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Re: Sse [Closed topic revisited]
Sorry to resurrect this old topic (https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/pronunciation-phonetics/18129-standard-scottish-english-sse.html), but it slipped through the net all those years ago (or perhaps I wasn't around at the time).
It remined me of a lesson I gave based on a BBC news podcast. I had prepared it, and identified a short interview with a Gillie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . His accent was far from SSE. I found it hard to understand, and warned my student not to worry about it. In fact he (the S) found it easier to understand than a more standard received accent; particularly he found rhoticity (he was Spanish) a great help.
I agree with Tdol that there's little prospect of an industry-wide standard; and I, certainly, would not be equipped to teach a regional accent. But if I were Director of Studies at a language school (most unlikely ;-)) I wouldn't ask a Scottish teacher to attenuate their accent.
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Sorry to resurrect this old topic (https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/pronunciation-phonetics/18129-standard-scottish-english-sse.html), but it slipped through the net all those years ago (or perhaps I wasn't around at the time).
It remined me of a lesson I gave based on a BBC news podcast. I had prepared it, and identified a short interview with a Gillie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . His accent was far from SSE. I found it hard to understand, and warned my student not to worry about it. In fact he (the S) found it easier to understand than a more standard received accent; particularly he found rhoticity (he was Spanish) a great help.
I agree with Tdol that there's little prospect of an industry-wide standard; and I, certainly, would not be equipped to teach a regional accent. But if I were Director of Studies at a language school (most unlikely ;-)) I wouldn't ask a Scottish teacher to attenuate their accent.
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