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Best Glasgow quotes

Postby Ronnie » Sun Feb 22, 2004 10:24 pm

What are peeps' favourite quotes about Glasgow? My top three are probably:

"It was Glasgow on a Friday night, the city of the stare."
- William McIlvanny, The Papers of Tony Vietch (1983).

"Glasgow - that strange, deplorable city which has neither sweetness nor pride, the vomit of a cataleptic commercialism."
- James Leslie Mitchell, The Thirteenth Disciple (1931).

"Imaginatively Glasgow exists as a music hall song and a few bad novels."
- Alasdair Gray, Lanark (1981).

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Postby Fossil » Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:52 pm

“If yer maw had b*ws she’d be yer da”
Ned on a night bus in George Square to his pal on the street.
Year of the Garden Festival

this quotes more about the (some of ) people

..sorry :oops:
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Postby Fossil » Thu Feb 26, 2004 5:13 pm

I have been often been asked, and that too very far away parts of the world, as where I was born. My answer at times has been that I was “Clyde built”. The metaphor was scarcely ever misunderstood”
William “Crimean” Simpson 1899
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Postby Fossil » Fri Feb 27, 2004 6:30 pm

"Work hard and keep the heid"
Maggie Mc Ivor The Barrows Queen
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Postby crusty_bint » Fri Feb 27, 2004 6:44 pm

I always liked:

"aye, yur maw!!"

Its a retort to anythin :)!!!!
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Postby Pgcc93 » Sat Feb 28, 2004 11:50 pm

Heard this during the Glasgow fair a couple of years ago.

" Come oan, hurry up! Yer ice cream's gettin' cauld!"
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Postby james73 » Sun Feb 29, 2004 12:25 am

crusty_bint wrote:I always liked:

"aye, yur maw!!"

Its a retort to anythin :)!!!!


Aye, for the emotionally crippled or intellectually challenged... :roll:

I guy in my office uses this patter all the time...




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Postby crusty_bint » Sun Feb 29, 2004 12:26 am

aye yur maw
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Postby james73 » Sun Feb 29, 2004 12:27 am

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Postby crusty_bint » Sun Feb 29, 2004 12:29 am

hahaha... I know; it is quite pathetic... still makes me larf tho :wink:

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Postby Pgcc93 » Sun Feb 29, 2004 12:30 am

Heard It! 8)
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Postby crusty_bint » Sun Feb 29, 2004 12:33 am

You'll geet glessed!!! :twisted:

Was on a bus one day and this ned behind me was givin his pal all his bullshit... he was talkin about some fight he was in and said:

"shord tae ra heid... WALLOP!"

Oh the banter! ::):
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Postby Pgcc93 » Sun Feb 29, 2004 12:38 am

Overheard this outside the Rogano!

"Mince fur two!, wid that be medium ur' Rerr??"
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Postby Fossil » Sun Feb 29, 2004 8:21 am

"bolt ya rocket"

These ned chaps have a lot to answer for. :wink:
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Postby tunoxtcake » Mon Mar 08, 2004 7:39 pm

Seen on this very site not long ago :-


"Aw, yur aw a bunch a bawbags". Anon Ned

Strangely eloquent I feel. [/quote]
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