Merida's Scottish Slang
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About
Merida's Scottish Slang refers to a series of tweets and jokes based on a scene from the trailer for the 2018 animated film Ralph Breaks the Internet. In the scene, the character Merida from the Pixar film Brave vents in a thick Scottish brogue, which none of the other characters understand.
Origin
On August 11th, 2018, the official Twitter[1] account for IMDb tweeted a trailer for the film Ralph Breaks the Internet. In the trailer, there is a scene in which a group of Disney Princesses have a conversation. However, when Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald) offers her opinion no one can understand.
Meet Shank (
— IMDb (@IMDb) August 11, 2018GalGadot</a>), and help the <a href="https://twitter.com/Disney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">Disney princesses decipher Merida's heavy Scottish accent in this new sneak peek from #RalphBreaksTheInternet. https://t.co/PbVyvV6vVH pic.twitter.com/yBNYF5Bll0
That day, Twitter user @LizzRobinett tweeted the clip and translated: "I gave my mom a cake, she turned into a big bear. My old man tries to do her in. If that’s not a pure mess, I don’t know what is." The post (shown below) received more than 91,000 retweets and 253,000 likes in three days.
Thankfully I have a Scottish hubby to translate this:“I gave my mom a cake, she turned into a big bear. My old man tries to do her in. If that’s not a pure mess, I don’t know what is” pic.twitter.com/fV6GMaAqLP
— Lizz Robinett 🍓 (@LizzRobinett) August 11, 2018
Spread
Following the release of the trailer, people online began posting screen captures of the moment and adding different captions that imitate the accent.
Twitter[2] user @AshokaTheBear tweeted, "Ye ever wanty just wrap yersel up in tin foil nice and cosy and then just fucking get right inty the microwave and blow yersel up tae fuck." The post (shown below, left) received more than 43,000 retweets and 138,000 likes in two days.
Twitter[3] user @Pugz_T responded to the tweet with "Whit is it wae the auld yins who think they can cut in line when you’ve been waiting on the bus for an hour in baw changing weather but they show up and cut in front, yer auld, no dieing, just cause he got that fancy pass you think you can cut me, naw." Within 24 hours, the tweet (shown below, center) received more than 500 retweets and 2,600 likes.
The following day, Twitter[4] user @Monk3yswithGuns tweeted, "YE CANNAE BREAK TE LAWS OF PHYUSUCS JUM." The post (shown below, right) received more than 580 retweets and 2,800 likes in 24 hours.
On August 12th, Twitter[5] published a Moments page on the reaction to the meme.
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – @IMDb's Tweet
[2] Twitter – @AshokaTheBear's Tweet
[3] Twitter – @Pugz_T's Tweet
[4] Twitter – @Monk3yswithGuns's Tweet
[5] Twitter – Merida's Scottish slang took on a life of its own
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