A Hamilton man who became a YouTube sensation after trying to order a roll and square sausage for breakfast at an American drive-thru has taken his rare brand of comedy to the next level.

For Martin Miller is now regularly filming skits of himself trying out Scottish slang on unsuspecting Americans and the results are hilarious.

The 30-year-old, who lives in Mobile, Alabama, with his American wife Caroline (26), makes the videos in his spare time.

From urging an American to sign the petition to save The Arches nightclub in Glasgow to a sticky willys skit, his videos are bursting with Scottish banter.

He said: "When I started travelling a couple years back through Canada, Australia and America, I travelled alone at first and didn't really know anyone. As a way to keep myself entertained, I started making videos as I had a big imagination when it came to thinking of funny scenarios that would make good skits.

"I would record the scenes on my iPad and then e-mail them to my friend David Threlfall, who would edit them. It started off just as a time-filler, but from there I've started to take it more seriously since I've started to build a decent following. It's a good feeling being able to make people laugh."

He added: "I take the quality of my videos very seriously, and raw reactions are very important to me. None of the Americans that are in my videos are in on the joke at first. I do however come clean once the video is made, and only with their permission do I post the video online. The last thing I want to do is hurt or embarrass anyone in the process, as that's the opposite of what I'm trying to do."

The salesman, who works in a mobile phone shop, joked that Americans have even praised him for his good English.

He explained: "The thing you'll have to understand is I live in Mobile. If I were anymore south, I'd be paddling in the Gulf of Mexico. I'm one of the few Scottish people that live in this area and a common response I get when I meet locals is, "my, your English is fantastic!"

"They've no idea it's my first language. I think my first real experience with the language barrier in Alabama is when I was trying to pay someone a complement by calling them a 'cracker'. Now in Scotland, as you know, that would be a compliment. But here, it's a derogatory term for a white person…didn't go down too well. Here I have to change the way I say certain words, like the number six. Everyone thinks I'm saying sex which doesn't make for a good conversation starter when you're helping a solid Southern family that's just left church."

Clearly a proud Scot, his videos have touched a note with his fans back home who have liked his official Facebook page in their thousands.

He said: "I'm very proud to be Scottish. The Scottish people are the only in the world that can take extremely vulgar words and make them sound charming. I think it works because there are a lot of aspects of Scottish culture that we take for granted in our daily lives, but that become hilarious when you take them out of context, from the image of neds to the fact that we're not shy when it comes to our drinking. Sometimes it takes moving away from your home country to see what an interesting and fun culture we have.

"Take for fact when Scotland had their only hurricane, we decided to call it Hurricane Bawbag. We couldn't even take a natural disaster seriously. Or when the term "we'll set aboot ye" became synonymous with the terrorist attack on Glasgow airport. I come from a place that doesn't take itself too seriously, and I've simply carried that tradition with me here."

He added: "I set up the Facebook page after a few of my videos went viral. I started to get quite a few friend requests and messages from people asking if I had any more videos. I'm passionate about making people laugh, whether that be through a future of stand-up, continuing to make videos, or just whatever comes my way. I plan to go as far as I can, and would love to be able to do it full time at some point."

He perhaps hopes to follow in the footsteps of the Scottish comedians he admires.

He said: "I think Scottish comedy is among the best in the world. There are many Scottish comedians I admire. I grew up watching Billy Connelly on repeat, and absolutely loved his style of humour. The way he can start a subject, leave the subject for long tangents and then go right back to where he left off is incredible, and it's at the core of his humour. More recently, Kevin Bridges, Limmy, and Danny Bhoy are among my inspirations for the direction I take with my comedy."

The one thing that is clear from his videos, however, is how much he misses his homeland.

He said: "There are many things I miss about home. First of all, I miss the people. Moving away from Scotland has made me realize how special a culture we have there.

"Secondly, I miss the food. Nowhere does a proper breakfast like Scotland. If I were rich, I would honestly fly back every morning just for a cooked breakfast, and maybe also for a chips, cheese, kebab meat and kebab sauce and a night out at the dancing.

"Lastly, the music scene in Scotland is vastly underrated. My favourite Scottish band at the moment is an up and coming band from Glasgow, named Glass Museums. I'm halfway around the world and I play their album on my way to work in the mornings. I'm all about supporting local bands, and they're definitely one to check out if you've heard them already."

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