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- In this video we look at how to so speak Scottish English with a Jack from Dornoch near Inverness in the highlands of Scotland. We'll compare. Jack's accent to standard British English RP. We'll also look at Scotland's other languages: Scots and Scottish Gaelic. We'll see how they are interrelated and how they've influenced English south of the border and beyond. You'll learn many Scottish phrases along the way.

0:00 Introducing Jack
1:10 Englishman tries Irn Bru for the first time
2:47 The 3 Scottish languages
4:21 Scots Gaelic
5:01 The Scots Language
7:57 Scottish English varieties
9:05 Scots Gaelic words in English
11:17 Scottish English words not used in England
12:13 Shetland Islands Scots and Norn
13:26 Phonetics of Scottish English
15:49 Grammar differences Scottish English and RP
16:20 Comparison of phrases: RP and Scottish English


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