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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 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 ...
Motto: Rupto robore nati [Latin, 'We are born in a weak condition'] Chief: none, armigerous clan. Seat: Aikenhead, Lanarkshire. Ainslie [4] Crest: Issuing out of a cap of maintenance a naked arm embowed grasping a scymitar all Proper. Motto: Pro patria saepe pro rege semper [Latin, 'For country often, for king always'] Chief: none, armigerous clan
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.
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.
Angus Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist [40] George Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (The Easybeats) [41] John Paul Young, Australian singer [42] Malcolm Young – Scottish-born Australian guitarist [40] Stevie Young
Glasgow Airport is the largest of the two airports that serve Glasgow. There are three international airports within 45 minutes travel of the city centre, as well as a centrally located seaplane terminal. Two airports are dedicated to Glasgow, and Edinburgh Airport, situated on the west
Migration to Scotland from Italy has been predominantly from the provinces of Lucca and Frosinone. [2] Additional provinces with fairly significant emigration to Scotland include Isernia, La Spezia, Pistoia, Parma, Latina, Massa-Carrara and Pordenone. The Scottish Italian community settled mostly in the Glasgow area, most of whom are of Tuscan ...