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I met once with an American and he told me: "I came to Scotland and after three days I've discovered, they speak English too!"

One time I tried doing a Scottish accent in front of a Scotsman, he told me it was "pretty good" but I "made too much sense."

I sat across the table from a drunk Irish man having a heated conversation with a drunk Scott, I didn't understand one word of what they said, but I listened for 20 minutes! 😂🤣

Interesting. We have a word in German that sounds like 'drisht', 'trist' and it means the same. Probably a relict from the Vikings then. :D

He looks like the lost brother of Rooney.

And here I am from Eastern Europe and whenever I speak in english people think I'm a vampire... XD

You say that scots say ”drist weather”. In Sweden we say ”trist väder.”

Joke: The Irish made the bag pipes as a joke, and the Scottish took it seriously.

The lad looks so Scottish, I could just see him eating a fish supper with a tin of Tennants in his hand.

This noise I never knew could be made 2:19

I'm from Alberta and when I first spoke to Newfie family with a very strong Newfoundland accent, I kept thinking they sounded Irish but also Canadian. Had no clue they were from Newfoundland until they said (while laughing quite a bit since they knew how strong their accents were to many). You can certainly tell there are Irish roots in the Maritime provinces because I've noticed a lot of pronunciation similarities between them and the Irish. It's pretty dang cool. I adore the Scottish and Irish accents (ALL of them). I'd love to travel there someday. Thanks for sharing your missionary memories with us, Elder.

Lovely to see his enthusiasm these different accents! Funnily, me being German, I don't very much like listening to regional accents/dialects in my mother tongue, but I love hearing almost all the varieties of spoken English.

He actually looks like he could be from Ireland or Scottland! Lol

You look like you're a native to either place.

He's a good lad. He's got the lingo down.

We used to have a family friend that moved here from Scotland and I enjoyed so much listening to her talk.

I think Irish people are in the most unique position because we can understand what everyone is saying.

I'm Scottish, this is so funny

The southern accent (USA) is often said to be “sing songie.” The area was settled by English, Irish, Scots-Irish, with a few Germans thrown in the mix.

This dude could be 'Radar' O'Reilly's son from "M.A.S.H."

actually the best attempt at a Scottish accent I've heard from an American. even though you did pronounce dreicht wrong... today in Scotland it's so unseasonably hot we'd call it "taps aff weather"

If you have trouble understanding Scottish and Irish your going to have fun if you visit Wales...lol

That’s amazing! In Russian you can also say “drist” about grey/windy/gloomy weather! На улицу сегодня не пойду, там опять дрист какой-то

This guy is funny 😂 . I'm a Scot. I appreciate his efforts .

So..who is he talking to?

Understanding accents is about exposure and patience. Not being in a hurry, and not getting upset. And about the speaker having patience and not getting upset because someone doesnt understand him. Language, like everything else in life, is about cooperation, compromise, tolerance, and willingness to learn/assist.

Moral of the story: Both Scots and Irish people say "so it is" at the end of sentences... so it is.

I am kenyan and I had an irish boss in Dubai.I hard a tough time hehehehehe but I learnt alot.

I'm from Cork. it's as far south as you can get.... Galway is in the west.

Your accents are pretty good - certainly recognisable.

" Drissht" (whatever) sound a lot like the german trist (which also means greyish/ sad / cloudy mood or weather) or the french triste which means sad.

Only one way to find out if he's a leprechaun. Sing us a song of the Emerald Isle.

Coming from the Liverpool area, having Irish family and Scottish friends, this was hilarious haha! This guy pretty much nailed it! Bravo

Such a joyful man, thank you for sharing!

Man! This is fantastic! Just the UKposts subs did not know how to interpret if this was Scottish or German! It went mad! Soooo fun and so instructive! God bless you, fella! 🍀

We say 'pure dreich' not drist! I've had a Canadian visiting Scotland ask me 'What's an och a dinnae ken?' They thought it was an object or something haha.

Coming from Northern Ireland, family down south, and now living in Scotland, I know the accents very well - this guys attempts aren't half bad! Although Cork is south not west Ireland!!

When I visited County Down in Northern Ireland whilst doing my A-levels in Bedfordshire, my cousins us’d to say things like (‘Git in the Cyarr, Donal, you’ll be lyte fer yirr Tay !!’) LoL

Не устаю изумляться, как в таких маленьких странах столько акцентов. Московская область всего в два раза меньше Ирландии, и я не представляю, как бы мы жили, если бы на границе с Тверью говорили вообще иначе, чем рядом с Тулой) конечно, для филолога это кайф, но в простом человеческом общении, по-моему, ужас

The word is 'dreich'. Also, plenty of Scottish accents sing, and some Scots and Irish accents are quite similar, due to shared Gaelic heritage and Scots settlers in Ulster. The biggest mistake non-Scots and non-Irish make is underestimating the accent variations in both lands, despite being small. It's therefore inappropriate to use accent in the singular. In Scotland (where I come from), each of the 4 cities have completely different accents, and you can throw in the Borders, Ayrshire, Perth, Inverness, the Highlands, outer Isles, Orkney and Shetland as all having distinct accents (and verging on dialect). The Scottish accent most commonly imitated is the Glasgow one, which is, ironically, one of the youngest and least typical in Scotland as a whole, since it is influenced by Irish and Highland settlers, and has very few old Scots words (ok, you can say 'dreich', but try saying 'ken' for know, and folk will just stare at you). It's sounds like the accent Mel Gibson attempts in Braveheart (no' that bad, but crap film), but set in the 13th century, entirely inappropriate.

How the Irish say "Ireland" sounds like "island" to an American (me).

Excellent! Well done on your accents. As a life long Northern Ireland citizen you've been pretty much spot on. 2 things though( not to nitpick) Your Portadown accent was actually a Belfast one and in Ireland North and South we never say the Scottish "Noo". It's more like "noiy" in NI and " naow" inRepublic of Ireland. The movies haven't always done do well with their Irish accents. They tend to roll their rrrr's which is never done in Ireland . Well done. Really enjoyed this. It definitely made me smile 😊

Dutch people use the word "Driest" for the same thing

A lot of people cannot do Irish accents at all (especially Americans, I've noticed- not hating, just saying!) but your accent was really good! And your Northern Irish accent was better than mine- and I've lived in (South) Ireland my whole life! 😂

It's elder Crosby!!! He served in my branch which is Cork!! He was a cool Missionary!! He taught me some guitar lessons!!

Two of the best accents I think

Ack! Lang may yer lum reek, and may a moose ne'er leave yer girnal with a tear drop in his eye! Haste Ye Back, Me Lassie!

The Scottish accent is the loveliest in the world. "See you in another life, brother" - Desmond

I've never been to the countries, but I've met quite a few Scots and Irish and it seems like you picked up the accents quite well. It seems like you have a talent for accents; have you ever considered becoming a voice actor? You would be good at it. Props

That's a decent-enough Scottish sound, straight off the top - and you look the part of a Glasgow dock worker, besides! Btw you learnt your slang right well, ken? Well done, then! 😁

Fantastic, man! Youve definitely captured the *Sco'ish* accent. I had an ear-to-ear smile listening to you. I heard my long gone step gran dad and got the chills.

I am from Northern Ireland and I thought you did the Northern Ireland accent really well.

I want to do exactly what you do. I find accents fascinating. I find you talented and you have a rare gift to synch yourself with others through appreciation via fascination and it is beautiful.

My great grandparents on my Mom's side were from Cavan in Ireland and I wished we could have met them. They died fairly young, the Mother in a streetcar accident in Chicago and then the Father on a voyage back to Ireland to bring family to help take care of their 7 children. So my Grandpa became an orphan and he died when I was very young. Just love hearing Irish people of all kinds talk😍

I enjoyed hearing him talk. Thanks!

Love scottish accent

Jakers this guy is good when it comes to the Northern Irish accent...none of them are perfect but to be able to switch from Northern Irish to South Irish to American to Scottish is good haha...although in Northern Ireland alone we have different accents like i dont speak like his Irish accent.

Thanks for spending the time to create and share this content 🤙🏾

"'Tis best triest vandaag" in Dutch would be "it's kind of sad weather today".

I swear Americans are the only people who get confused by accents to the point they cant understand people.

Love this guy! Really embraced it! But Scots and Irish, we're the same breed, all love a drink, all sing the best songs, all support one another at Rugby. Love Ireland (North Or South)! Mon the music!

Your Norn Accent wasn't bad mate, better than my own (and I was born there)

This is awesome, thanks for making this video.

I live in Scotland and I'm pretty sure this guy served in my ward when he was on his mission?

Omg I knew this guy in middle school! Creytn Crosby, I remember him being really nice. I still have him as a friend on Facebook even though I don't use it anymore. I just happened to see him in the thumbnail and thought, "hey, that guy looks familiar...", and sure enough, it's him. Wow.

He looks a bit like Gary Burghoff. Radar from MASH.

Wonderful video, I had different languages spoken in my family, and I also enjoyed all the different ways we make different languages and then we increase it by inventing new Dialects, and more. I think there's about 6000 languages that have existed in the world at one time or another. If it's one thing humans can do, it's language!!! Also Lifey you've done really well in your learning, you can speak like a native ! Way to go!!!

I love your sparkling personality!

Dude should go into acting

You're amazing, man ❤️❤️

Two of the best accents in the world..Scottish and Irish.....love from 🇹🇹

Irish and Scottish accents...melt my heart! Especially Northern Irish... I mean.... its adorable....so it is. :P

Combine them all together and you get Newfie speak! Tah dah! Good luck understanding that...and this is coming from a Canadian.

"I had to learn everything again" xD Hahaha

You do very well. Thanks for the video. I do love some accents.

I'm part Scottish... Thank God, I would've never understood what I was saying if I were to live in Scotland with my family.

You make a good case that there can be many accents even in nations with one language. We Americans often forget that we are not the only nation like that. I live in Tennessee but I have heard more than one "Southern Accent" and I can tell the difference between one from Arkansas and one from North Carolina.

You did a pretty good job with the accents. My father was Scottish, so I grew up with hearing the accent. Plus my parents had a lot of Irish friends, so I heard both my whole life. Lol

Not bad attempts at all, although the Cork accent is hard to get right. We in Cork smile when people try it, usually unsuccessfully, but God bless their efforts!.Accents vary so much within Ireland, even within cities. I'm sure it's the same in many countries. But well done, interesting video ( ps, and thanks for your positive feedback on Cork).

I'm Irish and I could hear his American accent coming threw when saying the Irish accents😂

Cork is in the south 😂

‘So it is’ 😂

Talked a friend from Lowlands a few times. Was hell to understand her for me and I'm GOOD with scottish and irish accents since I have family from there! lol

Loved this, it made me smile!! One small correction, the word is dreich (think loch) but that is extremely minor when you are trying to listen to Scots rather than read it (not always easy either!!). Thank you from Scotland! :D

Its always weird hearing northern Irish folk use Scottish slang, then you remember most of them Are Scots with Irish accents.

Sounds like he say’s “trist” and it means the same in Danish like “its trist weather Day” 😂😂

In Scotland it’s an issue of education level, or at least was in the late 90s. The higher the level of education the easier they are to understand. Low Scots ‘English’ is classified as a separate language as is Gaelic. The disconcerting point is if they ever watched US television they understand just about any North American English accent. As to Ireland I do not recall an Irish accent I didn’t understand. One great grandfather was born in Dublin and I was told never lost his accent, but had no problems in the British Merchant Navy, the Union Navy, South Texas, or the upper Ohio Valley. All being places he worked or lived. He was a navigator in the Naval gigs, BTW and so had to be understood.

"Drishtd" or how you would spell it has to be a remnant of the viking invasion and the scandinavian word "trist" that means boring.

whenever i feel low , i watch this . makes my day

I lived in the British Isles for 3 years. He is absolutely spot-on. You never exactly get Perfectly Used to the different sounds dialects and words. Seems that you are always running into something new and it always makes you chuckle LOL. Not to poke fun at anybody... Because that's where some of my family came from long ago. The British Isles gets in your blood. I'll always miss it and I know that I probably can never return financially. But I surely miss it and always will

One of my favorite movies of all time is Billy Elliot. Anytime I watch that movie, I have to turn on the english subtitles because their accents are so thick for me to understand.

I'm American, but I say "aye" to the point of effectively replacing "yes" or "of course".

Its not Dreesht its Dreich - Dreech.

Absolutely brilliant

I am from a not native english speaking country but we learn english from very young to get around in the world. Ofcourse we also had all the american tv series and movies so the american accents are easier to understand. That said I ABSOLUTELY LOVE LOVE the sound of Irish and Scottish english. They are by far the best of all accents. From the United Kingsom(counting Scotland as a separate country) I love the new castle accent the most. Don't ask me why I love these accents. The sound is just so great :) 'drisht', We have a word in Dutch called 'triest' and it means also the same like a German commenter already stated. I understood the sentence right away :) But then again German and Dutch are rather close languages but not close enough to understand each other without study. In my language 'Triest' also means 'a bit sad'. Not sure if that is also in German.

As a French fella who have spend one year in Ireland and who is currently living in Scotland I totally agree. It takes time to understand an accent, then you have to learn everything again :')

Brilliant! still working at understanding my Scottish friend. I love listening to it though!

thank you so much - i was always wondering what the differences were exactly - this guy is fabulous and is great at these accents even if they don't think so. the only sound i can pronounce in Scottish is ou as in you. i love doing it. i find Irish harder, but he did it so well. and he's right, it is sing song lilting accent. i've been tryin' the Australian accent, too, from watching Bondi Vet. i'm beginning to get how pronounce the vowels. it's so fun. i can pretty much do American accents except for Boston - haven't been around people who talk that way a'tall a'tall. LOL Keep safe everyone :)

Really enjoyed this!