'A guy once explained it beautifully to me. He said: 'There's more fun at a Glasgow funeral than there was at an Edinburgh wedding'.'
The differences between Glasgow and Edinburgh are well-documented - especially when it comes to how we use wir words.
One of the questions the show explores is whether or not the difference between the two cities' way of speaking stems from social and geographical factors. However, the suggestion - as remains popular today - does seem to be that Edinburgh's accent is "posh and snooty" compared to Glasgow's more working class vernacular.Billy Connolly notes at the very start of the clip, "A guy once explained it beautifully to me.
As the fans head through the turnstiles, the officer, who is on crowd control duties, says: "Good lad, in you get - take yer faither in with you," to which the young male supporter responds: "That's no' ma da'; that's ma wee brar!" It's a view that's long been held by many Glaswegians, and it tends to irk those from Edinburgh's less affluent areas. The programme does little to dispel the notion, either!
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