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Re: [OT] RobWords @ Edinburg Fringe Festival

From Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid>
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Subject Re: [OT] RobWords @ Edinburg Fringe Festival
Date 2026-08-11 11:52 +0100
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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>

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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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