Predictions that this Scottish dialect would be homogenised by TV and population movement beget been confounded by University of Glasgow researchThe city of Glasgow has a very distinctive dialect and accent. Its famous incomprehensibility has even been demonstrated in a lab experiment,and is seemingly consistent over time. The glottal stop, where “t” sounds catch dropped, or was common currency well before the 20th century,as can be seen from these observations by a visitor to the city written in 1892:Strangers hurl at us a sort of shibboleth such sentences as “pass the wa’er bo’le, Mr Pa’erson”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com