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As a Polish person living in a country with majority English speakers, and speaking English for over half of my goddamn life I still struggle with words that have too many Ls and Rs and so this is (checks notes) fucking hilarious.
I apologised already to the one Scotsman I know.
After sending this to him.
No further apologies will be made.
@jjcelery
Haha, that's very funny! I teach English with some UK English textbooks that I have to translate into NA English rather frequently. They show the silent "r" in pronunciation. And of course, most Asian languages have only 1 letter for r/l.
I had Scottish coworkers and I couldn't understand a lot of what they said!
#LanguageLearning
@EllenInEdmonton there are some words I can pronounce perfectly a hundred times, and a hundred-and-first time I just "cannae" and try a few times... and then blow a raspberry and use a synonym instead 
My friends find it hilarious because I'm so wordy and when I fail so miserably it's like they got one over me 
@EllenInEdmonton with Scottish people it's all about where they're from and context: are they just speaking English words in an accent, or are you *also* dealing with shorthand and vernacular?
I thought I knew the language and then came to Ireland, and Hiberno-English laughed squarely in my face 
@EllenInEdmonton on which subject, a video from an interview at a National Ploughing Championships this year, which are a Big Thing.
Good Luck.
@EllenInEdmonton A fine man on Imgur did a transcript so here it goes:
Interviewer: So, tell us your name and where you’re from, yourself.
Eoin Lynch: Eoin Lynch from Mitchelstown in Cork, Munster.
I: And, eh, how’s the Ploughing going for you, today?
EL: Savage, savage heat, bet all out, so it would. We’re enjoying it, now, there a load of various saws all about the place so, ‘tis good now, ‘tis goin’ a good now.
@EllenInEdmonton
I: And I suppose, anything in particular that you have an interest in, at the Ploughing, or?
EL: Slurry, Jaaz (Jesus) I love the slurry gear, eh, lot of slurry, I just think about slurry, I eat slurry, and dream about slurry, that’s, that’s my motto now, so, yeah…
I: And, sure, what are you going to do now, when the season’s wrapped up on the 1st of October?
EL: Spreadin’ Parlour Washings, that’s, that’s, that’s what we’re going to go at now, spreadin’ parlour washings…
@EllenInEdmonton
I: And what kind of a tractor would you catch you in?
EL: Eh, Case 165, now, would be my baby, now, I wouldn’t like to be seen in a John Deere, now, but, that’s the craic now…
I: And how do you like the Cases?
EL: Savage job now, super job now, they’re well, they’re well manufactured now, in fairness to them, eh, we deal with a crowd Lynch-McCarthy, below in Cork, and they’re, they’re savage dealers now, in fairness, a big shout out to them, so yeah.
@EllenInEdmonton
I: Fair play to you for comin’ over, thanks a million, enjoy your day.
EL: Thanks a million.
@jjcelery
Yeah, I had coworkers who spoke something like that and then the Aussies as well!
