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Glasgow Live
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Lee Dalgetty

Glasgow words and phrases that only a local will know

Glasgow is a unique city in many ways, but the phrases we've developed over the years is one of our most special traits.

While all areas have their own little dictionaries that are hard to understand for others, Glasgow has some pretty strange words that are especially difficult to translate.

We've popped together a list of some of the most popular words here in the city - and if you know how to use them all, you must be a local.

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