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Chairboys (from the football club, and the town's former industry), Willyous (Wycombe as an acronym: "Will You Come Over, My Bed's Empty") Highlands and Islands (of Scotland) Teuchters, used by other Scots and sometimes applied by Greater Glasgow natives to anyone speaking in a dialect other than Glaswegian Hinckley Tin Hatters [50] Holmes Chapel
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 ]
Basildon is called "Basilwood" or "Basil-wood" for a Hollywood-style road sign on the A127. Basildon "Bas Vegas" – derived from the town's festival leisure park, in reference to the American city of Las Vegas. [10] "Basilwood" or "Basil-wood" – derived from a Hollywood-style road sign for the town on the A127. [11] [12]
Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms also refer to various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words. Additionally, sometimes the use of one or more additional words is optional. Notable examples are cheeses, cat breeds, dog breeds, and horse breeds.
Three variants of obelus glyphs. The dagger symbol originated from a variant of the obelus, originally depicted by a plain line − or a line with one or two dots ÷. [7] It represented an iron roasting spit, a dart, or the sharp end of a javelin, [8] symbolizing the skewering or cutting out of dubious matter. [9] [10] [11]
Glasgow Gaelic is an emerging dialect, described as "Gaelic with a Glasgow accent", [2] of Standard Scottish Gaelic. [3] It is spoken by about 10% of Scottish Gaelic speakers, making it the most spoken Dialect outside of the Highlands .
When you need hope, when you need to remember that change is good, a ladybug appears." Adaptability The tough and hardy little ladybug is found across the world, on every continent except Antarctica.
Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms are also used for various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words. (Sometimes, the use of one or more additional words is optional.) Notable examples are cuisines, cheeses, cat breeds, dog breeds, and horse breeds. (See List of words derived from toponyms.)