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PARLIAMO-GLASGOW, n. Jocular way of referring to Glasgow speech, coined by Stanley Baxter as the title of a 1960s sketch.m.Sc. 1983 Howard Purdie in Joy Hendry Chapman 37 60:
I have to admit to being seik tae daith of listening to 'Parliamo-Glasgow'. Glaswegians, in their native habitat, have succeeded in debasing both the English language and the guid Scots tongue.Sc. 1998 Herald 14 Nov 22:
Always available for pathos — the ballads, or bathos, parliamo Glasgow, Scotland The What, Scots is now being reinstated as the medium for ordinary discourse. Sure it's more studied than used, more romanticised than rooted in daily life, but Scots has stopped apologising.Sc. 2001 Business a.m. 31 Jan :
Rather it is a descent into the classic language of Parliamo Glasgow ginger is a vernacular version of the English phrase "fizzy drink" and can be used to refer to anything from lemonade to Irn-Bru.Sc. 2002 Daily Record 20 Dec 8:
Today, Bob Shields puts the case for Parliamo Glasgow, while Scott Douglas sounds an alarm on behalf of the people of Edinburgh.Sc. 2003 Evening Times 8 Apr 12:
Now she's reached the end of the line, perhaps her replacement could record the destinations in Stanley Baxter's famous Parliamo Glasgow style ...Sc. 2004 Scotsman 27 Jan 18:
The multilingual Liz, looking tres chic, not only parliamos Glasgow but spoke words of bienvenu highlighting the anniversary of the Entente Cordiale.Sc. 2004 Sunday Mail 24 Oct 31:
In language reminiscent of comic Stanley Baxter's legendary 'Parliamo Glasgow' skits of the 60s and 70s — when his patter was christened 'Glescaranto' — the website continues:…