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Glasgow Standard English (GSE), the Glaswegian form of Scottish English, spoken by most middle-class speakers; Glasgow vernacular (GV), the dialect of many working-class speakers, which is historically based on West-Central Scots, but which shows strong influences from Irish English, its own distinctive slang and increased levelling towards GSE ...
Alexander Smith was the eldest of eight, possibly nine, children born to John Smith (1803–1884) and Christina née Murray (1804–1881). John Smith was a pattern designer for the textile trade; he worked variously in Paisley and in Kilmarnock, where Alexander was born, before moving to Glasgow when Alexander was about eight years old.
Newsletter of Glasgow University Archive Services (Dunaskin News) (9 – March). Archived from the original on 25 October 2003. A. J. Cronin (1952). Adventures in Two Worlds (autobiography). McGraw-Hill Books. pp. 9– 12. description of a brain surgery carried out by Macewen around 1918; The Glasgow Story. "Photograph of Sir William Macewen ...
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 .
Cairn Capercaillie Claymore Trousers Bard [1] The word's earliest appearance in English is in 15th century Scotland with the meaning "vagabond minstrel".The modern literary meaning, which began in the 17th century, is heavily influenced by the presence of the word in ancient Greek (bardos) and ancient Latin (bardus) writings (e.g. used by the poet Lucan, 1st century AD), which in turn took the ...
Glasgow Peggie or Glasgow Peggy (Child 228, Roud 95) is a traditional English-language folk song, existing in several variants. Synopsis.
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.
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]