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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
[1] [2] Therefore, the speech of many Glaswegians can draw on a "continuum between fully localised and fully standardised". [3] Additionally, the Glasgow dialect has Highland English and Hiberno-English influences [4] owing to the speech of Highlanders and Irish people who migrated in large numbers to the Glasgow area in the 19th and early 20th ...
Ivor Cutler (born Isadore Cutler, [1] 15 January 1923 – 3 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, singer, musician, songwriter, artist and humorist.He became known for his regular performances on BBC radio, and in particular his numerous sessions recorded for John Peel's influential eponymous late-night radio programme (on BBC Radio 1), and later for Andy Kershaw's programme.
The coat of arms of Glasgow is the official emblem of the city of Glasgow. It was first granted by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in 1866, and was re-granted to the current city council in 1996. [ 2 ] The design references several legends associated with Saint Mungo , the patron saint of Glasgow.
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.
O'Hagan was born in Glasgow City Centre in 1968, [1] [2] of Irish Catholic descent, and grew up in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire. [3] His mother was a school cleaner, his father worked as a joiner in Paisley, and he had four elder brothers. [1]
Leyla Josephine (born 1991) is a poet, screenwriter, performer and educator from Glasgow, Scotland, currently living South Ayrshire. She has won a number of awards for her poetry and her spoken word show Hopeless received critical praise. [2] In 2019, Leyla launched a new show, Daddy Drag. [3]
Matt McGinn was born in Ross Street at the corner of the Gallowgate in Calton, in the East End of Glasgow, on 17 January 1928. Born the eighth child of a family of nine, his formal education ended when he entered an approved school at the age of 12. Despite this, McGinn was, by his early 20s, recognised as a highly political charismatic debater ...