dʒˈɑːn kˈɔːɹbɪt, ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ ɔnðɪ ɐsˌoʊsɪˈeɪʃən fɔːɹ skˈɑːɾɪʃ lˈɪɾɚɹˌɛɹi stˈʌdiz wˈɛbsaɪt, ɐsˈɜːts ðˈæt "ðə hˈoʊl pˈɔɪnt ʌv ðɪs pˈoʊᵻm ɪnwˌɪtʃ ðə sˈɪks əklˈɑːk nˈuːz ɪz ɹˈɛd ɪn ɐ ɡlˈæzɡoʊ ˈæksənt ɪz nˌɑːt tə bɜːlˈɛsk ðə ɹˈuːlz ʌv dᵻkˈoːɹəm, bˌʌt, baɪ ɪnvˈɜːɾɪŋ ðˌɛm, tə tʃˈælɪndʒ hˈɛdɔnðə sˈoʊʃəl stɹˈʌktʃɚz ænd ˈæɾɪtˌuːdz wˌɪtʃ meɪntˈeɪn ðˌɛm.
John Corbett, writing on the Association for Scottish Literary Studies website, asserts that "The whole point of [this poem] (in which the six o’clock news is read in a Glasgow accent) is not to burlesque the rules of decorum, but, by inverting them, to challenge head-on the social structures and attitudes which maintain them.