For most readers these will be the other way around, while some, like her, will understand both. Phonetic transcript shows how a Glaswegian Scot might speak. The poem is set out in lines of two, three or four syllables, but these are not end-stopped. The poem seems puzzling on the page, but when read out aloud makes better sense. A Scot may find it easier to follow than a reader from further south.
Most important idea is that of truth .
But we are mistrustful of a newsreader with a regional accent, especially one like Glaswegian Scots, which has working-class associations in the minds of some people. Poem is humorous and challenges our prejudices. When pipe bursts, flood that follows like a miracle. Poem compares human skin to seedpod, drying out. Reader asked to imagine it dripping.