I just finished watching Ratcatcher (1999) and had such a difficult time understanding those Scottish accents. It was so bad that if there were subtitles, the subtitles would need subtitles. The only other film I couldn't understand was Kes (1969), but that film has been infamous for its mediocre sound quality.
shareThe Witch (2015)
shareI've been saying it for years, if all of you people would just speak East Coast American we wouldn't be having these problems🙄
shareRob Roy
shareThere seems to be quite a few votes for Scottish accents in films 😅
You should try living in bonnie Scotland - it’s quite fun 🤣
Are you Scottish or do you just live there?
shareI’m not Scottish and do live there….but like anywhere there are a diverse range of local accents, local terms and words for things and dialects, so even a Scottish born person from one area may not totally understand another Scottish person from a different area.
There’s a massive difference between Low and High Scots, Scottish-English for example and then you’ve got Gaelic too!
There isn’t just one or two types of ‘language’ of course used - people from other countries often just think that there’s a ‘Scottish’ accent (which often film makers think too hence viewers complaints at dialects etc used in films featuring Scottish people, especially historical features)….in a similar way that people/film makers portray the English as either posh Londoners or broad ‘Northern’ which is usually a mix of a general Yorkshire and Lancashire accent.
It’s fascinating really.
Near where I am there’s a big proportion of Irish influence and accent too.
Trainspotting.
Not a movie, but the subtitles stay on when I watch Outlander.