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Thread #24666   Message #284209
Posted By: Barbara
24-Aug-00 - 02:21 PM
Thread Name: BS: The GLESCA BIBLE
Subject: RE: BS: The GLESCA BIBLE
Yes, please, I'd love to see a bit of the New Testament, too LJC. I once played in a band wi' a Glaswegian, and he sounded quite a bit like your text. Eventually I could understand him, but I'm not sure if it was because my ear improved or his accent lessened.
Valentine Doyle once told a terrible Cinderella story on him that ended with a pun about glass Wegguns (a brand of casual shoe).
My husband's very English uncle visited us a while back and he was full of complaints about the lack of civilization in the colonies.(We undercook our meat and vegetables, for one). One of the NY rele's had him paged in La Guardia, and he missed the connection because he didn't recognize his name. "You people don't know how to enuciate your consonants properly," he told us.
I suspect he'd fare no better in Glesca.
Blessings,
Barbara