1976: ACCENTS - GLASGOW vs EDINBURGH | Word of Mouth | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

[@20thCenturyPox]

Woody Guthrie docked in Glasgow during wartime when he was in the Merchant Marine. He wrote home, "The people don't talk here. They sing to each other"

[@shespeakssoftly]

:’) 🤍

[@raoulduke344]

Nice profile pic

[@shespeakssoftly]

@@raoulduke344 thank you! It’s from a painting by Romaine Brooks.

[@krashd]

@@shespeakssoftly Why are you thanking him?

[@shespeakssoftly]

@@krashd He told me he liked the painting I have set as my profile photo. I wanted to share its name in case he was interested in looking it up

[@andrewdrummond1244]

It is not said enough, but Billy is a very intelligent guy.

[@lordwalker71]

My parents immigrated from Scotland to Canada in the late 1960's and Billy is my dad's favourite comedian and I remember listening to his record in the mid 70's, I learned all the best swear words from Billy and my dad. My dad actually got to meet Billy awhile ago when Billy was doing a documentary about Northern Canada and he went to Tuktoyaktuk where my dad now lives.

[@59jalex]

My dad was from Bridgeton, Glasgow and my best mate is from Edinburgh. Very different accents, yet they both enjoyed a joke at us English. So they do have something in common 😆

[@rogueuniversities6866]

Yet they can't even speak English

[@Kopesy]

Joke's on them, brother ;)

[@rogueuniversities6866]

@JoAnna Edssay No, you?

[@rjjcms1]

My brother-in-law's mum grew up in Aberdeenshire (having spent the first few years of her life in Ecuador!),and she spoke with a really clear accent that was easy for us Sassenachs to understand. It was unmistakably Scottish,even after half a century of living in the south of England,but a world away from some of the more impenetrable (to us) Glasgow accents. We loved watching and listening to Billy Connolly from the moment we first saw him on television in about the spring of 1975 if I remember rightly,in an interview on Parkinson and when he was doing his stand-up,and we never had the slightest difficulty understanding what he was saying.

[@suekaraiskos7104]

😂

[@sirwi11iam]

I love the Scots. Great accents and sense of humour, and tough as nails.

[@eljayexplorer]

Billy Connolly has such a distinct voice

[@danw1374]

I remember Billy saying he grew up in Partick in Glasgow.

[@br-jj6re]

@@danw1374that’s because… he did?

[@lynpip3097]

He pretty much sounds the same as the rest of us from glasgow. Infact hes been rather polite here

[@twiddlerat9920]

@@lynpip3097 Doubt that'll be so in the future, too many gentrified glasgow uni folk cutting about

[@carlworrall]

every region of scotland has a different tongue of language and i love it. thats what makes scotland great

[@BadgerBotherer1]

So does Wales and England and probably every other country!

[@carlworrall]

@@BadgerBotherer1 that is my point

[@carlworrall]

@@BadgerBotherer1 agreed i never said otherwise

[@joedwyer3297]

@joe blogs you mustve mist the comments directly above yours

[@sratus]

@@carlworrall What exactly is your point Carl?

[@duncanbick6732]

This is brilliant. I live in England now. My accent is pretty standard Morningside and one my best friends down here is very Glasgwegian. It’s brilliant when the locals say “you’re both Scottish but you sound different!” 😂.

[@papapiers1588]

Ok… and why is it brilliant? Manchester people don’t sound like people from Birmingham. People from Yorkshire don’t sound like people from Cornwall. They are all from England. Is that brilliant too? Do you ever get out?

[@duncanbick6732]

I enjoyed a report from 1976 which reminds me of my experience in the present day, I consider the experience brilliant. Scottish accents aren’t as widely discussed as English accents so it’s nice to see a report which does this. I go out plenty, often with my Glasgwegian mate.

[@johncurrie6693]

@@papapiers1588 sounds like your the one who doesn't get out. Why the aggression.

[@gaycha6589]

@@papapiers1588 It's good not lumping everyone from one country together. They can be and often are, different in manner, word, outlook and deed! It to be celebrated

[@haraldtheyounger5504]

Ever had a conversation with a Dundonian? I've been around them for nearly 50 years, still can't understand half of what they're saying.

[@graeme6336]

Why didn’t they interview any of the many, many thousands of working class people in Edinburgh?

[@anonman3707]

yep. BBC as usual "Oh those rough Scotch in the terraces of Glasgow"

[@Mhor_Al]

Cos there is nae "wurkin class" in edinburger! 😏🤣 nae peace wi the East!!! 😇🤣🤣🤣

[@semperterra3235]

They didn't interview the "many, many thousands of working class people in Edinburgh" for the same reason they didn't interview the thousands of bourgeois Glaswegians in Kelvinside and Dowanhill, because they needed to keep things simple in order to produce a short piece of film.

[@SpicyRikers]

@@semperterra3235 Aye but they only used wee posh guys as an example of an edinburgh accent, i mean they missed alot fs, do you think they posh guys sound anything like the accents in trainspotting?

[@Tazza81]

Because they interviewed those from the majority. Yes, Edinburgh has working class people but the majority of people who live in Edinburgh (even back in 1976) are middle class and vice versa for Glasgow.

[@glasgowgrad6277]

Great to see Tom Leonard.

[@poinky8]

I can understand Billy Connolly a lot easier than Kevin Bridges.

[@haraldtheyounger5504]

1:54 you wouldn't want to mess with that vicar, looks like one of the Mob undercover.

[@OnboardG1]

My Grandmother and her best friend had proper middle-class Edinburgh accents and sounded exactly like Sadie Aitken. My Grandfather was more working class and sounded like Sean Connery without the lisp. Was pretty funny when they had an argument.

[@rrobespierre]

I just love listening to the Scottish. There's something so warm about their accents and dialects.

[@goodarmsvsbadarms]

Surprised they didn't just interview a few of the Hearts fans. They would have got a few 'working class Edinburgh accents'. Having lived in Midlothian for all my life, I have rarely heard the stereotypical 'Morningside accent', so for it to be pitted against the working-class Glasgow accents in strange. The majority of the population of Edinburgh live in the outskirts or suburban towns around the city. Most of these areas are historically working-class, with the outskirt areas being places for masses of people to live, and the towns being historical areas with industries like mining and fishing providing employment for working class people. All these areas have distinct accents and, in my opinion are the true Edinburgh accents. Go to Pilton, Liberton, Craigmillar, Dalkeith or Musselburgh, and you'll find that the majority of accents are just as 'broad' as those Glasgow accents, but completely different.

[@aJJMakesSense]

Thank goodness for closed captioning

[@20thCenturyPox]

Daft racist. If you can't understand every single person in this video you must be thick.

[@SCRB1GR3D98]

I knew that was Billy Connolly as soon as I heard his voice. Didn't even recognize him but I knew that was Billy.

[@varcoliciulalex]

Bill Connolly was the original aquaman.

[@minecachair]

I'm the product of a mixed marriage-my dad is from Morningside Edinburgh,my mum from Garrowhill Glasgow.I spend about the same amount of time in both places and my accent changes according to where I am.

[@fenellainnis7216]

Wasn’t it nice to get a wee quick snapshot of the houses next to celtic park , all demolished now , and getting to eavesdrop on their conversations before going in.

[@brianquinn6014]

There is a lot of wealth in both cities and a lot of poverty. It’s the fools or politicians that try and divide us.

[@James-oo1yq]

I've lived in Edinburgh for 50 years, and never heard an accent like the one on here 😳

[@fioredeutchmark]

You’ve never been to court I take it…

[@philipknight3270]

@@fioredeutchmark ha ha...all rise

[@leeriches8841]

@JoAnna Edssay haha, I used to have that Edinburgh accent- I grew up in Morningside and went to school there! It’s really wearing off now luckily.

[@baronmeduse]

@JoAnna Edssay The video is after all 46 years old.

[@ewanmacfarlane9195]

The kid asking for a lift over the turnstiles good old days

[@duncanmcewan1024]

Into Hampden ower the turnstile age 5 1948!

[@ewanmacfarlane9195]

Class mate must of been a big crowd

[@colshythecomedian]

A Glaswegian would never say “I dinnae ken” unless they were in Wishaw.

[@IAmSoMuchBetterThanYou]

‘no true Scotsman…’

[@krashd]

@@IAmSoMuchBetterThanYou No true Scotsman would speak Doric? That's good to ken, I must be English then for speaking an actual Scottish dialect instead of your Queen's English.

[@stoobie94]

@@IAmSoMuchBetterThanYou Not quite. "Ken" isn't in the words that Glaswegians tend to say. "Ken" is part of certain dialects. Glaswegian isn't one of then

[@wishawweather5421]

The cross over point is the village of Cleland just outside Wishaw. Where toon becomes town, doon becomes down and know becomes ken.

[@krashd]

@@stoobie94 No, his point was that "no true Scotsman" would say "I dinnae ken", meaning that he is a prat who doesn't know a thing about the various dialects of our country. I'd bet my life savings he's a London-worshipping Rangers supporter.

[@helenhucker346]

As a Londoner I liked the phrase 'Nae tea leafing', it reminded me of the cockney rhyming slang term 'tea leaf' for 'thief' and I'm guessing the meaning is the same. Maybe we are all more alike than we thought.

[@jennifergirling6850]

Celtic influence maybe!

[@hrvsmart]

Yes you're right it means the same

[@synthdude]

I think it's part of the "10 Commandments" at 2:28

[@kevinruddy448]

It's no joke, being a jock 😒?, if ya ken ma meaning 😯?

[@williamdonnelly8532]

Glasgow people don't say,"I dinna ken"!🤣😂

[@davidpanton3192]

4:21 "That's ma wee bra". Now that's Glasgow

[@papapiers1588]

It might be your glesga but it’s not my Glasgow. Slang and bam talk is not a sign of Glasgow… it’s a sign of … bam slang

[@viewer.123]

Papa Piers How's it bam talk?

[@McCann22]

@@papapiers1588 it is Glesga talk thats not even ned talk thats Glaswegian ya numpty

[@KTT31693]

'Thats no ma da ,thats ma wee brother 😂

[@kpec3]

Billy C has the best voice, accent!

[@derekmcfadyen127]

Most glaswegians can speak the queens english ......tho we mostly choose not tae bother our arse😂

[@VideoNOLA]

Planning to rewatch in hopes of understanding a single spoken word.

[@eatmoremusic3650]

Damn at the beginning I was like that dude looks just like Billy Connolly

[@moirashapiro100]

Check out the great Stanley Baxter's "Parliamo Glasgow" videos. Absolutely pure gold.

[@Appnin89]

The ironic thing is that none of Glaswegians in the vid going on about being working class actually talk like normal everyday Glaswegians. They're putting on the "pan loaf" voice. Billy Connolly has never sounded like a "proper Glaswegian" to me, even though he is one. Great comedian though.

[@lauramcquade924]

Aye, but remember that Billy Connolly is a totally different generation of Glaswegian. My grandad says that, he and Billy are roughly the same age. Modern day working class Glaswegians, I honestly cannot understand. I don't mean that in a bad way but it's so thick I just can't hear the English they are speaking.

[@raoulduke344]

@@lauramcquade924 No offence taken. I've got a really thick accent a d when I see people faxes just gloss over, I realise they can't understand me and I adjust appropriately.

[@leeriches8841]

I used to have the Edinburgh Morningside accent as that is where I literally grew up. It’s been wearing off over the last few decades (luckily- nobody likes a toff lol)

[@benwakefield93]

The Edinburgh accent just makes me think of Maggie Smith in Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 😂

[@jenniferaird769]

I came here thinking we'd finally get to hear those working class east coast accents and how they actually sound so different to the west coast. But English TV presenters never seem interested in this

[@DSQueenie]

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie really warped peoples view of the Edinburgh accent.

[@andrew98115wl]

It depends where in Edinburgh you're from!

[@eoinleen1]

Nay nookie huntin' nextdoor, nor covetin' her Ox. 😂

[@anstriagreenwood3365]

I visited both cities and TBH I did prefer the more genteel Edinburgh to the rougher yet vibrant Glasgow. Both had beautiful historic buildings, kind and welcoming people. I just felt more at home in Edinburgh, that it was a better fit, but I'd visit Glasgow again in a heartbeat.

[@robertfindley9000]

My ancestors came from anywhere from Roxbourgh to the highlands then down the west coast then over to the east coast from Aaberdeen to Edinburgh.

[@bigchewp9694]

That vicar going to the celtic v hearts match looks like he could be Grant Morrisons dad.

[@sookmajoaby]

What do you know, Billy ended up with the kelvin side Westend of Glasgow accent

[@papapiers1588]

He did… to be fair

[@acksawblack]

He went to school in partick so makes sense

[@sookmajoaby]

Partick boys didn't speak with wanky West end accents 50 years ago It came about after the gentrification of the area.

[@Alusnovalotus]

The guy playing pool is an actor, right?? He’s been in recent films but I can’t place him. Wait! Wasn’t he a ghost in Harry Potter?!? Edit: ok found out it’s Billy Connolly. He’s fun.

[@tompoynton]

Someone show this to Limmy

[@craighicksartwork]

Haha I thought that very thing too

[@MarcioSilva-ssiillvvaa]

Great t-shirt by the way. Mick Ronson!!

[@saltynutzz]

damn, young billy 😂

[@matthewpowell6516]

Wester hailes, sighthill and other areas on the outskirts of edinburgh having working class folk that live there and some of there accents can be a lot stronger then glasow accent.

[@IAmSoMuchBetterThanYou]

Tee shirt graphics have come a long way.

[@clarsach29]

8:24 Glaswegians don't use the word "ken" ("know"), it's one way to tell them apart from Fifers or those from Edinburgh or even Ayrshire who do all use the word.

[@tangerinefizz11]

Billy Connolly was so young then!

[@williamdonnelly8532]

Have a 💓 heart,Hart.So were we!😀

[@tangerinefizz11]

@@williamdonnelly8532 Yes, you were. 😊💟

[@drewcampbell8810]

HELP HELP HELP - Does anyone know the poem read by Tom Leonard here? - 2:28 Scoured the Googles and cannot find it anywhere...

[@chee5e2ee48]

M8, accents now 🤯

[@charleskristiansson1296]

Every body has an accent. What can be deemed a 'nice accent' is highly prescriptive :)

[@Knappa22]

Is it comparing like with like though? They Glasgow people on this are all working class and the Edinburgh people are all middle class. It would be interesting to hear someone more lower class from Edinburgh.

[@djedd23]

They actually show a posh Glasgow accent from Kelvinside just before they switch over to Edinburgh. But yeah they should have shown more working class Edinburgh accents.

[@acksawblack]

Feel like I’m going mad, only people in the video with a working class glasgow accent are the few snippets at the football. The rest are all either academics or professionals speaking with a broad glasgow accent. Don’t know what you mean like for like?

[@neilr4867]

That bizzare accent Kevin Bridges always takes the piss out of is something that wasn't really there 30 years ago.

[@musicguy20]

I pray none of various accents in the UK ever fade away. Seems like they’re changing tho for international reasons.

[@NagoyaHouseHead]

Will ye go lassie go And we`ll all go together

[@souskai]

Isn't many of the Scottish people, descendants of Norwegian voyagers (vikingrs)??

[@ruthruth647]

If you got Scottish accent and come to America All people will look at you lije Youre special

[@grahamlait1969]

The big question about the difference between the two accents is 'Where does the glottal stop?'... presumably somewhere around Harthill: So what happens there?

[@MrZOMBIE170]

I'm from Greenock when growing up me and my brother thought my great ant and uncle who live Edinburgh were English because how proper they speak we would be given into trouble for specking scots, is there a Greenock accent i can tell someone form port glasgow by there accent

[@rangerlcfc]

Parents from just outside Glasgow. I was raised in Leicester. I’ve got the weirdest accent. Most ppl think I’m from Yorkshire or Manchester 😂

[@gingerfellah5665]

I attended a training course in Glasgow and the minute the Edinburgh delegate discovered I was from Glasgow he blanked me.

[@Weeflowerofscotland]

I grew up in East Kilbride. We definitely did have an accent … I’m not so sure anymore. I now live in Kirkintilloch and it’s a harsher Glasgow accent so within a few miles accents can change 😂

[@standenberg]

I love it...Kirkintilloch sounds the most Scottish place-name ever 😁 even I sound Scottish when I say it (& I’m originally from South Africa)...but the Scots accent is the best ever IMO

[@JohnSmith-nx2bl]

Kirkintilloch just has a normal Glasgow accent. It’s when you get to Falkirk it changes.

[@gingerfellah5665]

@@JohnSmith-nx2blIt definitely changes in Falkirk but it actually changes in Croy. When I moved to Lenzie (very close to Kirkie) I picked up the accent, the dialect the lot. It was very distinctive, a sing song accent but I guess over the years it has become more Glasgow generic.

[@louisebastock5558]

What's the number plate on the blue Ford (Cortina? Taunus?). Northern Irish? It's 4 numbers 2 letters "2788 ZL" I think.

[@TurboMintyFresh]

Scottish accent overall is one of the best accent ever

[@kevinjamesdawes7223]

I always thought Billy's aren't became more Aberdeen the older he got.

[@K_-_-_-_K]

mon the dorich

[@krashd]

@@K_-_-_-_K Fit like?

[@seanseoltoir]

Glasgow and Edinburgh are about 45 miles apart (city center to city center)... To those of us in the US, the idea that you could have two noticeably different accents by traveling that short of a distance is absurd... Where I live, 45 miles is about half way across town and driving the entire length of the country would not even put me out of my home state, much less encounter a significantly different accent...

[@yootaobe5536]

Its like this across the UK with accents changing noticeably between short distances. I wonder why its like this in the UK but not as significant elsewhere?

[@Support-your-local-team]

@@yootaobe5536 It is like that in most countries. It maybe doesn't feel like that to us because it's not the case in the US, Canada and Australia for some reason.

[@atomictraveller]

we moved to arizona in 1980. i remember before that, noticing when people were from the next county by their accents.

[@baronmeduse]

@JoAnna Edssay Absolutely, there was a huge migration from Ireland a very long time ago. After the Romans Dál Riata comprised south-west Scotland and what is now Northern Ireland. Specific language similarities between the both. When that fellow in the video with the dark shirt is giving examples of 'top of the league' the third one is very 'Irish'.

[@sporkfindus4777]

I'm English and I'm aware of different accents in the US without even having visited, but I suppose it's a case of travelling huge distances to detect any. A friend of mine lives 40 miles away and I can think of 4 distinct accents within that distance, including dropping the rhotic 'r', in other words from West Country farmer/bumpkin/yokel speak to the industrial Midlands. I'd say it happens when you pass the Malvern Hills in this region.

[@anstriagreenwood3365]

I saw Billy Connolly doing standup in an Edinburgh pub in 1980 during the Fringe Festival when he was just starting out. Very irreverent, a bit vugar, but funny as heck.

[@phoeb_ulous1209]

My head's hurting fter watching this.

[@emer67]

Cumbernauld accent is tougher to unravel than Glasgow. ...Glasgow is in my heart

[@peterbrown8880]

Brilliant!!!

[@nomdeplume8355]

Billy Connolly sounds EXACTLY the same as when he made this video. lol

[@lewiscarrington1777]

Limmy should watch this

[@brownwarrior6867]

Glesga - More than a dash of gallus swagger with a slight undertone of imminent danger. Edinburgh - All fur coat and no nickers.

[@ChesterPerry187]

CCS

[@tonyclifton265]

" “Choose life.Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a f**king big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance."

[@T--xk3hf]

Bet I can tops yes all: My dad's from Dundee...

[@nickwatson2167]

Edinburgh south and Edinburgh north have two different accents . And they haven't got the same accent as central Edinburgh . I am south and I might be typing in English but you would probably say that I am Glaswegian as the area of Edinburgh the souths accent is made up of Irish Glaswegian and travelling community . As well as borders and fife . we could have our own dictionary and I speak the same accent as king James the 3rd . Barry fir yer naggins . Good for you . Ah ken whit yeh mean gadgie . I know what you mean my friend . used to go out with a lassie from Manchester . What a hoot ,, God knows If we ever understood each other lol

[@lynnalborough9672]

Oh! Bring back Rab C Nesbitt... So brilliant...

[@haraldtheyounger5504]

Have you seen any of Scot Squad, had me on the floor splitting my sides.

[@lynnalborough9672]

@@haraldtheyounger5504 .. no. Is he the same as Rab?

[@haraldtheyounger5504]

@@lynnalborough9672 Based on policing in Scotland and the characters they have to deal with on a daily basis. There are episodes on KZbin.

[@lynnalborough9672]

@@haraldtheyounger5504 .thank you .

[@WhoJustReplying]

Edinburgh accent is like if Greeks, Italians spoke English at their best and Glasgow accent is like literally a different language.

[@decimal1815]

Classic "real" Edinburgh accent: Norman MacCaig - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ona7oqqAbJVsrq8

[@mjp8648]

Have thought for a long time that (as recently mentioned below) Edinburgh = The Prime of Miss Brodie but Glasgow = Rab C Nesbitt.

[@yingyang1008]

Accent in Scotland changes just a 30 minute drive away

[@JM-hc1pf]

Accents in England can change just a couple of miles away. People in Aldridge just 2 miles out from Walsall town centre sound like Brummies whilst Walsall folks sound Black country.

[@joedwyer3297]

@@JM-hc1pf thats the same accent

[@JM-hc1pf]

@@joedwyer3297 black country and Brummie is NOT the same accent lol

[@Kobuletely]

How do you understand it?) Eleven lift😀

[@benmacdui9328]

The Edinburgh thing is bullshit , try telling the good folk of Pilton or Wester Hailes they dinna hae an accent.

[@James-oo1yq]

The Morningside accent is just that, an accent you hear in the tiny Morningside area. Listen for it anywhere else in Edinburgh you won't hear it. 5 miles outside Edinburgh, say Tranent or Fife, and you have different accents again

[@papapiers1588]

Exactly

[@raycroal]

aye restilrigg road don't speak morningside

[@garymac5571]

Exactly. Same with Stenhouse, parts of Muirhouse, parts of Leith and many other areas. Nobody in any Edinburgh scheme speaks with a Morningside accent!

[@chanelc95]

Exactly.

[@Wagoo]

Chanty wrasslin' for goodness sake

[@hansbambach4854]

Fantastic

[@vercingetorixavernian8978]

Literally everyone has long fluffy hair haha

[@gump5ter01]

What pool hall is that

[@YerDa67]

There’s far more accents in Scotland than these two, though 😂 The boy at 2.44 (approx) sounds more Dundonian than Glaswegian, tbh.

[@PaulMappud]

Sure I heard a Mrs Doubtfire in there somewhere...

[@gingerfellah5665]

Robin Williams used Bill Forsyth’s accent for inspiration.

[@user-ht8pn6dv9j]

6:28~7:13

[@keithwald5349]

Billy Connolly and Sean Connery are iconic Glasgow and Edinburgh representatives, although from their surnames, I'd guess both are of Irish descent!

[@Eire_Go_Deo]

I know Sean had Irish blood on his Father's side for sure. Sean even referred to his father as an "Irish Tinker" in an 80s interview with Barbara Walters. As an Irishman myself who loves the Scots, I always makes me proud when I find out great Scots have some Irish blood

[@rustledjammies8769]

The guy at 8:36 sounds almost like the Glaswegian actor Gordon Jackson (The Great Escape, The Professionals). Listen here: vuxo2HcGoz0

[@theram4320]

I'm a terrible Sassenach, but I have to say that the posh Edinburgh accent has more than a touch of the poshest English accent. They could be naturally occurring. Just saying.

[@drhughjass]

Billy Connolly.

[@sporkfindus4777]

It takes some of the heat off us English though 😂

[@New-ye2fl]

We always live rent free in Glaswegians heads

[@SamMcDonald83]

Feel like could have done with some Mounty Python in there

[@archangel6415]

Very interesting comparison. I’ve lived in Glasgow now for just over 30 years. But I was born in Edinburgh where I lived 30 years. I’ve travelled the world with my Edinburgh accent which needed to be refined just to be understood! I also found that slowing down ma speech also helped to be understood. Both slowing the speech and refining the accent should primarily be recognised as absolutely necessary if you want ANYBODY ootseed Scotland to Ken whit yur saying! But do we not want to be well spoken? Whit’s rang with learning the art of speakin correctly to be understood? I would have been frightfully lonely on all my foreign travel had I not at least tried to be Kent Betur. I have to say, I hate the Glasgow fang-twang, uv never liked it and could never sink to adopting such. Heff the teem a canny make out a single word being said. I have often found the commoner addressing his betters as though haf-cut. At least that’s the perception one gets. But what really grates on my nerves is the superfluous use of cussing his fellow man! Utterly unbecoming. In ma humble opinion you understand! When I first arrived in Glasgow, having passed the old eastern general hospital facade, from the M8 with its disgusting drab and soakin weet frontage, I really felt I’d made a frightful mistake, asking myself quite seriously “whoat-the h##l huv-a dun?”. Alas, I’m still here over 3O+years later! So what kept me here? I’ll not get too philosophical for those who’ve never learned to spell right! But, that’s a torturous answer. Firstly, I was gaged & bound, beaten then tortured before being taken down the aisle by my ‘lovely’ wife! A most forgettable day ever. And, in spite of its uncouth people with its uncouth foreign language, the people made me welcome and while the city has it goodly share of Keelies, other critters could either be described as sectarian thugs but who, while well oiled could yet smile through toothless gums at me. Simply heart melting where it’s not heart breaking! If one were to compare Edinburgh with Glasgow I wouldn’t dare, for whilst I like to ‘sympathise’ for the people of Glasgow, I utterly loath the city and I would not dare to rightfully insult its citizens by revealing the truth about these horribly depressing facts: for it’s drug infested underworld, or it’s 24/7 relationship with alcohol. It’s relationship with fish topped with deep fried mars bars. na, I just coudnay be so cruel to bring this to the residents of this crazy sprawling City. I’m just not that kind of a person. So I conclude with the sage, ‘Live and let live’ I say. For the more serious, for those who’ve taken themselves too seriously, or for those who can’t spell satire let alone ‘get it’, I ask you to count to 10 and smile at yourself, I’d laugh! For I’m trying to humour you and not hate you. In case you’ve not noticed, the whole world has gotten really really angry. Let’s all lighten up, indeed let’s all grow in love and faith in the God of grace who wants your attention and your soul. Here’s the answer to ‘all of life’s sufferings and frustrations! Take a look at this for a real life change. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppLPo2WmecaSsNE

[@papapiers1588]

You are ranting

[@archangel6415]

@@papapiers1588 eh, no, I’m joking!

[@gxqx797]

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[@barbarossa5700]

The Great Vowel Shift, a series of changes in the pronunciation of the English language that took place primarily between 1400 and 1700s. *Scots as a language is closely related to Old English more so than Modern English with the Scots still using the same ancient vowels well after the great English vowel shift.* The Scots language has one unique difference compared to Old English which they brought over from Gaelic which is VSO(verb-subject-object) within linguistic typology whereas English itself is SVO. Scots is often regarded as one of the ancient varieties of English, but it has its own distinct dialects. Alternatively, *Scots is sometimes treated as a distinct Germanic language,* in the way that Norwegian is closely linked to, but distinct from, Danish. English Scots Old English one ane an two twa twa four fower feower go gang gan always, ever aye a / (Norse ei) you ye ge (ye) know ken cennan how hou (like hoo) hu (like hoo) armpit oxster ohsta, oxta stone stane stan if gif gif out out (like oot) ut (like oot) town toun (like toon) tun (like toon) against agin agen child bairn baern borough burgh burg/burh it hit hit our our (like oor) ure (like ooruh) cow/cows coo (sing) kye (plur) cu (sing) cy (plural) eyes een (plural of ee) eagan (plural of eage) shoes shuin (like shin) scon (plural of scoh, sc pronounced like sh) Scotland is mostly multilingual they have three languages modern English, Scots(form of old English) and our national language Scottish Gaelic. Most people will hear Modern English mixed with Scots, *strange fact is that alot of Scots do not know they speak bilingual, they think it's merely slang, it's not.* Modern Scots is closest related to Old English, so when you think a Scot isn't speaking English they most likely are just in a more ancient vernacular tongue.

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@@barbarossa5700 thank you for taking the time to share these most interesting facts and our long language heritage with its many influences, French also but especially the Germanic one of which I was aware of. Indeed, as a teenager I decided to learn German for my anticipated 2 year visit there and found I had a pronunciation advantage being a Scot. Learning German or indeed any language including the essential vernacular from living among the ‘natives’ is a huge step up from learning from a book.

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