1. hagsjda Scotland.. I've been there! uhm for like for 3 days...but..I'VE BEEN THERE ANYWAY. Omg.
2. if you mastered it, no one from anywhere but Scotland would understand a word you say.
3. SIGMUND FREUD OOAA 
4. Im learning English language and want this accent!
5. I hate the stereotype that we are all Kilt wearing, Haggis eating Ginger folk that's just in the highlands....
6. What? No Frankie Boyle?
7. I know there's more than one Scottish regional accent, but not having been there, I can't tell the difference, however, there is something about how Scottish women (maybe men, too, I just haven't noticed) speak that I find sexy. Something about the inflection. If that's the right word. :P
8. "Mary Queen of Scots got her head chopped off by Liz Lochhead 1989"!  LOL!
9. Melvyn is a bawbag, an aw that
10. I didn't know Ian Rankin was such a hottie......I know its straying from the topic, but.....
11. ha ha, for a second i thought he'd said that, i was like "what the..." of course the bugger would have never got away with it in this day and age of political correctness...
12. He actually says "a small but powerfully literate nation" - bit of a mangling of the language
13. And he made out Rabbie Burns was a misogynist. Like a misogynist could write the greatest hymn to a woman's right to choose, like, ever. or Ae fond Kiss. Gin a body meet a body coming through the rye...
14. Thank you for explaining my rich heritage to me. wanna fuck my daughter now? Only three camels and a mountain sheep. Plus you got to hope WW ain't watching, 'cos that could get ugly. WW's big talent wasn't leading Scots into battle, you know. Show a bunch of Scottish lads where the battle is, they're in there no probs. Afterwards, he got everyone to calm down, walk home and think again. Now that's genius. h.
15. a small but powerful illiterate nation there's scary nemo me impune lacessit, eh? or to put it in the Auld Tongue: Nae bugger hurts me and gets away wi it. h.
16. How can he say the Union of the crowns stopped bloodshed in the British Isles? Bishops War, War of the three kingdoms glorious revolution and Jacobite uprisings in 1715,19 and 45!
17. ken embra  druggy bastards
18. wow
19. I love him too, he's had a great career so far.Spud Rules.....
20. evelyn glennie tantalizes me
21. Kinda ignorant. Also we kinda benifit hugely from being not being independant so shoost and be happy we're taking them for all they're worth. Also in a 21st century world we should be working on trying to unite the world and realise we're all human.
22. I hate when they put documentaries on about being Scottish, it's always the same old posh tossers being interviewed laying on contrived fake thick 18th century Ayrshire accents! People in general fail to realise that there are a vast amount of different accents in Scotland; at times they can vary from town to town.
23. Aww I love Ewen Bremner, so glad he's in this!!
24. Is this series available to purchase anywhere? I searched at Amazon but couldn't find anything...I notice you can't find the rest of this show anywhere else on You Tube as well. Can anyone help me out?
25. Well that shut me up. Actually, if he was doing every country in Britain then it's pretty obvious that there would be a continuing theme. Probably just Scottish English hatred again.

Teach Yourself To Speak Scottish - 5 - Melvyn Bragg

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The opening of "Melvyn Bragg's Travels in Written Britain", episode 4, with Liz Lochhead, Magi Gibson, Louise Welsh, Janice Galloway, Evelyn Glennie, Janey Godley, Gail Porter, Winnie Ewing, Samantha Seaugh, Mary Gapinski, Fran Healy, Ian Rankin, Tam Dean Burn, Irvine Welsh, Alex Salmond, John Sessions, Jack Vettriano, Ewan Bremner, Stewart Porter
Tags: Liz Lochhead Janey Godley Robert Burns Ian Rankin Irvine Welsh Alex Salmond Fran Healy scunnered