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  2. Scottish English - Wikipedia

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    Listen to BBC Radio Scotland Live (many presenters, such as Robbie Shepherd, have a noticeable Scottish accent) "Hover and hear" pronunciations in a Standard Scottish accent, and compare side by side with other English accents from Scotland and around the World. BBC Voices - Listen to a lot of the voice recordings from many parts of the UK

  3. Regional accents of English - Wikipedia

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    Accents and dialects vary widely across Great Britain, Ireland and nearby smaller islands. The UK has the most local accents of any English-speaking country [citation needed]. As such, a single "British accent" does not exist. Someone could be said to have an English, Scottish, Welsh, or Irish accent, although these all have many different ...

  4. Glasgow dialect - Wikipedia

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    As a result, the film had to be given subtitles when released in the United States and even for audiences in England. The same situation occurred with another Loach film, 2002's Sweet Sixteen, based in the town of Greenock which has a local accent virtually identical to that of Glasgow, [21] [22] and with the 2010 release Neds set in the city. [23]

  5. Highland English - Wikipedia

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    Highland English (Scots: Hieland Inglis, Scottish Gaelic: Beurla na Gaidhealtachd) [1] is the variety of Scottish English spoken by many in Gaelic-speaking areas and the Hebrides. [2] It is more strongly influenced by Gaelic than are other forms of Scottish English. [3] [4]

  6. Brogue (accent) - Wikipedia

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    A brogue (/ b r oʊ ɡ /) is a regional accent or dialect, especially an Irish accent in English. [1]The first use of the term brogue originated around 1525 to refer to an Irish accent, as used by John Skelton, [2] and it still, most generally, refers to any (Southern) Irish accent.

  7. Scots language - Wikipedia

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    Scots [note 1] is a language variety descended from Early Middle English in the West Germanic language family.Most commonly spoken in the Scottish Lowlands, the Northern Isles of Scotland, and northern Ulster in Ireland (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots), it is sometimes called: Lowland Scots, to distinguish it from Scottish Gaelic, the Celtic language that was historically ...

  8. Doric dialect (Scotland) - Wikipedia

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    'Hover & Hear' Doric pronunciations, and compare with other accents from the UK and around the World. Hear Doric spoken aloud; The Doric Festival; Scottish MSP takes oath in Doric; Anglic Language Varieties of Northern Scotland (from the Internet Archive - original link down). List of Doric Words and English Translations; Doric set to dae the ...

  9. Ulster English - Wikipedia

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    The accent of the Finn Valley and especially The Laggan district (centred on the town of Raphoe), both in East Donegal, together with the accent of neighbouring West Tyrone and the accent of the westernmost parts of County Londonderry (not including Derry City), are also quite Scottish sounding.