I don't recall hearing either of those Glaswegianisms (?) during my eight months in the Highlands. Though most of the Scottish people I spoke to regularly were actually from Aberdeen, so I couldn't say whether it is specifically Glaswegian or just something not used in Aberdeen.
But Scots and Scottish English are not the same thing. I didn't hear a lot of Scots while I lived in Scotland, since I was in the Highlands, but I did hear some. Scottish English, while it certainly had regional features such that I could tell who was from Aberdeen, who was from the Highlands, who was from Glasgow and who was from Edinburgh, was markedly different from Scots, as well as from English English.
All speech can be classified within a continuum, from Scottish Standard English to "Braid Scots" (something very rarely experienced outside some literature): e.g. the speech of someone speaking Standard Scottish English from Morningside in Edinburgh has Scots influence, but most likely not nearly as much as that of someone from Livingston.
...and even because many Scottish display competence in both SSE AND "Scots", each person's version of both will vary slightly.
There are those who want to call Scots a distinct language, but it's usually. only for nationalistic/soctial/political purposes
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In fact, in many ways most Highlanders speak "better" English than most people in England (thought that's not saying much).
(keep in mind only about 2 generations ago people there were earning English as a second language)
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...and even because many Scottish display competence in both SSE AND "Scots", each person's version of both will vary slightly.
There are those who want to call Scots a distinct language, but it's usually. only for nationalistic/soctial/political purposes
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