First time visitors to Glasgow may struggle to pronounce some of the city’s more interestingly named neighbourhoods.
Often, there’s a tendency for tourists to say Glass-cow whilst the pronunciation of Scotland’s largest city is, of course, Glaz-go. So with the name of the city already causing issues, we dread to think how people will get on with street names and neighbourhoods.
Here are some of the places in and around Glasgow which have their own distinctive way of being pronounced by local residents.
1. Sauchiehall Street
Plenty of Glaswegian's have passed along Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow with it being pronounced saw-kee-hawl-street | Scotsman
2. Botany
The Botany is an area of Maryhill which regularly featured in the filming of Still Game. Locals pronounce the area name but-nay. | dod
3. Barrowfield
Found in Glasgow's East End, locals tend to refer to the area as Barra-field. | Supplied
4. Cadder
Cadder is a neighbourhood found in the north of Glasgow which borders Glasgow Western Necropolis & Crematorium, Lambhill Cemetery and St. Kentigern's RC Cemetery, Locals refer to the area as caw-der. | Google Maps