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For fanfic purposes, I'd really love if anyone helped me make these sentences sound Scottish, because other than American and a little English, I know nothing about the Scottish accent, let alone the Scottish slang used by teenagers.

- "What's in it for us?"

- "The money first."

- "So, you're just handing me your credit card?"

- "This sounds a little fishy."

- "Reem has this dream to become a doctor, and Arnold's aunt is a neurologist. Right now she's with Arnold's aunt checking universities."

- "You tricked me?"

- . "Hey, I can barely cover the rent delivering fast food meals, now I've got to pay the landlord to fix the door's lock!"

- "Your father bought you this flat."

- "Tina, what's going on?"

- "She knocked me unconscious and disappeared. I don't know where she went after that. Honest."

- "That's where I met her. She was too uptight, which can be assumed because of how she was brought up. I couldn't stand it and I wanted her to loosen up a little. I wanted her to be part of the gang. I didn't think Sam would take her in, but to my shock he did. Now I understand why."

- "I wish I never dragged her down that road. But she seemed too desperate for a friend, you know?"

- "If you find her, would you tell her I'm sorry?"
 
- "What's in it for us?"
- "Whit's in it fur us?"


- "Your father bought you this flat."
- "Yer Da bought ye this flat."


- "Hey, I can barely cover the rent delivering fast food meals, now I've got to pay the landlord to fix the door's lock!"
- "Here, I can hardly cover the rent delivering fast food dinners, now I've got tae pay the landlord tae fix the lock oan the door!"



That's the best I can think of, at the moment.. Sorry.
 
It kind of depends on where in Scotland you mean. It's a big place. I mean, you couldn't exactly say "translate these into American", could you? There are lots of dialects. Also, there's the whole class thing as well. Can you give a bit more info?
 
Lindsey McDonald said:
It kind of depends on where in Scotland you mean. It's a big place. I mean, you couldn't exactly say "translate these into American", could you? There are lots of dialects. Also, there's the whole class thing as well. Can you give a bit more info?
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Ferchristsake. What do you mean "the whole class thing"? You tryin' ae say a talk dumb 'cause am fae Glasgow?
 
sosa lola said:
I want the slang teens at Edinburgh use, the popular phrases.



Thank you SO much 🙂
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No problem! 🙂

But, Edinburgh has a very differnet dialect, I'm from Glasgow, and Lindsey McDonald is from Edinburgh, he might be able to help you even more.
 
Yeah, Edinburgh is about the least dialecty of them all. I mean, we have an obvious accent, but it's nothing that would really be easily recognisable in text. I'll see what I can do though.

- "What's in it for us?"
"What's in it fer us?"

- "The money first."
Maybe just "Gi's the money first." (As in, give us the money. We tend to speak as a collective. Like the Borg, but prettier.)

- "So, you're just handing me your credit card?"
"So, yer just handin' me yer credit card?"

- "This sounds a little fishy."
"Baws."

What? That's what people would say! Either that, or something like "Sounds fishy to me."

- "Reem has this dream to become a doctor, and Arnold's aunt is a neurologist. Right now she's with Arnold's aunt checking universities."
It would be less formal. "Reem has a dream to be a doctor, and Arnold's aunt's a neurologist. Now she's with Arnold's aunt looking at universities."

- "You tricked me?"
Haha, you could substitute this one with any number of expletives! If you'd rather actually retain the meaning though, it's fine as it is.

- . "Hey, I can barely cover the rent delivering fast food meals, now I've got to pay the landlord to fix the door's lock!"
Spoons' was great for this one, only we'd say "on" rather than "oan".

- "Your father bought you this flat."
Again, Spoons' works. We'd say "dad" though.

- "Tina, what's going on?"
"Tina, whit's happenin?"

- "She knocked me unconscious and disappeared. I don't know where she went after that. Honest."
"She knocked me out an then b*****ed aff! I dunno where she went after that. Honest." (Dissappeared works too. 😉)

- "That's where I met her. She was too uptight, which can be assumed because of how she was brought up. I couldn't stand it and I wanted her to loosen up a little. I wanted her to be part of the gang. I didn't think Sam would take her in, but to my shock he did. Now I understand why."
"That's wher I met her. She was too uptight, probably cause of how she was brought up. I coundn't stand it, I wanted her to loosen up a bit, y'know? To be a part of the group. I din't think Sam would take her in, but weirdly, he did. Now I know why."

- "I wish I never dragged her down that road. But she seemed too desperate for a friend, you know?"
That's fine.

- "If you find her, would you tell her I'm sorry?"
"If you find her...tell her I'm sorry, yeah?"
Or, it's more serious, "If you find her, can you tell her I'm sorry?"

Is that ok? It's quite hard to do, because if you render every little difference in accent in text, it comes out looking like they're all from Aberdeen. (You don't want that.😉)
 
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sosa lola
Thank you so much for your help :)
Lindsey McDonald said:
Is that ok? It's quite hard to do, because if you render every little difference in accent in text, it comes out looking like they're all from Aberdeen. (You don't want that.😉)
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THANK YOU! That was great. 🙂 And yeah, I don't wanna overdo it with the different accent 😉

Btw, that was "b*ugger off", right?

Oh, I forgot one sentence:

"It was a bet. He was trying to prove he could do her after Sam got her a bit of green."

And thank you once again 🙂
 
sosa lola said:
THANK YOU! That was great. 🙂 And yeah, I don't wanna overdo it with the different accent 😉

Btw, that was "b*ugger off", right?

Oh, I forgot one sentence:

"It was a bet. He was trying to prove he could do her after Sam got her a bit of green."

And thank you once again 🙂
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Lol, yeah, that's what it was. What do you mean by a "bit of green"? Am I being clueless again?
 
'cept when we spell "crap" it starts with an "s" and ends with an "e", right?
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Ah, I think you're referring to the word, "shite"?
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"It was a bet. He was trying to prove he could do her after Sam got her a bit of green."
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Oh, do you mean marajuana?
 
Other words for weed/green that are used in Scotland are..hmm.. hash, gringo, ganja.. Does that help?
 
SpoonsAreCool said:
Other words for weed/green that are used in Scotland are..hmm.. hash, gringo, ganja.. Does that help?
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So the whole sentence is okay? "It was a bet. He was trying to prove he could do her after Sam got her a bit of green."

How about:

He was trying to prove he could do her after Sam got her a bit of green. Just for a laugh, like."?
 
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