Tourists coming to the city for the first time may struggle to say Glasgow never mind having a go at trying to pronounce some of the city’s more interestingly named neighbourhoods.
There is 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 locals.
21. Springboig
The East End neighbourhood is near to Shettleston, Barlanark and Greenfield. The pronunciation is Spring-boyg. | Google Maps
22. Strathbungo
Although it may look easy enough to pronounce, the area on the Southside of the city is reffered to by locals as Strath-bung-go. Photo: Google
23. Carmyle
An East End suburb, Carmyle could be described as having a village character about it. The pronunciation of the area is Car-mile. | Google Maps
24. Jenny Lind
An area which may not be too familiar with some in the city is the small neighbourhood of Jenny Lind. It shares a common border with Deaconsbank and is pronounced Jeh-nee-lind. | Google Maps