James McAvoy Translates Your Scottish Tweets!

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Ahead of the release of It Chapter 2, we sat down with James McAvoy as he translates some of your Scottish tweets! Keep watching to find out what happens when a rat hijacked our interview! #ItChapter2 #JamesMcAvoy #JamesMcAvoyScottishTweets #JamesMcAvoyScottish

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  • @IsMiseTerri
    @IsMiseTerri4 жыл бұрын

    I love how he explained "guide dog" as though that was the part of the sentence people had trouble with 😂

  • @cariad123

    @cariad123

    4 жыл бұрын

    You'd be surprised

  • @carmenserra8877

    @carmenserra8877

    4 жыл бұрын

    terri-louise Ó leathlobhair I Know Right he kept saying that’s self explanatory. Maybe to him but we don’t speak Scottish. Lol

  • @jonsnow4603

    @jonsnow4603

    4 жыл бұрын

    I first heard 'gay dog', so it was good for me 🤣

  • @sarahe2274

    @sarahe2274

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jonsnow4603 Same lol

  • @missgrace6599

    @missgrace6599

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jonsnow4603 i heard gay dog too🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @milan3773
    @milan37734 жыл бұрын

    i could listen to him talk forever

  • @chrissieanderson9771

    @chrissieanderson9771

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oh Me Too!!

  • @anitan9591

    @anitan9591

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too. Even though I don't understand shit 😂

  • @chrissieanderson9771

    @chrissieanderson9771

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@anitan9591 It gets easier the longer you listen....

  • @akat3628

    @akat3628

    4 жыл бұрын

    He should be the voice for audiobooks.

  • @chrissieanderson9771

    @chrissieanderson9771

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@akat3628 Oh My Gawd Yes. That would be amazing...maybe someone should call his agent!!!

  • @Hobironii
    @Hobironii4 жыл бұрын

    When you're Scottish and dinnae need the translations but you just like to see your country represented by something other than pie eyed gingers and men in kilts yellin "aye, wee lassie"

  • @GodBear97

    @GodBear97

    4 жыл бұрын

    I feel you pal, I'm danish and to a lot of americans that's the same as swedish, so we just get lobbed in with the Pewdiepie crowd, and that's no fun.

  • @rowynnecrowley1689

    @rowynnecrowley1689

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@GodBear97 People are so dumb when it comes dialogues other than their own.

  • @GodBear97

    @GodBear97

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@rowynnecrowley1689 Which is weird, I mean we have the internet at our finger-tips, any possible accent/dialect is right there. It's so easy to find out how other people sound, or look, but too few people actually try

  • @michaelkavanagh932

    @michaelkavanagh932

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Zoe K. coz he plays a Jacobite 😂that's literally what the Jacobites were big muscly hairy ginger kilt wearing English hating maniacs that were pretty good at cutting men in half with claymore swords as big as they were

  • @Weeflowerofscotland

    @Weeflowerofscotland

    4 жыл бұрын

    Rachel Henry mon the Scots 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @eblalgen
    @eblalgen4 жыл бұрын

    His accent got thicker and thicker by the end of the vid. 😄

  • @dietotaku

    @dietotaku

    4 жыл бұрын

    i think the way scottish people type with their accent (sometimes, not all the time) reminded him of how his accent used to sound, i imagine a lot of actors go through coaching to tone down their accents or speak more "posh" rather than with the really thick dialects.

  • @shantasiahaynes4490

    @shantasiahaynes4490

    4 жыл бұрын

    That accent got dick that's why

  • @jamesfindlay7150

    @jamesfindlay7150

    4 жыл бұрын

    he's fae the drum whit do yea expect

  • @TheInselaffen

    @TheInselaffen

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad he still has his accent, unlike Gerard Butler.

  • @NickyLess

    @NickyLess

    4 жыл бұрын

    Happens to all scots if they've been away a while but listen to or read scottish. My fella has been away from glasgow for 8 years now and has a mild accent. By end of day 1 back in scotland, and he's full back, or if we've binge watched Chewin the fat/still game

  • @MissBlueEyeliner
    @MissBlueEyeliner4 жыл бұрын

    God damn he’s aging so beautifully!

  • @jonnnnniej

    @jonnnnniej

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was just thinking the same, he keeps looking better and better!

  • @CndnHippo

    @CndnHippo

    4 жыл бұрын

    He's aging?

  • @Breauner

    @Breauner

    4 жыл бұрын

    i wouldny ken

  • @loveandlight3517

    @loveandlight3517

    4 жыл бұрын

    Men aged like wine that's why

  • @rossshepherd9836

    @rossshepherd9836

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Breauner, wouldnae*

  • @taetae-lm8ro
    @taetae-lm8ro4 жыл бұрын

    lol this is testing my English comprehension skills so hard rn

  • @dietotaku

    @dietotaku

    4 жыл бұрын

    "Can understand Scottish tweets/Glaswegian accents" should be on one's resume skill set lol

  • @Andythenurse

    @Andythenurse

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yorkshire accent is just as bad.

  • @acgm046

    @acgm046

    4 жыл бұрын

    Listening to Limmy or Kevin Bridges is probably even harder. Their accents are THICC

  • @vape9546

    @vape9546

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@acgm046Its no that thick ye shud hear how people fae Ayrshire talk and am fae there. Translation: Its not that thick you should hear how people from Ayrshire talk and i'm from there.

  • @acgm046

    @acgm046

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@vape9546 I'm sure that's harder. But since English is not my first language, a Glaswegian accent is basically hard for me to understand. I know if I heard other thicker accents and dialects, I'd have a seriously hard time even trying to figure out what they're saying!

  • @heavenwithin81
    @heavenwithin814 жыл бұрын

    "I'm here SELLING IT 2" Tellin' it like it is James.

  • @ryanrambo808
    @ryanrambo8084 жыл бұрын

    whenever he says, its pretty self explanatory, im sitting here like please explain.

  • @mohammedyakub3760

    @mohammedyakub3760

    4 жыл бұрын

    He only says that when it's all words in english

  • @annag8678

    @annag8678

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fairy liquid is a well known washing up liquid (soap for washing plates) in the UK. I think that's the only time he said it that some may not have understood if they have never heard of fairy liquid before.

  • @Kempster_K

    @Kempster_K

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@annag8678 Okay thank you lol cause he said fairy liquid and smelling like a plate and I was LOST but I guess it is straightforward if you know what fairy liquid is lol

  • @michelleflood8220

    @michelleflood8220

    4 жыл бұрын

    Katherine K we have it here in Australia as well but then a lot of UK stuff is sold out here . It’s a dishwashing detergent . So what the young scot guy said was my mum ( maw) bought him some shower gel from aldi ( supermarket ) and it smelled like dishwashing soap so he went about his day smelling like a plate !

  • @armyhoney78

    @armyhoney78

    4 жыл бұрын

    Katherine K I guess if you are American and he said is mom got some Dawn then it would make sense that he said he smellled like a plate. Fairy liquid = dish detergent I believe. I didn’t understand it either though. Lol.

  • @tiger_livs
    @tiger_livs3 жыл бұрын

    Me: completely lost James McAvoy: *This is absolutely self-explanatory*

  • @parryyotter
    @parryyotter4 жыл бұрын

    I wish he did more movies where he could use his own accent.

  • @glacialimpala

    @glacialimpala

    4 жыл бұрын

    Braveheart reboot anyone? 😂

  • @chrissim9982

    @chrissim9982

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@glacialimpala filth

  • @chrissim9982

    @chrissim9982

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@glacialimpala the film filth not your comment....... Great movie.

  • @kaykles

    @kaykles

    3 жыл бұрын

    Omg yes please

  • @milan3773
    @milan37734 жыл бұрын

    5:44 y’all forgot to put the tweet up on the screen so i literally could not understand a single word he just said 😭😂

  • @atrolololop

    @atrolololop

    4 жыл бұрын

    its terrible that throughout the entire vid i was like wheres the one where he talks about smellin like a plate???

  • @eblalgen

    @eblalgen

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was struggling

  • @courtney-ray

    @courtney-ray

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same! 😂

  • @CarolinaMartinez-zo4mi

    @CarolinaMartinez-zo4mi

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same here

  • @veronika9094

    @veronika9094

    4 жыл бұрын

    Shower gel from Aldi's smelled like Fairy dish soap?

  • @firstname__lastname
    @firstname__lastname4 жыл бұрын

    God he's even greying beautifully

  • @michelleflood8220

    @michelleflood8220

    4 жыл бұрын

    firstname lastname to me looks more salt and pepper meaning he still has some of his dark brown but a few silver strands through it and yes I agree !!

  • @ororomunroe4055

    @ororomunroe4055

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lmao right? It looks good

  • @giummatos
    @giummatos4 жыл бұрын

    The tragic part is that even his translation was hard for me to understand 😂

  • @nazeelaalvi4964

    @nazeelaalvi4964

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah you're pretty right

  • @michelleflood8220

    @michelleflood8220

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not really compared to some glaswegians James’s accent is pretty tame my mum can understand the as can I but my Da no chance !

  • @Lillian.Gao.

    @Lillian.Gao.

    4 жыл бұрын

    Michelle Flood Oh so is Glasgow a region of Scotland famous for heavy accents?

  • @Lillian.Gao.

    @Lillian.Gao.

    4 жыл бұрын

    Michelle Flood I’ve been watching that show “Outlander” and I am a proper Scottish-phile now haha

  • @michelleflood8220

    @michelleflood8220

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lillian Gao thicker than others yes famous for it debatable !

  • @zephytomlinson
    @zephytomlinson4 жыл бұрын

    Imagine one with Bill Skarsgard but instead he translates swedish tweets

  • @robinkarlsson562

    @robinkarlsson562

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well even though it would work, but Swedish is a completelly different language and it doesn't even have the same humor factor

  • @LC-ip1cj

    @LC-ip1cj

    4 жыл бұрын

    yeee maen almost nothin has the same humour factor as Scottish humour...

  • @gingervsginger7305

    @gingervsginger7305

    4 жыл бұрын

    i can do that

  • @althealligator1467

    @althealligator1467

    4 жыл бұрын

    Blip blop blip blop blip

  • @menispuncher3093

    @menispuncher3093

    4 жыл бұрын

    Aye but Scottish slang isn’t a different language it’s just no one understands it

  • @jeanninealyssalaidler8894
    @jeanninealyssalaidler88944 жыл бұрын

    "Can we get her fired? No?" 😂😂 I love him. Why did that kinda sound like his hedwig voice though?

  • @dietotaku

    @dietotaku

    4 жыл бұрын

    He said "can we get her fired, NOW?" lol

  • @michelleforrester3636

    @michelleforrester3636

    4 жыл бұрын

    Etcetera

  • @RiggidyDiggidyRaw

    @RiggidyDiggidyRaw

    4 жыл бұрын

    I thought he was bloody brilliant as Hedwig 🦉

  • @jeanninealyssalaidler8894

    @jeanninealyssalaidler8894

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@RiggidyDiggidyRaw he was brilliant at all of his characters

  • @ara-pf5zx

    @ara-pf5zx

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jeannine/Alyssa Laidler LMAO

  • @lmbarak
    @lmbarak4 жыл бұрын

    He could read the ingredients on a box of cereal and I'd listen with rapt attention.

  • @TheIndigolee72

    @TheIndigolee72

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too!!!

  • @HeadHunterSix

    @HeadHunterSix

    4 жыл бұрын

    And then Daisy Ridley could read me the milk carton.

  • @autocensored

    @autocensored

    3 жыл бұрын

    A number of years ago a telemarketer called our house. My mom let him go through his half hour shpeel because he was Irish and just wanted to listen to him speak.

  • @lmbarak

    @lmbarak

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@autocensored This sounds exactly like something I'd do, haha

  • @nitishsaxena1372

    @nitishsaxena1372

    3 жыл бұрын

    In his original Scottish accent

  • @RabbitsInBlack
    @RabbitsInBlack4 жыл бұрын

    I didn't know this guy wasn't American. His American English is good.

  • @Gayredheadbitch94

    @Gayredheadbitch94

    4 жыл бұрын

    Robert Pirlot the American accent is pretty easy to copy

  • @ginismoja2459

    @ginismoja2459

    4 жыл бұрын

    Never seen Shameless?

  • @mcbusted1985

    @mcbusted1985

    4 жыл бұрын

    He’s been in loads of good films.

  • @RiggidyDiggidyRaw

    @RiggidyDiggidyRaw

    4 жыл бұрын

    ginger psycho Says a ginger psycho like yourself all nimbly bimbly bloke mate

  • @EmeraldBayMovies

    @EmeraldBayMovies

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Gayredheadbitch94 Ikr, just talk normally lol.

  • @NessieFromTheLoch
    @NessieFromTheLoch4 жыл бұрын

    heard the first 42 seconds then spent the rest of the 6 minute video thinking about the fact that James has the sexiest voice on the planet.

  • @tweetiepie551

    @tweetiepie551

    4 жыл бұрын

    And that is the reason Americans lack general knowledge.

  • @vionafernandes4619

    @vionafernandes4619

    4 жыл бұрын

    Omg sameeeeeeee

  • @Michiko783

    @Michiko783

    4 жыл бұрын

    idk sean connery has always had a good roll of the tongue but he's Scottish too ;)

  • @lupitaservin1994

    @lupitaservin1994

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sameeee I always do this in his interviews, don't even know what they're talking about lol

  • @Sienna1919
    @Sienna19194 жыл бұрын

    Whenever someone with an accent is with someone with the same accent or reads in that accent, the accent thickens by like 10 fold.

  • @cameronrobertson1750

    @cameronrobertson1750

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thats just his normal accent when he was reading. He has to sound proper when on tv so people can understand him

  • @kendranieuwendorp5511

    @kendranieuwendorp5511

    4 жыл бұрын

    It sounded like he was even trying to make himself sound more clear. Like when he was saying he didn't want to go camping with Bear Grylls, it sounded like he was starting to say "I dinna want.." and then changed it to "I don't want to.." to sound more clear

  • @professorbaxtercarelessdre1075

    @professorbaxtercarelessdre1075

    3 жыл бұрын

    that is fascinating

  • @Bonglecat

    @Bonglecat

    3 жыл бұрын

    Literally everyone has an accent

  • @nitishsaxena1372

    @nitishsaxena1372

    3 жыл бұрын

    Who doesn't have an accent lmao

  • @ChatMort69420
    @ChatMort694204 жыл бұрын

    This was adorable. Those tweets were surprisingly self-explanatory, though. I also appreciate whoever loudly lost a fight with inanimate objects in the background.

  • @jamesmcavoy7168

    @jamesmcavoy7168

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your comment I really appreciate your efforts

  • @cupcakez7938
    @cupcakez79384 жыл бұрын

    Anyone else watching this just to listen to him talk. Ughhhhh I love his voice so much X3

  • @herewego9352

    @herewego9352

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @SaLyChakala

    @SaLyChakala

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same, that simple

  • @mcbusted1985

    @mcbusted1985

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lollipop Girl no because I live surrounded by that awful fucking accent. And most Scots don’t talk like those tweets.

  • @byebye999100

    @byebye999100

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kathleen McKelvie most Scots don’t talk like those tweets? Yeah they do.

  • @AndriaBieberDesigns

    @AndriaBieberDesigns

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lollipop Girl yes!!!

  • @smolyona3545
    @smolyona35454 жыл бұрын

    im scottish and am just going through these comments loving how much everyone appreciates our accent, cheers everyone! 💕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @vorthora

    @vorthora

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's a beautiful and musical accent!

  • @aimeeconnacher7650

    @aimeeconnacher7650

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nah as a scot this comment section just fuckin triggers me

  • @keithlordofalbascotland3371

    @keithlordofalbascotland3371

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@aimeeconnacher7650 get them telt

  • @aimeeconnacher7650

    @aimeeconnacher7650

    4 жыл бұрын

    Keith lord of alba Scotland naw ano mate

  • @laragreene6118

    @laragreene6118

    3 жыл бұрын

    I thinks y'all's accent is beautiful!

  • @beccaj
    @beccaj4 жыл бұрын

    Just here for the accent...

  • @sa.1239
    @sa.12394 жыл бұрын

    James: It's self explanatory. Me: No idea what he just said

  • @Saor_Alba
    @Saor_Alba2 жыл бұрын

    As a Scot, I can say some of those Tweets were actually quite tame, there are some Scottish Tweets I've read that have barely any English in them. I'm originally from the Isle of Skye in the North West of Scotland, and when I first moved to Glasow even I needed a translator. 😊

  • @pheonixleaf9810
    @pheonixleaf98104 жыл бұрын

    “I’m sorry, your accent is very thick! Is it possible for you to not have it?!” -SNL, Mikey Day

  • @yes.9731

    @yes.9731

    4 жыл бұрын

    💀💀😂

  • @professorbaxtercarelessdre1075

    @professorbaxtercarelessdre1075

    3 жыл бұрын

    that was a very funny skit

  • @laragreene6118

    @laragreene6118

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yep, came here after that skit

  • @annamo9354

    @annamo9354

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dear lord, YES, I LOVED that!!

  • @elsavirinas

    @elsavirinas

    3 жыл бұрын

    LMAOOO 😂 that skit was hilarious

  • @washingmachineheart
    @washingmachineheart4 жыл бұрын

    take a shot every time he says "it's fairly self explanatory"

  • @graceflowers4063

    @graceflowers4063

    4 жыл бұрын

    Saher Ahmad ahm pished mate

  • @joeking5917
    @joeking59173 жыл бұрын

    How the hell did this guy do so many different accents in Split and then sound like this naturally. Absolutely stunning.

  • @courtney-ray
    @courtney-ray4 жыл бұрын

    “Fairy liquid”? “Smelling like a plate?” How are these phrases self-explanatory?? 🤨😂

  • @djinnj

    @djinnj

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fairy liquid is a brand of dish soap.

  • @taylorfry7680

    @taylorfry7680

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@djinnj lmaoooo I never would have been able to guess that 😂😂😂😂

  • @sounsure9108

    @sounsure9108

    4 жыл бұрын

    djinnj how are North America’s supposed to no

  • @djinnj

    @djinnj

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sounsure9108 I don't know, I'm from NA, and I knew. But I have no memory of where I learned it. It's as generic over there as saying a facial tissue is a kleenex over here.

  • @isabels7231

    @isabels7231

    4 жыл бұрын

    djinnj no one and i mean NO ONE says facial tissue we just say tissue

  • @sofialovespizza7090
    @sofialovespizza70904 жыл бұрын

    His accent is what you hear when you open the gates of heaven😍

  • @vorthora

    @vorthora

    4 жыл бұрын

    And his face!

  • @nhmooytis7058

    @nhmooytis7058

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sofia Loves pizza God is a Glaswegian?

  • @erinlee5936

    @erinlee5936

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nhmooytis7058 More like Saint Peter as a Glaswegian guarding the gates 😂

  • @nhmooytis7058

    @nhmooytis7058

    4 жыл бұрын

    Erin Lee and his stash of Glenmorangie?

  • @erinlee5936

    @erinlee5936

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nhmooytis7058 Yes! Lots of it. I imagine he is drinking that while greeting every person passing through the gate 😂😂😂 I would want to see a movie or a TV show starring James as St. Peter drinking while greeting every person that passes through the gates of heaven 🤣

  • @shahendaibdah1723
    @shahendaibdah17234 жыл бұрын

    I didn't know that i need to hear him talking with Scottish accent until now 😀

  • @PurpleSnappingTurtle

    @PurpleSnappingTurtle

    4 жыл бұрын

    Shahenda Ibdah b-but he is Scottish

  • @sliracha

    @sliracha

    4 жыл бұрын

    Man been talking like that his whole life wdym

  • @mcbusted1985

    @mcbusted1985

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why does everyone seem to like his awful weegie accent? Live surrounded by it and you’d soon get sick of it. And the fact that people seem to think that’s what most Scots sound like..

  • @thepagemaster2963
    @thepagemaster29634 жыл бұрын

    I love the grey in his hair. It adds so much character

  • @taevvlo620
    @taevvlo6204 жыл бұрын

    His accent got me like: 🥵🥵🥵🤰🏼🤰🏼🤰🏼🤰🏼

  • @Phoenix-bi9bn
    @Phoenix-bi9bn4 жыл бұрын

    I love how he explained that Aldi is a German supermarket, even though he's translating Scottish words

  • @hundredacrewood1270
    @hundredacrewood12704 жыл бұрын

    "could we fire her, now?" I love him sm 😂

  • @LaineyBug2020
    @LaineyBug20204 жыл бұрын

    I really need someone to cast Gerard Butler & James McAvoy in a movie together. I don't care what the plot is as long as they're shirtless half the time & just being Scottish...

  • @sheryla54

    @sheryla54

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ha ha ha!

  • @Ajuhdnis

    @Ajuhdnis

    2 жыл бұрын

    Toss in Richard Madden, and don't release it with subtitles. Will probably be the most watched movie of the century

  • @Umbra16

    @Umbra16

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Ajuhdnis You had me at Richard Madden. He’s so beautiful. 😍🤤

  • @kevincass9917

    @kevincass9917

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Umbra16 With Billy Connoly as an elder and Kevin McKidd speaking Doric while shirtless and angry.

  • @rewghob
    @rewghob4 жыл бұрын

    Next time: James McAvoy translates Chapter 1 of Trainspotting.

  • @artvid-1915
    @artvid-19154 жыл бұрын

    He's literally sounded more Scottish when he started reading them 😂

  • @cijmo
    @cijmo4 жыл бұрын

    I always think of 'braw' like "mighty fine". It's a braw day, that's a braw new jacket..."

  • @kateemma22

    @kateemma22

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes I feel he understated it with just ‘good’ like it’s deadset the sound you make when sometime’s so good it’s got you struggling for words and you only manage a half grunt of marvelled appreciation.

  • @lornajackson7686
    @lornajackson76864 жыл бұрын

    I’m Scottish. Why am I watching this?

  • @squeezedlemonydemon4472

    @squeezedlemonydemon4472

    4 жыл бұрын

    I believe James would be the answer

  • @abbys5386

    @abbys5386

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same, I see James McAvoy, I click 🤷🏼‍♀️

  • @rossshepherd9836

    @rossshepherd9836

    4 жыл бұрын

    To go to the comments and await wanky Americans go on about not knowing what he's saying. The bastards.

  • @killslay

    @killslay

    4 жыл бұрын

    I came here to feel superior to all these roasters no knowing what he's talking about

  • @megabussyman1713

    @megabussyman1713

    4 жыл бұрын

    Can someone translate this

  • @walkingdisaster2194
    @walkingdisaster21944 жыл бұрын

    i've been in love with this man since "penelope" and i'm pretty sure i always will be

  • @vionafernandes4619
    @vionafernandes46194 жыл бұрын

    His voice is enough to turn me into melted ice-cream 💕💕I'm dead!🥺🥺

  • @esteban.bernal
    @esteban.bernal4 жыл бұрын

    First tweet. He said "girl". For a split second I understood "ghetto". Off to a good start.

  • @Laura.D3101

    @Laura.D3101

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too!!!

  • @unsaturatedfats5323

    @unsaturatedfats5323

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you say "space ghetto" in an American accent it sounds like "spice girl" in a Scottish accent

  • @pastelrose3702

    @pastelrose3702

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@unsaturatedfats5323 I laughed way too much with this 😂😂😂😂

  • @zoeinglis5979
    @zoeinglis59794 жыл бұрын

    Omg yes. This is the moment where I love being Scottish because I understand everything he says 😂😂😂

  • @lindadaheim3412
    @lindadaheim34123 жыл бұрын

    This is funny, in Germany "kenn" also means "to know" or "to be used to".

  • @sevillabonita1980

    @sevillabonita1980

    3 жыл бұрын

    Many scotish expressions come from german language

  • @thomasdawe1837

    @thomasdawe1837

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, also part of the archaic English language, probably the Germanic portion. For example "outside of your ken" would be outside your understanding. Not common, but wouldn't have to think twice about the meaning.

  • @annamo9354

    @annamo9354

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh yes...another example is 'cow' which the Scots pronounce 'coo'...hört sich an wie unser 'Kuh'. Mein Mann ist Schotte... *grins*

  • @sasharanjan9587
    @sasharanjan95874 жыл бұрын

    His accent mann 😍😍😍😍😍 I love him so much ugh ❤❤

  • @Death6man
    @Death6man3 жыл бұрын

    I mean... I knew he was scottish, but i have never listened to him talking scottish, and let me tell you something... I would fight a war for this man.

  • @aroojfatima3849
    @aroojfatima38494 жыл бұрын

    Man I really want him to roll "R" in my name using that accent...

  • @Alex-jd3bs

    @Alex-jd3bs

    4 жыл бұрын

    not every Scottish person rolls the 'r'. I certainty dont and from his area and the way he speaks i doubt he does either without trying to take the piss. You don't ken much about Scots, dae yae lass?

  • @khaleesiii4542

    @khaleesiii4542

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think you have to roll the R in every word only in Icelandic? maybe not..

  • @Alex-jd3bs

    @Alex-jd3bs

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@khaleesiii4542 I dont think they do that either. If they did, thats all you would here when an Irish person spoke. We don't roll our "r's" every time we say one and im not entirely sure where people got that from.

  • @khaleesiii4542

    @khaleesiii4542

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Alex-jd3bs hm..theres this KZreadr she had a video on how to pronounce Thor and loki and Odin correctly and stuff..she says if you watch it at some time that in Icelandic they always roll their R..i mean I wouldn't know for sure that's why I said maybe not..

  • @Alex-jd3bs

    @Alex-jd3bs

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@khaleesiii4542 i apologise, i quickly read this and thought you had said "Irish" due to the fact i had mentioned us Scots. My mistake pal.

  • @vero2192
    @vero21924 жыл бұрын

    You should have left the tweet on the screen while he was explaining them so we could follow along :)

  • @mugdhajohri2610
    @mugdhajohri26104 жыл бұрын

    ...And I was thinking people speak English in Scotland too

  • @nagolyentruoccourtneylogan3669

    @nagolyentruoccourtneylogan3669

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mugdha Johri Ha well we do and we don’t.

  • @jameshutton1094

    @jameshutton1094

    4 жыл бұрын

    We do. We just have slang terminology like every culture on the fucking planet. Just seems that we seem to be the easy ones to ridicule. Didnae worry if it's that intimidating? Then get tae fuck.

  • @janedoe-tz3zh

    @janedoe-tz3zh

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jameshutton1094 I find Scottish accents are very similar to Belfast accents. Get tae fuck is what Belfasters say all the time 😂

  • @kateemma22

    @kateemma22

    4 жыл бұрын

    Naw.

  • @jameshutton1094

    @jameshutton1094

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@janedoe-tz3zh Love it! This doesn't surprise me in the slightest as the Scots and Irish share such fundamental common traits. So many times I read 'Irishisms' and yell 'me too!!!''

  • @hezsurnarcissus1460
    @hezsurnarcissus14604 жыл бұрын

    Like how they say "Aye" as well. Like, you'll be talking and they'll be listening going, "Aye. Aye."

  • @brookeandmia5747
    @brookeandmia57473 жыл бұрын

    It’s so cool seeing someone from Glasgow (where I’m from) who has made it into the acting business and is in such a big movie like IT. I want to be an actress but you don’t get a lot of people that have actually became actors round here so it’s so cool that James is an actor from Glasgow

  • @QueenMegaera
    @QueenMegaera3 жыл бұрын

    I love that scottish people actually write in dialect, even when the word is an ordinary "english English" word. Like, you're just doing that to mess with other people, and I'm here for it. ^^

  • @rageagainstthemicrowave1313

    @rageagainstthemicrowave1313

    3 жыл бұрын

    Scottish poets have been doing this for a long time. Try reading the original "Auld Lang Syne" and half of the words are incoherent to someone who doesn't know the dialect or Scots words.

  • @fishinwidow35

    @fishinwidow35

    3 жыл бұрын

    They haven't always spoken English. They spoke Gaelic, at least the ones who were sent here to America in 1651-2 did and they kept speaking it into the 1800s sometime. They didn't mix with others any more than they had to

  • @elizabethhutchin788

    @elizabethhutchin788

    3 жыл бұрын

    They’re writing in Scots. It’s not English 🙄 and it’s also not Gaelic.

  • @arwensiriustinuvieljoestar6149
    @arwensiriustinuvieljoestar61494 жыл бұрын

    I swear man I love James Mcvoy accent but i can’t understand him

  • @scottishbombolini7794

    @scottishbombolini7794

    4 жыл бұрын

    This gives us Scots so much room for mischief, which we exploit in good-natured fun.

  • @Gayredheadbitch94

    @Gayredheadbitch94

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks to my mum being half Scottish, I get this completely. It’s like being bi lingual in a way. Except I know Scottish

  • @josifixx8091

    @josifixx8091

    4 жыл бұрын

    His accent is a bit easier to understand he doesn't talk as fast as some of us I find it really easy to know but I guess I've been arou d it my whole life

  • @emmabenuska699

    @emmabenuska699

    4 жыл бұрын

    Does watching Shetland count?I understand without subtitles anymore.😎

  • @CuteySims

    @CuteySims

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂😂 I love confusing non Scottish people its so funny (I’m Scottish)

  • @CarstenReckord
    @CarstenReckord4 жыл бұрын

    Uh, burn: Being an actual proper Scottish guy, I'm not bothered by the rain.

  • @jmda58
    @jmda585 ай бұрын

    Love listening to his Scottish brogue 🥰 miss my Scottish grandfather so much and love hearing a true Scot 🦄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💜

  • @princessbanannahammock3925
    @princessbanannahammock39254 жыл бұрын

    The captions are so off it is hysterical. Thank you for quality content of him just talking. 🤩😍🤩

  • @Ren-zi5zl
    @Ren-zi5zl4 жыл бұрын

    i was today years old when i learned james mcavoy was scottish

  • @ssummerlin001

    @ssummerlin001

    4 жыл бұрын

    I thought he was British. Then again, most of the time I've seen him with an American accent, so I'm not even sure how I thought he was British, lol. I'm happier to know that he's Scottish.

  • @antianti328

    @antianti328

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ssummerlin001 Scotland is in Britain, so he is British. How do people no ken this?

  • @ssummerlin001

    @ssummerlin001

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@antianti328 Most Americans use "English" and "British" interchangeably. Yes, I know Scotland is in the UK. Sorry for not originally saying "I thought he was "English". I'm American, so I used an American colloquialism.

  • @antianti328

    @antianti328

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ssummerlin001 Just so ye ken, it pure annoys the rest of the UK when people say that england = Britain. No yer fault but just for future reference

  • @vampiredarkempress

    @vampiredarkempress

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@antianti328 pure winds me up

  • @minimini4398
    @minimini43984 жыл бұрын

    I can spend my life listening to him talking and never get tired 💕

  • @estersmejova
    @estersmejova4 жыл бұрын

    I really LOVE scottish accent. James sounds so sweet

  • @logankaia
    @logankaia4 жыл бұрын

    I worked at a pub in London when Song 2 by Blur was out. I totally related to his story. If you were on the floor collecting pint glasses and that song came on, you had about 20-30 seconds before everything went wild and you had better not be on the floor with the glasses. Same thing with Tubthumping.

  • @jamesmcavoy7168

    @jamesmcavoy7168

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your comment I really appreciate your efforts You can also message me on Hangout if you really want us to have a private conversation here's my email below jamesmcavoy1245@gmail.com

  • @maruchickenz

    @maruchickenz

    Жыл бұрын

    LOL

  • @videosfromelsewhere926
    @videosfromelsewhere9263 жыл бұрын

    'Fairy liquid' is UK for dish soap, e.g. Palmolive, Dawn, etc.

  • @ashleygremlin304
    @ashleygremlin3044 жыл бұрын

    He’s one of the sexiest men alive. And the Scottish accent seals the deal for me

  • @dorrolorro
    @dorrolorro4 жыл бұрын

    There are so many words that sound like they come straight from the Scandinavian languages. Even though they are spelled different, the pronunciation gives it away. This is the viking heritage.

  • @trevorthecreator839
    @trevorthecreator8394 жыл бұрын

    obsessed with 5:37 when he says he’s not bothered by the rain i’m 🥺😍

  • @GoCrazyBaby3
    @GoCrazyBaby33 жыл бұрын

    He’s Scottish?!?! Omg his accent is so present😭 his accents in Split were so good

  • @samsimpson2770
    @samsimpson27704 жыл бұрын

    I’d die for this man. What a legend. Just amazing. 10/10

  • @LupisprincesS
    @LupisprincesS4 жыл бұрын

    It´s so impressive to me, watching him speak in his normal accent. He´s such a great actor.

  • @sgcurious
    @sgcurious4 жыл бұрын

    "Absolutely terrifying, hilarious, and good." as the man said, and I agree. All of the above! Watch It Chapter 2

  • @potion_brewer281
    @potion_brewer2814 жыл бұрын

    Could he explain what Merida said in wreck it Ralph 2 because... I just don't know. I couldn't tell...

  • @jamiemcatee302

    @jamiemcatee302

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mira Smith whit scene al translate

  • @shanedawsonluverz

    @shanedawsonluverz

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jamiemcatee302 The scene where she's in the room with all the disney princesses

  • @iuile

    @iuile

    4 жыл бұрын

    Which quote? Lang may your lum reek or I gie ma mammy a cake? If the first, she’s wishing Vanellope well on her journey and she hopes to see her again soon, and if the second, she was talking about the plot of brave. I can expand on this if you need.

  • @sarahmc2069

    @sarahmc2069

    4 жыл бұрын

    Merida says I gave my mother a cake, she turned into a big bear, my father tried to kill her. If that wasn't a total mess, I don't know what is.

  • @potion_brewer281

    @potion_brewer281

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sarahmc2069 thank you. I already have a hard time hearing what people say so that scene just had my brain going into reset mode.

  • @Ritercrazy
    @Ritercrazy4 жыл бұрын

    Glad to see you, James. Love your work.

  • @missnwo9563
    @missnwo95634 жыл бұрын

    such a talented actor really should have got an Oscar by know hopefully he gets a nomination for his role in IT he did great in the film your the best James

  • @aprilmcleod1714
    @aprilmcleod17144 жыл бұрын

    Looking through all these comments makes me glad im fae Glasgow and can understand the big man 😂

  • @dietotaku

    @dietotaku

    4 жыл бұрын

    makes me glad i read a lot of r/scottishpeopletwitter & can understand him lol

  • @lilali9797
    @lilali97974 жыл бұрын

    I would let him call me lassie in a "pissy way" tbh

  • @ndudiobichi3515
    @ndudiobichi35153 жыл бұрын

    King James: can we fire her?? Her: 👁👄👁

  • @himawari2672
    @himawari26724 жыл бұрын

    He can read the fricken shopping list for all I care and I'd still get pregnant instantly. Hot damn

  • @refinedobsidian479
    @refinedobsidian4794 жыл бұрын

    Tell me why I already knew all this vocabulary from Outlander!! 😭🤭🤣

  • @caramelkisses8857
    @caramelkisses88574 жыл бұрын

    I just binge watched “the clique” based in Glasgow and he is so much easier to understand. I had to have the captions on the entire time watching the show.

  • @MelissaB724
    @MelissaB7244 жыл бұрын

    Growing up in north england I knew 99% of these without translation but I just love listening to James talk so here I am

  • @ikrobiee
    @ikrobiee4 жыл бұрын

    One of my favourite actors. He is so talented. 😍

  • @ajjohnson5046
    @ajjohnson50464 жыл бұрын

    The way he said ‘girl’ love it.

  • @silverdragon710
    @silverdragon7104 жыл бұрын

    I understand all of those tweets and Im Croatian. Thank you Outlander😄

  • @Nursejannie

    @Nursejannie

    4 жыл бұрын

    That is hilarious 😂

  • @arlencepeda9974

    @arlencepeda9974

    4 жыл бұрын

    Is Outlander good? Does it actually help understanding more about Scotland?

  • @silverdragon710

    @silverdragon710

    4 жыл бұрын

    Arlen Cepeda Yes just get English subs

  • @arlencepeda9974

    @arlencepeda9974

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@silverdragon710 Okay thanks 👍

  • @rossshepherd9836

    @rossshepherd9836

    4 жыл бұрын

    Away and fuck, you dinae need subs, just wash oot your ears and listen.

  • @abc6100
    @abc61004 жыл бұрын

    i feel like james mcavoy would be a joy to interview since it seems he likes to tell stories that reminds him during his early days

  • @83gemm
    @83gemm4 жыл бұрын

    I’m in the States and when I listen to entertainment from anywhere across the pond I hear the term “furry liquid.” I’ve sort of deduced it’s dish soap, but when I heard it here with him translating I thought, “Awesome I can have it confirmed.” Then he just said, “Pretty self explanatory.” 🤦‍♀️

  • @ozymandias6741

    @ozymandias6741

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fairy liquid is indeed a dish soap. ''Fairy'' is the brand name which is kind of iconic in the UK, like Kleenex for instance.

  • @courtney-ray

    @courtney-ray

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ozymandias X thanks for explaining!

  • @83gemm

    @83gemm

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ozymandias X My god. It's FAIRY liquid?! I've thought it was "furry" for years. Oh my word, I'm dying

  • @notdaveschannel9843

    @notdaveschannel9843

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@83gemm I think I posted this story somewhere else on this video but once saw a shop window display in the Castro district in San Francisco that was basically just bottles of Fairy Liquid. I'm so used to the name of the brand that it took me a second to understand why they'd done it.

  • @estefaniagarcia665
    @estefaniagarcia6654 жыл бұрын

    He's perfect 😍❤

  • @charlierashi100
    @charlierashi1004 жыл бұрын

    I’ve been living in Scotland for 2 and a half years now, so I understood a lot of this.

  • @lluca_lucia7998
    @lluca_lucia7998 Жыл бұрын

    I could listen to him speaking about anything for years. Even tho I barely understand anything. I mean just listen to that voice like oml how is he so perfect

  • @lynette397
    @lynette3978 ай бұрын

    I love him.... such a good actor so versatile.... and having Scottish background in my family I love him more... I miss listening to my gramps... your a wee lass... it's a lich loch loching... could never understand him when he was drunk but miss it ❤

  • @livb6945
    @livb69454 жыл бұрын

    "Bra" is the Swedish word for "good"

  • @lexieostler8435

    @lexieostler8435

    4 жыл бұрын

    Azureecosse probably from the Swedish Vikings who took over Scotland

  • @NuclearHaggis

    @NuclearHaggis

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lexieostler8435 Vikings took over small regions of Scotland for very short periods of time. They never took over Scotland.

  • @andrerojo4133

    @andrerojo4133

    4 жыл бұрын

    Swedish? Or scotish

  • @Angie-Pants

    @Angie-Pants

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@andrerojo4133 Swedish. And Norwegian.

  • @michaelkavanagh932

    @michaelkavanagh932

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lexieostler8435 Swedish Vikings who SETTLED in Scotland! They never took over 👍

  • @superfan644
    @superfan6444 жыл бұрын

    I'm Canadian and understood everything he said! It is pretty self-explanatory... Okay, it might of took me maybe about 15 seconds to understand but it wasn't that hard. Maybe it's because I'm surrounded by people with different accents...? Maybe, I don't know 🤔🤗

  • @elle7547
    @elle75473 жыл бұрын

    James is so down to earth that's what likeable bout him yeah he doesn't like to share anything about his personal life he's got my respect decentt fella

  • @RandomBubble
    @RandomBubble4 жыл бұрын

    Just yesterday I was watching his videos because of the split movie. Beautiful suggestions after that video :D

  • @kekasihbening6114
    @kekasihbening61144 жыл бұрын

    I have to watch this twice so i can actually pay attention to what he actually saying but maybe i have to watch it one more time

  • @quacklovesparanormal2041
    @quacklovesparanormal20414 жыл бұрын

    What a handsome man. And an amazing accent.

  • @navyaaghariya
    @navyaaghariya4 жыл бұрын

    "would you like to go with bear grylls?" "yeah no i don't want to" RELATABLE

  • @JadeAGrimm
    @JadeAGrimm4 ай бұрын

    Makes me have so much more respect for other roles that he's also done like, Split. You'd never know he was Scottish and he does sooo many roles in one singular role. ❤

  • @kf7094
    @kf70944 жыл бұрын

    As a 20 year old from Glasgow, Scotland I understand him perfectly 😂

  • @kateemma22

    @kateemma22

    4 жыл бұрын

    As a 30 year old from Australia I understand him and the tweets perfectly. It’s just about talking to people and watching a lot of tv shows from countries that aren’t America.

  • @imbored4070

    @imbored4070

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same but am 14 and am from Edinburgh

  • @garymcatear822

    @garymcatear822

    4 жыл бұрын

    If you were a 20 year old from Glasgow and did not understand him then you'd be lying about being from Glasgow.

  • @kf7094

    @kf7094

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gary Mcatear I’ve lived here (in Glasgow my whole life) 😊

  • @garymcatear822

    @garymcatear822

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kf7094 Lol i wasn't saying you were not from Glasgow

  • @MA-fl8yy
    @MA-fl8yy4 жыл бұрын

    "ooft thats no hapnin'" guess I'll be using that from now on

  • @reichmuth100
    @reichmuth1004 жыл бұрын

    I love his accent..keep talking Jamesy. "Can we get her Fired" lmao

  • @marytcarr1223
    @marytcarr12234 жыл бұрын

    “Can we fire her?” I lost it 🤣🤣🤣

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