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1st July 15, 05:59 AM
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That's my point, is that the Highland accent is much easier for non-Scots to understand, because it's more or less Standard English with a soft Gaelic accent. Scots on the other hand is a quite distinct dialect of English with its own vocabulary as well as being more different in pronunciation. That's why it strikes me as odd to hear all the "dinna ken" type stuff in Outlander.
A Highland accent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ-pYQ8hpog
And here, the unscripted speaking at 1:48
http://www.dialectsarchive.com/scotland-13
This is to be contrasted with the Scots dialect, or Lallans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSK8qzqDAew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJamYKRo-Hc
The Highlanders in Outlander, I'm pretty sure, would be speaking more with the Highland accent than in the Scots/Lallans dialect.
Last edited by OC Richard; 1st July 15 at 06:17 AM.
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