Reacting to Bad Scottish Accents (again...)

[@WeeScottishLass]

Which one was your favourite from the clips?? Lemme know!

[@j.keezer]

🤔 I would say The Scotsman on account of the series. Also, good point about directors being the reason for some of the particularly bad ones.

[@johnnabuzby6103]

@WeeScottishLass I love your accent and Shaun's, but I also loved Jock's from Lady and the Tramp. Have you ever watched Adrian Paul in the Highlander television series? If so, what are your thoughts about his accent? Greetings to you from eastern North Carolina, USA! 😃😃👋

[@JubeiKibagamiFez]

Mine was definitely Billy Connolly and Simon Pegg. I think the first movie I saw Billy in was Boondock Saints.

[@shlibbermacshlibber4106]

I'm pathetically happy with any vaguely accurate Highland accent in a film set in the Highlands so bad accents is something I'm used to, I've heard far worse to be honest, Simon Pegg was impressive but I think his wife is from Glasgow so he'd never get out alive if he did a bad accent

[@curtismiller4794]

You make very amazing video content to watch. In addition I too like seeing & hearing Billy Connelly in movies; and especially ones where he uses a Scottish accent. Also; one of my top favorite movies I saw him in and is the very 1st one I watched with him in it was one where he played as a barkeeper in a music hall in a theater. I forget the full name of the movie since I saw it only the once when I was introduced to it by a school friend at a summer camp we were in together. But as I can recall it was named for part of the name the sailor's uncle. I saw it when I was 10 as well. It was an old movie about a young boy who had an uncle who raised him when his parents passed away while he was a kid & taught him to sail. He goes too see the uncle too after a sailing adventure when he is a young man & at the uncle's bar.

[@techman210]

James Doohan's accent got better with the Star trek Movies.

[@cstaats]

Jimmy was such a nice man he would joke with all the staff when he came into the bank.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

He was actually missing a finger.

[@loriesmith9963]

I absolutely LOVE Billy in anything. As for James Doohan, his accent did get better. I think they didn't want strong accents back then so everyone would be able to understand it easier.

[@frankwales]

[@op3rator]

No contest when you've got a video with Billy Connolly. He was beyond perfect as Fergus in Brave. If you do another part, think about using Doctor Carson Beckett from Stargate Atlantis.

[@thethesaxman23]

As far as I’m concerned, Tammy is the ultimate authority of Scottish accents. If she approves, than it’s official

[@Herebrand]

Hollywood tends to either tone down the Scottish accent to make it easier to understand for a wider audience, or play it up to be nearly incomprehensible for comedic effect. My friend and I used to quote Trainspotting and old Billy Connally stand up, as they were our favorite Scottish accents. I also love the dwarves from the Witcher games. They all seem to be voiced by enraged Scotsmen and it's pretty fantastic!

[@lyllydd]

Aren't all dwarves everywhere Scottish? I think they went for Scottish dwarves in the LOTR movies too.

[@Herebrand]

Tolkien actually envisioned his dwarves as being Semitic, even creating a Semitic-based language for them. Despite all of his work, the world immediately decided "Nope, those little fellas are all Scottish. Nae doot aboot it!"

[@mandarinadreux9572]

i hate the dwarves' accent in the witcher. to me they don't sound really scottish. they sound comedic, like somebody's exaggerated imagination of what scottish is.

[@sarahwithanhyouheathen3210]

Billy Connolly was truly wonderful in everything, no contest lol. What do you think of Paul McGillion as the Scottish Dr. Beckett in Stargate Atlantis? I think he was born in Paisley but grew up in Canada.

[@billybilodeau1991]

I love reading Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels. When it comes to reading, “Wee Free Men” ,Pratchett writes the characters of the Nac Mac Feegles with such strong Scottish accents, the only way of understanding them is to read with Billy Connellys voice in my head.

[@richardleatherman5075]

John DiMaggio voiced "The Scotsman" in Samarai Jack. He's not Scottish. A fan favorite ally of Jack. I am sure he was told to really "lean into" the accent. Favorite was Billy.

[@martinwoodworking]

Jimmy Dothan was also a WW2 fighting maniac. He was shot over 6 times, once losing a finger.

[@3dartstudio007]

I think the Scotty character and that of some of the other actors is from Star Trek is meant to be a representation of what the accent might be like 100 years in the future? Maybe? Accents do kinda change every 100 years or so. This is a good reaction, I loved it!

[@brianwoods9552]

By my mid-teens I could voice about 60-70 different impersonations--cartoon characters, celebrities, politicians, international dialects...and very well. Without many constructive outlets during covid, I decided to work on a Scottish accent. Looking for content I somehow (thankfully) stumbled across your channel. And getting better and better every week. Now that you've pointed out a few model actors I'll be sure to check out their work.

[@diggity1039]

In Samurai Jack, it sounds like John DiMaggio a.k.a Bender from Futurama and Jake the Dog from Adventure Time. And it sounds a lot like his King Zod from Disenchantment.

[@andrewthomasduff.4180]

Wee Scottish Lass I'm loving all of your KZbin videos that you upload onto your channel. You're a KZbin inspiration for a person who's starting a KZbin channel for their first time. And I love you as a KZbinr and as a person 😀😀😀😃😃😃😉😉😉😍😍😍😘😘😘🤠🤠🤠😎😎😎🤑🤑🤑❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

[@johnthomas2485]

You need to watch the TOS Episode where an alien entity sets a portion of the Enterprise crew against a like number of Klingons, restricting them to edge weapons. Scotty gets a basket hilted claymore

[@Zandain]

personally of the picks, I love Simon Pegg! He has put the humor back into Scotty's character, but of course Billy Connolly is primo!!

[@amberhiggins6327]

James Doohan who played the original Scotty on Star Trek had a big change from the TV show to the Star Trek movies, with the original cast, so to understand his accent you have to look at the movies he done as well. To say Simon Pegg has a great Scottish accent is like saying Karen Gillan who played Amy Pond on Doctor Who and Peter Capaldi who played the 12 Doctor on Doctor Who have great Scottish accent as well. Well yeah they are from Scotland and when Karen Gillan and Peter Capaldi were on Doctor Who Steven Moffat was the Show runner, who is Scottish himself, and he made the character Amy Pond very Scottish and with the 12th Doctor he kept Peter Capaldi Scottish Accent, unlike David Tennant who didn't use his Scottish accent when playing the 10th Doctor. Also under Steven Moffat Doctor Who was the most Scottish out of all the years it been on. Also Sean Connery used his Scottish accent when acting. So yeah Simon Pegg , Karen Gillan, Peter Capaldi and Sean Connery all have some of the best Scottish accents because they used there every day voices.

[@WeeScottishLass]

Pretty sure Simon pegg is english, not Scottish, so similar difference to Canadian and American LOL

[@amberhiggins6327]

@@WeeScottishLass Simon John Beckingham 14 February 1970 (age 51) Brockworth, Gloucestershire, England Pegg was born and raised in Brockworth, Gloucestershire,[5][6] the son of Gillian Rosemary (née Smith), a former civil servant, and John Henry Beckingham, a jazz musician and keyboard salesman.[7] His parents divorced when he was seven and he took the surname of his stepfather (Pegg) after his mother remarried.[1][2] Pegg attended Castle Hill Primary School,[8] Brockworth Comprehensive Secondary School,[8] and The King's School, Gloucester. I stand corrected 🙄

[@theylied1776]

I cannot explain it. I am hypnotized by women with a Scottish accent. For me, the accent is relaxing and calming.

[@Startingfresh87]

I suck at accents…. But every time I try, I end up sounding like Merida from the Disney movie Brave😂

[@BDUBZ49]

Merida was voiced by a Scottish actress. So you either don't suck...or you don't actually sound like Merida.

[@markjones952]

New opening for Mosco? I like it!

[@snodrog5]

Billy Connolly! He turns the accent up and down to match the character Compare Mrs. Smith with Brave. And please please please watch Mrs Smith with the Big Yin and Dame Judi Dench. Beautiful tender performance.

[@karenhackney9920]

What about Mike Myers as the dad in SoI Married An Axe Murderer, or as Fat Bastard? 😅

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

"He's tiny!"

[@jaycee330]

6:10 You know why Simon Pegg's accent is so good? His wife is Scottish, who coached him. (She's from Glasgow, not from Aberdeen, where Scotty is supposed to be from, though.)

[@flutediva3477]

Would love to see you do a react video to Scottish Highland Dancing

[@garyemagee7177]

I loved that Wee Lass ! I can relate !! As an American Southerner ... we too have always been stereotyped from our accents to everything else ... in movies, TV and such. And just like some Scottish actors, (some of our own native Southern actors exaggerate their accents on film as well ).

[@JubeiKibagamiFez]

I don't know is Star Trek Generations is on pt 2's list, but James Doohan may have improved his Scottish accent by that time. He reprises his role as Scotty twice, once in ST: TNG and again at the beginning of Star Trek Generations.... And completely forgot about Star Trek 1-6. Another commenter said his accent got better during the movies.

[@Ocrilat]

I'm a big Simon Peg fan...even before he made it big (had a friend who made VHS copies of 'Spaced' for me back in the day). He was in Band of Brothers, and his American accent was so spot on I didn't recognize him.

[@lyllydd]

There are stories about James Doohan towards the end of his life, forgetting that he wasn't Scottish and slipping into his Montgomery Scott accent frequently. There are those of us who still miss him.

[@Polycomical]

I do recommend Muppet Treasure Island, love that. But yeah, I feel your pain (for example the "Norfolk" accents in Fighting With My Family).

[@pallidamors3540]

Probably the second Scotty from Star Trek lol

[@wickideazy]

I feel the same sort of dismay whenever someone tries to do a Boston accent in a movie. You can ALWAYS tell when someone's faking it.

[@davidheck6327]

The Scottish and Irish accents are beautiful

[@TheCosmicGenius]

James Doohan asserted that he served in the army with a man from Aberdeen, & as Scotty he was trying to do an impression. Simon Pegg is English, but his wife is Scottish, & one of the producers on the Star Trek reboot films is also Scottish, so he was coached day & night on how to do the accent.

[@azulluna1432]

I saw this and the first thing that came to mind was The Highlander reboot. I know it's old news but was wondering what your thoughts on that is?

[@kianheeps1244]

Although some of them are actually quite good, I can always tell if the actor isn't scottish. Just something about the accent that somebody not from here just can't replicate

[@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793]

How about Jamie Fraser versus his real-life actor Sam Heughan

[@lazyperfectionist1]

"I've not seen _Braveheart._ I keep gettin' told I _need_ to watch it." 🤔 Mmm... Not if you want an exercise in historical accuracy.

[@ryanmatheson5137]

Is accuracy in films really all that important? Ive never seen anyone rant about the historical accuracy im say, Spartacus the way they do Braveheart. Granted its a newer film but definitely cut from the same cloth.

[@5crownsoutreach]

That cartoon tough guy on the bridge sounded like it was bender from Futurama.

[@DogWalkerBill]

Lady & the Tramp was a Disney movie from the 1950's or 1960's. It's very dated by now!

[@kevinramsey417]

Bad Scottish Accents: Swiss-born American Christopher Lambert and Adrian Paul from Highlander films and series respectively (the flashback scenes).

[@BDUBZ49]

Christopher Lambert can't do an American accent either. You've reversed it though- He's was born in America to French parents, raised in Switzerland in his youth, then France. The French accent is what comes through when he speaks.

[@kevinramsey417]

@@BDUBZ49 Nobody cares.

[@BDUBZ49]

@@kevinramsey417 You're the one that brought him up.

[@jaycee330]

4:10 James Doohan was a Irish-Canadian. Remember this was for American audiences, and you couldn't have TOO heavy an accent.

[@wwciii]

William Wallace would not have worn either a kilt (to early) or war paint (to late). Engineers in the 19th century were called "scotties" because the University of Eddinburgh was the first school to teach about steam engines. I liked James Doohan in the episode "Day of the Dove" identifying a Scotts broad sword as a claymore, a mistake I can believe in the 22nd century.

[@RickCarr65]

You should give regional American accents a shot. Like NY, Midwestern (Chicago), TX, or deep south. That would be a cool video.

[@dukeskunk]

I would love to see you react to season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race and their snatch game competition where Rose' (who is Scottish born) did an imitation of Mary Queen of Scots.

[@Krieghandt]

My favorite is when actors do a Texas drawl . . . at NY City speeds. If you're not waiting for the other person to hurry up and finish their sentences, it's not a Texas drawl.

[@theblackbear211]

I have to say, those weren't the best clips of James Doohan - he has a number of lines that every fan of the the original series quote from memory... those might have been the better examples of him - for good or ill. But you are right about film and television... technical accuracy is rarely called for in accents - sometimes it's just barely enough to suggest the origin... other times it's a complete caricature, and played for laughs. I would smilingly suggest that while most English speakers can follow Robert Burns' "My luve is like a red, red rose".... they tend to need footnotes to get much past "Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie"... in "To a Mouse"... But "Tam O' Shanter"... requires a full translation. :-) As always, it was great fun to watch your reaction. I look forward to the next.

[@JurassicLion2049]

Simon Pegg I believe is married to a Scottish woman so I think that's why he was a bit better than James Doohan was back in the day.

[@michaelschemlab]

Love the shirt

[@ltlbuddha]

Besides direction, one of the problems with people doing accents from their own country is regional variation. Not everyone can manage that properly. Exaggeration is the easiest way to differentiate

[@melanieyoung6858]

The original Star Trek aired in the mid 60's, and my feeling is there might have been some fear that viewrs might not understand a more authentic accent. I LOVE Simon Pett's Scotty - but we're talking a difference of 40 years and the changing times. Let's not be too hard on James Doohan (Canadian born, but Irish ancestry.) who passed away in 2005. And his name is pronounced"Doo-an" not Doo-han" - just saying :-)

[@gamebrainsoriginalaccount9738]

Well let’s see I don’t remember the actor name for samurai jack well I know in the top of my head he voiced 2 characters such as Rath from Ben 10 and Jake from adventure time

[@popculturedon]

Simon Pegg’s wife Is Scottish. She’s from Glasgow.

[@gengisjon]

The Scotsman is voiced by the same guy who does Bender on Futurama, John DiMaggio and I believe he's American.

[@AnnieWarbux]

The Scottish seem to curse, alot. My favorite is Malcolm Tucker! The Vulgarian portrayed by Peter Capaldi!

[@johnhammonds5143]

Loved the Simon Pegg. Mel Gibson was ok. When he says "you are free men" he uses a modern English pronunciation of "you". In Scottish, you use a vowel called the whistling E. The outside of the mouth says "ooo" while the inside of the mouth says "eee". He doesn't do that. He should.

[@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793]

An Australian playing a Scott

[@t.c.bramblett617]

The Samurai Jack guy is basically Simpsons Willie cranked slightly either up or down lol

[@brodieroomojo]

good job treading lightly on trek as the fans can be ravenous

[@GamingDad63]

How about a frenchman playing a Scot? Christopher Lambert in Highlander. And what do you think about the late Robin Williams accent?

[@ryanmatheson5137]

I think any score for Christoper Lambert should have a couple points increased because he couldn't speak a word of English when he was cast

[@bundywaters5988]

"Ewan McTeagle" is a must watch (it's on dailymotion)

[@jamesheald7971]

have you formed an opinion concerning Groundskeeper Willie from The Simpsons?

[@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793]

I thought Doohan was a Scot? Two separate accents though

[@BDUBZ49]

He was Canadian. His parents were from Belfast.

[@michaelbuhl4250]

I was really hoping you would do the SNL skit "Scottish Air Traffic Control." James McAvoy is actually Scottish, but Kate McKinnon is American.

[@shlibbermacshlibber4106]

Billy is a national treasure

[@asignmaker]

Loved this one lol so funny. 😁✌️👍

[@kirbywilliamson2942]

Nobody from this side of the ocean has a good fake Scottish accent. I believe the accent it's self is so broad and subtle at the same time it is almost impossible to master, and we so seldom hear a true and honest representation.

[@kirbywilliamson2942]

P.S. I could listen to Billy Connolly all day, introduced to him through his American sit-com HEAD OF THE CLASS.

[@donovanfoto3263]

I thought James Doolan had a good accent, but I was VERY young 8 or 9, when it originally aired. My point of reference was my sisters friends mother, from Scotland.

[@greendragonpublishing]

They hadn't even told James Doohan to do a Scottish accent for the part. He just did it, and they ran with it :)

[@howardjackson9129]

Love watching you. So pretty. One question. Does it rain much in Scotland?

[@WeeScottishLass]

If it rained any more we'd be the next Atlantis

[@aikidragonpiper71]

Our accents in the southern USA are always exaggerated in movies.

[@METerrell]

How about Emma Thompson in Brave and Brian George as Duff Killigan in Kim Possible.

[@BDUBZ49]

Aye, it's the Big Yin. Keep in mind, the only legit Scottish accent Americans were exposed to for many many years was Sean Connery.

[@markchristensen23]

Yeah, the Scottish Lumberjack from Samurai Jack was supposed to have an overly exaggerated accent. It's one of the many things that make his character silly.

[@timmmahhhh]

Another one to review would be the janitor from The Simpsons.

[@Aluapay]

Did you ever watch Brave heart since this video?

[@peterwilliamson5953]

there is an Edinburgh hologram engineer in Picard who does a really good Edinburgh accent ken ..

[@kayinoue2497]

Oh god the one from Samurai Jack had me in fuckin stitches.

[@dangerkeith3000]

James Doohan actually had a good Scottish accent down, but when he got the part the executives made him do an over the top unbelievably dumb Scottish accent. Which, of course, he did, because he wanted the job. He was a FANTASTIC voice actor. #startrek

[@Jabadaw]

Simon did a great job. I think you'd really like Star Trek: Discovery.

[@neilpk70]

James Doohan's was a pretty interesting guy. His folks were from Northern Ireland, and he spent 4 years in Britain before shipping out for D Day. If his Scottish accent sucked, it's probably because he was told to say things that way.

[@TheJer1963]

The best Scottish accent had to be Sheena Easton back in 1983 with the video of Almost Over You, she had to be the sexiest woman on the planet at that time. It is to bad she worked so hard at getting rid of it after moving to the states in 1981. I wonder if Scotland has forgiven her yet? I grew up with Star Trek so Scotty is still my favorite. Gotta throw in about the movie Braveheart, William Wallace was not a Highlander and did not wear a kilt.

[@TheJohno95]

Now you need to make a video rating how accurate to Scottish mannerisms the characters are. In the original Star Trek, Scotty (Is that a lazy name or what?) was usually drunk and trying to fight. Whereas in the newer ones, he seemed just more ill-tempered. So, we need a video on how accurate these film characters are to actual Scottish people.

[@tbelding]

The interesting part about James Doohan is that his native accent was from Vancouver. VERY different from both Irish and Scots, on the whole. If someone says 'Canadian Accent',. the first thought by most Americans is the stereotype "Bob and Doug McKenzie" accent. (Ontario and environs). However, if you tried to do "Ottawa Valley", it's called the Ottawa Valley Twang, and you can certainly tell the heavy Irish influence. Also, James Doohan _was_ a flight engineer in WW-II. The role was created entirely for him, rather than him auditioning for the role. That's the problem with big places - wide accent ranges. (Heck, even just London still has lots of accent differences). Scots/Irish are used a lot because they're easy to recognize, I suspect. And make for good joke fodder.

[@johnnyphoenix1223]

Have you watched the channel ( Scotland history tours) it’s very interesting

[@ChrisJohnsonChannel]

Billy Connolly is a LEGEND

[@trevorkidd293]

G,day Wee Scottish Lass Mad Max did a fair William Wallace I think, not as good as me , I'm actually typing in a Scottish accent. All the best. Bluey.

[@bandelier100]

My favorite Scotsman is Sean Connery.

[@rksnj6797]

I could listen to your accent al day long. For a Scottish accent, I agree with you, get Billy Connelly! Simon Pegg's accent was very good.

[@johnthomas2485]

The Jar Jar Abrams movies are shite all around.

[@vernonchelski7385]

How about Tim the enchanter in Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail? 🎱

[@ronlhubbard1353]

Why didn’t you show a clip of Fat bastards accent from Austin Powers ? And is Mike Myers accurate in his portrayal of a Scottish accent?

[@rhark25]

His character name was Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, not Scotty Montgomery.

[@NightRaptor]

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[@gregbrown9138]

The "Big Yin" hands doon!!!

[@b3r3tta95]

roweena was crowley's mom

[@WeeScottishLass]

yeah I didnt want to give spoilers for anyone who hadnt seen it yet, you can see my brain going: op no don't say it, spoiler LOL hahaha I laughed when editing it

[@martinringis7782]

Loved your comparisons of SCOTTISH accents. How about " FAT BASTARD " from the AUSTIN POWERS Movies.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

"You're lucky wee man!" "Git in ma bellee"

[@dennismason3740]

"Get in mah belly!".

[@catrionacolville2192]

Peggs' portrayal WAS hamming it up. Most of us don't speak like that. Scotland has got literally hundreds of different accents and ways of talking. Where I live, we have only a faint accent and don't really use slang or "Scots". There is no such thing as a "Scottish" accent. Pegg is just hamming up typical Glaswegian. Als, Rowena's accent from Supernatural is fantastic. Really on point. It's a different kind of Scottish. Maybe one you haven't been exposed to as much?

[@johnbrentford5513]

You want to hear a authentic bad Scottish accent watch Train Spotting.

[@barryfletcher7136]

Mel Gibson is an Australian who has been living in the USA for a long time trying to speak modern English with a Scottish accent.