in today's episode I'm going to be
speaking about Scottish accent in our
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hello everybody and welcome to my vlog I
am Sean I am a Scottish youtube video
blogger from Edinburgh right now among
travels around the world I'm not
actually home in Scotland but I am doing
a series all about my home country
Scotland and the very different aspects
and at the moment and there's a special
series about the TV series Outlander
which is taking the world by storm
I'd like to start this vlog today by
saying a great big thank you to all of
you new people who have come in to see
these videos interested in Scotland
interested in Scottish culture Scottish
accent Outlander lots of different
things
Scotland related which I am speaking
about here on my channel I'm honored to
have you here and it's really amazing to
get that dialogue and start speaking
with you guys although Scotland if you
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it's the same color as my big red tartan
short I have been watching it wonder
furiously because it has gripped me I am
fascinated by it I am thrilled by I
think it's brilliant and I'll know
almost at the end of the first season
and progressing and also I'd like to say
thank you to you guys who commented on
the last Outlander video because you
have inspired me to go out there and buy
the books and start reading them as well
I think it is just incredible what Diana
Gabaldon has done with the story is just
fascinating gripping I think it's
brilliant and it's teaching me all about
the kind of roots of Scottish clans all
that kind of stuff and I think people in
Scotland are starting to get into it as
well you know I've had a lot of comments
from people in Scotland a lot of people
from abroad obviously from America from
Canada from South America from Australia
which is incredible to see absol amazing
have you guys here we're also seeing a
lot of comments from people from
Scotland who are actually watching the
series as well which is really amazing
we're getting to we're just connected in
Scotland and we are enjoying it
immensely I think that is just pure of
testimony to how good the story is it
must be difficult for a foreign person
to come in and write about a country and
about their history right you'd think so
but not in this case has just been done
so so well there's definite aspects here
right there's a storyteller and Diana
who's done such a great job with the
books and the storyline and then there
is a producers of the TV drama the
series so I wanna get into more of the
dynamics of the Scottish nests of the
whole situation right the characters and
accents accent to the really big thing
for us Scottish people getting access
right is quite important the thing is we
love Braveheart the movie but the one
big sticking point and a lot of people
mention this time and time again was the
accent Scottish accent that were ashore
and throw that
be brave heart Mel Gibson obviously
played William Wallace and he was
lambasted here in Scotland by newspapers
by critics by lots of Scottish people
for up to 7 a terrible accent
now as I mentioned in the previous video
that doesn't bother me too much I think
people who are not from Scotland who
come here and do a good effort and
actually do a presentable accent to get
my thumbs up so I actually think now
gets into the great job in that but it
does show you that people filmmakers
storytellers and actors as well can run
into deep danger by attempting to come
to Scotland deduction and by the way
it's not an easy action as I'm sure a
lot of you guys know so here's a thing
right Scottish accent in Outland are not
as easy to do as you might think even
though it has a Scottish cast the reason
being is Scotland despite the fact that
we have such a small country we have so
many different accents in Scotland so
many accent let me just give you an
example right Edinburgh where I'm from
the city the capital city Scotland is
about 15 miles away from Glasgow the
biggest city in Scotland not far at all
50 miles is nothing special a few guys
in America right and yet Edinburgh and
Glasgow the people from Edinburgh
Glasgow we speak so differently so if
you amplify that for it Scotland every
single city has their own ways and
rhythms of speaking not as some of the
challenges you roll face if you come and
try and do a video the movie about
Scotland you know what has to be in a
local context me personally as someone
from Adam but I think that actor in the
series and probably closest to when he
speaks out of character is some human
sanity
an english question and i've seda the
sam obviously it was born in Dumfries
which is a city in the far south of
Scotland quite lowland quite refined and
soft
quite a soft-spoken City not that far
away from how we speak in Edinburgh as
well here's the thing Sam actually was
educated he spent his formative years
actually studying in high school in
Edinburgh
so he probably got most of his accent
from that some and I be speaking very
very similarly I think the thing is
about that Abraxane is quite soft it's
quite refined it is soft Scottish it's
probably the easiest Scottish accent to
understand for people who are not from
Scotland there are different types of
Edinburgh accent as well that it gets
more complicated with more class upper
class stuff like that
I guess Sam and I we probably have what
I have described recently as the George
Street accent the George Street kind of
posture end so as an actor some I'm
probably closest to him and you may also
see we have the same good looks
Scottish charm and piercings they're
fastened I should probably add on that
point though I once fought a lot harsher
than I do now to say there are different
edible accents I was from a
working-class neighborhood I was brought
up in a working-class neighborhood and
we spoke a lot definitely to her I said
no it was the rough fast Edinburgh
accent with a lot of slangs that we use
in Edinburgh that I very rarely speak
about on camera nowadays I have got much
more soft as I say the Georgia free
Edinburgh accent but then if you look at
the characters that I thought characters
on oh under the one that I'm probably
closest to on the series is Ned that
content the thing is that anywhere we
sound quite inwards were quite
soft-spoken we don't have that ups and
the downs that you get in other places
in Scotland some would call it do err
it's almost like I can in depressed
accent the way we speak in Ellenville
it's just the way we are some people
like that because it's very how can I
say this Sean Connery so Ned the
accountant upper-class Edinburgh and I
want to pay particular God to the
episode that I saw already when
featuring Ned heavily which was when he
was collecting rent the episode was
actually called rent and when he was
speaking to Clare you could just hear he
has this very kind of refined very
carefully spoken edinburgh accent and
that is basically very similar to mine i
would say no it is and it just goes back
down to what job he does as an
accountant in Edinburgh the actor bill
Patterson actually does a really good
job of that accent because he's actually
not from Edinburgh he's from Glasgow
people in Scotland are not very good at
doing other accents within Scotland
and actually on to that point the
Highland accent Scottish Highland accent
is probably one of the toughest ones for
anyone in Scotland to try and see like I
can't even attempt to do it it is really
really tough so we're not even talking
anymore about the actors who are not
from Scotland and outlined
talking about the actors who are
Scottish is difficult for them to adapt
to the different accents in Outlander
and I think they did an incredibly good
job and that's why a lot people have not
been criticised in that sense whatsoever
they've just been very very good across
the board they have been so so good I'm
so impressed with accents on Outlander
like I can't get over how good they are
I think they've just put so many hours
and to get in that right I think a lot
of that goes down to the kind of time
and the people they've invested into
this show there is a Scottish voice
coach an accent coach called Carol Ann
Crawford you can actually see some of
our ratings on YouTube and she can do
every Scottish accent she's actually
from the island I believe in the West
Coast and she is broing she has
obviously sat down with a lot of actors
for our Lenore's and hours maybe weeks
and weeks and months at a time to get
that accent right and she's done a
smashing job of it I must say beg beg
respect to her and the team who have put
that together because it's just
incredible like I think they've nailed
it like outlandos done such a good job
when accent to Scottish Highland accent
now I do believe and that later on in
the series as it progresses as we get
further on the story role we've the
Highland and go elsewhere I'm interested
to see how to do the other accents like
I just can't emphasize enough hope
definitely speak in Scotland depending
on where you are in the country and I
think that's just one of the genius
things about the series like they have
nailed it in so many aspects the details
our attention to details is incredible I
just give it 10 out of 10 on that
respect if this done such a good job but
it's not easy listen it's not easy to
get that right when you've got such a
diverse group of actors from different
backgrounds different places and I want
to give you one example right Gary Lewis
who plays the layout of the Mackenzie
plan
colum Mackenzie I opened my own to you
the sanctuary from the publication even
when you refused to pledge fealty to me
the thing is Gary Lewis is actually from
Glasgow and he is not just any old glass
region he is a broad Glaswegian he
speaks as broadly as they get in Glasgow
and you can see that for a lot of his
roles it is done he's always played with
that kind of the last week a night you
can hear like the last region accent
coming through and I think an outlander
it does a good job it's not bad like he
does the Highland accent well I think
anybody who is from that background from
Glaswegian Butler and you're like oh
just be tough to kind of get that right
like we're talking about really really
fine details here on the accents of
these actors whether the Scottish or not
like as I say
I ain't gonna criticize people who are
not getting the value frame details of
which see people are from England
Scotland I don't think the audience is
from outside Scotland will necessarily
pick that up they'll know that he's
Scottish they'll get his Scottish accent
and I think that is good enough and I
don't know how much pain in the went
through I mean I only would have worked
really closely with Catalan the voice
coach from Scotland but like it's not an
easy job to get our right either see it
as a Scottish person the Scottish
reaction from me anyway is really good
I've asked on Twitter and people say
overall they're very very very impressed
with the Scottish accents on outlander
and that is from Scottish people that's
what we're all saying so yeah it's just
impressive loving the cities I'm going
to read the books I'm going to finish
the seeds pretty soon and wait for the
season 3 to come through I am going to
give you guys a special announcement
right now as soon as I'm back in
Scotland which will be pretty soon
actually I will be doing a tour of
Scotland of all the filming locations
learning more about them why they were
chosen for the film see if I can do some
interviews with people who are involved
in the project and just showing you the
natural beauty that we have in these
locations and why they were chosen for
land of the series a lot of it was based
on historical locations but a lot of it
were just places they just looked
incredible we will get into that in this
series I promise as soon as I'm back in
Scotland we're hitting the road and
we're doing that so that's it for this
vlog but I'm really interested in
continuing this series as like it's been
great fun and I want to know your
opinions I want to get your thoughts
what do you think what would you like to
see isn't from me as a Scottish person
watching Outlander what would you like
me to cover in this Outlander series on
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