Any Glaswegians out there - particularly Davie???

PaulaD · Post by **PaulaD** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:01 pm

Hi there,

Can any of you tell me would the names Cowan and Bone sound the same if pronounced in a broad weggie accent?

Thanks,

Paula

Post by **Merlot** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:11 pm

Hi Paula,
Have consulted another three Glaswegians and we don't think so

Merlot

JimM · Post by **JimM** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:50 pm

Merlot wrote:Hi Paula,
Have consulted another three Glaswegians and we don't think so

Merlot

Me tae an 'aw (I also agree with Merlot)

Jim

FionaZ · Post by **FionaZ** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:40 pm

Hi
I am not a glaswegian but if one said Cowan pronounced Co-an I think it could be mistaken for Bone if the registrar was hard of hearing (as I am)!!

Best wish for Christmas and 2007.

Regards, Fiona

nelmit · Post by **nelmit** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:56 pm

FionaZ wrote:Hi
I am not a glaswegian but if one said Cowan pronounced Co-an I think it could be mistaken for Bone if the registrar was hard of hearing (as I am)!!

Best wish for Christmas and 2007.

Regards, Fiona

Hello,

There is no way a Glaswegian would pronounce Cowan as Co-an.

That would be Cohen.

Now Bone is another story it could be given two syllables as in Bow(like bow tie)-en.

Annette M

PaulaD · Post by **PaulaD** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:18 pm

Hi All,

Thanks very much for your replies. It was a bit of a long shot because I can't find an Agnes Bone but found Agnes Cowan. Yes I know it was wishful thinking or maybe too much Christmas spirit

Oh well back to the drawing board.

Paula

Davie · Post by **Davie** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 2:20 pm

Greetin’s Paula, and Ho Ho Ho Oyah, Oyah Oyah
Ah’m workin’ oan the auld Glesga system oan no huving a hangover by steyin’ drunk..
Ah wiz hopin’ we wid be aw turkeyed oot by now, but the Guid Dochter has jist informed me we are huvin the foul (ah now how tae spellit) beast in a salad the day.
I agree wey ma Weegie china’s oan here Paula.
There is no way today that a Glaswegian wid get the pronouncing of Cowan and Bone mixed up.
Unless they jist finished aff the last o’ the cookin’ sherry this efternin.
However, if you are looking at census returns frae the nineteenth century, nothing wid surprise me.
My common problem wey ma ain lot is McKnight/McNaught.
Today ther wid be nae hassle wey the pronuncing o' it but oan some records it has chopped and changed over the decades.
As Annette pointed out, Cohen could sound like Bone.
I have a Yiddish buddy , Jake Cowan, he is known to us aw these days as “Cohen The Brigtonian”
So who knows?
Awrabest Frae North Lanarkshire the day
Davie

AndyR1 · Post by **AndyR1** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:58 pm

mmm no dont think we would mix them up, though if the person listening to the glasgow accent wasnt from Glasgow then maybe they got it mixed up instead.

PaulaD · Post by **PaulaD** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:40 pm

Thanks Davie & Andy,

I shouldn't go searching for rellies after a few glasses of vino. Thought I'd cracked it but they don't sound the same do they.
This poor woman is driving me mad. I reckon she appeared from the planet Zog

gave birth to my great grandfather then left the way she came

Thanks for your advice.

Paula