Glaswegians - J is for "jie"

[AlterEgo]

Okay, this has annoyed me for quite some time. Why on Earth do some people who live in Glasgow pronounce the letter J as "jie" (rhyming with tie) instead of "jay"?

Are they not like the rest of us?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

There are some unusual Caledionian pronounciations of words. The most notable example that I recall was a young female BBC announcer who had to stand in as an emergency once to read The Shipping Forecast on Radio 4.

When describing a certain visibilty that is written as "poor", she kept saying "poo-er", which caused many a laugh out at sea that night. Needless to say, it was her first and last time on The Weather Forecast.

 

[WestCoast]

When describing a certain visibilty that is written as "poor", she kept saying "poo-er", which caused many a laugh out at sea that night. Needless to say, it was her first and last time on The Weather Forecast.

That pronunciation seems to be rather common among the older generation in Lancashire, especially around Preston.

 

[table38]

I nearly missed a train to Milngavie once. Fortunately there was one going to Milnguy, which stopped at Milngavie as well

 

[rail-britain]

Okay, this has annoyed me for quite some time. Why on Earth do some people who live in Glasgow pronounce the letter J as "jie" (rhyming with tie) instead of "jay"?

J is "jie" as that is how it sounds
How should it shound? (example joiner)

Same as Ch is "ch" as that is how it sounds, not "ck"

 

[MidnightFlyer]

I nearly missed a train to Milngavie once. Fortunately there was one going to Milnguy, which stopped at Milngavie as well

It's 'Mull-guy'

Just as Gilshochill is 'Gil-sha-hill'...

 

[Liam]

I was always taught 'jay' is American, 'jye' is the english pronunciation. Similar 'zee' is American, 'zed' is english.

 

[b0b]

girrrr-ril is the wierdest, took me the longest time to stop saying it that way

 

[WestCoast]

I was always taught 'jay' is American, 'jye' is the english pronunciation.

No, I don't think that is true in many UK dialects or Standard English (UK).

It's listed as J ( /dʒeɪ/ or /dʒaɪ/; named jay or jy (Scots))

Although, I could imagine someone with a local accent from South East England saying "jye".

Pronounciation varies everywhere slightly, so there isn't a wrong or a right!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

How should it shound? (example joiner)

.....as Sean Connery would say.

 

[Tracked]

I nearly missed a train to Milngavie once. Fortunately there was one going to Milnguy, which stopped at Milngavie as well

I had trouble getting a ticket to Wemyss Bay once

 

[rail-britain]

.....as Sean Connery would say.

How did that creep in there!
Well spotted, and I will leave it in there
I am definitely suffering typo-stutter as I get older, what I think is not what is typed

 

[Minilad]

For my driver training I spent 6 months at Polmadie, where Virgin had a training centre. The trainers all used jai there. And one used the American pronunciation of route as well which I found strange

 

[rail-britain]

one used the American pronunciation of route as well which I found strange

I've heard a few other similar unusual pronunciations for the same word (rowt - root)
I also say it as root
Therefore it follows that house should be hoos
Therefore the americanised version is more correct, and some schools teach this accordingly

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The English language is full of strange and wonderful prounciations for words that look similar, which confuse overseas people trying to master the English language, viz. Cough, Bough, Rough, Dough...similar in look...not in sound .....in all four cases.

 

[michael769]

Okay, this has annoyed me for quite some time. Why on Earth do some people who live in Glasgow pronounce the letter J as "jie" (rhyming with tie) instead of "jay"?

Are they not like the rest of us?

Glaswegian is a modern dialect of Scots. Whilst the Scots language shares a lot in common with the English language - so much so that they are mutually intelligible, Scots is not English, so no we are not like the "rest of you", we are sometimes speaking a different language to you

Jie is the correct way to pronounce J in the Scots Langage.

 

[table38]

Whatever you do, don't say "Scotch" to a Glaswegian.

Because they get really disappointed

 

[michael769]

Scotch where???? NOooooooooooooooo!

Seriously though -using Scotch instead of Scot/Scottish/Scotsman is a quick way to make a Scot mad....

 

[CarterUSM]

Not if I think I'm getting a half.

 

[Bungle73]

I've heard a few other similar unusual pronunciations for the same word (rowt - root)
I also say it as root
Therefore it follows that house should be hoos
Therefore the americanised version is more correct, and some schools teach this accordingly

I strongly disapprove of UK schools teaching UK kids the American version of anything as the "correct" way. This is the UK not America.

 

[Butts]

Another J you may not of heard of is a Jag (no not the motor) it's an injection