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[-] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

It's the same with Scottish accents - the English think there's just one, but there's an big range. Living here for 30+ years I can identify Orkney, Highlands, Western Isles, Weegie, Reekie (posh and non-posh), Aberdeen and Galloway. That last one is odd, it sounds almost Geordie and the locals call it "Galloway Irish".

[-] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 2 points 13 hours ago

Grew up in Galloway. It's the rest of you who are accenting wrong.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Weegie, Reekie

i need to move, y'all have the best names

[-] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 22 hours ago

The names translate as Glaswegian (from Glasgow) and Edinburgh.Reekie means smokey, the city used to have a serious smog problem.

[-] YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Tell me about it - i live in Shetland, which is wildy different from our closest neighbours in Orkney, which to my ears sounds like Welsh!

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