glasgowian
/ɡlazˈɡəʊ.i.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
adj
Example Sentences
- "My ex-husband […] looks like a (better looking than average) Glasgowian which isn't surprising since he's half Scot. Long brown hair, a widow's peak, very rich green eyes, 42" chest and a 30" waist. Just put a kilt on him and give him a telephone pole to toss."
- "Yeah, but the 6'2" boxer who wouldn't think twice at grinding a smashed beer bottle into the face of the 5'5" glasgowian^([sic]) is going to wipe the floor with him."
- "My point was just that although (at least younger) Finns in general speak excellent English, there is a distinctive Finnish way of speaking English, not marked by any notable grammatical idiosyncrasies, or tell-tale mispronunciations, but rather by certain peculiarities of intonation, stress, and so on. I have been told that the English spoken by Finns (fluent in English) is often more readily understood by other^([sic]) -- more so than that of, say, a Glasgowian."
- "Delgados-Domestiques. Finally someone was smart enough to release this stateside! Terrifically good Glasgowian pop that you can't go wrong with! You need this!"
- "> I will have to start posting in Esperanto from now on!:-) That's ok, just don't change to a Glasgowian accent :-)"
- "The London to Pompey intercity trains on my line were filled with drunken Glasgowian squaddies fretting in case there wouldn't be any dagoes left for them to kill by the time they got to the Falklands. That, too, was mass hysteria."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ɡlazˈɡəʊ.i.ən/