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It's worth periodically reminding folk that dialects of the Scots language differ most in terms of pronunciation & accent rather than vocabulary. Where differences are more pronounced now re: vocab, in most cases words used in one area were formerly widespread.
A good example being loon, or loun, for a boy, now common in Doric but formerly used across Clydeside & Ayrshire, inc. the vicinity of Glasgow. Also quine, for a girl, said as queen or quean, or like "kwayn" was common from Edinburgh to Lanarkshire and beyond 100 years ago
There are some specific Scots dialects where vocab is quite unique as in Orkney & Shetland, where Norn (the native Norse language of Scotland) still has influence, also Caithness & the Black Isle where you find varying influence from Norn & Gaelic, esp. the latter
But there is usually a specific reason for this if a Scots dialect has a lot of unique words. Another is strength of Cant influence in many parts of the East of Scotland from the Borders to Caithness
Clydeside is not unique even for dropping the word "ken" and adopting the word "know" - as this is also the norm in much of Ulster from Donegal to Down
But I would reiterate, and it is my opinion or my own understanding, that the chief differences between Scots dialects are phonological rather than lexical, rather like Gaelic dialects in Scotland
Example -
Fit like? - Doric
Whit like? - Central
That's pronunciation where Wh becomes F in the North East. It is the same word
Fit like? - Doric
Whit like? - Central
That's pronunciation where Wh becomes F in the North East. It is the same word
My great great great grannie was Clydeside Irish from Port Glasgow (Donegal parents, likely Irish speakers) who was recorded in a local newspaper in 1909:
https://twitter.com/molach95/status/1328374340111396871?s=20
She was quoted -
"I never kent it was a man’s job to wash stairs before."
#Scots
https://twitter.com/molach95/status/1328374340111396871?s=20
She was quoted -
"I never kent it was a man’s job to wash stairs before."
#Scots
