Me again. Just rereading this, and I feel obliged to congratulate you again on this. Maybe you don't claim to be an authority, but I've lived my entire life in Scotland and it sounds about right to me. Just a few things:
-To me, Mac sounds more west coast than anything else; a little too thick for Glasgow, and /definitely/ not Edinburgh.
-I don't know what part of Scotland you know, but I'm not sure about the 'Jeenjeahr'. Around here it's be more like 'JINjur'
-The missing 't' is bloody murder to write, isn't it?

Peace out (An' a bonny day tae ye)
~TSD

go you!

I hate it when people mangle scottish accents!

but i don't think mac's accent is from Edinburgh -we tend not to have a scottish accent - it tends towards an English accent here unfortunately

*claps* I'm really pleased with this! :) I've never seen people make fun of Mac's accent, but I'm only reading the first page of fanfics...

But way to go! I'm scared to even try to type it...or any accent.

Ah, I salute you. Being a proud Glaswegian myself, the mangled Scottish accents in this fandom offend me. Bravo...or 'gaun yersel, big man'...

I love to listen to Scottish and Irish accents, I mean I watch that stupid little kid's show Piggly Winks on PBS kids just to listen to them talk, but I must admit that I could never write down how the accent is pronounced and after what I've heard here I doubt I'll ever try. I liked the new words at the bottom though. I've heard "ken" in the book Kidnapped when I read it for school and I love the "balaloo." Oh, and I really like Mac too. anyway I think this is probably the longest review I've ever written so I better just shutup now, huh.
~Fiona Fargazer~

BRILLIANT!! ::claps enthusiastically:: it's about time someone put someting like this up. kudos!!

I agree that knowing about Scottish accents is necessary for writing Chicken Run stuff, but this isn't a fic. Maybe you should put this in an author's note in a fic.

Alright,I'm learning scottish already!HOORAY.

Thanks for this "sort-of-rant", Fala :) I'm French, and I suppose my chances to hear a *real* Scottish accent in real life are as good as any American, so it's always a delight when a person sorts things out, accent-wise. (Don't know if that is a real expression, though.)
I'm a big fan of Mac's, too (hourray for DVDs with the original version :) and I can also understand the exasperation when an author mangles an accent you're familiar with and/or fond of. (And it just happens that I'm very fond of the Scottish accent; Scotland as I remember it [a one-week trip in high school] is a chillingly beautiful place, and I'm a big fan of John Hannah :o)
Anyway, I'll sure remember you if someday I come to write a story with a Scottish character - I promise I'll do everything to prevent accent abuse :o)
Much of love,
Belphegor :o]

The Scottish accent is cool...and yeah, I see what you mean sometimes in stories. :S I hate the way that they shorten "the" to "th". It really makes me mad. Anyway, it's good that you spoke out like this. Not only will it make people understand what they should be doing, but you may have also helped for other people's fanfics in the near future. :)

Thanks for the advice! Will keep this in mind for my fanfic. Good on you!

wow... I never thought someone would be so passionate about that... good for you mate!
although this isn't a story.

O.o; Meh, i hate the "Gingah" thing too. BTW, the CR fanfiction is dead here. Give or take a few updates once in a blue moon...