Many people from the south of England
can't differentiate between regional Scottish accents. (This is merely an observation, not a criticism, by the way, as I'm the same with many English accents). This leads to howlers like that character in EastEnders who's supposed to be from Edinburgh but speaks with the broadest of Glasgow accents likely to be heard on national television.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 12:14, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I can tell the difference between a glaswegian accent and an edinburgh accent
Glaswegian sounds like they're about to punch you no matter what they're actually saying, whereas Edinburgh flows more and is softer
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 12:18, Reply)

Yes
Glaswegian has more of a tonal variation, in that the inflections are greater. Edinburgh accents tend to be 'posher'. Then again, Edinburgh people tend to be posher too. Or at least they have that opinion of themselves!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 12:21, Reply)

I think there is a difference
between differentiating, and actually knowing which one is which. I know there is a difference between the various bits of scotland (with edinburgh/glasgow being one obvious one) and if you had two people I would know they were from different places, but couldn't just tell you which one was which from listening to it.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 12:18, Reply)