Why do Men Wear Skirts? (Scottish Culture Explained!)

Did you know these things about Scotland!?
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[@david84116]

這類文化主題短片很酷，不僅是討論「英國文化」。蘇格蘭、威爾士、英格蘭、北愛爾蘭，甚至愛爾蘭在語言、民族、文化與社會感覺都有著截然不同的風貌，期待Susie繼續分享多元的主題！

[@smallchai]

Florence 口條清楚很棒!👍 會想看Florence 親自介紹蘇格蘭當地文化的Vlog!😆

[@AndrewYUpiper]

1. The Scots dialect is actually a mix between Lowland Scots, Northumbrian Old English and modern English rather than Gaelic. The grammar and pronunciation of Lowland Scots are so close to modern English that you can almost read them directly. In contrast, Gaelic grammar and pronunciation are quite different from English. I would say Gaelic's grammatical rules are close to Russian. Robert Burns wrote many poems in Lowland Scots; you can read them if you want. Examples: 'Should auld acquaintance be forgot/We twa hae run about the braes' in Auld Lang Syne and 'Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware [...] if ye wish her gratefu' prayer Gie her a haggis!' in Address to a Haggis. 2. As a Scottish studies scholar, I can say that the kilt and tartan we see today did not exist in Scotland until the 16th century. Modern kilt and tartan were invented by the Highland romantic revival, inspired by James Macpherson's Ossian poems and the writings of Sir Walter Scott in the 19th century. The visit of King George IV to Scotland in 1822 also brought a sudden demand for tartan cloth and made it the national dress of the whole of Scotland, rather than just the Highlands and Islands, with the invention of many new clan-specific tartans to suit.

[@FlorenceSylM]

Hi Andrew, thank you for all the useful info! It's very interesting and helpful to get a scholarly input. We are so lucky in Scotland to have the music and poetry that we do. I am a fan of "Ye Banks and Braes" by Robert Burns. It is a lovely one to part sing with friends.

[@mirayau]

Glasgow真的是一個很神奇的地方，人們熱情友善熱心、有很強烈的口音，充滿活力，去過好幾個城鎮都覺得Glasgow最好😹雖然口音我都聽不懂但還是混得滿開心的。

[@kennethho7671]

只有Susie 有能力製作這麼高水準的訪談影片，佩服的五體投地。

[@fayemariah]

五月去英國參加了兩天英格蘭行程,導遊就是蘇格蘭人 他的腔調就是Scottish Brogue, 口音方常有趣但我只能聽懂6-7成 蘇格蘭也是我去過的國家裡面數一數二的美, 跟冰島一樣美

[@haochen77]

谢谢你制作高质量的英文教学视频！

[@saikitlo5469]

I visited Edinburgh in June thisyear, Edinburgh has a rich history, most of building in Old Town have remained in their original from over the years. After that journey, I studied a lot of history between Scotland and England. Really respect to their culture. Love Scotland and will definitely go again 👍

[@sonsofliberty6529]

超喜歡這種文化主題👍❤️

[@EstherYu-vx8qu]

It’s really helpful for me to understand the Scottish accent and culture, especially I am studying in Glasgow right now. Thanks for your sharing!

[@tseyeung361]

很喜歡蘇格蘭人，風笛聲非常動聽。👍

[@vickywang8330]

You made a really good video and I learned a lot even though I have been living in the UK for nearly ten years. Since recently, I have started watching (basically listening) your uploaded ones while working without focus. Thank you so much, Susie.

[@susiewooenglish]

That's a great way to surround yourself with English

[@vivianguan343]

So great Scottish music and culture, I’ve been to high lands and low lands, it does bring me tears when listening to the highland bagpipes!

[@domino6488]

Wow. I like this topic. Cool. Scotland culture is amazing.

[@dragonerwolfjames3943]

Pretty fun interaction and talk about Scotland.

[@ceciiiiiiiiiiiiiiii4393]

Thank you for the interesting sharing! I have a strong urge to visit Scotland now ;)

[@student167]

oh! the background Scottish music is what I heard frequently when I was young in HK before 1997. A lot childhood sentiment

[@diandian-yj3bs]

Just graduated from Edinburgh this year, this is a very impressive and funny video calling me back to Scottland~

[@susiewooenglish]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@christinetung9239]

真好聽的英文，我喜歡❤這個accent 😁

[@davidricardo238]

你做的节目都很接地气,都是一些日常,挺好玩的

[@romancelucius6495]

very interesting. Thank you both.

[@enxiao7014]

the new lady has a lovely accent. I have fallen in love with it.

[@donaldliu]

Thank you Susie, nice video, people, culture and more...

[@vincentng2392]

在格拉斯哥旅行期間見過Walkers Shortbread運貨車輛，很有格調!

[@haizhens-hut]

非常喜欢！标题的中文翻译我们一般会说‘当地人’‘。我在爱丁堡，也喜欢苏格兰文化，苏格兰风笛非常有感染力。欢迎到我那里做客。😀

[@haiyaninedinburgh5737]

苏格兰口音好听。爱丁堡和格拉斯哥都有很多漂亮的建筑，尤其是市中心。苏格兰风笛高亢嘹亮，很好听。苏格兰高地舞服装也很美。 格拉斯哥人好像不喜欢爱丁堡人。这一点很像苏格兰人不喜欢英格兰人。他们说，爱丁堡有一样好东西，那就是开往格拉斯哥的火车。

[@haiyaninedinburgh5737]

伦敦的朋友来爱丁堡玩，说爱丁堡是很有富有吗？怎么房子都那样漂亮。其实爱丁堡也有不漂亮的房子，但不在市中心。

[@michaeljin101]

I really knew nothing but this clip really struck me in wakening to have learnt a little.

[@funglam9007]

英國尼斯湖水怪巨石柱UFO很出名，昔日香港高地風笛音樂令人懷心念🙂🙂🙂

[@louisho6315]

It is very interesting:)I love Scotland:)I like these places culture.

[@jaxkhan]

蘇格蘭是非常有魅力的一個地方，距離香港很遠很遠，但也很近很親切，因為我們都是聽風笛長大。

[@joytraveller]

Expecting content of Wales!

[@liu24k]

Nice Video！ 我在Glasgow待了六年，像视频里两位英国人清晰的对话，我平常是听不到的。。记得第一次来格拉，宿管和我对话的某些瞬间，让我感觉他在说日语。Glaswegian accent 大碴子味儿，到现在我也适应不了，比较抗拒和本地人交流，尤其处理生活琐事。但人普遍都很好。学到的一些除了视频中提到的 aye aye， wee drink (IRN BRU)， wee fries 还有 Pure Baltic (Freezing). 嘉宾除了说苏格兰方言，她的口音语调，正如她所说，其实已经脱离Scottish accent了。有个好玩且要值得注意的是Pal, which is quite subtle。 Half the time it's meant genuinely. 这是本地人跟我说的："If ''pal' is said with a strong inflection on the ‘P’, then you're in trouble". 爱丁堡口音可以看猜火车 Trainspotting.

[@FlorenceSylM]

Hi Tang, great to hear you live in Glasgow! I have lots of family there, I love the Kelvingrove art gallery. As much as I love a strong Scottish accent, I would agree that they can be very difficult for non scots and especially non native speakers to understand. The word "pal" is a good one and I would say that the equivalent in many parts of England is "mate." Like "pal" it can be used in a friendly or aggressive way.

[@summerzhao2021]

Love love Scotland !

[@orangecelebrity]

蘇格蘭這三個字，讓我內心往事重現。

[@max8hine]

really enjoyed this one! need a video for irish accent =), watched the animated movie, Brave recently, I found the accent actually more funnyer than the polt.

[@user-wm5et7tw6b]

苏格兰的口音，我最喜欢电影《猜火车》里面口音。😆😆

[@josephlownang6992]

good video mate

[@cheryll9140]

在愛丁堡留學，蘇格蘭真的太美了♡

[@cool007zqw]

谢谢！

[@susiewooenglish]

Thanks Enzo! 🥰

[@AndrewChen88]

Highland pipes play with Amazing Grace. Aye.

[@AndrewChen88]

Finally … has responded

[@u50904vic]

beautiful sound

[@araraazul7565]

I love Florence

[@kjb1611tw]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍love this episode

[@yiy3429]

mither, aye... 很有趣。

[@onlyyou9199]

好喜欢姜黄色的头发。

[@user-rh3gs2oh9q]

我很喜歡蘇格蘭女王的故事與髮色。

[@eightbighillman]

Auld Lang Syne 應該是蘇格蘭最有名的歌曲. 英格蘭的代表歌曲, 我會選擇 Jerusalem.

[@FlorenceSylM]

I love both! :)

[@ianbowen6213]

之前读书的时候有一个外教就是苏格兰人。虽然他的口音略重，理解起来比较有困难，但人还是很有意思的😅

[@tenghoongcheong5311]

Scottish are quite friendly,especially those in small town.

[@hubenbu]

Being in love with math for a while, which is used to describe and discover extraterrestrial beauty, I'm always interested in dialects that carries more beauty local lifestyle.

[@vincentng2392]

期待Commonwealth Games英格蘭與蘇格蘭爭金牌場面

[@cheehin3676]

最近看過一個video是讓蘇格蘭人念 'murderer, squirrel' 等等有r發音的詞彙

[@yajunyang7935]

爱丁堡的口音就是Florence这种，真的好好听，还特别容易听懂。隔壁格拉斯哥的口音就完全不一样。。。

[@hhydeliu]

aye~~ I knew it when stay at Glasgow decade ago. interesting

[@labixiaoxin0704]

我的研究生学位爱丁堡大学毕业的 是的 就是university of Edinburgh；我有次去伦敦坐火车，路上有一对老英格兰夫妇问我，你听得懂他们说的英语嘛？ 😂 我说no！ 他们很认真地说，真的不要怕，我们也听不懂！

[@FlorenceSylM]

Hi Bill, I think many people who go to Scotland feel like this no matter where they are from :D.

[@user-xe7oh6fu1s]

You may teach her "我是英國人" and film her reaction as well.

[@jerometsowinghuen]

I have learned a lot of about Scottish culture from Miss Florence. Moreover, I always wondering why men wear skirt while playing the bag pipes, which is a tradition.

[@leontx4211]

Just like a ancient painting

[@samwu8070]

I've learned many new words and interesting culture today. When I just heard Lassie, I thought of Indian drink Lassi. After tying Lassie in google, they showed me an old famous movie Lassie (a movie about a dog.) I was curious about who invented haggis, which looks like meat potato.

[@BeardedCat]

这苏格兰人还真是红发啊！美美的！

[@JM-jk8oh]

I have been staying in Scotland for quite a while now- interesting fact about the Scottish accent: Some scots cannot say ‘Purple Burglar Alarm’ lol

[@susiewooenglish]

Haha yes!!

[@melodyduan]

I lovely Scottish music, wonder if I go to Scotland, where can I go to hear traditional Scottish music and folk songs? Thank you 😊

[@Ah-Yuan]

感覺淡妝的舒萱更迷人❤️

[@wkko011015]

I love to see British Lions in UK

[@user-dg5wy7zh9f]

So cute

[@user-gt4mx1wj8c]

Elegant ladies

[@GoldLinus]

i have a Shanghai friend who married to a Scottish man , now they are living in Scottish Border, hmm, my elder sister was born in Glasgow...... i think there is a miss Hong Kong, i forget her name, is living in Scotland now (she has very strong accent, she can speak very good Cantonese).... i have visited some places in Scotland many years ago... i like those places along A9..... blah blah blah.... Sean Connery... wild Scottish Salmon..... and yes, Susie is very attractive~~~ heh ~

[@edgarchan9429]

😏鄉港小姐難道是她 －＞謝嘉怡（英文名：Lisa-Marie Tse Ga Ye，1995年8月26日在蘇格蘭出世），香港女主持及演員，2020香港小姐競選冠軍暨最上鏡小姐；現為無綫電視經理人合約藝員

[@waterkkl6316]

支持蘇格蘭獨立！

[@seabig2353]

可以独立了！

[@suchegore1610]

我是Florence的球迷~~

[@lhy-lm8im]

11:18 Susie，这个headbutt的场景我见过，只不过不是在现实生活中，而是因为看英剧。 比如极限权利（ultimate force）第一季第三集里，由Ross Kemp所饰演的男主角Henno garvie，他在成功抓到这个杀人凶手（就是因为没能通过SAS队员选拔而被两次淘汰出局因此想杀人行凶报复的凶手）之后，他就对这个凶手来了一个headbutt。

[@lhy-lm8im]

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[@yk6936]

More scots dialect is interesting

[@jasonfoxfire]

能不能解说一下SNL air traffic control. 实在太好奇了，苏格兰口音真的是那样吗

[@FlorenceSylM]

Hi, so I watched it and the guy who's speaking with a Scottish accent is actually Scottish. I would say yes it definitely can be like that. However, Scottish people do tone down the dialect and accent depending on who they are speaking to. :)

[@Laurence0227]

我個人覺得蘇格蘭口音蠻性感的(女生也一樣)

[@alexzheng1298]

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[@vincentng2392]

香港警隊剛由這個月起放棄英式步操，看來放棄蘇格蘭風笛的日子也不遠了。😟

[@edgarchan9429]

肯定會放棄啦！根本風笛隊就跟終式步操格格不入😝

[@ebidbay3711]

How about river dance?

[@AHAO.studio1]

喉音那個喝，是不是跟荷蘭語比較像？

[@user-cq7ky4cp8t]

🤩

[@Sunrisesunset999]

👍🥰

[@koko4533]

🤓💯👍👍👍

[@user-io4hs1yg1i]

The kilt and Japanese kimono don't seem to be worn inside?

[@kingarthurEN]

😂👍

[@lrt_unimog8316]

Scots應該有點像台山話🤔

[@amirtemur2102]

小姐姐在hkk的时候，我以为要吐痰了😅

[@adonis5254]

🇹🇼♥️🇬🇧

[@tpyu007]

Aye Aye captain Guess the captain crew in Spongebob squarepants is a Scottish. =P

[@smithchris4703]

English learner here. I can understand her English. Nicola Sturgeon's English is a lot more difficult to understand for me.

[@FlorenceSylM]

Hi! Yes we have very different accents. :D

[@paulgrieve7031]

The Scots would not like to hear that Scots is just a variation of English! Have ye no heard of the school of Scottish studies, Hamish Henderson, Hugh McDiarmid (Chris Grieve) et al? Perhaps you could say Scots and English are often quite similar, but still too different for most non linguists to follow. Anyway keep up with the videos!

[@FlorenceSylM]

Hi Paul, I meant that a small minority of words for example "mither/mother" sounded similar to each other. I absolutely agree that Scots and English for the most part are extremely different. I will definitely look into the school of Scottish studies, thank you for mentioning it. :)

[@lauthomas7179]

Normally Italy should beat English in world cup football final.

[@user-tj5sh3dg1s]

學會調節心態,孝敬父母, 不能跟父母講太多有壓力的事, 要讓父母放心,自己業自己背, 必須學會自己承擔。

[@bowentan7425]

在UK是不是没有人会说自己来自UK或Great Britain啊？

[@Foodieyummygood]

Good question Never think of this question I try to share my observation While we are now at Edinburgh for a year The answer is : aye !

[@cjhall2569]

自己说是戴淑宣，可为啥文字是Susie WOO?姓吴还是戴？

[@chiuspring]

neds 我猜用現在的台灣流行語的話，應該是 8+9 或中二生 XD

[@Dana888]

“地道”而并非“道地”，虽然顺序不影响理解，但我还是想更正一下

[@devonfong5035]

台灣的中文是用「道地」，大陸用「地道」，香港就兩者都有用。都沒有錯

[@edgarchan9429]

地道不是「地下通道」的意思嗎？😅

[@ewenchan1239]

That " 'ch" sound would NOT come naturally for a LOT of Chinese people (whether you're speaking Cantonese or Mandarin and/or Taiwanese). I actually had to learn it from a combination of Polish, Russian, Arabic, and Hebrew before starting to get CLOSE to being able to pronounce that syllable. On the contrary though, there are also a LOT of Chinese syllables/sounds that doesn't exist naturally in many of the Roman/Latin-based languages neither. My wife and my tiny humans, sometimes, struggle with some of the pronounciation of Cantonese words that I grew up with, such as 莲蓉飽. Whenever I try to Romanise it, it just becomes a jumbled mess, so I've told both my wife and my tiny humans that it's just easier for them to learn it phonetically.

[@xingyu1386]

Ch is very natural for mandarin speakers. The mandarin 'h' is exactly pronounced as scottish CH. like 和, if you listen to how TV presenters from CCTV (the chinese central tv) pronounce 和, you will notice it is Ch rather than english h. But because chinese don't distinguish h, and many chinese dialects use the softer H, so lot of native speakers choose the 'lazy' h. Also, young people influenced by english tends to use h more than Ch. but people in my parents' generation almost always use CH. I live in scotland, when i first taught my scottish friend 和, they noticed the difference immediately from a cctv video clip. They actually pointed out that i've been using softer 'h', that's how i noticed CCTV presenters use ch while i've been 'wrong' the whole time.

[@ewenchan1239]

@@xingyu1386 My apologies - by "ch" I mean more like the Arabic or Hebrew "kh". For example, the German last name, "Bach", -- the 'ch' in that is a guttural "kh". So instead of pronouncing "Bach" as "Back", the German pronounciation -- the "ch" in that is almost like the 'h' sound in "hua". (It's really hard to convey the pronounciation with the English alphabet.) The Hebrew ח (as in לחיים), is a voiceless uvular fricative. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_uvular_fricative) To pronouce the Hebrew לחיים (L'chaim) -- the 'ch' in that, as I understand it, is not "natural" to Chinese (or at least Cantonese. I don't know about Mandarin.) (cf. How to pronounce L'chaim? - kzbin.info/www/bejne/emmWf3uQhMiBaLc) Thanks.

[@xingyu1386]

sorry i thought you meant the scottish 'ch' as in loch, because the guest is from scotland. The scottish ch is Voiceless velar fricative at least as documented on wikipedia - i'm no expert in this field. she pronounced it with a little bit much trill though.

[@ewenchan1239]

@@xingyu1386 I would think that they are very close in regards to their pronounciation. Thanks.

[@xingyu1386]

@@ewenchan1239 probably usually don't make any phonological difference in many languages. Just a matter of different accent.

[@MrHAHA396]

这个苏格兰小妹太hot了

[@sherlok48]

Why do the accent of people in East Kilbride is so different from Florence? I could understand most of you 2 speaking however the people in East Kilbride I could hardly understand their dialogue. Their intonation and tone are so different from Florence

[@ZWatUK2023]

通常我们说 “当地人” 不是 “在地人”. 我在Glasgow 学习工作10 年，她几乎是我的第二故乡！ 我深爱苏格兰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿！

[@shanghainesetv3992]

香港、廣東、上海 也應該是獨立的 Country🙂

[@langanthony3430]

台灣會說在地人吧？閩南語直接換成中文講

[@johnhe9782]

@@shanghainesetv3992 How much did they pay you?

[@woshimaomi]

哇英國藍特輯誒！

[@UsefulToolIntenet]

我已经决定好娶个英国老婆了，