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Joe Biden mispronounces Glasgow as 'Glass Cow' in COP26 opening speech

US president Joe Biden has come under fire after mispronouncing Glasgow as 'Glass-cow' in the opening speech of the Cop26 climate change conference.

As world leaders gather in the city for the huge conference, the US leader made the slip up, which is common among Americans.

US President Joe Biden speaks at the opening ceremony for the Cop26 summit at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow (PA)

Footage shows the President saying: "If we commit to doing our part of each of our nations with determination and with ambition, that's what COP26 is all about.

"Glass Cow must be the kick off of a decade of ambition and innovation to prepare our shared future."

Glaswegians have come out in force to correct the US leader online.

One Twitter user said: "It's not Glass Cow like Biden just said. Like watching a little boy reading his lines at his first school play."

Another added: "Will somebody please tell Biden that its pronounced Glas - Go and not Glas Cow like Moscow!"

A further comment read: "O.K. Joe Biden referred to Glasgow as 'Glass Cow' like a lot of Americans do.

"We Scots say 'Glass Go'. But if you are born and bred in the city would say 'Glesga'."

It comes as broadcaster Krishnan Guru-Murthy has appealed to news organisations around the world to pronounce Glasgow properly ahead of COP26.

Krishnan wrote on his Twitter feed that he was unhappy with the way the Scots city was being pronounced in the run up to Cop26.

He wrote: "Dear American and other friends - it’s pronounced Glas-go not glas-gow. Watching everyone get it wrong on US news channels is painful."

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