Glaswegians - Don't you just love them - and then there is Edinburgh

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Walking with Mrs Hogie along the Trongate (in Glasgow) late Saturday afternoon we passed two middle aged ladies and a bloke walking towards the High Street. One lady said to the other.

"ahm gonnae deck you in 2 minutes"

That's what I like about Glaswegians - they are compassionate and caring - they'll give you a warning in advance of the assault.

But we stayed over in Edinburgh on Thursday night - The hotel concierge (see - they have concierges in posh Edinburgh Hotels - in Glasgow they have Hall Porters). Anyway - on discovering that I am a Weegie the concierge asks the deep philosophical question that examines the nature of the Glaswegian and the Edinburgher/Embresian (or whatever the word is for the inhabitants of the Athens of the North).

"What is the difference between Edinburgh and Glasgow? In Edinburgh if you see someone walking along the road with a golf club they are going to play golf"

My Weegie retort was of course...

"What is the difference between Edinburgh and Glasgow? In Glasgow if you visit someone late afternoon they'll say -- You'll be stayin' for your tea! In Edinburgh they'll say -- You'll have hid yer tea"

And inherent in these two wee observational 'jokes' there lies the sociological difference between how Glaswegians see Edinburghers and how Edinburghers see Glaswegians.

Have to say that as a Glaswegian having spent day and a half in Edinburgh and seen parts of Edinburgh as I have never seen them before i.e. more than the castle, the royal mile, Murrayfield -- a load of pubs and the roads in between -- I am dismayed and it rather hurts to have to say that architecturally Embra is magnificent; and the Edinburghers we met were actually very friendly and helpful.

So when you look at the home where you heart is - do you and other residents of that place look on with scorn and denigration upon another nearby village, town or city?

Anyway...

 

[delc]

I know a girl from Glasgow (the wife of one of my friends). Despite living in the South of England for many years, she has a accent that could scratch glass! The Edinburgh accent is much softer and easier for us Sassenachs to understand. 😀

 

[Tashyboy]

Over to you Doon 👍

Of course everything will get better in Glasgow once Nicola gets her independence. Which is purely the fault of the sassanachs in the first place :whoo:

On a serious note, good honest opinion.

Personally I Don't look upon any nearby town and look down on them. But futbah that's a differant matter all together.

 

[Tashyboy]

I know a girl from Glasgow (the wife of one of my friends). Despite living in the South of England for many years, she has a accent that could scratch glass! The Edinburgh accent is much softer and easier for us Sassenachs to understand. 

Dont matter which part of Scotland the accent comes from, get them excited or upset and the language speeds up X 10 and you have more chance of understanding Swahili.
My favourite Scotish saying. Rab C Nesbit " hey baby doll, is there one or two f's in Sphincter".

 

[Val]

Dont matter which part of Scotland the accent comes from, get them excited or upset and the language speeds up X 10 and you have more chance of understanding Swahili.
My favourite Scotish saying. Rab C Nesbit " hey baby doll, is there one or two f's in Sphincter".

I think you'll find he says "Mary doll" :rofl:

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I know a girl from Glasgow (the wife of one of my friends). Despite living in the South of England for many years, she has a accent that could scratch glass! The Edinburgh accent is much softer and easier for us Sassenachs to understand. 😀

That's cos they think they are better than the rest of us (though @FD will protest muchly ). One reason Mrs Hogie now wants to move to Embra rather than Glasgow, is that her Derbyshire accent won't be that obvious and sticky-ootie

Won't help her that much - witness conversations we had with various girls in Embra New Town estate agents on Friday

Nice Embra Lassie -- "Where are you from?"
Me -- "I'm from Glasgow -- South Side, my wife is English"

I'm very specific about where I'm from - the south side of the river - 'English' is good enough for my Mrs (I'm only kiddin' - honest)

 

[delc]

Between proper jobs, I once had a temporary job in a call centre. One week we mainly had to deal with enquiries from the Glasgow area. At first I could hardly understand a word most of them were saying, but I almost got used to their accent by the end of week. It's English, but not as we know it Jim! 🙄

 

[FairwayDodger]

That's cos they think they are better than the rest of us (though @FD will protest muchly ). One reason Mrs Hogie now wants to move to Embra rather than Glasgow, is that her Derbyshire accent won't be that obvious and sticky-ootie

Won't help her that much - witness conversations we had with various girls in Embra New Town estate agents on Friday

Nice Embra Lassie -- "Where are you from?"
Me -- "I'm from Glasgow -- South Side, my wife is English"

I'm very specific about where I'm from - the south side of the river - 'English' is good enough for my Mrs (I'm only kiddin' - honest)

Oi! I might live in the burgh but ahm a weegie so am ur!

 

[delc]

Oi! I might live in the burgh but ahm a weegie so am ur!

From my experience of working in the call centre, I think she is saying that she lives in Edinburgh now, but she's originally from Glasgow. 😀

 

[Jensen]

What I find strange is the posh Scots who don't have an accent, they actually sound more like English.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Oi! I might live in the burgh but ahm a weegie so am ur!

Sincerest and deepest apligoes @FD - sic an insult from me.

BTW - my aunt in Morningside who we visited on Friday (has lived in same house since 1967) tells me that Morningside really isn't that posh - though I have to say that I spotted the Waitrose on Morningside Road - and did I see an artisan baker?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

What I find strange is the posh Scots who don't have an accent, they actually sound more like English.

It's an affectation they have...the one that tells us that sex is what you get coal in...

Mind you my accent is thought of as being a bit posh - when in fact (as my aunt observed on Friday) it's more a bit West Coast / South West Heilan' than Glasgow posh.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

From my experience of working in the call centre, I think she is saying that she lives in Edinburgh now, but she's originally from Glasgow. 😀

OK - try this wee bit of doric

A ken a ken ye but a da ken fur a ken ye fae

 

[williamalex1]

Oi! I might live in the burgh but ahm a weegie so am ur!

Yeh urnae ur ye. :smirk:

 

[delc]

OK - try this wee bit of doric

A ken a ken ye but a da ken fur a ken ye fae

Beyond me I'm afraid! 🙄

 

[Norrin Radd]

OK - try this wee bit of doric

A ken a ken ye but a da ken fur a ken ye fae

.
i will try.
"I know i know you but i dont know for where i knew you before"

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

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i will try.
"I know i know you but i dont know for where i knew you before"

Close enough

"I know I know you but I don't know where I know you from"

 

[Doon frae Troon]

What I find strange is the posh Scots who don't have an accent, they actually sound more like English.

'We are not all Rob Roys' you know'.........Dr MacGregor, Hancock @ 1962

21 years near Enbro, 20 years near the Weegies.............I think they are both great.:lol:

 

[FairwayDodger]

Yeh urnae ur ye. :smirk:

Am urnae kiddin ye!

 

[FairwayDodger]

Sincerest and deepest apligoes @FD - sic an insult from me.

BTW - my aunt in Morningside who we visited on Friday (has lived in same house since 1967) tells me that Morningside really isn't that posh - though I have to say that I spotted the Waitrose on Morningside Road - and did I see an artisan baker?

Well I do own property in morningside but don't live there yet. I expect there will be an artisan baker, there was even one near our old place on Easter road.