Comment from megan
Time: November 14, 2007, 4:05 am

I’ve been a blog lurker, but I had to come out for this. I am an American who lived in Scotland for a while (in Glasgow)- and you sound like me by the time I moved back to the U.S.! Or, perhaps as though you grew up near the boarder of England and Scotland. The video was very helpful, by the way.

Comment from Vanessa (Australia)
Time: November 14, 2007, 4:53 am

Hi Ysolda,

I certainly sympathise - it’s getting harder and harder to find a dress that doesn’t look the same in every shop nowadays, I agree…unless you make it yourself!

A big thankyou for your video yesterday as well - so helpful & straightforward!!! :-) I got it straight away.

I’m really enjoying & appreciating your daily posts for NaBloPo month too.

Comment from Emily
Time: November 14, 2007, 5:11 am

Oh, I can’t wait to make those! I bet they’ll work just fine with Earth Balance.

Comment from Robyn
Time: November 14, 2007, 5:55 am

To this American girl in Falkirk, you sound just as you should. I’ve been very lucky with finding loads of last season’s high waisted, puffy dresses at the TK Maxx in Livingston. Depressing, yes, but also cheap and nice looking!

Comment from Gudrun
Time: November 14, 2007, 7:01 am

Yum..tattie scones….it’s been a while but I’m always looking for something different to feed my kids for breakfast! Your accent is similar to mine actually..is one of your parents English?…of course people over here think my accent is really strong!
Good luck on the dress hunting..I do seem to remember that Glasgow had some more choices but I’m afraid it’s been too long to be able to offer suggestions!

Comment from randi
Time: November 14, 2007, 8:49 am

I can smell the scones, i think i has to made some for my one. Just started to knit on Elijah, he is so cute i just cant wait too finish him. But its Christmas son and so much to knit and so little time.

Comment from Elisabeth
Time: November 14, 2007, 9:24 am

ohh I love tattie scones! now I’ll have to make some myself! A shame there aren’t any leftover potatoes from last night…

Comment from Clare
Time: November 14, 2007, 10:15 am

Ha! I never thought to watch the video to listen to your voice. You sound um, upper crust Scot. I was friends with the child of two Scottish people when I was little, family friends, and they babysat me a lot and sometimes I can still hear the tiniest burr of their voices in mine, especially when I’m angry. Their accents are soooo much stronger to my ocker ears than yours - I had/ still have a little trouble understanding the dad. But I’m not sure where they’re from. But oh man! Their Irish friend has a son brought up in York… kennae understand a fookin’ word. Seriously. None of us Aussies could. He’d say something, and after you asked him to repeat it three times you’d give up and smile and nod.

Comment from Birgitte
Time: November 14, 2007, 10:53 am

I’ll go for the Scotland-near-the-English-border or the English-parents options, too :)

Well, I can hear tiny Scottish traces, but there isn’t much John Hannah about your accent, now is there? ;)

Mmmm, I think I’ll try those Tattie scones sometime soon. We Danish people do eat a lot of potatoes… ;)

Comment from sarah
Time: November 14, 2007, 11:03 am

http://www.fairygothmother.co.uk/index.htm they have some pretty cute dresses on there!! mail order though… :o/

Comment from Julie
Time: November 14, 2007, 1:01 pm

Isn’t that funny- guess people thought you were going to sound like Mel Gibson in Braveheart?! I read the comments before I saw the video, and then I felt like I was really listening for your accent! ;-) But you sounded great- clear, and friendly!

Comment from Birgitte
Time: November 14, 2007, 1:20 pm

I just tried the potato scones for lunch - they are really good! I think I’ll have to have a hangover in order to eat more than a quarter of the portion at once, though ;)

Comment from Alice from france
Time: November 14, 2007, 3:06 pm

The video was good, really clear!
I love your voice, you had a pretty accent, can’t tell what kind of accent because i’m not really familiar with english,scottish or american accent, sorry.

Tattie scone looks interesting and i just bought some potatoes today!Need to try that after search “mash” in dictionnary, heh i learn every day somthing new in english in reading your blog! = D

Comment from Charlie
Time: November 14, 2007, 5:40 pm

I know what you mean about the identical shiny dresses available in almost every shop on every high street. I resorted to ordering this one: http://www.boden.co.uk/col.asp?segname=Women&styid=WH090&segid=6&gpname=Dresses&desname=Spotty+Velvet+Dress&gpid=6&gen=1#jf3 (I hope this link works)… I haven’t got it yet, so I still don’t know how well it’ll fit me. Good luck finding something you actually like! Charlie

Comment from tigerlilith
Time: November 14, 2007, 7:23 pm

how about starry starry night or gloryhole in the west end (up ruthven lane, which is next to the oxfam on byres road) or mr ben in the city centre (kings court, next to the car park behind the st enoch centre)? they’re quite good for one-off vintage dresses, so you might find something there. happy shopping!

Comment from Anna
Time: November 14, 2007, 9:24 pm

Huh! I’m American, but I’ve got a fascination with accents and I never would have guessed you’re from Scotland. I listened to the video (which is really good by the way) and first would have said English, but at the end I decided my guess would be Irish. It’s kind of amusing because I thought you sounded rather like me.
Sorry I can’t recommend a dress shop, but I wish you good luck!

Comment from Anushka
Time: November 14, 2007, 10:45 pm

i love the Fairy Gothmother shop, didn’t realise you could order through their website but the shop is in Spitalfields near the market (which you would probably really like, I buy a lot of my clothes from there and they are one of the best places for quirky, unusual and inventive clothing in London, not to mention only 20minutes away from my house on the tube) and is SUCH fun to look through. They have a million beautiful corsets made from amazing fabrics, very costume-like and quite pricey. Should you ever need resort to clothesshopping all the way down here, I’d reccomend Spitalfields, Brick Lane and around Islington/Angel.

As for the accent, I guess that it seemed to be very light? I know lots of people from Glasgow and Aberdeen and you didn’t sound like them ;) God knows what I sound like, twould be interesting to hear the reactions.

Comment from marianne
Time: November 14, 2007, 10:55 pm

thanks for the video tutorial–it was so very helpful! up till now I had ignored tubular cast-on; I don’t know why! I think I imagined it to be big and puffy.

I found your voice very soothing and “comfortable”, perfect for reading stories out loud. so I would say you sound like you’re from storybookland. =)

Comment from Alison
Time: November 14, 2007, 11:21 pm

tattie scones with hummous are my favorite lunch these days. but don’t eat them as a snack, or a starter - you won’t be able to eat anything else that day, or possibly the next

Comment from Katrina
Time: December 8, 2007, 3:32 pm

Those scones hit the spot! Thanks for the link to the recipe…