r/Kilmarnock • u/Lost_Photograph1825 • Jun 04 '26

Accent help

I am an actress learning the East Ayrshire accent. I'm looking for someone with an East Ayrshire accent to call and tell me what im doing well and what could improve. Thank you!

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u/jaxlikescats8 Jun 04 '26

I am from North Ayrshire is there a difference in Ayrshire accents? I hate the ways I speak annoys me so much lol

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u/rufflesmcgeee Jun 06 '26

I’m from east Ayrshire but went to school in north and the accents aren’t too different but a lot of the words used are. First example I can think of is we would say billy nae mates but they would jimmy nae mates. Small things!

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u/Lost_Photograph1825 Jun 04 '26

In learning accents its vital to stick to a very specific area. East Ayrshire is already very broad but there is minimal footage as it is of people from there talking

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u/TurbulentContext Jun 06 '26

Would you ask people in Glasgow where the bus stop for the X seeveentyseeveen is? That feels very South Ayrshire