Editing Glasgow dialect (section)

==Literature==
The Glasgow vernacular has also established itself in [[Scottish literature]].<ref>Hagan, Anette I. (2002) Urban Scots Dialect Writing. Bern: Lang.</ref> Many authors spell some of the [[Central Scots|Scots]] elements phonetically, often coinciding with common spelling errors,<ref name="auto">Macafee C.I. (1983) ‘Glasgow’ in Varieties of English around the World. Amsterdam: Benjamins p.40</ref> rather than using the prestigious [[Modern Scots]] conventions. The general effect of that, particularly its comic forms, is to exaggerate the [[Mutual intelligibility|unintelligibility]] of Glasgow speech to outsiders.<ref name="auto"/> The resulting [[orthography|orthographic]] representation of the vernacular gives the overall impression of an anti-standard rather than a local standard.<ref name="auto"/>

Michael Munro wrote a  guide to Glaswegian entitled ''The Patter'', first published in 1985. With illustrations by [[David Neilson (artist)|David Neilson]], and later by the [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]-born artist and playwright [[John Byrne (Scottish playwright)|John Byrne]], the book was followed by ''The Patter – Another Blast'' in 1988, with ''The Complete Patter'', an updated compendium of the first and second books, being published in 1996.

[[James Kelman]]'s 1994 novel ''[[How Late It Was, How Late]]'' is written largely in Glaswegian dialect from the point of view of Sammy Samuels, a 38-year-old ex-convict who wakes up blind after a drinking binge and a fight with police. The novel won the 1994 [[Booker Prize]].

Jamie Stuart, a [[Church of Scotland]] elder from the High [[Carntyne]] Church, produced "A Glasgow Bible" in 1997, relating some biblical tales in the Glaswegian vernacular. More recently, in 2014 ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' was translated into Glaswegian Scots by [[Thomas Clark (writer)|Thomas Clark]] as ''Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun''.

A 2020 [[Graeme Armstrong (author)|Graeme Armstrong]] novel, ''The Young Team'', narrated by a [[Glasgow young teams|gang member]] in the local dialect, focuses on the '[[ned culture]]' of the region in the early 21st century (albeit set in [[Airdrie, North Lanarkshire]] a few miles east of Glasgow rather than in the city itself).<ref>[https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-young-team-graeme-armstrong-2077037?amp Book review: The Young Team, by Graeme Armstrong], [[Stuart Kelly (literary critic)|Stuart Kelly]], The Scotsman, 5 March 2020</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/13/the-young-team-graeme-armstrong-review The Young Team by Graeme Armstrong review – a swaggering, incendiary debut], Jude Cook, The Guardian, 13 March 2020</ref> Armstrong, who had been inspired by the style used by [[Irvine Welsh]] for [[Trainspotting (novel)|''Trainspotting'']] – written in the similar but distinct accent of [[Edinburgh]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ex-gang member and Young Team author Graeme Armstrong on the lonely road to redemption |date=7 March 2020 |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/18288677.ex-gang-member-young-team-author-graeme-armstrong-road-redemption/ |access-date=15 May 2023 |website=HeraldScotland }}</ref> – struggled to have his novel published and was advised to mitigate the use of the dialect to appeal to a wider audience, but refused to compromise the authenticity of the characters' voices.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://literaturealliancescotland.co.uk/literature-talks/graeme-armstrong-standard-english-is-oor-second-language/|title=Graeme Armstrong – Standard English is oor Second Language|website=Literature Alliance Scotland|access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref>