Editing Teuchter (section)

{{Short description|Pejorative term for anybody outside Glasgow and surrounding areas}}
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'''''Teuchter''''' ({{IPAc-en|lang|ˈ|tj|uː|x|t|ər}} {{respell|TEWKH|tər}}, {{IPA|sco|ˈtjuxtər, ˈtʃuxtər|lang}})<ref>Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, 1989</ref><ref name=CSD>{{cite book|editor1-last=Robinson|editor1-first=Mairi|title=The Concise Scots dictionary|year=1985|publisher=Aberdeen University Press|isbn=978-0-08-028491-0}}</ref> is a [[Scots language|Lowland Scots]] word sometimes used to offensively describe a [[Gàidhealtachd|Scottish Highlander]], in particular a [[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]]-speaking Teuchter.<ref name=DSL>{{cite web|url=http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/teuchter |title=Dictionary of the Scots Language |publisher=Edinburgh University |access-date=2010-10-14}}</ref> The term is also in use with more broader meanings attached, commonly applied to any Scot perceived to be from a rural area, and within Glasgow those who are from outwith the Greater Glasgow area. It is offensive, equivalent to other cultural epithets used by more powerful groups to describe people they have oppressed, but is often seen as amusing by the speaker. The term is contemptuous, essentially describing someone seen to be uncouth and rural.<ref name=CSD/><ref name=DSL/>