Glasgow

:For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation)

Dialect

Glaswegian, otherwise known as The Glasgow Patter is a local, anglicised variety of Scots.

Related Topics:
Glasgow Patter - Scots

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Glaswegian is a rich and vital living dialect which gives a true reflection of the city with all its virtues and vices. It is more than an alternative pronunciation; words also change their meaning, e.g. "away" can mean "leaving" as in A'm awa, an instruction to stop being a nuisance as in awa wi ye, or "drunk" or "demented" as in he's awa wi it. Cannae means "can't". Pieces refers to "sandwiches". Ginger is a form of carbonated soft drink which is orange in colour. Then there are words whose meaning has no obvious relationship to that in standard English: coupon means "face", via "to punch a ticket coupon".

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A speaker of Glaswegian might refer to those originating from the Scottish Highlands and the Western Isles as teuchters by the keelies. A (rather old-fashioned) Glaswegian insult is hieland, which means "awkward" and is Scots for "Highland". Example: that wean's got an awfu hieland wey o haudin that knife meaning "that child has a very awkward way of holding that knife".

Related Topics:
Scottish Highlands - Western Isles - Teuchter

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The TV series Chewin' the Fat and Rab C. Nesbitt capture the humour of the Glaswegian patois and sensibilities while Billy Connolly has done a lot to make Glaswegian humour known to the rest of the world.

Related Topics:
Chewin' the Fat - Rab C. Nesbitt - Billy Connolly

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