On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:05:01 +0000, Orchid XP v7 wrote:

> As Benny pointed out, there are - or were - areas of England where the
> dialect they speak is so strange as to be beyond comprehension to most
> normal people. [I'm not even going to attempt to describe his impression
> of Glasgow. But it involves saying "JIMMI!" a lot and speaking extremely
> fast...]

Glaswegian can be difficult to understand, yes.  I've got a friend/
coworker who lives between Glasgow and Edinburgh who speaks a dying 
dialect of Gaelic.  A real shame, because it's a beautiful language to 
listen to.

Jim

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