Scottish, Irish and English Compare Accents For The First Time!

[@janslavik5284]

Eoin is the most Irish looking person I've ever seen

[@mxdmxngo3573]

Yet he barely has an accent

[@heilong79]

@@mxdmxngo3573 He has a much stronger accent then I do and I am Irish.

[@jgroenveld1268]

@@heilong79 Curious, but can you tell from what part of Ireland he is from?

[@husseinataya5729]

Coz he's a ginger

[@anas-432]

He’s literally like the default irishman lol

[@eoin6172]

Hey Eoin here. This was so fun to do and so nice meeting Lauren and Rowena. Now realizing I speak so fast. Maybe it's an Irish thing. I'll try speak slower for the next video 😅 Anyone catch the lord of the rings reference? Hahah

[@TheCrazyTamis]

Yeeeeeeeees! It got me screaming!!! ❤

[@reineh3477]

You mean that you can do a lot with potatoes.

[@calvinemerson]

so cute! an irish friend of mine from the west always calls them spuds.

[@lillymt]

I was just about to comment on the reference !!! 🤯😂

[@dubmait]

Are you from Cork?

[@Laurenade]

Lauren here! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Had so much fun filming this with Rowena 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Eoin 🇮🇪 it was so funny comparing these accent after such a long time! Definitely looking forward to filming together again soon (please comment any content you’d like to see!) thank youuuuu 💚

[@NicholasJH96]

Please include a Welsh person next time.

[@yaku_8856]

You're sweet, Lauren.

[@brissyapra]

Bomb ass video. We need more.

[@MrJovon321]

It may be interesting to do the Irish & Scottish vs. American because of how rhotic all of the accents can be

[@adrianocosta655]

Hi! I like how you pay attention when another person speak. It's adorable!

[@Lancastrian501]

I don't think the separate words chosen are pronounced very differently in the three countries. You have to hear full sentences to appreciate the differences.

[@emrysqee7672]

I agree.

[@scottw.3258]

Exactly. I'm Scottish and pronouncing words in isolation is entirely different to pronouncing them in a sentence or free flowing speech. Scots tend to speak quite fast and make use of the 'glottal stop' frequently. I'd say in many ways Scots are influenced more by the Germanic languages and so it can sound very guttural when we speak. When asked to say words in isolation, we tend to think about it more and put a bit more emphasis on the pronunciation.

[@some23dude]

100%

[@adalinerosewood]

tbh i find rowena's accent to be very light. i know a lot of young scotts from different parts and they all have quite strong accents

[@doandrow]

Hey guys! Rowena from Scotland here! I had lots of fun filming with Eoin and Lauren❤️ Hope you guys enjoyed watching the video as much as we enjoyed filming it! PS: regarding my accent, i was born and brought up in Edinburgh city (the capital), so my accent is specifically an Edinburgh accent. If you were expecting something stronger (aka. Glasgow or West Scotland) I’m sorry! Haha I hope you guys enjoy the video regardless and keep watching WORLD FRIENDS! Have a great day everyone!

[@bassoras1796]

Nice video!

[@Iron_Heinrich]

Rowena: Sorry my accent isn't so strong!! Me, an American: It... It get's stronger?

[@TheCrazyTamis]

Your accent is lovely ❤

[@BethC817]

I love your accent, everything is still intelligible too 😆 Stronger Scottish accents are fun to hear unless you really need to understand them! Then I just feel rude asking "what?" repeatedly.

[@manachurch]

Erm, I think you look Asian.

[@fantasy9865]

4:46 “Boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew” he is a cultured man I see 😂

[@zhuguidai]

he was testing them, they failed the test

[@JamesChaelim]

​@@zhuguidai no wife material ;)

[@alexhoward6255]

Honestly said out loud “noooo how could they not get that?!”

[@Skylitzz_]

Can you imagine if they added welsh, American, and Australian accents to this as well.

[@NormanFRockwellontop]

And Canadian

[@yakiv6604]

Welsh sounds like all 3 mashed together 🤣

[@moisesinfantes2797]

problem with american is , is that we have like 6 different regional accents.

[@AaronBiswas]

Damn add india and you'll have the commonwealth

[@oliviamarcum9843]

South Africa

[@toprak3479]

I love how the Irish guy didn't want to be a stereotype and then ten seconds later starte gushing about how delicious potatoes are LMAOO so good

[@canardlaquais7224]

He actually slipped a joke right there. It' a reference to Samwise's line about potatoes: "Boil' em, mash' em, stick' em in a stew."

[@mikeoath9541]

@@canardlaquais7224 That took me out I wasn't ready for the reference lmao

[@ItsMikky]

It’s a LOtR reference

[@shubhsharma7725]

Feels bad that Wales is not invited to the party

[@amandachilds5290]

Yes they have lovely accents and language.

[@amandachilds5290]

@@twmpike815always a pleasure to speak the truth. Have a nice day

[@sarascarpati887]

like ,why?

[@shubhsharma7725]

@@sarascarpati887 I don't feel the need to explain it further

[@jessebrucepinkman9834]

Is there such thing as Welsh/American accent

[@masatwwo6549]

Fun fact: In German we have the ch from Loch in our regular speaing. And Loch in German ist proounced the same way like in Scottish and it means hole.

[@LernenundFahren]

"Er säuft wie ein Loch" is one of my favourite German expressions :)

[@peteymax]

We have the same sound in Irish, loch is the Irish word for lake. But when we speak Hiberno-English that gets softened to lough, which sounds more like a k than a Gaelic ch.

[@lockandloadlikehell]

@gerard dearie which islands ?

[@ElDiosDelBajo]

@gerard dearie Rowena literally made the throat sound when she said 'loch'. 100% the same as in German. The German 'r' is just the voiced variant of the 'ch', which is unvoiced

[@peteymax]

The Irish for lake is Loch and it pronounced Lock (kind of), loch is Gaelic, Gaeilge sound which is Gaelic/Germanic sound

[@gregmuon]

As an American, I found the Dublin accent easier to understand than many English accents. The accent in Cork however... It ranged from difficult to impossible. With some people I could make out perhaps every third word.

[@Joker-yw9hl]

Try Kerry to the west of Cork 😜 it's probably the hardest to understand

[@jlpack62]

I'm convinced that the Irish had an overweighted influence on how Americans speak English.

[@Joker-yw9hl]

@@jlpack62 agreed I think the Irish and Dutch/Germans shaped the accent heavily

[@MrPenitencier]

Thanks mate. I'm French and I travelled to Cork once. First day I was thinking they were speaking Gaelic because that was so much different from the accent I was used to ! What a bloody accent !!!!

[@charliescollections]

thirty three and a third XD

[@RonaldTrumpOfficial]

First time english, Scottish and Irish people have got along. Such a historic moment 😢

[@mehallica666]

Lucky a Welshman wasn't there!

[@jhonsalchijhon5992]

Because she's asian

[@joshuawatson3054]

This video is about comparing accents not comparing ethnicities at all so stop your racial bias here

[@jhonsalchijhon5992]

@joshuawatson3054 don't be such a wokeeeee follower the truth hurts i don't care about your feelings!!! well good bye man.

[@DarkAngel2512]

What a weird comment. Im English and Scottish 😂

[@code4498]

The Irish guy sounds as if he's on 4× speed xD LOVE IT!!

[@BadDubII]

People in Ireland speak pretty fast all the time

[@tomhowarth9287]

The lord of the rings reference didn’t go completely unnoticed, Eoin 😂 I appreciated it

[@cupon00dle51]

Even his name sounds like it's from the lord of the rings

[@galmanferguson]

Me irish lad quoting Sam from TLOTR made my day. Too bad the girls knew nothing of it

[@luciwfalcon]

Yes sadly the girls didn't recognize it :)

[@V_For_Vigilante]

Because lord of the rings is the worst movie ever and that’s a fact .

[@V_For_Vigilante]

@@luciwfalcon They are lucky they don’t recognise objectively garbage movies

[@galmanferguson]

@@V_For_Vigilante Come back again when you've made any achievement worth bragging instead of being a loser on youtube

[@Iron_Heinrich]

Love these language comparison videos. Would definitely like to see a video with this trio again, but perhaps with some more carefully chosen words that highlight the different accents a little better.

[@uliuchu4318]

I always feel like the more north you go in the UK the closer the accent gets to english's germanic cousins like german, frisian, danish, swedish and dutch

[@boxtradums0073]

I’m Scottish and speak fluent Dutch and there is a massive overlap of Dutch/Frisian in our version of English. The rolling R’s come from Anglo-Frisian languages. They lost that in England when the Norman’s invaded and made Latin England’s language. Scotland wasn’t conquered by the Norman’s so our accent sound more Germanic/Scandinavian.

[@omegajrz1269]

Especially in Liverpool

[@mrdarren1045]

In the North we don't sound anything at all like they do in London. Where I live our accent is closer to like sean bean or Jon snow

[@yukongetit4603]

Actually it's the opposite, the more English the accent the more German it becomes. The more north you go the more the accents sound Celtic

[@mrdarren1045]

@@yukongetit4603 a great deal of 'the north' is England. In my home city, one of the most northerly in England, our beginnings were established by the Angles and later the Anglo saxon domination of the land was established. The early north was the learning centre of England. Northumbria was the dominant region for many years and played an important part in the early church with oswald and cuthbert and Bede's history. The north was then much more aligned to its germanic roots. York then was the second most import city in England. So yes my knowledge of the Geordie dialect and Northern English in general I'd also say have a much stronger link to our Anglo saxon descendants. In the south they were far more French/Norman inspired.

[@NormanFRockwellontop]

Scottish accent is so beautiful! I love it

[@Simon-tc1mc]

Finally included Ireland and Scotland.

[@irenecarrillo6750]

Just wales to go

[@uyuman1]

@@irenecarrillo6750 Wales, the forgotten child of Britain.

[@Subchia1]

@@uyuman1 yep even though it has the oldest language in U.K and were the original settlers’ descendants and thats coming from Welsh person

[@Paul-zk2tn]

@@Subchia1 Is the Welsh language older than Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic?

[@thomasdavid7364]

@@Subchia1 A language can't be older than another lol And all indigenous British people descend from the Brythonic Celts, not just the Welsh

[@riccardoferrazzano6341]

Amazing video! I'm still learning English and I have to Focus more on accents, so I really appreciate this kind of conversations. Also I'm really interested about differences between English, Scottish and Irish cultures. Thank you guys, greetings from Italy 🇮🇹🙏

[@annojance]

I'm a bit sad that no one noticed Eoin's potato joke (the LotR reference).

[@sakurafalls2468]

@@V_For_Vigilante Opinion

[@deanmcmanis9398]

That's a nice friendly group. It was a good twist to have a Scottish girl, as we are more used to seeing and hearing Scottish men speak. For the Scottish language I often think of watching the Graham Norton show and he has a Scottish guest on and I can only make out one word in 5 spoken. But as Rowena said, once the get to talking quickly and throw in some slang, it can be hard to understand. I agree that they should have ended the show with some examples of longer sentences to really show off the differences best.

[@ctjiujitsu12]

@Don Donson She was born and reared in Scotland. Her ethnicity is of Asian descent.

[@ctjiujitsu12]

@Don Donson No, she's scottish. What country is "Asian". You're confusing ethnicity with nationality. My and ethnicity is Scottish and English but I was born and raised in the USA. I'm American, not Scottish or English, right?

[@empty3061]

@@ctjiujitsu12 right?

[@youngjg1308]

@@ctjiujitsu12 youre right

[@daquandaleshaqueefjackson5472]

Well shes not scottish

[@maryalice0790]

I totally felt that when they said they have so many different accents in Ireland and Scotland, because it's the same here in the U.S. we definitely don't all sound the same ❤️

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

I've never even been to the US, but I'd definitely know the difference between New York (especially Brooklyn), Texas, Boston, Alabama, Minnesota, and California. Of course there's more distinction among those areas, and even smaller local differences... But I feel like the ones I mentioned are pretty easy to differentiate, even for a non-American.

[@ladysafari01]

I think this goes for every country..

[@prashantmishra1994]

Hi Rowena,Lauren and Eoin! Great language lesson because it let us know the different UK accents. Thanks & regards.

[@callowyellow]

This was fun. More videos of these please.

[@dionsilverman4195]

I thought Rowena was wearing a tartan dress, thought that's a really nice looking dress, falls nicely too, then I realised it was a blanket.

[@gracie-annmoyers5763]

I feel like they picked people from each country with the "lightest" accents lol, I want a comparison between people with heavy accents 😂

[@yomama...isaverynicelady]

@Mimikins Yeah or at least a real Scottish person.

[@joshuawatson3054]

And you think Scotland is about Glasgow only? Seriously your insecurity is detected since Scotland has more than just one accent.

[@joshuawatson3054]

I don’t need to tag the person because it’s waste of time anyway and I wasn’t even tagging you anyway but the other one.

[@gracie-annmoyers5763]

The American lady has no kind of accent at all, not to Americans anyways. I'd like to hear someone from the south who was raised in a holler 😂

[@joshuawatson3054]

Nobody is from America here anyway

[@deanthornby2026]

This is so funny ...three middle class people that don't have regional accents comparing accents ... After working on the channel tunnel with just about every different accent there was in the UK at the time ( late 80's ).... I got very interested in accents ... for example Liverpool to Manchester is around 16 miles but the accent changes so much Coming from Kent myself i find that every 15 miles accents or dilect change all the way up the country

[@ahmad24995]

Now try for scottish, ireland and england slang, it would be more fun cause i heard they have a lot of fun word 😄

[@kuroe-chan5190]

Me and my husband visited Scotland for the second time last year for good two weeks we went east west north the east it was difficult for me to understand the accident. They speak very fast and like you said they cut out quite a few letters so it takes me a while I can understand a little bit better up north and out west actually have not been as southern Scotland so the next time we go in a few years we’re gonna go down there and hopefully the next time will be three weeks and I’m in love with that country. I’m America. I’m from the south. I’m North Carolina right in the middle, I fell in love, but it is surprising how similar you know words are just the pronunciations are a little bit different but it’s it’s just so awesome and I love hearing all the different dialect and Scotland and Irish. I just love it all so I appreciate y’all doing this video. It was awesome. I say erb by the way lol

[@doug.c.9873]

You lost me

[@shahoodusane6421]

Ahhh finally new countries. Loved it😊❤️❤️

[@anyazelyaeva4135]

I love these kind of videos. I do love the English language. Greetings from Russia 🤗😊

[@culturoom5578]

This accent stuff is always fun to watch 🤩

[@TheIrishBosnian]

kinky

[@lr9376]

4:45 "Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew" Classic. That went right over the Scottish woman's head.

[@lr9376]

@That clone trooper in the back on the high ground It's a line from Lord of the Rings, Fellowship

[@lr9376]

Samwise Gamgee says it to Gollum

[@lr9376]

@That clone trooper in the back on the high ground Lol Sam forgives you.

[@sokohc]

Very funny and instructive ! When I was in Dublin I met american girls who had issues to understand Dubliners. Although I'm french, I've never had that kind of problem. The scottish accent was way harder for me, and this video confirmed it !

[@sharonhill2602]

Just missing the Welsh!

[@herreach6955]

To be honest, personally until now I still don't know the Welsh accent really sounds like because Welsh accent is just sounds like another English accent. Especially for a Cockney speakers I have to say that Welsh accent is posher than my accent. But some of accent expert says that famous Welshman who has a really strong Welsh accent is Matthew Rhys but tbh until I heard that I never know that he's Welsh. There is a lots of Welsh actors that I thought to be English at first such as Ioan Gruffed, Luke Evans, Taron Egerton. Even in my friends circle in London, all of my Welsh friends I was thought that they are English. KZbinr Simon Wilson, I thought he's from somewhere in Northern England, probably Yorkshire, but after the recent euro football I saw his Instagram post, and he turn up to be Welsh. So yeah, I don't know how Welsh accent sounds really like.

[@LEMON_STARFOX]

Welsh doesn’t sound like an English accent because it’s Welsh. Yeah some accents of Wales are softer and less fully accented than others but you can still definitely tell that they’re welsh. The same with English accents ( they vary in many ways) but they’re still English and you wouldn’t confuse them with a Welsh/Scottish or Irish accent. But to be fair no one seems to even remember Wales half the time and it shouldn’t surprise me that they don’t know how we sound. But, Wales has more than one accent and shouldn’t all be grouped together with the southern accent of Wales.

[@herreach6955]

@@LEMON_STARFOX do you have any references of actors or some Welsh public figure who speaks Welsh accent, because some of the Welsh people that I know, even my own friends, they sound like English people and I always mistaken, I thought they're English at first but turns out they're Welsh

[@nicholasbiddle7893]

That's what I was thinking

[@overlordnat]

@@herreach6955 Have you never watched the comedy Gavin and Stacey? Stacey has a broad Swansea accent and Ness has a broad Cardiff/Barry accent, they’re completely unconfusable with English people.

[@davidbowie5023]

I love our Irish accent. Eoin nailed it.

[@TheIrishBosnian]

Thing is, its only one accent of many. Imagine a Kerry chap on here...

[@daniel73211]

@@TheIrishBosnian is that kerry the most difficult english accent ?

[@foxgirl1822]

@@daniel73211 some of the Northern Irish and Scottish accent are very difficult as are some rural Irish accents. Dublin and Waterford accents are easiest to understand.

[@LittleSparrow.]

Tonight's expression in Irish is very smooth, I like all of them xx

[@ready2roo24]

I went to a wedding reception where many of the servers were Irish students in Colorado for the summer. They sounded very American on most words. Just a word here and there were pronounced such that I could tell they were Irish.

[@deadzoo]

They probably changed their pronunciation to be understood

[@rem3e]

us irish people can generally mimic a vague american accent well enough, but that's not a reflection of our actual accents at all. the commenter above is most likely right on what they said as none of us sound naturally american at all, unless we've lived over there and naturally picked up on whatever accent is most prevalent in the area.

[@obenohnebohne]

4:45 + 6:54 Love it. Thanks for making me smile.

[@ZaiKerizm]

Seems to me Scottish Woman on this video have bit of Hong Kong ancestry I hear Hong Kong English accent

[@joshuawatson3054]

Wasn’t Hong Kong part of British colony before?

[@HW-em7fd]

super annoying that they picked her because her accent is so soft .. not a good choice but oh we need diversity don't you know? ugh the history of my people butchered everywhere because we are just welcoming in anyone to replace us and forget about the history of us because why would they care about our history since they have no roots in it?

[@joshuawatson3054]

The video clearly compares accents not ethnicities at all

[@NukeCaulfield]

@@joshuawatson3054 So? Speaking with a Scottish accent doesn't make you a Scot.

[@joshuawatson3054]

Giving opinions doesn’t make you tell the truth anyway. And besides, she was born in Edinburgh Scotland and grows up there so how is she not Scottish? Like I said this video is about comparing accents not comparing ethnicities at all

[@fabianicoles]

O Flower of Scotland, When will we see Your like again, That fought and died for, Your wee bit Hill and Glen, And stood against him (against who?), Proud Edward's Army, And sent him homeward, To think again. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@juliooliveira9866]

I've never heard the scottish accent, and I just thought it is beautiful. Please, bring her back on the channel

[@xdjxgates3953]

That’s not a Scottish accent, she clearly has Asian characteristics

[@joshuawatson3054]

Seriously you X DJ xgates, you are so insecure that she was born in Edinburgh and brought up in Edinburgh and she has the accent regardless what kind of racial discriminator you are. You haven’t watched her personal uploaded videos to judge her at all.

[@xdjxgates3953]

@@joshuawatson3054 and have you?

[@xdjxgates3953]

And as an example one of the Edinburgh accents for Butter is actually Butter (as in the Posh way) not butrrrrr. But yea tar me with the racist brush. Always a good one to use

[@joshuawatson3054]

Of course I have but you for sure haven’t done so and you are not even from Scotland so keep your insecurity to yourself.

[@silvanalillie4093]

When they all said hello together, they actually harmonized!

[@Juniorplusanimation]

Scottish and Irish, It's so hard for me to understand, But this vídeo helped me a lot!

[@spunj]

Fun fact for anyone not familiar: People from England and Ireland don't really agree that there's a universal accent in these countries like how, well, because there really isn't! In Ireland for example, if you set foot outside of Dublin, you'll instantly hear a different accent and in Dublin there are 2 distinct accents also haha.

[@greenmachine5600]

Yet they say there is an American accent, like there is only one, that's hippocratical.

[@cigh7445]

There isn't a 'universal accent' in any country per se, as in all countries have degrees of regional and class variation. However what we do see is 'Supraregional' or 'Supranational' accents/dialects in most western countries now (tending to be most prominent among the middle classes who consider themselves 'upwardly mobile' and are more prone to dropping the features of regional dialects in favour of 'standard forms'). It was always the case that dialect features spread from urban centres of population density and prestige to replace regional dialect features over time, and with the advent of mass media in everybody's homes this process seems to be able to happen a lot faster, instead of a feature taking years to reach the edges of a sphere of influence they can reach farther distances with less of the long process of dilution. So in England for example, they used to have the same 'r' sounds they have now in Ireland (when Ireland was within Englands sphere of influence in the past the English r replaced the more 'tapped' kind of Irish r's they used to have when they initially transitioned from Irish Gaelic. Most Gaelic features in Irish English speech were replaced via this process), but certain classes in London started leaving the 'postvocalic r' silent and this feature, along with others, spread over the years to encompass the whole of England (barring certain smaller regional dialects and some older rural men in certain areas) It's quite interesting, you'll notice that Americans have this English r (though in 'standard' American it became more of a retroflex r in recent history) whereas Australians and New Zealanders don't. This is because the original English settlers of North America still had this feature, whereas by the time Australia was colonised it had become rarer in England (though it still exists there today among some very old rural dialect speakers). The effect of the new player in the game, mass media can be seen in Ireland, where the (linguistic) population centre of prestige is Dublin (their National Media also happens to be based in an affluent area of Dublin) where the middle and upper middle classes of Dublin basically have a hegemony over what is considered the 'standard' way to speak. A new fast spreading dialect has arisen from this known as 'Supraregional Irish English', which has almost completely replaced regional dialects among certain sections of Irish society (most effected are younger middle class women, least effected are rural elderly men, with working classes far more sheltered from it than middle classes). In New Zealand, the hegemony of the 'Auckland dialect' was so complete according to linguists, that almost all regional variation has been flattened in that country, and you basically just have 'the New Zealand dialect'! American influence has international 'linguistic reach' via mass media. Many young people in English speaking countries have accepted this influence to some degree without realising, though features also get consciously rejected for identity reasons. The international reach of American media is a whole other story though!

[@icemav5740]

@@greenmachine5600 nobody thinks that. But considering the size of the US compared to the size of Ireland and the UK, you have far less change in the accent over short distance. This is due to the fact that the accents in Ireland and the UK have had literally thousands of years to develop in such relatively small spaces of land

[@boar2799]

@@cigh7445 Not in all countries, I know that the russian language is extremely homogeneous, despite a large territory and a thousand years of history. So there literary Russian is a universal accent. Surely there are similar exceptions in other countries

[@boar2799]

Do you guys really never leave your neighborhood or what?

[@sandikelly8762]

I could listen to this on loop all day I’m an Aussie but these are my 3 favourite accents just add a kiwi in there and I would be in heaven

[@forgottenrights351]

As an American, it sounded like they were slipping in and out of American accent. I don't know if they hear too many foreigners speak, but if so maybe it's the alleged American "anti-accent" that is a mix of a whole bunch of places.

[@ezekieltete6584]

They didn’t sound American at all

[@texasmac9699]

The Chinese girl sounded American as all get out

[@Thorny5718]

She says in Scotland there is lots of different accents, he says in Ireland there is lots of different accents. In England you can drive less than 10 miles and get a different accent. The whole of the British Isles which includes the Republic of Ireland (Geographically) is unlike anywhere in the world for accents, it’s totally unique. England, Wales, Scotland, N.I & Ireland have no end of accents.

[@J117-t2g]

All countries in the world have lots of accents mate

[@Thorny5718]

@@J117-t2g I’m not debating that buddy, but the UK is well known for its variety. And the fact is that in the Uk & Ireland you can drive less than 10 miles and there is a different accent, it’s quite unique.

[@jimjk7]

Nah every country where the language has been spoken for centuries has a huge variety of accents. You are probably comparing the uk to the usa where the language didn't develop naturally over centuries. In some countries the accents are so different that could be regarded as dialects and each dialect has its own different accents. You clearly haven't been exposed to other language or you only speak English i suppose.

[@boxtradums0073]

@@jimjk7 I lived in Holland for 7 years and speak fluent Dutch and they have nowhere near the amount of accents the British isles have. These accents are thousands of years old in some parts. Old Irish and Brythoic languages like Welsh are much older than ‘English’.

[@caren6310]

Aye but even so upon hearing them you can easily deduce which Country they’re from despite the local differences.

[@petedz9772]

Love this video! it's a reminder of how Europe is truly a collection of "micro-cultures" so to speak, each of them in close proximity yet fiercely loyal to their own story, history and in this case, a pride in how they preserve their own nuances while sharing a similar language. There's some stereotype busting here as well especially through the lady on the far left.

[@rachelcookie321]

I grew up surrounded by lots of accents so my brain kinda learned to automatically translate every accent I hear. So it makes it really hard for me to tell what accent someone has or for me to do a fake accent because it all sounds exactly the same to me! When I was watching this the words all sounded like exactly the same to me until they pointed out the different way someone said it.

[@vrinkee]

Same. My siblings married guys from Australia and New Zealand, my mother learned British English in school but speaks with an American accent, and we have friends from other places in Europe and Asia primarily that I can't imitate accents either. I don't have a problem understanding them, but I can't say what's exactly different about them either. I can identify what broad area or continent one's from, such as eastern european or southeast asian, but no specific country or region within one.

[@DobbsyLondon]

I'm from South London and T's are only written ;)

[@AndrewKendall71]

This summer, my family stayed in an apartment on the top floor above Whistlebinkies bar in Edinburgh. Middle of the night, out of a raucous crowd at the bar, we hear "Freeeedommm!" Like, 2 AM. A stand-out moment on our trip to Scotland.

[@hyunss]

Hi, I am Korean and used to 'Californian accent'. Watching Derry Girls, I felt like Irish accent sounds like whole different language to me so I watch the show with subtitles on😂. I want to learn the accent!

[@foxgirl1822]

There is lots of very different Irish accents that dont sound alike. There isnt just "the Northern Iris accent" and the "rest of Ireland accent" . The Waterford accent is completely different to the Wexford accent. The Dublin accent(s) are completely different to the cork accent etc etc. Then there is the "neutral" soft Irish accent that you get in every county (with slight regional variations). The Derry accent is one of the "Northern Irish" accents (along with Donegal/Belfast accents etc) . People dont sound like that in the rest of Ireland.

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

When scottish. Irish. English meet together. Its literally warm my heart they looking so Peaceful

[@thomasdavid7364]

Lmfao, creased

[@joshuawatson3054]

Thomas David just stop being a racial discriminator

[@Cinetyk]

I'm Portuguese. A few years I went to visit some Portuguese friends in Dublin. After getting out of the airport there was a lady there organizing a queue of people getting into taxis. When it came my turn she turned and asked me "Are you on your own?" - in the strongest Irish accent I could imagine - I said "sorry?" She repeated twice and only then I understood. I was so much fun. After that I kind got into a conversation with the driver so I was attuned to it :)

[@megoj5179]

So much fun 🤩 The Scottish lady is really funny 😆

[@YamnayaSintash]

She is DEFINITELY Scottish.

[@nordscan9043]

@@YamnayaSintash She looks Asian.

[@texasmac9699]

Yeah she is really Scottish 😂😂

[@joshuawatson3054]

Don't even bother with that Texas Mac because Rowena is her real name and she was seriously born in Edinburgh Scotland so she is not even an immigrant and he is just insecure of her as he himself is a racial discriminator having his own racial discriminating propaganda actually and whatever he claims is invalid as no proofs at all to back his claim anyway.

[@NukeCaulfield]

@@YamnayaSintash No she isn't.

[@neamhbrigid]

Surprised Eoin didn’t mention we also call potatoes “spuds” in Ireland 😂

[@michaelhalsall5684]

We call potatoes "spuds" here in Australia too!

[@overlordnat]

@@michaelhalsall5684 and in England

[@annagottschalk1200]

It's fun to hear the difference in accents. I also loved the Lotr reference.

[@gavinparks5386]

We're more likely to say "the night " than tonight in Scotland

[@amieperkins4933]

WHY IS NOBODY ACKNOWLEDGING THE FACT THAT EOIN LOOKS LIKE A GINGER TOM HIDDLESTON

[@stepoutskz]

"I dont want to be the stereotype of ~potato~" 5 seconds later "I love potatoes" That was very Irish from his part, I love him

[@ff_crafter]

You should do Glaswegian accent for the Scottish

[@김동옥-e6m]

Just read what she wrote

[@thegael791]

The proper Ned Glasgow accent is absolutely revolting.

[@SteakBoss1]

Should do the same but get people with the rougher accents, the Edinburgh accent is the poshest and most understandable. Ik I say things way differently

[@joshuawatson3054]

It is still a Scottish accent don’t you reckon?

[@flintlockwood7712]

I've been waiting for this video all my life 😌

[@karl3287]

Well, it's not really an "accent comparison" per se, it's more like a pronunciation comparison

[@cactustactics]

that's pretty much what an accent is though! how you vocalise the sounds used in the language, and if you use one sound or another when saying a particular group of words

[@cigh7445]

@@cactustactics It's more than that, there's prosody, stress, presence or lack of glottal stops, speed of speech in certain situations, use of tone (the 'question raising' tone for example, is no longer just for questions among many speakers). There's more than just pronunciation.

[@22grena]

Asian, Irish and English compare accents. BTW loch is a really Irish word as in the Irish invented Scotland.

[@joshuawatson3054]

Enough with your insecurity. She was born in Scotland and grow up in Scotland so that makes her Scottish anyway duh.

[@22grena]

@@joshuawatson3054 No it doesn’t. If you were born in China you are not Chinese unless you are ethnically Chinese. See how that works? No doubt you believe a man can become a woman too.

[@joshuawatson3054]

Yes you are still insecure. Do you realize there are 56 ethnicities in China? Including the Uyghurs who look very Caucasians and many have blue eyes and blonde hair too? So your point is invalid anyway.

[@tevikumares1982]

@@joshuawatson3054 The impersonator of yours @joshuawats0n3054 using number zero in place of letter "o" and another one with an additonal "i" @joshiuawatson3054 of which both are the same person is making himself feel better that way without realizing his account was made 3 days ago while yours was created 3 years ago. So he is the one being insecure not you and he is even interested in guys.

[@khairakadri]

They are so cut and cind and friendlyyyyyy luv them 😭💕

[@SavageDragon999]

Damn Tom Hiddleston looks good with red hair.

[@uliuchu4318]

Rowena and Eoin are beautiful names like straight out of a Tolkien story.

[@texasmac9699]

Her real name isn't Rowena 😂 Chinese propaganda video

[@joshuawatson3054]

Don’t even bother with that Texas Mac because he is just insecure of her and he doesn’t even have proof to back himself up anyway.

[@joshuawatson3054]

Jakok pasal kedirik ti belik pia?

[@tevikumares1982]

@@joshuawatson3054 The impersonator of yours @joshuawats0n3054 using number zero in place of letter "o" and another one with an additonal "i" @joshiuawatson3054 of which both are the same person is making himself feel better that way without realizing his account was made 3 days ago while yours was created 3 years ago. So he is the one making no sense at all

[@elizabethwall8063]

I’m American and when I visited Scotland years ago, I remember having NO idea what the waiter at a restaurant was saying to me. I was embarrassed because I felt like I should have been able to understand him, but he might as well have been speaking a different language. I couldn’t pick out a single word! In contrast, I’ve heard some Irish accents that were virtually indistinguishable from American accents, maybe because so many Irish people immigrated to the U.S. (including my own ancestors). Americans hear a lot of English accents on TV so we’re more familiar with them, although there is a lot of variation and some of them can be harder to understand. All the accents are great!

[@ozzyfromscotland]

"Can you say freedom?" The entirety of Scotland: *yelling*

[@RijuChatterjee]

That Scottish accent is way different from what I have heard before

[@cactustactics]

There's a lot of them - check out the Dundee one!

[@gunlean7738]

@@cactustactics i agree, as an aussie, it sounds very australian most words. It doesnt sound like billy connelly or sean connery where you struggle to understand what they are saying. Maybe men have a thicker accent or its s different type of scottish accent. It's like English I suppose. If you've seen Geordie Shore, that accent is real thick and hard to understand than the English guy in this.

[@cactustactics]

@@gunlean7738 A really thick Geordie accent can be hard for me to understand too, yeah! It's kinda famous for that - but you can get much "milder" versions of the accent too, it depends on the person. Billy Connolly has a pretty neutral accent to me - obviously Scottish tonally, but not so far from a kind of "standard" English accent that people would struggle with it. Which makes sense, he's a very popular comedian and presenter! Same for Connery, guy's an international film star who doesn't change his accent even if he's playing someone who's definitely Not Scottish. I feel like generally, he wouldn't be successful if he had a "difficult" accent, y'know? (Not that I'm saying you don't personally find it tricky, but for everyone in general I mean.) And that's what I think the vibe is here - they've chosen people with fairly "light" accents, because ultimately the audience (which seems to be pretty international!) needs to understand them. They could easily find some people with really strong Scottish accents, but then most viewers would be like "...what??" if they weren't familiar with it

[@TrueNativeScot]

It's not a Scottish accent. She sounds foreign, because as you can see, she is

[@joshuawatson3054]

You are not even from Scotland you so called true native scot cause you are just insecure someone doesn’t fit your mentality or satisfy your stereotype especially she was born in Edinburgh Scotland and grew up in Edinburgh Scotland so she is a Scottish and this video is about comparing accents not comparing ethnicities at all.

[@U2FanSanFran]

They should add Welsh, Australia, and all the American accents. 😂I’m from New York City with a Brooklyn accent

[@ryobaaishi9968]

Ireland! Let's go family heritage! (I'm canadian)

[@tmoney007confederation7]

If she's Scottish, I'm NEANDERTHAL 😂!

[@joshuawatson3054]

This video is about comparing accents not comparing ethnicities at all

[@tevikumares1982]

@@joshuawatson3054 The impersonator of yours @joshuawats0n3054 using number zero in place of letter "o" and another one with an additonal "i" @joshiuawatson3054 of which both are the same person is making himself feel better that way without realizing his account was made 3 days ago while yours was created 3 years ago. And he is referring to himself only about wetting past 20 years old not you.

[@skwagwok4097]

He's like a ginger version of Tom Hiddleston

[@భార్గవరాము]

I'm an Indian, planning to pursue MS in UK. After watching this video, I withdrew my practice of accent neutralization.

[@juliawashburn675]

I just came back from traveling in Ireland. I was surprised how few red headed people there were. I literally only saw three or four, and most of them were kids. It was kind of sad. I hoped to see more read headed people.

[@katooloughlin]

They're all bleached blonde 😂

[@weg5856]

Scotland has higher percentage of red heads.

[@foxgirl1822]

You shouldn't believe fake stereotypes. We have never been a "nation of red heads". We are a brown haired race (often quite dark) and always have been. Red heads are only a small minority of our population. Now you've seen the truth.

[@dimasairandi9101]

I live in Ireland and Eoin is the most irish looking i've ever seen in Ireland

[@texasmac9699]

This is a Chinese propaganda video. Those two white people are called white monkeys. This is to desensitize Scottish people to the invasion of asians occuring.

[@tevikumares1982]

The impersonator of Joshua Watson @joshuawats0n3054 using number zero in place of letter "o" and another one with an additonal "i" @joshiuawatson3054 of which both are the same person is making himself feel better that way without realizing his account was made 3 days ago while the original Joshua Watson was created 3 years ago. So no re he is the one being insecure here.

[@cameronwilson339]

Depending where you're from, twirl would have two syllables with twi-rl so it sounds like twirul. And with coupon, it would be shortened. So rather than the full coupon, it would sound more like coop'n.

[@Spamacc_]

My family = Irish Me = *half* Irish Family’s accent = Irish My accent = COMPLETELY BRITISH 💅

[@0Sammystanley0]

I’m confused - is the Scottish lady only doing the Scottish accent whilst pronouncing the word that everyone is ? Cause her regular accent doesn’t sound Scottish at all.

[@joshuawatson3054]

Do you expect the whole Scottish accents sound the same?

[@0Sammystanley0]

@@joshuawatson3054 nope not at all - but I sure as hell know when it isn’t it.

[@joshuawatson3054]

Yeah you think you know all when you clearly don’t.

[@eduveld]

He masterfully included this Samwise Potatoe Wisdom Reference! Respect.

[@sulyokpeter3941]

For me I can easily understand the American accent. The British/English one its like kinda they skipping some letters and they saying fast the words but with time its easy to understand. For Scottsih well.. when I heard once Scottish people speaking for the first time I was like what? Irish is easy also It is like American for me. Australian? Easy also but very very interesting accent. For me the hardest one to understand is the Scottish. Its crazy.

[@MyNameIsOpTimized720]

Why did you say British/English.. just saying English. You know Britain consists of Scotland England and Wales right?

[@Philmoscowitz]

It's a little known fact that the Scottish people share the same phenotype as Asian peoples. This has led some anthropologists to suggest that they are a single race that somehow got separated in prehistoric times. But other anthropologists argue that the similar phenotype of Scottish and Asian peoples is actually an example of parallel adaptation to similar environments. In other words, it's just a coincidence that that Scottish and Asian peoples look alike. In any case, what really matters is that they speak completely different languages, which means they have completely different cultures, and thus are not a single people.

[@joshuawatson3054]

This video is about accents not ethnicities anyway

[@joshuawatson3054]

So accept the fact that this video is about comparing accents not comparing ethnicities at all

[@joshuawatson3054]

Then how do you explain so many haters commenting about her ethnicity rather than her accent? Isn’t that petty? At least I am defending the truth about the title of the video anyway.

[@joshuawatson3054]

Dude, you should read more of it because many people have been agreeing that many have been posting nasty comments about her ethnicity rather than her accent.

[@joshuawatson3054]

🙄

[@davidwright5719]

The canonical Scottish accent is the engineer Mac in Chicken Run.

[@Musicfy2003]

idk why but the Irish accent is just so nice ! ps: thank you Adam B for introducing it to me haha

[@itsmeyohan877]

Adam b is northern Irish and Northern Ireland is part of the uk so technically Adam b is British but northern Irish people sound kinda between the Scottish and the Irish accent.

[@loribach534]

In the US, the word loch is pronounced lock like the lockness monster although it's spelled lochness.

[@ADPeguero]

There are so many different Spanish and Latino accents. It would be nice to see like a Spaniard, a Mexican, a Colombian and a Dominican or even a Paraguayan pronouncing some Spanish words. I say Dominican and Paraguayan because they are both on complete opposite ends of the scale on how each roll their Rs in words like: "otro" for example. Or even how each of the 5 nationalities I gave would pronounce a word like: "cancion" :-)

[@isasolorzano9706]

There is no such thing as "Latino" accent lol It's just Spanish, from Europe and America. American Spanish has various accents depending on the country. The most famous one is Mexican (accent) and the most bullied one for being unintelligible is Chilean (accent).

[@isasolorzano9706]

Though Africa has a Spanish speaking country as well, and a region (which is claimed by Morroco). So it would be African Spanish. Could've also been Asian Spanish but The Philippines bailed out.

[@LocalBoyy]

Hey man I caught your lord of the rings reference, nice

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

Where I'm from in Ireland, nobody pronounces all of the T's in the middle of words. So it's "p'ta'o". And I don't know anybody who pronounces the final T in "tonight", so it sounds more like "t'nigh'".

[@andi_hardianti]

more irish and scottish content pleaseee.. i love it

[@extraordinarystarfinleedev3617]

Ireland accent is very wonderful 🥰🥰

[@JakeMcK1]

as from scotland, some people say photae pronounced (foe tay) and tatties for potatoes

[@dannydawn]

Even the names perfectly fit every cliché about those three countries… 😅

[@oldi184]

When a Scottish woman looks like a Korean woman. What a time to be alive! What a time!

[@joshuawatson3054]

Explain why her British birth certificate says that she was born in Edinburgh Scotland and grows up in Edinburgh Scotland then? Do you even realize this video is about comparing accents not comparing ethnicities at all?

[@zigababnik8780]

​@@joshuawatson3054She is from Scotland but doesn't have representative, typical Scottish accent, neither do other two have typical accents of their countries.

[@joshuawatson3054]

At least there are more than one accent in each countries anyway

[@Unknown_5245]

My Northen Ireland accent: Do you know I was working on the farm at your age and your sitting on your hole all day on those yokes called computers.

[@Unknown_5245]

Anyone who is from Northen Ireland tell me if this is bad!

[@canaldeperu7221]

"Scottish" 💀

[@joshuawatson3054]

Insecurity detected

[@joshuawatson3054]

Nope. Don’t even bother cause that’s my words and my jobs not yours to do so. And I never sent you at all.

[@liamhoward1499]

@@Ayoutubeaccount3 yeah honestly you leave Joshua alone cause that’s not up to you to decide to replace him at all mate.

[@joshuawatson3054]

Just don’t bother me with my comments. Stay at where you are at. And don’t call me watson

[@joshuawatson3054]

Told you not to call me watson. Can’t you read?

[@AyakaVR]

I don't think the Scottish girl is pronouncing worlds properly or I am just biased bc Glasweigan lol.

[@suzilahamid2815]

Scottish accents come in different forms anyway

[@HW-em7fd]

agreed, I feel this and its changing the traditional accent in the bigger cities now which saddens me among the loss of history that is pursuing all over fro the masses of people from India :(