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The Glasgow dialect, also called Glaswegian, varies from Scottish English at one end of a bipolar linguistic continuum to the local dialect of West Central Scots at the other. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Therefore, the speech of many Glaswegians can draw on a "continuum between fully localised and fully standardised". [ 3 ]
Paddies, Huns (sectarian offensive term for pro-British Unionists), Taigs (sectarian offensive term for pro-Irish Nationalists) North Shields Cods Heeds, Fish Nabbers [citation needed] North Wales Gogs [44] Northwich Salter Boys [citation needed] Norwich Nodgies, Canaries, Budgies (the football club colours are green and yellow) Nottingham
Ah've heard folk use 'rocket' tae mean 'mento' but ah've also heard enough folk use it tae mean 'stupit' tae say it means baith, at least in some areas. Plus folk say "in ma puff" aw the time here in Maryhill. As for 'jeg', its a bit ay an older word and 'click', as far as ah know, is an older word meanin 'git aff wae'.
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Glaswegian is the associated adjective and demonym of Glasgow, a city of the Scottish Lowlands in Scotland. It may refer to: It may refer to: Anything from or related to the city of Glasgow, in particular:
[2] [3] The name stonner is derived from a combination of "sausage" and "donner", and is the Glaswegian slang word for an erection. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] The stonner kebab became notable for having 1,000 kcal (4,200 kJ) of food energy and 46 g (1.6 oz) of fat.
In Lancashire the doffing boys were free to do what they liked once they had completed a doffing, as long as they stayed within earshot of the "throstle jobber," who would whistle when they were next needed. They were motivated to do the work as fast as possible, since this gave them as long as possible to play.
In Scottish education a short leet is a list of selected job applicants, and a remit is a detailed job description. Provost is used for "mayor" and procurator fiscal for "public prosecutor". Often, lexical differences between Scottish English and Southern Standard English are simply differences in the distribution of shared lexis, such as stay ...