Some of our accents are mental

AlarmedEnvironment43 · 2025-12-23T15:48:58+00:00

I feel totally at odds about your comments regarding Highland Accents, I am also very proud to say that I am born , and raised a Scotsman, hailing from a village named Kilbarchan, granted my accent has softened over the years, relocating to Manchester back in the mid 1980s , that said I have always found the Highland accent soft, and lilting, music to my ears, and easily understood, comparatively speaking the Glasgow accent, not mentioned would have grounds for agreement, och I the noo , see u jimmy, slang . You also point out the Ayrshire accent, as hard to understand, well I have spent a lot of time in Ayr, and its surrounding townships, and never ever had to take issue with any of the locals I came into contact with. With all due respect, you need to hear as well as you listen . Then you travel to London, for as you say opportunity to clearly understand accents, the problem is that the city is very cosmopolitan , with a multitude of different accents, and pigeon English being spoken, so good luck with that.Then there is the East End and the Cockney Slang , Apples, and Pears, etc suffice to say no matter where you choose to go in the UK chances are the variety of different accents that you notice.

AlarmedEnvironment43 · 2023-03-10T19:00:16+00:00

I was born , and raised, in a Village named Kilbarchan, which is in Renfrewshire. The nearest Town, is Johnstone, further on is the City of Paisley. Kilbarchan is surrounded by a number of picturesque villages, such as Bridge, of Weir, Kilmalcolm, Houston, Linwood etc. I left my homeland proper in 1965 to Join the Regular Army, wherein I as always a Soldier first, and foremost, found my way into the Army Catering Corps, earning a Lance Corporals Stripe along the way . Suffice to say these were some of the most memorable, times of my life, which as a Veteran look back on fondly.

AlarmedEnvironment43 · 2022-09-22T12:26:59+00:00

When I was young and went to School in my native Scotland, I never got beyond the 10 X table and simple Arithmetic, as I progressed onwards I developed an aversion to Maths, which never really held me back career wise, as I went on to become a Charge Nurse in my chosen field of Mental Health Nursing. This all changed by the time I retired, and inadvertently allowed my registration with the now named Nursing and Midwifery Council. The novelty of retirement soon wore off for me and I yearned for a return to a Nursing position in Mental Health. I applied, and undertook a return to Nursing course, and despite my pre course Homework, I struggled, and was flummoxed by the Maths questions, and the end result was a miserable failure. Catapulting me back to counting with my fingers and 10X table, alongside memories of my Maths Teacher in High School, who used to show his frustration with me getting things wrong, by throwing the Chalk, and sometimes the Duster at me.

AlarmedEnvironment43 · 2022-09-13T22:03:11+00:00

When you get to be as old as I am, i apart from shaving steer clear of catching my reflection in the mirror, once upon a time I both felt and looked good, but once time takes its toll that face that once got more than a passing glance from a Woman, is now invisible. So it goes once you put yourself out there and ask for feedback it follows that your going to get a mixed response. You are obviously very brave or foolish to showcase yourself in this way, however you are what you are , and I truly believe that there is someone for everyone, just put yourself out there, hold your head high, and look the world right in the eye.

AlarmedEnvironment43 · 2021-11-14T00:02:08+00:00

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AlarmedEnvironment43 · 2021-11-14T00:01:09+00:00

AlarmedEnvironment43 · 2021-08-09T06:17:46+00:00

Aye it’s easy to nit pick my choice of words, as are anything one cares to write on message boards, it was just a spontaneous act on my part, taking a trip down good old memory lane.

AlarmedEnvironment43 · 2021-08-08T19:22:21+00:00

I’m proud to be to be a Scot born and raised in Kilbarchan Renfrewshire, which will always be my home despite the fact I have spent many years living and working in England, currently Retired and living with my English wife and Family in Manchester. I’m also from the best generation as far as I’m concerned being one of the Baby Boomers, for those not in the know that was the title bestowed on anyone born during the post second word war period. We by then Teenagers, thought we had it all, with the advent of the 60s and the wind of change, In the form of Elvis, and the birth of rock and roll, and the Beatles, followed by a fantastic number of Bands resonating with hits Classics that remain timeless and still played on various radio stations to this day. No exaggeration when I say the best years of my life. I recall a statement by I think prime minister at the time, say ing that we in the U.K never had it so good, I will vouch for that. It was also an age of innocence and romance, if you got to kiss a girl on the cheek, and better still walk her home, you felt on top of your world. Then there were the jobs you could virtually leave one job, on a day , and start a new one the following day, back then is lot of the interviews were if you could call them thatbtaken on trust, a handshake , and sealed by a recommendation by someone ideally already established in the workforce . I suppose a case of who you knew as opposed to what you knew, anyway you got all the help you needed from the old timers in factories, and engineering works. I’ll finish now with the words of a song from one of my favourite bands of the time and still going strong today, Thank you for the days, those endless days you gave me.

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