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Glasgow Live
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David McLean

EXPLAINED: 1970s bbc film explains difference between glasgow and edinburgh accent | Rare Historical Photos

The differences between Glasgow and Edinburgh are well-documented - especially when it comes to how we use wir words.

While the cities are just 40 miles apart from one another, each has its own distinct dialect that even someone who has never stepped foot in either town can easily detect.

Broadcast on August 5, 1976, as part of the BBC's Word of Mouth series, which sought to trace patterns of speech throughout Britain, the episode 'The Big Yin and the Wee Yin' sees presenter Melvyn Bragg speak to people on both sides of Scotland's great Central Belt divide in a bid to learn more about the varying common tongue.

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