Scottish accent
3
5.8
- noun
- UK
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acento escocés
- Do you like my Scottish accent?
- a soft Scottish accent
- try a Scottish accent
I always enjoy when writers will write kind of phonetically so that when you're reading it in your head, you hear the Scottish accent.
- I always enjoy when writers will write kind of phonetically so that when you're reading it in your head, you hear the Scottish accent.
- And so I would think what's going to make someone in elementary school feel more like an outsider than having a a thick Scottish accent.
- You know this accent, Scottish accent and.
- But it's just, it's so funny to see that I'm still doing my my tragic Scottish accent when I'm doing these videos.
- He's good picture like a super thick Scottish accent though, because these guys were just and when they talk fast, it's even worse.
Examples
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Scottish accents are very place-specific, so someone from, say, Glasgow or Aberdeen would be very different from Edinburgh or Inverness.
Blog text (3) -
The rope tightened and quivered, a loud "Heave-ho!" rose up, and a voice laced with a Scottish accent told everyone to "stand away, clear away."
Fiction book (1996) -
The Scottish accent really worked!
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And he does a Scottish accent well.
Blog text (3) -
"I rather like this one," the Travis guy said in a heavy Scottish accent.
Fiction book (2001) -
According to a new study, the Scottish accent has been voted the sexiest accent in the United Kingdom.
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His English is vivid and energetic, and though he has spent but a few months in Scotland and more than two years in the States, his words bear a pronounced Scottish accent.
Fiction book (1994) -
At Fred Perry, your salesperson is a short girl with a Scottish accent, a labret piercing, and a Chelsea Girl haircut.
Blog text (34) -
Do you like my Scottish accent?
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You've got a great Scottish accent, by the way.
How Strong
- UK
3
5.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently composed from 'Scottish' (relating to Scotland) and 'accent' (a regional way of pronouncing). This adjective+noun combination follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer it refers to the pronunciation typical of people from Scotland.
Etymology
Scottish accent comes from the long history of speech in Scotland, where English was shaped by older Scots and Gaelic languages. The word Scottish points to the place and accent is the way of saying words, so it means 'the distinctive way of pronouncing English spoken by people from Scotland'.