Och aye the fucking noo

! This post hasn't been updated in over a year. A lot can change in a year including my opinion and the amount of naughty words I use. There's a good chance that there's something in what's written below that someone will find objectionable. That's fine, if I tried to please everybody all of the time then I'd be a Lib Dem (remember them?) and I'm certainly not one of those. The point is, I'm not the kind of person to try and alter history in case I said something in the past that someone can use against me in the future but just remember that the person I was then isn't the person I am now nor the person I'll be in a year's time.

A translation company is advertising for “Glaswegian English” interpreters.

The advert says:

“GLASWEGIAN” Interpreters: Translation company seeks speakers of “Glaswegian English” with knowledge of vocabulary, accent, nuances, to meet interpreting needs of clients who fund it an unexpected challenge.

I expect the Scottish government will be giving out grants for “Glaswegian English” interpreters before long.

6 comments

  1. Ginro (6 comments) says:

    LOL! One of the funniest post titles I’ve seen.

  2. wonkotsane (1133 comments) says:

    You didn’t realise I was such a talented linguist did you?

  3. axel (1214 comments) says:

    no, this is a bad thing, it just encourages them to be primative, unwashed fuck wits.

    This is exactly what the Tesco guy is talking about when he says schools produce useless unqualified wankers, these people are’nt some opressed 3rd world tribe from the back of beyond, they are locals and…..

    Maybe they are a backward sub human species, on the plus side, lets see who the politically correct mob get on in Barlanark……. 😀

  4. stedmancinques (3 comments) says:

    The BBC broadcast their coverage of the 1959 General Election on BBC4 last week. I watched with nostalgic interest Richard Dimbleby, the chalk board graphics, and Shock!! Horror!! of all Shock! Horrors!, Bob McKenzie, with the Mk. 1 Swingometer SMOKING A CIGARETTE ON SCREEN.
    The Returning Officers for the various Glasgow constituencies all spoke perfectly enunciated English, with the slightly clipped vowels and hint of a lilt to indicate their regional accent, showing they can do it if they try.
    Today, there is far more chance of understanding, say, a Pakistani army commander, who is sometimes (unnecessarily) subtitled, than some thickly accented Glaswegian, who never is, and whose message is therefore utterly and totally incomprehensible to the majority of the population.
    The only thing missing from the BBC broadcast was the acceptance speech of the Rt. Hon member for Wolverhampton West. Pity.

  5. McFeagle (9 comments) says:

    Weel Im fair scunnert aboot this yin gettin unner the radar … having just got out of hospital Im amazed that none of us foreign heathens from the north responded to this one … it should be noted that the translation company specifically refers to weegies .. I wonder if they have geordie and brummie translators as well .
    Being a Fifer and having lived in England for 20 years I’ve had nothing but complements about the ‘accent’ .
    http://www.todaytranslations.com/press-room/Glaswegian/ID/34 bucking farstewards

  6. Tong (1 comments) says:

    Aye, get some bucky doon yer and ye ken Glaswegian nay problem.

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