"your accent is very thick, is it possible to not have it?" omg i am dying 😂😂

I used to work in a call centre (I’m Scottish) and had an American once ask me if they could speak to someone who spoke English...

I love how the first part was James "Americanizing" his accent to be more understandable by a non-Scot, but the moment Kenan brags about having a feel for Scottish, James goes full highlander.

I’m Scottish and from Glasgow and yeah, James was spot on how how we speak. Can’t help but laugh when kenan says “nope” lol

An SNL writer posted on Twitter last night that James worked with them on this skit by rewriting his lines, telling the writers that 'everyone in Scotland will understand me, but no one in the US will'. Good work, James. 😂

Welsh air traffic control: All right, you’re gonna land nice and easy in Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch, yeah?

James McAvoy is one of the most talented actors out there today. He was incredible in Split.

James’ lines: Alright, now, there’s not a TikTok for monikers, big man. I know you’re coming on all peely-wally up there but I’m going to help you down out the sky faster than a whippet gets a hard-on. Okay? Now, I’m going to get you down but here is what I need you to do first, okay. Have a deep breath. I just want you to take a deep breath. In. Out. In. Out. You alright there, wee man? You alright? Deep breath! Right. Deep breath and you need to stay calm. Now, listen to me very carefully. On the wee panel of switches in front of you, there’s a brown doodah with a red jack. About the size of a what do you call it? American cookie. Oreo cookie, not a Keebler. Alright. There’s a wee thing about the size of an Oreo cookie. I thought it was a Keebler. What’s the doodah coming in at? Mate, the brown doodah that looks like an Oreo cookie. What’s it’s coming in at? No. No. Repeat. Brown. The colour. Brown. Aye. What’s the brown doodah coming in at? Good. Two heads are better than one. Right. Have a wee shufty out the window down at the ground. Tell me if you can rest your goggles upon Auchentoshan plane station. Come on. You try it with him. Listen, big man. Tempus Fugit cause we’re only going to get a crack at this once. Now, there’s a wee burgundy hingmajig on the dash, give it a wee tug. Aw no. Aw no. In the name of the wee man. Ah. Right. Radar’s got you leaving Scottish air space. This connections getting crunchier than a bag of smashed crabs. Alright. Godspeed, you lot. Glasgow out.

I’m a Scottish air traffic controller working at the London centre, and i swear to god that this is representative of pretty much every time I have to control a United or Delta flight.

They are speaking in doctor's handwriting!

As an American who's never been to Scotland, I'm very proud of how much of this I understand. Outlander trained me well.

"Did I eat at Wendy's 😂?, Never "...."Fine I had Wendy's last week, but don't tell Kylie" had me dying. 😂

Please gather Ewan McGregor, James McAvoy, Davis Tennant and Richard Madden and make them speak in the strong ass Scottish accent or I'll riot

James McAvoy speaking in his natural accent is ear porn to me. Is there any scottish audio book with him as a narrator outthere?

As a Dutch person working as a doctor in the West of Scotland I'm proud to say his accent actually sounded quite mild to me😆

I like James McAvoy’s serious look at his face as if everyone should understand what he says😅

I could watch another ten minutes of James McAvoy shouting piloting instructions in Scottish.

*The entire English language has left the chat*

Keenan’s “Nope!” was all I needed!😂🤣🤣🤣

It doesn't matter how many times I watch this, I laugh until I have tears streaming down my face. Funniest SNL sketch ever!

This is too funny. I once was on a train to Scotland and this nice man tried to teach me a card game. i still have no idea what he said.

What's extra funny is how even the Americans started laughing as soon as they mentioned the Welsh.

Kate McKinnon's Scottish accent was a hell of a lot better than Mel Gibson's in Braveheart that's for sure.

Love all the comments from pilots. I'm American living in Scotland. This sketch is spot on! Hilarious!

There should be a full Wales continuation skit with a true Welsh actor.

As a Scottish person from the same part of the country as James, you just know he wrote this skit. 😂 “doo da” is the remote for the tv in our house, “hing-ee-ma-jig” is thing, any thing. Makes perfect sense.

This never gets old. I've seen it maybe 50 times, and I laugh till I cry every time. :-)

Wow, I haven't laughed so hard in so long. James McAvoy was brilliant and Kate McKinnon was spot on as always.

I always thought I could speak English. Until I visited Glasgow.

I’m Scottish but I live in England; this is reminiscent of my colleagues’ struggles every day. Bless them.

This is one of my favorite SNL skits of all time. If I need a good laugh I put this on and laugh away. I gotta love Keenan too. He always manages to crack himself and me up! 😂😂😂

I lost count of how many times I watched this. It’s my go-to video when I’m in a sad mood because it always cheers me up 🤣

God, even the auto generated English subtitles couldn't understand what they were saying.

I’m from Glasgow and can admit this is an exact representation of when I talk to somebody who’s not Scottish 😂

Take a deep breath, in out in out 😂😂😂😂

Oh god this happened with me in Scotland the old man kept talking and I’m 😕 I’m not a native English speaker and that accent was very hard to understand, until a young woman came and rescued the situation 😂😂

I spit my drink out when kenan was like NOPE!

LMAO “your accent is very thick, is it possible not to have it?” 😂😂

It is 2024, this is still funny

You know, I really don’t care for modern SNL, but this is easily one of their greatest skits of all time.

They needed Mcavoy to host much earlier. Glad they finally corrected it

"the BRAUUWWNNN dooh-dahhh that loookKKs like an OOHH-REEAAAHHHOOOO KOOKIIIEEE " !!! hahaha

Anytime a Scottish accent skit happens it always cracks me up as my grandad had a thick Scottish accent which I understood with absolutely no problems as I do with most Scots thanks to him 😂 my friends and my wife used to sit there lost not having a clue what he said but for me it was clear as day which just goes to show how you adapt to your surroundings,I miss the old man and his quirks which included the old Scottish and English rivalry which I was always the one exception to him 💪🏻✌️

I'm Scottish and you should know that his accent isn't exaggerated but for the sake of the skit his sentences are formed of strange words on purpose. The way he said "right, have a wee shifty oot the windae doon at the groun; tell me if you can rest your goggles upon Auchentoshan plane station" at 2:50 is very weird way to say "Look out the window and tell me if you can see Auchentoshan airport"

As someone from Glasgow I applaud Kate’s accent, I’ve never heard an American do that so well 😂 Thanks for all the likes my gals, guys and theys ❤️

I love how when they mentioned Wales everyone was like, "Oh, shit." The audience knew what they were in for.

Kate McKinnon is amazing with her accent too. James McAvoy is so damn funny. Plus Mikey Day with his WHAT !!!! Omg way to funny 😂🤣😂🤣😂

I've been to Edinburgh for a week and their accent fascinated me. I loved it!!Mind you, I'm Brazilian and speak English with an American accent, so this was incredibly funny to watch. I laughed so hard. I'll be coming back to watch it again every time I need a good laugh. 🤣🤣

Being able to understand this is amazing 😂 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Retired United pilot here. Love this skit! My first few years flying to London or anywhere in Europe starting back in the 1990's, this was EXACTLY how our communications with Scottish Control would be! I laughed so hard watching this because it is so accurate. All of the U.S. pilots were continually asking the controllers to repeat themselves, I am sure that it irritated the crap out of them. We would look at each other in the cockpit and say "what the hell did he say?" My last 5 years of flying over there before I retired at the end of 2020 were much easier to understand them. Either I got better at understanding "Scottish" or they got better at speaking American English!

I never get tired of watching this skit! Today, however, was the first time I watched it with the automagically generated closed captions... absolutely losing my mind that the CC gives up utterly whenever JM speaks. 🤣🤣🤣

God i watched this sketch so many times now and it is still hilarious. One of the best sketches ever.

Translation of the Welsh guy: “Hi”

Video: we’re gonna switch you over to welsh airlines Me: oh no. Oh no no no no 🤣

Even the subtitles are broken at the point when James enters 🤣

I just woke up my entire household watching this at 6am on a Sunday. 😂😂😂

To this day I'm still confused how they got from Scotland to Wales without passing England

"The connection is getting crunchier than a bag of smashed crabs." Oh my, if I could only get one opportunity in life to use that sentence I would be forever grateful.

Amazing! 😆❤️ Been to many villages and small towns in Asia and Africa where they couldn’t speak a word of english, but I never got such anxiety and stress like being in Scotland and someone is replying to me in what they think sounds english… I got confused, they got frustrated. We shouted and I cried. 😵‍💫 😂 It’s been extremely stressfull untill I got the hang of it. There’s nothing like you think you speak perfect english and the person infront of you too, but you can’t understand each other at all! 🤣

This was brilliant. Spot on!

I laughed so hard at this. I studied in Scotland for a year and stayed for two years after just cause. Coming from a west African country that was a real culture shock for my first year. I remember I got to the train station from the airport to get to my university and heard someone speaking on phone and I thought. Did I land in the right country? The accent was insane. I listened intently for sometime to try and identify the language until I heard the word early. I called home as soon as I could to narrate that experience. Now back home I am always delighted to hear the proud Scots speak in their native tongue. Will definitely be visiting again after COVID-19 clears. Thanks SNL.

0:41 “Kylies not on board right now, thank God” 😂😂😂

I did a semester in Edinburgh in college and didn't have much trouble understanding anyone. Visited Glasgow later on and it was a whole different story 😂

Have anyone realized that even UKposts is having a hard time generating the subtitles on the 'scottish' part?

“Lewk out the windew!” “Ok, I had Wendy’s last week, just don’t tell Kylie” 😂😂😂😂

Im Scottish . This is the most accurate representation of a Scottish person communicating with the outside world ever

The part that’s makes this hilarious for me is, I’m a retired corporate pilot and I’ve traveled to many different countries, and so many times I’d talk to a ground controller and have to ask for him, or her, to say again as I had no clue what they said. Very funny, but oh so true.

Yep, I was one of those Delta Captains and I remember having this very conversation many times😉

My uncle is from Scotland. This is exactly what talking to him on the phone is like.

I'm an American studying abroad in Glasgow, Scotland and I have to say that this skit is 100% accurate

Pilot's reactions were perfect

“Your accent is very thick. Is it possible to not have it? Over.” 😭

gold! my brother once moved to scotland and thought his roommate was french and didn't speak english for three weeks.. then they found out, he was scotish

Being from Scotland I totally understand this nae body understands us

This is hillarious. I laughed non-stop. The last one killed me. 🤣

I was an ATC for 20 years, this brings back some funny stories.

I’m from Glasgow in Scotland and I’m in tears at this 😂😂😂😂👏

SNL now legally has do a continuation of this with David Tennant. Sorry, rules are rules. 😑

Once we have an american stutter and a scottish immigrant working in a shoe department. A rude customer walked to the stutter for help. He was pissed and didnt let the employee finish a single word. He went to the scottish ... i guess the worse day of his life.

"Oh no... in the name of the wee man, this connections getting crunchier than a bag of smashed crabs" hahahhahahahaa thats the only thing i understood. Can someone provide a translation of everything James said?? What other gems am i missing out on heh

Keenan kills it with one word "No!" That man is a genius.

*Whenever Kenan said “No!” I just lost it* 😂😂

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 too strong!!❤ I'm Italian but I know very well Scottish dialect. It's fantastic as the commedy here up❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I've laughed myself to death a 1000 times...again... This is hilarious! :D

Your accent is very thick, is it possible to not have it?

The Accent is so heavy even the youtube subtitle generator cant write it down. :D

I understood the scottish but man, the welsh killed me XD

I heard when they first wrote this sketch and they did the initial read for the scene James McAvoy, worked with the writing team to make it a very authentic Scottish accent

Translation of James McAvoy's bits from a Scot :) "Alright, now there's no time for names mate. I know you're going pale up there but I'm going to get you down faster than a whippet gets a hard on. Now I'm gonna get you down, but, here is what I need you to do first. Ok, have a deep breath. I just want you to take a deep breath. In out in out. You alright there wee man? You alright? Deep breath, right! Deep breath! And you need to stay calm Now listen to me very carefully. On the wee panel of switches in front of you there is a brown doo-dah with a red jack about the size of a, fucking, what do you call it... American cookie. Not a Keebler? No alright. Theres a small thing the size of an oreo cookie, right? I thought it was a Keebler. What's the doo-dah coming in at (reading)? Mate, the brown doo-dah that looks like an oreo cookie. What's it coming in at? No, brown. The colour brown. Yes! What's the brown doo-dah coming in at? Good. Two heads are better than one. Right, have a little look out the window down at the ground. Tell me if you can see Auchentoshan Plane Station. Listen big man we're only going to get one shot at this. The little burgundy thing on the dash, give it a little tug. Oh no, no, oh my God. Radars got you leaving Scottish airspace. This connections getting crunchier than a bag of smashed crabs. God speed you lot. Glasgow out."

😂😂😂. I moved to Scotland in 2014 and this was me for 2 months!

This has got to be one of the funniest skits I've seen in a long time. I couldn't stop laughing.

I have watched this skit soooo many times and still LMAO!!

"I am sorry, your accent is very thick... is it possible to NOT have it?" *MISSION: To exponentially inspire a new age philosophical renaissance movement by spreading unconditional Honor, Respect, LOVE, LIGHT and peace worldwide, perpetually ending ignorance and poverty through a righteous process of METANOIA by 2020... One country, One neighborhood, and ONE HEART at a TIME!!! (steal this... please) PS: Did you listen to the song I just wrote & sang... Please don't attack The USA... I even played the BANJO!

To anyone needing a translation: 😂 Male controller: "Hello, how are you? Now, there's not much time here and I know you're starting to feel unwell but we'll get you down from the sky faster than a whippet (dog) gets an erection ok?" "Now I'm going to get you down but here is what I need you to do first, ok? Take a deep breath." "I just want you to take a big breath. In, out, in, out. Are you ok there sir? Are you ok?" "Deep breaths, ok? Deep breaths! And you need to stay calm!" "Now listen to me very carefully, on the small pannel of switches in front of you there's a brown switch with a red jack the size of a... what do you call them? Those American cookies..? is it Keeplar? (?) No, Oreo! I thought it was Keeplar... What's the number on the dial!? The small brown thing that looks like an Oreo cookie! No, no! Repeat, BROWN; the colour! BROWN!" "YES! What's the brown dial saying?" "Good! Two heads are better than one! Ok, have a little look out of the window down at the ground. Tell me if you can see Auchentoshan plane station?" [edited, thanks fellow Scots for the correction lol 💙] Female controller: "Can you look out of the window? No, out of the window!" Male controller: "Listen Sir, hurry up because we're only going to get a crack at this once! Now, there's a small burgundy gadget on the small dash board. Give it a small tug." "Oh no, oh no. In the name of god! Okay, radar has you leaving Scottish airspace, this connection is crunchier than a bag of smashed crabs!" Female controller: "We're going to have to put you through to the Welsh air traffic control." Male controller: "Ok good luck to you all. Glasgow out!" The Welsh will have to take over from here! 😂

I’m a Scot currently living in Texas. Came here when I was 9 but lived in England beforehand. Every time we went to a drive thru or something like that, my parents, who have thick Scottish accents like James’, would have me speak for them because no one could understand them 🤣

Proud to say I only had to watch it three times to understand it. Missed most of the first run through because I couldn't stop laughing. 😹

This is the ideal use of James McAvoy in a comedy sketch. His American accent is so convincing that i forget he has a Scottish accent

I could listen to James talk all day, even if I can’t understand him 😂

Kate McKinnon's Scottish accent was top notch !

Takes Kenan to produce a "NO!" that decisive.