Help with Your British Accents: Scottish English

Scottish English

United KingdomThis is the broad definition used to describe English as it is spoken in the country of Scotland. Note that Scottish English is different than Scots, a language derived from Northumbrian Old English that is spoken in Scotland as well. That being said, Scots has a strong influence on how English in Scotland is spoken.
Features:
  • Rhotic, with trilled or tapped r’s.
  • Glottal stopping of the letter t when in between vowels (similar to Cockney and related accents).
  • Monopthongal pronounciations of the /ei/ and /ou/ dipthongs, so that that face becomes IPA fe:s and goat becomes IPA go:t.
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