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> Glasgow Accent Sounds Most Stupid, Researchers claim untainted snobbery
Barry
post 1st Sep 2011, 06:20pm
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I hate hearing the glaswegian accent on tv...it sounds soo deprived. Id rather much meet a nice polite english speaking lady with the attractive english accent, than a "burd". ha rolleyes.gif
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post 1st Sep 2011, 11:48pm
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Whit "nice" English accent wid that be? Brummie, Geordie, Scouse, or the yokel yodelllers of Zoider country? Mebbe the melllifluous tones of true Cockney, or is it the insipid drawl of Oxbridge?

By the way, bein polite has nothin tae dae wi yer accent. Ye can be rude in BBC English an polite in a Glesga accent.


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post 2nd Sep 2011, 05:12am
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I think Barry's extracting the urine here lol.
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post 2nd Sep 2011, 12:03pm
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QUOTE (Barry @ 1st Sep 2011, 06:58pm) *
... than a "burd". ha rolleyes.gif

Watch it pal ... A'm sharin' a nest wi' a big burd ... an' two cats tae. laugh.gif tongue.gif


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post 20th May 2012, 05:51pm
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I dont think there is a Glasgow accent per se. It depends on what part of the city you come from. If you come from the posh areas like Bearsden or Giffnock its unlikely you will call your head your "Heid" or your kids your "weans." I was born and raised in Govan and even there the accents were all different in fact I went to the same school at the same time as Sir Alex Ferguson but I dont sound anything like him

Although I'm now retired I work in a hotel bar in Inverness and meet a lot of English folk and many times I've been told I obviously sound Scottish but very rarely has anyone ever said I sound Glaswegian. Awe well Och Aye the Noo.


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post 21st May 2012, 10:20pm
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On my travels,if they don't understand you,you're from Glasgow...lol
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post 21st May 2012, 11:48pm
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post 22nd May 2012, 02:06am
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Me to Mags.
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post 22nd May 2012, 09:27am
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evryone thinks Iam Irish


I have the same problem and I've never even been there nor do I have any form of relatives from there.
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I'm mostly asked, "Do I detect a Scottish accent?' but once I was accused of being Welsh!! tongue.gif rolleyes.gif


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post 23rd May 2012, 05:42pm
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QUOTE (Barry @ 1st Sep 2011, 06:10pm) *
I hate hearing the glaswegian accent on tv...it sounds soo deprived. Id rather much meet a nice polite english speaking lady with the attractive english accent, than a "burd". ha rolleyes.gif



Ouch Barry.....RP (received pronunciation) is very kind to the ears and pleasant to listen to and I would fully endorse that view but believe me there are many polite speakers in Glasgow. As I have said already in this forum there are many different accents in Glasgow and some of them are rather extreme but I have also met many very clear and concise speakers.

Ahm aff noo to see if ma burd has made me dinner lol


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post 15th Jun 2012, 04:05pm
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Ah blame Jeremy Kyle for giving our glasgow / scottish accents such a bad name. Every time i've seen scottish guests on his show he gets them all wound up and they start ranting and raving like a bunch of loonies and I (as a govanite) cant dam well make out a word they say shock3.gif
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