

[@Jamienomore]

@@LADYRAEUK A local Taxi Firm started using an English Answering/Booking Machine. It Pronunciation of Ayrshire Streets and Town is Hopeless. When you say where you want dropped off at it always gets it wrong. I found out when it asks where you want dropped off at, immediately say and keep saying, 'Operator'. It eventually connects you with the Taxi Office so you can tell them where you want to go.

[@AndrewMorgan666]

It might be 'The Fast Show'

[@yodayoda4976]

did you see any of these.its from tik tok news-Americans Living Abroad: First Time You Realized America Really Messed You Up | Part 1 | TikTok i wont put a link on here and i dont use insta

[@andyallan2909]

You should try being diverted to one of these foreign-manned call centres where they barely understand English! Speak to them in a Highland accent and you haven't got a hope! It's what the leaders of multinational and national corporations call, 'service.' They couldn't care less. They've set up a call centre to please regulators and if it doesn't suit their customers, the attitude is, 'Tough!"

[@LADYRAEUK]

It’s actually so frustrating and annoying when that happens ! Lol

[@catherinespencer-mills1928]

Western US and I hate voice activated menus on the phone. It almost never understands me. I have total sympathy with the Scottish guys.

[@tarzapopohead]

In the begging of computer times this is exactly how speech recognition was.

[@elitearchery]

Love this

[@pauln0371]

Thought you'd have started calling it a Lift by now sweetheart 😂

[@PeterEdin]

You should do The Vicar of Dibley specifically the church wedding.

[@LADYRAEUK]

:))

[@TheGrowler55]

Glaswegian Accent 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Brilliant 😎

[@walterseelig8470]

When he says "open the doors please! (3.08m) he says it in the most beautiful säschsischen (saxonian) accent - totally funny from a German perspective 😁

[@garymcatear822]

I've never watched Burniston even though i'm Glaswegian, not because of anything dislikeable in the show, i just stopped watching TV many years ago, before Burniston was even a thing.

[@McConnachy]

Ever tried that Siri crap? I’m from Scotland and I get the same response as the men in the lift, I’m sorry, I do not understand 😬🤬 I have an Irish friend with the heaviest accent and it understands him no problem. WTF

[@marksterling8286]

I saw this about 12 years ago, absolutely hilarious

[@thomasbeauchamp3781]

I love this one!

[@PaulMurray-j6u]

Hey Amanda. Found this amusing given that I now am an expat Scot who finds folks in my adopted homeland (NZ) can struggle with my accent let alone Siri, Alexa or god forbid the dreaded automated call answering help desk. Anyway watched a number of your UK comedy reactions and would like to suggest you look up Ricky Fulton. An older Scots comedian, late 70’s to late 90’s (think Dave Allen sketches) who did a show called Scotch & Wry. Particular characters I personally found amusing were Supercop, a couple sketches you might enjoy are the one with the Alien or The one with the Mark McManus,the main actor in a detective series called Taggart. Another character was the Reverend I M Jolly and sketch series called the last call. Hopefully you get a chance to check him out and you might even get to put Gerard Bulter’s lessons on Scottish slang to some good use🤓. Anyway thanks for bring a smile, snort and some laughter to the world.

[@brianwilson5594]

It's from "Chewing the Fat"

[@leboeuf05]

burnistoun has some brilliant sketches...the denim jaisket, 2 litre bottle of ginger, and ronnie & barry stokes, are favourites

[@Erik101]

Actually amarican lady understood about "american dublin" right away while it took me a couple od times to get that part😅 Well, the cons of non native speakers;) I meant myself 😂

[@LADYRAEUK]

lol i thought it was hilarious!

[@thefurrybstard1964]

You snort giggled! Worth the entire video when you snort giggle!

[@peteryoung4957]

This was hilarious Amanda.

[@LADYRAEUK]

😊😊🙌

[@stevenconnor4221]

Burniston is a good hit and miss comic show, sarcasmaholics, burniston butcher, jolly boy John it quite funny

[@teknotony]

Alexa Scottish accent n someone's kitchen is a must watch

[@infinite3joy]

They should have said 10 and walked upstairs 😂

[@briansimon4363]

Hi Amanda. In the 70s The Two Ronnies were comedy gods. Any of their sketches would be good, ‘Four candles’ being the masterpiece but try F.U.N.E.X. for a sketch we’re people only talk in letters.👍🏻😂

[@LADYRAEUK]

I’ll have a look 😊

[@beardedsloth7805]

It's true though , Alexa is the worst I need to talk slow and it still doesn't understand

[@senorspaceghosto4718]

He said " A-Levin Lassie"😆

[@LADYRAEUK]

😂

[@portland-182]

You may like to try Scot Squad, a series about Scottish Policing. You might like to start with 'The Chief Apologises'

[@Doooooooooooood]

I remember trying to order drinks at a bar in the Millennium dome, wasn't happening with my Scottish accent. Put a fake, ridiculous cockney accent and was served first time. P.s You should watch Limmy's Yoker sketch

[@constantinosmavroyannis9409]

lol the accent is getting more and more british

[@johngoward9708]

I loved it Amanda especially at tbe end when they did their Braveheart bit shouting Freedom. 😂

[@markbairden929]

As someone who grew up in Glasgow there is no way for me to say "Eleven" without an "h" in there. I do try but it's impossible, it always comes out as "elevehin" - I honestly try to speak in English without the accent, but it's more an infection than an inflection

[@FLORATOSOTHON]

The same thing happens with my voice activated GPS, but at least it gives me the choice to type the destination after three tries. Things like that are the result of the gadgets being smarter than their designers lol.

[@simonkevnorris]

If you want to hear some Scottish accents watch some of Rab.C.Nesbitt - I sear I wanted sub-titles for some of it.

[@LADYRAEUK]

I’ll check it out!😊😊