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How to talk like a Glaswegian

10 things that will make you sound Glaswegian Hi everyone, welcome back to another blog about my foreign life studying in Glasgow. Previously I have provided advice on how to understand the Glaswegian (check out my Glaswegian Slang blog post!), but then I realised all the ways that the Glasgow accent actually influenced me. There are things that I now say either on purpose to "fit in" or because I have subconsciously picked up.  Have you taken a picture with the Duke of Wellington? Therefore, this post is going to be about how easy it is to talk just like a Glaswegian. I tried to compile a list of realistic terms, a lot of which I use myself, because there are just some things like "ah I'm getting pished tonight" that just feel unnatural to me. Like I am trying to hard - so I didn't bother with these kinds of terms. Let's jump into it.  1. "Half 11"  In Glasgow (or Scotland generally I presume), people don't use the Ameri

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