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Kelvinside|ˈkɛlvɪnsaɪd|
The name of a residential district of Glasgow, used attrib. or absol. to designate the supposedly affected and refined accent with which some of its residents speak.
1903J. H. Millar Lit. Hist. Scotl. 317 A mincing and quasi-genteel lingo of their own (the sort of English known in some quarters as ‘Princes Street’ or ‘Kelvinside’). 1928I. C. Ward Phonetics of English x. 76 Some types of Scottish town speech—sometimes called ‘Kelvinside’ or ‘High English’. 1932N. M. Gunn Lost Glen ii. ii. 117 A thin..woman.., fair and full of merriment and a Kelvinside-English accent. 1935Trans. Philol. Soc. 8 The artificial variety of speech which has been called Kelvinside English. 1969G. Payton Proper Names 243 Kelvinside, the north-western area of Glasgow around the University and Kelvingrove Park, where the..residents were supposed to speak with a mincing (‘Kelvinside’)..accent. |