Some Scottish people can't say "purple burglar alarm"

Too many Rs and Ps and Us close together for some Scottish people to say this phrase.
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[@WindsweptRobert]

To see a VERY Scottish recitation of a famous Scottish poet : kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zqq0p6GKa6p9hJY

[@jamesportrais3946]

Hi Robert, just subscribed. I think I have this issue nailed. It's entirely the position of your tongue during your pronunciation. Being a self-elocuted "sassenach" with an old school beeb-beeb-ceeb accent, I pronounce purple as _"perple"_ and burglar as _"bergler"._ My pronunciation employs a relatively flat tongue whereas yours, accentuating the depth of the "u" requires a substantial "dishing" of the tongue, by which I mean that you are lowering the central portion of your tongue whilst raising the peripheries. Simplistically, you're asking your poor tongue to perform some pretty Olympian gymnastics - my own attempts to emulate your vowel usage results in a similar oral catastrophe. My advice would be to stick to the more colloquially acceptable: "Yen noisy kant!" in order to avoid further confusion. 😛

[@saffronskies333]

a box of biscuits ...a box of mixed biscuits and a biscuit mixer

[@deanshaw6588]

Its alarm you're having trouble with which is quite ALARMING Sorry had to say it >..lol

[@lindalavenderisfabulous]

Hi Robert, I think you folks have issue just with the word ALARM, which nobody says anyway.... they just pull and run! Oh, and for the record..... nothing is more beautiful to hear than a Scottish accent.

[@jamesportrais3946]

@@lindalavenderisfabulous I'll second that Linda ;-)

[@alitlweird]

Life must be pretty difficult for the residents of Purplburglaralarm, Scotland

[@WindsweptRobert]

It is!

[@kimberlee8567]

Hahaha! I f_cking love you!

[@theinternet1424]

They pronounce it Purblarm

[@edwardhoulton8725]

Only when we have to tell people where we live. The struggle is real. ❤

[@danielx555]

That looks like a Welsh name, but with 75 less consonants.

[@blankstudiospresents]

Purple Burglar Alarm is a keyword to get Scottish people back to their factory settings

[@Snezzleify]

Sounds like it breaks them instead 🤣💜💜🥃

[@imranmazzarulli5293]

It’s a Shibboleth: it reveals their true identity and outs them as spies

[@Unpainted_Huffhines]

I prefer it when they say "the biggest squirrel in the world" "The biggest skwuddle in the wuddled"

[@WindsweptRobert]

The biggest skwurril in the wurild.

[@McMillanScottish]

*beggist

[@cmyk8964]

the beggust skwerul en the weruld

[@robertwright7937]

Ask a German to say Secret Squirrel. It can actually make them stop what they're doing.😄

[@Sontronite]

I literally can't say that without it sounding Scottish lol

[@chimchim_888]

His honest attempt to say it, is WAY too adorable. 😂❤

[@WindsweptRobert]

awww..shucks ☺

[@chimchim_888]

@@WindsweptRobert You tried, and that’s further than most people’s. You’re already halfway there. Don’t give up. 💜😊

[@prpwnage9296]

It’s not honest it’s fake.

[@amongusmappingAUM]

@@prpwnage9296 bro pulled that info out of his ass with no proof

[@prpwnage9296]

@@amongusmappingAUM because the point isn’t that Scottish people can’t say it, it’s that it sounds funny. This idiot thinks it’s cos Scot’s can’t say it. And so is pretending.

[@BuildinWings]

Now say "Aaron Earned an Iron Urn." I want to compare something.

[@deerharvester7355]

Baltimore reaction 😂

[@xobls]

@@deerharvester7355 glad someone caught this 😂 I live in Baltimore lmao. UURN URRNED IN URRNED URRN

[@FAIRYGIRL911]

damn we really talk like that?!?

[@happynewt2359]

“AARON EARNED AN IRON EARN!!” 😂

[@ingfeldrosenlutz3096]

Works the same if you’re from Northern Ireland 😂

[@razpootis5802]

The immediate realization of the truth is hilarious! It's like there was doubt up until he tried saying it himself, then reality collapsed.

[@WindsweptRobert]

I was fairly sure I'd be able to have it slide from my mouth like a silky piece of chocolate. It caught me unawares when the words just seemed to mash together on my tongue...

[@yash6303]

Cuteness overload. ❤ ​@@WindsweptRobert

[@SnivillusLupin]

​@@WindsweptRobert I've been trying to teach myself German for years, and I make the same expressions when I make the attempt at my normal pace. 😂

[@humanbeing3337]

😂😂😂 the last expression freeze frame, LOL

[@Michael-du2fv]

Change your name to Purple Burglar Alarm and move to Scotland, they will never be able to prosecute you.

[@i.love_sTuFf]

"it was purpleburglararalaalam, your honour!!"

[@fordprefect294]

The ACTUAL "he who shall not be named"

[@PsychicIsaacs]

I married a Scotsman and after a while, fell into speaking in the brogue because of him. I can still speak in the brogue when I want to, and speak Gaidhlig somewhat, but I can’t pronounce “purple burglar alarm" while speaking the brogue. BTW, he died 20 years ago so it has been a long time since I was speaking the brogue with him… He is sorely missed!

[@WindsweptRobert]

I have a discord server. Anytime you feel like speaking the brogue, get in there and open up a voice chat. If I'm in, I'll voice chat to ye! discord.gg/tgZZHRU4

[@tezzla6358]

@@WindsweptRobertthat's crazy bro she just said her husband died and u advertise ur discord

[@EzioAuditoreDaFirenze99]

​@@tezzla6358why is that crazy? Somebody's husband dies 20 years ago and then you can't talk to them ever?

[@buckbumble]

@@tezzla6358he’s clearly being kind you wet blanket

[@MAZEMIND]

@@EzioAuditoreDaFirenze99 That is the rule. She must be sent to an island with no other people on it.

[@philiplane3533]

I'm not Scottish, but I've been watching Limmy for years. A truly different and surreal take on life. Great stuff.

[@WindsweptRobert]

People love his humour or hate it. I love it. Got addicted approx 20 years ago when I first heard his podcasts on iTunes.

[@Tr33fiddy]

I think you meant, “I’m no Scots”

[@philiplane3533]

@@Tr33fiddy Ha!

[@josephblack2954]

Limmy is shit and thats coming from someone who is scottish, all scottish people can say purple burglar alarm even limmy can say it but pretends in his show that he cant say it

[@birdmcturd1626]

The look of absolute abject FEAR in his eyes at the end though. It’s like he didn’t try saying it and went into this video with 100% confidence he could and then realised he couldn’t

[@WindsweptRobert]

It's true!

[@birdmcturd1626]

@@WindsweptRobert I’m rooting for you,show the English language who’s boss

[@cydkriletich6538]

When I went to Scotland, I honestly had a terrible time understanding the lovely locals! I knew they were speaking English, but I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what they were saying! Beautiful country and such nice people. Who cares about purple burglar alarms, anyway?! 😊

[@baldieman64]

They were most likely enquiring whether perchance you could help them though a momentary lack of funds, so they could continue a lightly lubricated discourse with their friends. I know that to the untrained ear, it sounds like "Yeegochane f'r a cuppsyeh'nglisbarssardye!", but such is the lilt of the local brogue.

[@cydkriletich6538]

@@baldieman64 😁😁Oh, I loved the way it sounds, especially those rolled “r’”s! But the only people I really interacted with were either pub servers, street artists selling their wares (yep, bought a Celtic Knot ring!), or other workers. We were with a cruise ship, so didn’t get to stay long enough for my liking. I’d go back in a heartbeat if I weren’t so old and broke! 👵🏼☺️

[@nadogrl]

No, they were speaking Scottish. Just ask Lauren Cooper (Catherine Tate).😂

[@B.B.Digital_Forest]

Where can we get one of those devices? 😁

[@cydkriletich6538]

@@B.B.Digital_Forest 😁😁😁😁

[@polemeros]

I am a native English speaker and I only understood about 40% of what this guy said

[@WindsweptRobert]

I am a native Scots speaker and I only understand half of what I say...!

[@mountainguyed67]

@@WindsweptRobert Lol!

[@stanleybuchan4610]

So you'll be getting your floors and flaws muddled up then.

[@polemeros]

@@stanleybuchan4610 I grew up in the New York City area, and it was certainly true that the way we pronounce those two words was indistinguishable. Having lived away in different areas for many years now, I make a clear distinction between them.

[@kaxapaluna1920]

That's the beauty of..

[@PanduPoluan]

I guffawed at your face in the end when you realized you're one of the Chosen 🤣

[@WindsweptRobert]

I really thought I'd be able to say it!

[@Marius-ii7mb]

@@WindsweptRobert I don't understand. I thought you're making a joke. Why can't you say it?

[@zoetakencareof]

​@@Marius-ii7mbhe just can't

[@randomguynolonger727yearsa9]

​@Marius-ii7mb if you were given French words and a French person was next to you to guide you, I bet you still wouldn't be able to pronounce their tongue twisters that well

[@Marius-ii7mb]

@@randomguynolonger727yearsa9 Ohhh now I understand! English is a foreign language to him

[@benjamingeiger]

If it makes you feel any better, here in the southeastern US, most of us can't pronounce the word "rural".

[@WindsweptRobert]

Aye, I've heard you fellers pronounce it: 'rule'

[@benjamingeiger]

@@WindsweptRobert More like "rurrrr".

[@WindsweptRobert]

Aye, right enough on the Brooks & Dunn song: 'Red Dirt Road' he sings "I was raised off of rural route three" and it sounds like rurrroot 3 @@benjamingeiger

[@drygordspellweaver8761]

Now try IRS

[@grannym2880]

Oh lawdy, that reminds me of the 30 Rock episode when Jenna was cast in a show called The Rural Juror and she had so much trouble saying it.

[@petermainwaringsx]

I just listened to this again on my way to the pub. I was laughing out loud and people were avoiding me as if I was drinking a bottle of bucky and shouting at the cars. 🤣

[@WindsweptRobert]

Seek out a Scotsman and ask him to say it ;)

[@petermainwaringsx]

@@WindsweptRobert It was the Tay Bridge disaster I was listening to, but I posted to this one, which is funny, but I got my fingers crossed up. I should stick to using a PC and wait until I get home.

[@childcrone]

Diabolical!@@WindsweptRobert

[@troutfisher7182]

I visited Glasgow one time, and couldn't understand a thing the man said when I asked him for directions to the train station.

[@AMcDub0708]

Bucky!!

[@myblueskye777]

Thanks for a nice little giggle! I needed that. The Scottish accent is always lovely to hear.

[@WindsweptRobert]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@cmiller415]

That’s awesome! My Grandma came to America from Scotland when she was 12 and when she first got here the kids in her class made fun of her accent so she lost it, FAST! Every once in awhile she would use a word where you could still hear the “rolling R” but for the most part the accent was gone. I always found that incredibly sad.

[@WindsweptRobert]

aww....I bet she could have reverted back to her Scottish accent instantly if asked :)

[@luxpursuits]

Ivanka, is that you????

[@Jolene492]

Aaaww what a shame 💕 I moved to England and I got a really hard time at work, some wouldn’t even talk to me and my boss constantly correcting me. They said I wa annoying. I haven’t lost my accent in fact sometimes it can be stronger 😂😂. Moving jobs shortly

[@JakobusVdL]

​@@Jolene492you're putting up with a lot, nothing grates worse than an english accent

[@sarahhunter1114]

What a bummer! Both my grandpas lost their native languages when they came to the US. One spoke Spanish, and the other Italian.

[@paulainsc8212]

I could listen to you talk all day. Lovely Scottish accent.

[@WindsweptRobert]

Wow, thanks :)

[@joshuabray37]

That's right up there with getting Chinese and Japanese people to say things like "Relatively". 😀

[@WindsweptRobert]

Lol, I’d like to see that on a video!

[@macn1796]

Yup. or „rural“😂

[@stupidas9466]

@@WindsweptRobertTry saying "Irish Wristwatch" without slowing it way down or pausing between syllables.

[@Telstar62a]

My sister's roommate always tried to get her Japanese mom to get gas and say, "Fill it up with Regular"

[@joshuabray37]

To be fair, I’m sure these groups (Scott’s, Chinese, Japanese, etc), have PLENTY of funny examples of things Americans can’t say.

[@KingKamikadze]

I'm fully convinced that Scottish is a whole different language, so at this point, I'm not even trying to understand what he's saying

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

It literally is. It's called Gaelic.

[@TheRealMonkeyrogue]

Say what you will sir, but you edited this clip perfectly, the whole lead up, and punchline delivered with perfection. Well done sir. I say, say what you will, but apparently not Purple Burglar Alarm, eh? I now apologize for laughing as hard as I did. I hit my head. So apparently God got me back.

[@WindsweptRobert]

That would be the God of Headaches, Tongahiti. ;)

[@EdwardBast]

How could anyone function in a modern society without that vital phrase? Let's GoFundMe a speech therapist for this unfortunate man!

[@mortalclown3812]

😂 Bless you! Fwiw, I'm an Anderson - long ago of Scotland, third generation later in Alabama. Please believe me when I tell you it's butchered there in a brand new way. Peace & light to all.

[@FriskKimura]

Woah, I’m descended from Anderson as well, although I’m in Britain

[@johnnyfreedom3437]

My local union had a number of scotsmen here in America. Once they had a snootful I couldn't understand words! Damn good men to have behind me when the chips were down too!!

[@WindsweptRobert]

Thanks for the kind words about my fellow countrymen :)

[@tinker1148]

OMG!!! You’re face at the end!!! I thought I was going to hyperventilate lol!!!😂

[@WindsweptRobert]

Don't do that! :)

[@mariamandra7627]

I like this comment

[@LisaG442]

The face screw at the very end killed me dead 😂

[@franzpattison]

The look on your face at the end is priceless 😂

[@cubicinches18]

This one of my favorites Being English living in Australia having many Scottish and Irish friends I find asking the Scots to say "PapplBuglaLarm" distinguishes the Glaswegians from the rest. One of my Glaswegian friends recently had a stroke so I must go easy on him, but I'll ask his speach therapist to include "PapplBuglaLarm" in his exercises. He'll be on a disability pension in no time.

[@rachelcookie321]

I’m Glaswegian and I can say it with no difficulty.

[@cubicinches18]

@@rachelcookie321 Just jesting No offence intended

[@rachaelangel4334]

His confused face is priceless lol

[@d3ik3n182]

I'm from America, and Sir I could listen to you talk for hours. Love your accent!

[@WindsweptRobert]

Wow, thanks. You may like my current series of Scottish ghost stories that I’m producing :)

[@d3ik3n182]

@@WindsweptRobert Most certainly

[@updownstate]

I'm proud to be Scottish. Greetings from Clan Johnston in the USA!

[@WindsweptRobert]

Greetings from Clan Windswept from Scotland ;)

[@avardmacgregor746]

Fortunately there are no purple burglar alarms in Scotland, so this is not a big problem.

[@Stemma3]

Limmy is amazing, I discovered him a week ago and he's amazing. When he speaks really fast is a little hard to understand and some Scottish terms are new to me. But I love Limmy

[@WindsweptRobert]

His sense of humour is very unusual. I've been following him for over 20 years :)

[@carriehallahan5568]

That's literally why I kept watching it. I was FASCINATED by the fact that I could tell he was clearly speaking English, but I couldn't understand it. So I kept watching, and slowly learned how to decipher Glaswegian. It's amazing.

[@jamesbarta5452]

so many have forgotten how to laugh at themselves..thank you,sir

[@WindsweptRobert]

So nice of you

[@stupidas9466]

For Americans and Canadians, try saying "Irish Wristwatch" without slowing it down or pausing between syllables or the words. It can't be done!

[@SomeCanine]

Oof that's a hard one. It's the "sh" part of Irish that throws us off.

[@MrClickity]

Okay, that *is* a tough one. It keeps ending up as "Irish Wistwatch"

[@lh3540]

Easy?

[@Knightgob]

DAMMIT

[@gj8683]

toy boat unique New York

[@aersla1731]

Lol, it's difficult to explain why exactly limmy is so funny. The humor it's self is sort of eye rolly, but I think that's just what makes it so funny. It also helps that the Scottish accent is one of the best if not the best. Made me cry btw, thanks for the laughs.

[@WindsweptRobert]

He just hits ma funny side :)

[@InAHollowTree]

It was the horror in Limmy’s face when he realized he couldn’t say it, and then the smug joy when he finally was able, a year later. 🤣🤣🤣

[@_.A._]

Haha your facial expression at the end was amusing!

[@WindsweptRobert]

Quizzical! ;)

[@dougcoombes8497]

I love Scottish humor and culture and you trying to say :purple burglar alarm is comedy gold. Maybe it's in the genes, it's been well over century since the last of my people left Scotland.

[@MelissaThompson432]

The last of the "old world" lines of my family was a Gloucestershire lad who emigrated through Bristol Harbor in about 1800, so the Scots part of my lineage has been here since at least the 18th century; but Scottish ancestry neither dies out nor thins out. With all the English, Irish, and what-have-you (on both sides,) I'm still somehow 49% Scottish by DNA count. I've got my MacDougal great grandmother to thank for such joyous pursuits as housecleaning from dawn to physical collapse every New Year's Eve, because that's clearly superior to champagne and dancing.

[@dougcoombes8497]

@@MelissaThompson432 Same here, I've got English, Irish, French and Swiss ancestors but it's the Scottish half that stands out for me. As a kid I loved the stories told by older family members about the Battle of Culloden and Bonnie Prince Charlie and Angus MacAskill the "Cape Breton Giant" who I'm related to.

[@MelissaThompson432]

@@dougcoombes8497 wow, cool! I don't think I have any illustrious ancestors, but I do believe my nieces, whose other grandmother is from the Smokies in East Tennessee, are probably Stuart descendants. I've never asked them. About half of my family is into genealogy, but idk about those two. I think I WILL ask, now that I think about it....

[@Phlebas]

I'm Canadian, but for the last few months, the KZbin algorithm has been giving me Limmy content, and it's definitely up my alley.

[@WindsweptRobert]

Limmy's soh is an acquired taste ;)

[@jeannewilson5355]

My grandmother came from Scotland. I loved her brogue. We always had to stand in a circle cross arms in front and sing Old Lang Sine before you could leave the party.

[@WindsweptRobert]

Quite right too! ;)

[@oot8089]

Don't feel bad....I live in Southern US. I have trouble too. Took me forever to learn how to say spaghetti...

[@oot8089]

BTW I love the scottish accent.

[@WindsweptRobert]

pasgetti?

[@oot8089]

@@WindsweptRobert close....lol

[@nicolelillis2077]

I know this video is a year old, but I love the delightful Caledonian accent! Visiting Scotland is on my bucket list. I recently watched Scenic Railway Journeys and The Highlands look absolutely stunning. The people seem very hospitable and there's so many fascinating places to visit in your beautiful country. Anyway, best wishes from Australia.☮️🇦🇺

[@WindsweptRobert]

Thanks very much. You're right on all counts. We Scots love visitors and always treat them with great friendship :)

[@manichairdo9265]

You're very welcome but let me tell you, my friend did her friend a favour. A Scot in living over there asked if she would host her Aussie friend who felt overwhelmed visiting in London. Subsequently, the lady was treated to the best of the best for days but she moaned and criticized everything. On a tour of the Highlands on the last day the lady was vitriolic. After treating her to lunch my friend drove to a railway station. Told the lady to get out of her car. The woman gasped, WHY? I want you to get out of my country NOW. (She complied.) 😂😂😂😂😂 Btw. The station was only 200 miles from where she was to catch her train back to London later. Her luggage was with her, ana. 🎉 Ana = as well. 😂

[@smbishop63]

😂😂😂😂 Apparently, down here in TX, I pronounce flag, bag and roof incorrectly. Being raised in the north, we say it differently. My students laugh at me all the time! 😅

[@WindsweptRobert]

I do like the southern accent!

[@cryptojihadi265]

Lived in TX 5 years and yeah, I won't be taking any lesons on speech from them. They pronounce Suite, as in Bedroom Suite like Suit, as in something you wear. Yes, I want to buy a Bedroom Suit! Then there's the whole ALL soda or pop is called coke. Literally had a guy ask me to get him a coke I was like they don't have coke, they have Pepsi products. In frustration he said a Dr Pepper! As in I was sipoosed to l ow thats what he meant. Well how the hell am I supposed to know coke means Dr Pepper or 7up or Sprite?

[@allisoncurtis3079]

@cryptojihadi265 He might of said Dr pepper because it is a Pepsi product. Southern people LOVE Coke! Most will not substitute Pepsi because it's to sweet. So when you said all they had was Pepsi products, his exasperated look might of been one of "Why would ANY business have PEPSI instead of COKE!" That statement is doubly true in the south!

[@Taima]

Roof I can imagine hearing you say wrong but flag and bag? How the hell do you mess that up? Flague? Flog?

[@notsure1198]

I just adore your accent but it was the face at the end that made me laugh out loud like a looney at 1am. 😂

[@TheMichaelBeck]

I'm an American Army veteran and proud descendant of Clan MacKinnon of Skye. This video had me laughing until I cried. Cheers from America!

[@mountainguyed67]

I earned a 1AD combat patch in Iraq 2004. We were not 1AD, but supported them. Proud to wear there patch. There was another Division that we refused their patch, didn’t like what we saw.

[@useupwearout5029]

why?!?! I watched it...chuckled. Read the comments, chuckled some more. Re-watched the video....3 times!! and laughed harder each time!!! I need this on auto-play next to my coffee maker in the mornin

[@User58747]

If you drop the Scottish accent it's way easier to say.

[@seanvogel8067]

What accent?

[@AdamKayaan]

@@seanvogel8067The one he’s has?

[@seanvogel8067]

@@AdamKayaan , it’s a kind of joke

[@lorainehayward4774]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Laughin me socks off here !!! About to embark on a visit to Scotland and catch up with all my relatives there....gonna have great fun asking them to recite those three words !! Thanks Windswept Robert !!

[@WindsweptRobert]

Have a great trip and let us know the results!

[@lorainehayward4774]

@@WindsweptRobert .....thanks WR ....Got over two weeks up there so plenty of time to test it out !! Also just subscribed to Limmy...I find him hilarious and actually very clever with his sense of humour so I will give you a mention 'cos I 'd never heard of him before! Cheers.

[@andrewmcgee1001]

That was so funny! I actually was laughing out loud..that's ok that he couldn't say that. His Scottish brogue was beautiful.

[@WindsweptRobert]

Very nice of you to say so, Andrew :)

[@sjsomething4936]

When I was younger, my buddy had some friends visiting from Blackridge, Scotland. We were in a pub and she was trying to tell me they’d been to visit a historical site here in Canada named “St Marie Among the Hurons”. When she said the name, I just sounded like “sanmarrrymongohugh” to me. Took forever for me to suss out what she was saying, and we had a great laugh after that, and a few nice pints too!

[@WindsweptRobert]

We Scots like a guid drink! ;)

[@eldaroses.g.r.7945]

Scots saying “purple burglar alarm” gives me more joy than it probably should, and I am down for it!

[@CasonGray]

I've never laughed at someone else's expense so politely. This is awesome 😂

[@WindsweptRobert]

Thank you :)

[@fungdark8270]

I was just thinking of Limmy the other day, meant to watch some clips or an episode but forgot. Thanks from Texas

[@packrat1210]

Funny. I happen to love the Scottish accent. My GG grandmother was Scottish. My GG grandfather was Scots Irish. They met and married shortly after their arrival. She came alone to America and started a new life here in the 1840s. She never saw any of her family back in Scotland again. I’m so proud of my heritage and my immigrant GG grandparents. They were simple farmers but their sacrifices have lived on in my family. We now have nurses, doctors, teachers, accountants, ministers, men who have served in the Navy and Army, some who made it a career. etc. all because they bravely came looking for a better life. My life’s wish is to get to see Scotland one day. I feel very drawn to go there. I think it’s her passed down DNA in me that yearns to see Scotland again. My maiden name was Ross and her surname was MacLean.

[@Dan23_7]

My grandad was a Scotsman from Montrose. When me and my brother were kids we used to ask him to say “girl” It sounded like he was saying “geddle” 😂 I’m proud to say I have his Scottish surname and some of his Scottish blood 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙💙

[@WindsweptRobert]

Gurrell is kinda how we pronounce 'girl'

[@InAHollowTree]

I love the way people with a brogue say a lot of words, especially that one!😍

[@mistervacation23]

Porterhouse steak, steaming baked potatoe, corn on the cob, chocolate cake. 49 cents. They raised the price again

[@robinpowell4398]

Lol well for what it’s worth, you guys still have the world’s best accent.

[@WindsweptRobert]

Thanks! :)

[@dawnfinniss7978]

I was deployed with numerous foreigners and the Scots & Aussies were my fave followed by the Brits! I was a military chef and it was fascinating to be invited into their dining halls and experience fancy cuisine in theater! Great guys and loads of laughing! Never a dull moment with them! *I wish I met my Scottish ancestors or had the chance to go there.

[@WindsweptRobert]

I'm about to set out on a tour of Scotland. If you can find out which part of Scotland your ancestors came from, I may be visiting the area and can take some pics and video footage :)

[@dawnfinniss7978]

@@WindsweptRobert awesome thanks! I'll need to dig out my genealogy book!!!

[@tonysutton6559]

😂🤣😃😅😆 I can't match that but I amuse myself by asking Alexa to say "Boris Johnson Carrots 100" in Welsh.

[@WindsweptRobert]

Now you made me curious...I'll need to try that to my Alexa!

[@sandybarrie5526]

my paternal grandfather came from Stirling, Scotland, to Australia, just before WW1, and joined the Australian Army and was criticaly wounded on Gallipoli. when i remember hime as a kid, in the 1960’s, despit livig in Australia since 1917, he never lost an ounce of his accent. i could never understand what he said. although he ofetn said ‘sassernach’...

[@WindsweptRobert]

It's hard to lose the accent completely - look at Sean Connery who always has a Scottish accent even when he's a Russian submarine commander LOL.

[@kimberlee8567]

Well now.. the look on his face at the end summed it up perfectly 😂😭

[@stef1lee]

It's hilariously cute. ❤ I'm from Texas and have been trying to learn Gaelic and I am nowhere near as precious when I butcher a word. 😂

[@WindsweptRobert]

I have a team at work who deliver Gaelic lessons for free to the local communities :)

[@budte]

Fortunately Scotland does not have many purple burglars as they have been unable to order the means to detect them.

[@tritonis54]

This man looks like a garden gnome. I like it.

[@lydiafife8716]

Okay. At the end I burst out laughing. So funny 😂

[@minutesandmils3466]

I met Limmy after one of his shows at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival, and he is top lad! Real gent!

[@WindsweptRobert]

I've never met him :(

[@billdarby1]

Luckily, that phrase doesn't come up a lot in casual conversation!

[@richrite1]

how refreshing, a KZbin video that isn’t trying to sell you something, it isn’t telling you your wrong & it isn’t advising you to invest in this that or the other…it doesn’t go on & on & on & oh fook! what was I going on about again! ultimately though, who actually owns a purple burglar alarm 🤔😜😂

[@KristbjorgNymann]

You seem so kind, but dam it I can't understand a word you're saying, but it's great. I'm laughing and enjoy you!

[@WindsweptRobert]

Oh thank you

[@KristbjorgNymann]

@@WindsweptRobert ❣

[@piefighter36]

Poor sap, clearly hasn't tried before and thinks he can do it but finds he has a sack of rocks tied to his tongue. Seems like a lovely guy, bless him

[@rachelcookie321]

I was walking home from school with my friends one day and they were making fun of my accent. One of them decided to ask me to say “purple burglar alarm” so I did and they were very disappointed when I said it perfectly fine. I had never heard of it being hard for Scottish people to say so I was really confused why they asked me to say it because I find it easy to say.

[@JDsVarietyChannel]

I made a good one for those who live in the southern US (I'm from the north but live down here) "Rural Earl Oiled Everything" Would love to hear the Scottish pronunciation too!

[@notisac3149]

I may be an American but I really liked his show and continue to follow him years later. Limmy’s show was on the American version of Netflix for a while, but I’m pretty sure it’s gone now. Edit: I didn’t have that much trouble understanding the show and had to act as a “translator” to my fellow Americans. Edit2: I love the Limmy style humor in this vid lol, you sure are a fan from the look of it!

[@WindsweptRobert]

I've been following him for decades, since he did his wee iTunes podcasts from the bedroom in his flat.

[@CashMacGregor]

i am from vancouver and i worked with a big scot, who loved to tell jokes. he would stop me in the office and tell me a joke and i had no clue what he was saying. malcom always laughed at his punchlines so i knew when to laugh and made quite a show of thinking it was the funniest joke ever. i kept the charade going for years because he was such a nice guy.

[@WindsweptRobert]

But that's one terrific surname you've chosen there, Cash! :)

[@CashMacGregor]

@@WindsweptRobert thank you sir. my mom's family is from fores.

[@ForumArcade]

What a lovely dialect.

[@WindsweptRobert]

Thank you :)

[@ForumArcade]

@@WindsweptRobert Se do bheatha.

[@thomasswan4602]

My relatives are from Scotland,every year they would come to visit us in Canada , like 20 of them all at once . Talk about funny 😆 😂 and it got even worse as the night progressed and the scotch flowed , Trust me I couldn’t understand half the stuff they said … Best bunch of people on the planet if you wanna have a good laugh, you can’t beat the Scottish.

[@WindsweptRobert]

We are a friendly nation, despite our gruff accent! :)

[@lkf8799]

You're look of pissy disbelief at the end cracked me up 😂

[@WindsweptRobert]

Thanks LOL!

[@JeiElRai]

I'm American, not sure I've known let alone met any Scots in person, but Limmy is brilliant. Love his show and Burnistoun.

[@AxeDatcm]

0:05 theres a gay?

[@cyb]

Its aboot time!

[@BrianSantosF]

Yes, he was doing porncast in his bedroom

[@TonicXZ]

If we're lucky maybe even two

[@fatcatyay10]

There's a guy

[@DebzLife]

Booooooooo ​@@fatcatyay10

[@GeinahG]

Thank you for the best laugh I’ve had all week!😂

[@WindsweptRobert]

I’m happy that you’re happy 😀

[@tabris5304]

Your voice is so pleasant to listen to!

[@WindsweptRobert]

So nice of you to say so. Thank you ☺️

[@seancollett6]

Who needs Purple Burglar Alarm when you have Angus McGonagall the Gargling Argyle Gargoyle?

[@WindsweptRobert]

easy ;)

[@Typical.Anomaly]

Hehe sounds like gargling marbles. Actually, "gargling marbles" might be a good tongue twister too!

[@WindsweptRobert]

I wouldnae even attempt it! ;)

[@hannathompson7998]

I went to follow Limmy’s channel and I was already following it ha! I guess past me knew somethin even if I didn’t remember 🤣🤣

[@BrianScottHarris]

I am 52 years old, live in the Midwest USA, and can easily say purple burglar alarm, but guess what? I've never had the need to say it, and most likely never will.

[@jaengen]

I say it all the time because I have several of them around my purple house.

[@tylociraptor8131]

Limmy is SO funny! Love y'all scottish folk, gorgeous accent and way of speaking.

[@luv2laff473]

This was hilarious…that face at the end😂😂😂

[@heroicgoo915]

It may just be a sign of me getting old, but i genuinely nearly pissed myself watching Limmys vid n this 1 back2back!!!

[@WhereOceansMeeet]

It's because of the way you pronounce certain words. My father was from Glasgow and he could say most things but some words tripped him up a lot!

[@robpetersen87]

Some people say he’s still out there, trying to say purple burglar alarm.

[@WindsweptRobert]

I saw him wandering along a beaten path the other week, mumbling something about purple burger arms...

[@bl7240]

Ok the combo of the intensely soulful eyes, very not American, and the comedic value of attempting "purple burglar alarm" with the BEST facial expressions was exactly what I needed today 😂.

[@WindsweptRobert]

Hope it helped :)

[@bl7240]

@@WindsweptRobert So much ☺️. Thanks!

[@dubsessed9790]

The reaction in his eyes to his own words is the absolute best. I'm surprised that "alarm" was the word that tripped him up the most.

[@GaryThatsgary]

We have an office manager called Carol and a production manager called Carl, but we had to change Carls name to Ted because every time our Glaswegian boss rings and asks for Carl he gets put through to Carol.

[@WindsweptRobert]

Aye, we don't have many men/boys named Karl here, probably for that reason! :)

[@justinmayfield6579]

That face at the end 😂

[@haruwan4118]

Limmy’s super rad. Also, you’re getting pretty close to conquering that purple burglar alarm. 🙂

[@WindsweptRobert]

Limmy is under-rated genius. LOVE his work!

[@Sharkwedge]

The day where Robert truly got swept by the wind xD Love form germany

[@Workerbee-zy5nx]

Scottish blood here, say Jim, she can't take any more, lm giving her all shes got.😎👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@wendymoney2043]

When we moved to England in 1961…l was delighted to be accepted warmly in school by my English pupil counterparts. However, every morning at break time l had to say…Murder + Purple… MUR-DUR + PUR-PUL. Years later when Taggart came on TV, l loved watching + listening to him say MUR-DUR…just like l did at school! 😁🫠🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@terinn7115]

Half the reason I listen to Count Dankula is his accent. Thank you for the recommendation of Limmy.

[@WindsweptRobert]

I was not aware of Count Dankula. Thanks for making me aware! :)

[@terinn7115]

@@WindsweptRobert, a good episode to start with is when the 'Stone of Destiny' was retrieved from England and returned to Scotland. Brilliant!