Well, the first thing we look at is the oral posture.

首先我們來看看口腔發音位置

So what's the oral posture of a general Scottish accent?

所以蘇格蘭腔的口腔發音位置在哪裡呢？

You want to bring your tongue tip all the way back, but you've got a lot of action still in your lips and in your jaw.

你要把舌尖縮到口腔的後面，但嘴唇及口腔還是會有移動

So unlike a Russian accent where you pull your tongue all the way back and you don't move your lips a lot,

不像俄羅斯腔，舌頭要整個縮到後面，然後幾乎不要動到嘴唇

you pull your tongue back all the way, and you get, sort of a Scottish feel to the accent.

把舌頭縮到最後面，然後就會有點像蘇格蘭腔的感覺

Let's take a look at some Scottish sound changes.

來看看蘇格蘭腔跟美國腔的聲音變化

In Scottish, the Rs are very often tapped.

在蘇格蘭腔中，R 的音通常像點過去一樣

So "The room was very bright" becomes "The room was very bright."

所以 "The room was very bright" 會變成 "The room was very bright"（房間很明亮）

The room was very bright.

The room was very bright（房間很明亮）

Give that a shot.

試試看吧

The A diphthong two element vowel sound in English "A",

A 是個雙重母音的字

becomes pure, becomes a single vowel sound in a Scottish accent.

但他在蘇格蘭腔會變得很純、變成一個母音

So "play", "take", "a" becomes "play", "take", "a".

所以 "play"、"take"、"a" 會變成 "play"、"take"、"a"（玩、拿、一個）

It's fun to play with a liquid "U" sound in your Scottish accent.

蘇格蘭腔的 U 的音很好玩

So "duty", "news", "duke". You can go really far with it and you'll sound like Mike Meyers.

像 "duty"、"news"、"duke"，你可以再誇張一點，就會聽起來像麥克·邁爾斯

"Duty", "news", "duke".

"duty"、"news"、"duke"（責任、新聞、公爵）

Or you can knock it back, "duty", "news", "duke".

或可以輕輕地說 "duty"、"news"、"duke" 即可

Let's take a look at that "ah" "aww" transition in the Scottish accent.

再來，我們來看看蘇格蘭腔中的「ㄚ」「ㄡ」變化

So, in American English I'd say "got", "shot", "knob",

美式英文中，我們會說 "got"、"shot"、"knob"（得到、被射、門把）

but in your Scottish accent, you'd say "got", "shot", "knob".

但用蘇格蘭腔，我們會說 "got"、"shot"、"knob"

And you hear that glottal at the ends of the sounds, so instead of "got", you get "got".

在字尾會聽到用聲門發音的部分，所以 "got" 才會聽起來像 "got"

That's a sound that's very characteristic of a general Scottish accent.

這是蘇格蘭腔很明顯的特徵之一

That glottal sound at the end.

字尾聲門的那個發音

So the "oo" sound in American English, "I can't put this good book down."

美式英語中 "oo" 的音呢，像在 "I can't put this good book down." 中（我無法放下這本好書）

"OO, oo, oo, oo" becomes "I can't put this good book down."

"OO, oo, oo, oo" 會變成 "I can't put this good book down."

And you can find that sound -

你可以發出這個聲音——

- It's a fun sound to make.

——是個很有去的聲音

And you can find that sound by making an E, and then wrapping the lips and kind of sucking the sound back into the middle of your mouth a little bit.

你可以先發 E 的音，再把嘴唇包起來然後把聲音吸回口腔中間

So you get "E OO"

就可以得到 "E OO" 的音

"I can't put this good book down."

"I can't put this good book down."

"I can't put this good book down."

"I can't put this good book down."

Give that a shot.

試試看吧！

So what's the musicality of a Scottish accent?

那蘇格蘭腔的音樂性是怎麼樣呢？

The room was very bright.

The room was very bright.（房間很明亮）

You get a lot of glottals.

可以聽到很多用聲門發音的地方

It's a strong accent.

是個很重的腔調

Emphasis is usually with volume and less with pitch variety.

通常都是利用音量做強調，而不是用語調的不同

But don't take my word for it.

但別只聽我的介紹

Listen to some native speakers and train your ear to recognize what you hear in the musicality,

可以去聽聽母語人士的發音，訓練你的耳朵去辨認他的音樂性

and what can you learn about Scottish people by the way that they speak.

及從蘇格蘭人說話中你能學到什麼東西