Well done - you passed the "spirtle" quiz!!!


My accent is "interesting". I find it is more pronounced when I am
around Scottish people. We left Scotland when I was 12, and I lost it pretty quickly, mainly because I got teased so much at school. It does not have a "harsh" Scottish sound, nor a South African "twang". I do sometimes get mistaken for an Australian (a common problem for South Africans, wheras we think we sound NOTHING like the Aussies!!!!)

People find it hard to place, and comment that it sounds "international", which I suppose gives me a bit of an advantage in my teaching. One of our teachers has a broad IRISH accent (I can hardly understand him), and after 3 months in his class the Bahrainis students sound like leprachauns!!!

My family in Glasgow all say I sound "dead posh"!!!! But I can turn on the real BROGUE is I want to.

Also IMHO, their is nothing sexier than a MAN with a posh Scottish accent. Like that actor John Hannah (4 wedDings and a funeral / sliding doors / The Mummy) - I could sit and listen to him all day! (plus he was born in the same place as me - East Killbride)