If your accent is RP English, how do you pronounce “Glasgow”?

[Wigeon]

Settle an argument between DH and me:

YANBU: Glasgow in an RP English accent is pronounced “Glarsgow” with a long “arr” or “arh” in the middle. Like the “a” in “car” (in an RP accent).

YABU: Glasgow in an RP English accent is pronounced “Gl-ah-sgow”, with a short “ah”, like the “a” in “cat” (in an RP accent).

But Glastonbury is Glastonberry (short a) in RP. Glasgow is not a short a.
And no I'm not going to say Newcastle (short a) just because the locals say it like that because I'd sound weird. Just as a northerner would sound weird pronouncing Bath correctly.

Voice coach with a Masters in voice here. My husband and I live in London and he’s from near Glasgow so we hear the word a lot. He’s even started saying it the RP way, for which I mercilessly take the piss.

In answer to your question: YANBU.

Glars-go

Short a, glASgow.

Ireland and island is an interesting one. They are different although as an RP speaker the r is not rhotic.
Island = eye-lund
Ireland = more like igher-lund (with igher rhyming with higher)

DH is from Wishaw (pronounced Wishy by locals) near Glasgow. He would say Glasgae to other locals and Glarz-gow to non locals
We live in Keynsham (pronounced Cane-shum) near Bath and Glastonbury. Locals pronounce them Barf and Glaston-bree.

Why would you put an r in there? There isn’t one!

I’m Scottish (East not West) and lived in Glasgow for 10years. To me it’s Glaaaazgo. But the z is soft, just slightly stronger than an ssss. The difference between my “a” and a stronger accented Glaswegian is that I say more “ah” and they would pronounce it more “eh”. But any Glaswegians reading correct me if I’m wrong!

Sorry @MrsMoastyToasty that wasn’t meant to be directed to you personally! Just a general comment.

Home counties - Glars-go.

('A' as in car, and not as in cat)

What the hell - where are the 'r' s coming from? Like Barth (instead of Bath).

Its Glaz - go.

The second one

........and I'm Glaswegian.

I'm from the south east and say a long a in bath, castle etc but I say glaz-go. I had a relative who spent a long time living there who pronounced it that way so that may be why.

Like the a in cat.

I have friends who went to Eton and they'd say it the same as me.

Glarsgo, same as everyone else I've ever heard say (irl), I always find it strange Jeremy Vine says Glaz-go, I'm sure it's right but people don't randomly pronounce other places names in their local accent. See Newcastle for a classic example.

Actually the more I say it the more I'm not sure.

To answer the OP question, in good ol' RP it would be pronounced Glahs-go.

However hardly anybody speaks RP any more.

Me, I'd call it Glas-go. But the OP didn't ask how I'd say it.

Glarsgo. My father and family are from there but I have live in SE the majority of my life.

Excuse me @PuppyMonkey - it’s not “incorrect”. It’s a Scottish city and if you’re going to talk about “correct” then it’s “correct” to pronounce it with a Scottish accent not an English one.

Glars-gow and glaaahs (as in blah)-gow sound the same to me anyway.

Why is Glastonbury short a but Glasgow is not in RP?

its almost as if the RP rules are a load of bollocks or something.

I live in Glasgow and it’s definitely Glazgo or Glazgay. Never heard anyone from here pronounce it with an r or a long a .

I live near Bury St Edmunds, always mispronounced on the radio, can't really get too het up about it, we all know where they mean!

Northern here now living in London.

Growing up, I'd have said 'Glazgow'. With my hybrid accent, id now say 'Glaarzgow'

Eh? Are you misunderstanding me? I agree it should be pronounced the Scottish way.