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Re: [OT] RobWords @ Edinburg Fringe Festival

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Le 11/08/2026 à 11:52, Hibou a écrit :
> Le 11/08/2026 à 10:41, Richard Tobin a écrit :
>> John Armstrong  wrote:
>>>
>>> It's "Edinburgh", not "Edinburg".
>>>
>>> And it's pronounced "Edinburru". Two short "u"s, as in duck, or luck.
>>
>> "Embra", with a long m.
> 
> 
> "Edinbrugh" for me - when it's not Auld Reekie.
> 
> Ah wis never any gud at the phonetic alphabet, but if you click on the 
> little UK speaker here - like that:
> <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/edinburgh>
> 


Which reminds me of:

"But Edinburgh pays cruelly for her high seat in one of the vilest 
climates under heaven.  She is liable to be beaten upon by all the winds 
that blow, to be drenched with rain, to be buried in cold sea fogs out 
of the east, and powdered with the snow as it comes flying southward 
from the Highland hills.  The weather is raw and boisterous in winter, 
shifty and ungenial in summer, and a downright meteorological purgatory 
in the spring.  The delicate die early, and I, as a survivor, among 
bleak winds and plumping rain, have been sometimes tempted to envy them 
their fate. For all who love shelter and the blessings of the sun, who 
hate dark weather and perpetual tilting against squalls, there could 
scarcely be found a more unhomely and harassing place of residence" -
Stevenson, 'Edinburgh - Picturesque Notes', 1903.

Global warming has made it a little less bleak - and the authorities 
have reworked Waverley Steps, taming the boisterous wind that loved to 
play with skirts and kilts - people are soft these days! Come to think 
of it, the weather is still shifty and ungenial in 'summer' (♪Always 
look on the bright side of life.♪)

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[OT] RobWords @ Edinburg Fringe Festival occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-08-11 08:54 +0200
  Re: [OT] RobWords @ Edinburg Fringe Festival John Armstrong <jja@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2026-08-11 08:53 +0100
    Re: [OT] RobWords @ Edinburg Fringe Festival athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-08-11 09:30 +0000
      Re: [OT] RobWords @ Edinburg Fringe Festival Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> - 2026-08-11 10:36 +0000
        Re: [OT] RobWords @ Edinburg Fringe Festival Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-08-11 13:26 +0100
    Re: [OT] RobWords @ Edinburg Fringe Festival richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-08-11 09:41 +0000
      Re: [OT] RobWords @ Edinburg Fringe Festival Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2026-08-11 11:42 +0100
      Re: [OT] RobWords @ Edinburg Fringe Festival Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-08-11 11:52 +0100
        Re: [OT] RobWords @ Edinburg Fringe Festival Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-08-11 12:03 +0100
        Re: [OT] RobWords @ Edinburg Fringe Festival "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-08-11 17:56 +0100
      Re: [OT] RobWords @ Edinburg Fringe Festival occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-08-12 10:01 +0200

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