Read Scotland 2014 discussion

This list of Scots Words and Phrases might come in handy as your reading. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ulsterscots/words

Here's another list like that one:

http://www.top-ten-glasgow-guide.com/...

Stephen wrote: "Here's another list like that one:

http://www.top-ten-glasgow-guide.com/..."

This is wonderful. I'll be in Glasgow on Friday on my way to the Highlands. This may come in handy in tuning my ear.

I love language and how alive and adaptable it is from place to place. When reading over your link, I wondered how much of the Glasgow sayings and pronunciation was unique to the city and what would also be true in the surrounding area or the whole of Scotland itself?

If these are found mainly in Glasgow, what influenced that? There are many there of Irish descent, right? Was/is Glasgow a language melting pot of sorts of Scots - Gaelic - Irish along with Brit English dialects that all got stirred together as the city grew?

Peggy, I noticed your link was concerned with Ulster Scots, which I believe were the Scots transplanted to Northern Ireland and beyond centuries ago. If so, it would be interesting to compare the two:

- a Scots English dialect transplanted and mixed with a local Irish dialect and brewed for a few centuries
- an Irish English dialect transplanted and mixed with a local Scots dialect and brewed for a few centuries

And of course now, we're all influenced by everyone, though it's still not always easy to understand the very nice person giving instructions on how to get from point A to B. :-)

P.J. wrote: "Stephen wrote: "Here's another list like that one:

http://www.top-ten-glasgow-guide.com/..."

This is wonderful. I'll be in Glasgow on Friday on my w..."

It's amazing how many dialects there are in such a small country! I don't know the history of them myself but love to listen to them all! Of course in the US we have different accents from different regions of the country but nothing like these beautiful dialects. I do believe the Glasgow language is definitely just a Glasgow thing. Any Scots out there that can jump in here and enlighten us?

Many of the words that are specific to Glasgow do have their roots in other languages and dialect, particularly the Irish and those from the Highlands and Islands that spoke Gaelic. Sadly a lot of traditional Scots words were in great danger of being lost forever as mainstream education forced children into speaking 'properly'. Thankfully there is now a strong movement in education to keep Scots words and dialects alive.

There are many children's books now written in Scots and even a few of Roald Dahl's books have been rewritten in Scots.

Linda wrote: "...Sadly a lot of traditional Scots words were in great danger of being lost forever as mainstream education forced children into speaking 'properly'. Thankfully there is now a strong movement in education to keep Scots words and dialects alive."

Thanks Linda. It's good to know.

I've also seen the Tin Tin books outside my Waterstones in Scots.