[Neil]

It depends who I'm talking too I don't have a distinct regional accent- I don't think but everyone agrees I sound Scottish and places me as such automatically However, my manner of speaking is normally quite proper, my mum didn't want me sounding like I was from West Lothian because the accents are awful and that's coming from a Geordie

My accent is similar to that. I say "huv" instead of pronouncing "have", but that's my only inflection that's noticeable to people, at least from different parts of Scotland. I certainly don't sound like I'm from Fife, or (heaven forbid) Dundee, despite being trapped between them!

But yeah, people can tell I am Scottish anyway. Irish is general is easy to pick up if you are around it long enough.

[Aileen]

It depends who I'm talking too I don't have a distinct regional accent- I don't think but everyone agrees I sound Scottish and places me as such automatically However, my manner of speaking is normally quite proper, my mum didn't want me sounding like I was from West Lothian because the accents are awful and that's coming from a Geordie

Your Mum is right - the W Lothian accents are pretty dreadful, and their owners all seem to speak so quickly.

My accent is similar to that. I say "huv" instead of pronouncing "have", but that's my only inflection that's noticeable to people, at least from different parts of Scotland. I certainly don't sound like I'm from Fife, or (heaven forbid) Dundee, despite being trapped between them!

But yeah, people can tell I am Scottish anyway. Irish is general is easy to pick up if you are around it long enough.

Ah a fellow Fifer!  Well my Mum decided that my Fife accent had to be eradicated.  Probably hugely biased because she was a Glaswegian, although you'd never have known it from her rather "proper" Scottish accent.  Agree Dundee is the pits!  However Doric is the strangest - it's virtually a language all of its own 

[Aileen]

I understand Doric, and all its variations, perfectly, but don't speak it - so I suppose I can't be bilingual then ...

There has to be a term to describe this.  It's like I can understand quite a bit of French if they speak slowly, but I could never attempt to speak it.   

[Hazybear]

Your Mum is right - the W Lothian accents are pretty dreadful, and their owners all seem to speak so quickly.
Ah a fellow Fifer!  Well my Mum decided that my Fife accent had to be eradicated.  Probably hugely biased because she was a Glaswegian, although you'd never have known it from her rather "proper" Scottish accent.  Agree Dundee is the pits!  However Doric is the strangest - it's virtually a language all of its own 

Oh I do speak quite fast

Hmm yeah Doric is funny By the time I left Aberdeen I had a pretty good hang of it though at the beginning it did sound like a foreign language though

[Elly]

^ It's really nervewracking trying to sell property in this economic climate, Iris.  I keep thinking about taking the plunge, but as there's nothing spoiling, it seems sensible to wait until the market picks up.

Good luck! 

[Elly]

^ It's funny isn't it.  There's a property in my street been for sale for like forever, and it's a nice area and a nice property.  Goodness knows...

[Elly]

^ You're goin' daawnn, sister..

[janscribe]

Was just thinking about this thread and started wondering what everyone sounds like - apart from Mark & Andrew as we already know what they sound like.

So, starting with the originator, Jan, what do you sound like?

Hmm - I suppose I'm just boring English, no particular accent as I came from Kent. Can't even claim to anything Devon except for the odd Dartmoor/west Country phrase that slips in when I'm not thinking. Nothing like the lovely Scottish accents you all have I'm sure. I suppose we've got more used to the soft lilt of the islanders as we've spent so much time on Mull. Lovely sound - send shivers of delight down my spine - always made me feel 'Oh how lovely - we're back again!'