The Glasgow dialect has long caused problems for visitors to our city, but seldom have the results been quite as hilarious as the time someone wanted to ask their First Bus driver for a "Noddy ticket".
On Sunday a thread appeared on the r/Scotland channel on Reddit in which a site user asked the community if they had ever heard of the unusual-sounding ticket name.
They explained that they were in Glasgow visiting a friend, who had advised them they travel round the town all day by purchasing a one-off "Noddy ticket" from the driver.
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When a search for such a ticket deal on the official First Bus website yielded nothing, our perplexed visitor took to Reddit to see if city locals might be able to shed further light.
Under the heading 'What's a Noddy ticket for the buses?', they wrote: "I'm visiting a friend in Glasgow but he had to leave for a family emergency. As he was going out the door he said I should ask the bus driver for a Noddy ticket.
"I can't see any promotions involving Noddy for First buses but maybe it's slang I don't know about or something or is he just trying to wind me up?"
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While the peculiar question had some scratching their heads, others were immediately sent into stitches of laughter and Glasgow Reddit users had a field day with the idea that First Bus may have introduced a special kind of ticket named after a certain famous wooden elf toy.
"'An aw day ticket.' To last you the rest of the day," wrote one user.
"If you're feeling peckish while you're there you should grab Noddy breakfast too," joked another.
GhostlySnailfish said: "A Noddy ticket is when a little man with a red and yellow car comes to pick you up. It's kind of like Uber."
Galldfish added: "Took too long to clock this, but stand up and take a bow. That is the post of the year."
Since the Reddit thread was posted, Glasgow Live has been informed that the 'Noddy ticket' exchange was actually the basis of a stand-up routine by local comic Stu Who?, who came up with the hilarious gag a number of years ago.
Nevertheless, the incredible response on Reddit just goes to show that there's something very special indeed about the Glasgow dialect.
It's not unusual for newcomers to the Glasgow area to find themselves confused by the local vernacular - as another Reddit user noted.
Someone wrote: "Worked in a dairy with a few lads from different countries. One of them wanted to know what the word 'foxy' meant because he kept hearing us guys say it all day, every day.
"It took us a minute to work out that what he was hearing was actually three words. The first was 'for', the last was 'sake'."
This article was amended on March 21, 2023, to recognise the work of Glasgow comic Stu Who?.
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