What do you call people who live in Edinburgh?

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Lew

People from Edinburgh call themselves Edinburghians but according to the Edinburgh University Library - "Unlike Glaswegian, Mancunian, Liverpudlian etc., citizens of Glasgow, Manchester, and Liverpool, there appears to be no definitive name for citizens of Edinburgh. There are references to Edinburger, Edinburgher, and Edinburghian."

Natty-Lea

Usually they're called Edinburghers, or sometimes Edinburghdonian. :-)

MorganCee

I asked my Granda and searched Google both said Edinburghians which I find to be correct. You would pronouce it like so:

Edd-Inn-Burr-Eee-Anns

Here's the search on Google I did:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=edinburghians&spell=1

Hope I helped!

kat woman

The upper crust

puffin57

I have always said Edinburgers.

Ann M

i think it is gadgies

Honey

I live in Edinburgh.

Havn't ever used a name, always just say 'people from Edinburgh'.

Ps. I'm not an alcoholic so shut your face to the comments who said that! haha

elayne y

edinburgers i think,i just say"im from edinburgh"

Silly Jilly â™£

As you said we call ourselves Edinburghians. I have also heard Edinburghers & Edinburghonians. `People from Edinburgh' is the best compromise.

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yutgoyun

Edibourgeois or Edinburghers

ADICT

Alcoholics!

hallawayii

I've asked this question before and received those kinds of answers - when I asked my mum-in-law, she said:

"Edin-buggers".

:-)

Valentine City Centre GuestHouse

For those who are anwering a different question here is info on Scots and Scottish:

"Scottish is the full, original form of the adjective. Scots is an old Scottish variant. Scotch is an English contraction of Scottish that came into use in Scotland as well for a time (as in Burns's "O thou, my Muse! guid auld Scotch drink!") but subsequently fell into disfavor there. In the interest of civility, forms involving Scotch are best avoided in reference to people; designations formed with Scots are most common (Scot, Scotsman, or Scotswoman), but those involving the full form Scottish are sometimes found in more formal contexts. Scotch-Irish is the most commonly used term for the descendants of Scots who migrated to North America, but lately Scots-Irish has begun to gain currency among those who know that Scotch is considered offensive in Scotland. There is, however, no sure rule for referring to things, since the history of variation in the use of these words has left many expressions in which the choice is fixed, such as Scotch broth, Scotch whisky, Scottish rite, and Scots Guards."

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Scottish

To this you can add meat ie Scotch Beef and Scotch Lamb etc yet a bit bizarrely its Scottish Haggis not Scotch Haggis!

Terms such as Jocks are fine as long as long as the English person saying it wouldnt mind being repeatedly referred to as 'Del Boy' 'Me ole China' or 'cockney' (regardless of the town they are from). The rhyming slang Sweaty Sock has become seen as offensive ever since used by the relatively unsuccessful English Rugby player Will Carling very dismissively on National TV. 'Smack heads', 'alcoholics' and other such terms have no basis and presumably display jealousy.

All this preamble hides the fact you have asked a tough question. There is a humorous book about 'Weegies' (Glasgow) and Edin-buggers (Edinburgh) but that is tongue in cheek.

The simple fact is that there is no name, in common with quite a lot of places it has never established itself. Literature and language in Edinburgh most commonly uses the term 'Edinburgh folk'. There are one or two references around to 'Auld Reekies' referring to the town itselfs old nickname based on the coal and local climate induced smog of yesteryear (all gone now)

Edinburghers is used from time to time by those that are desperate to use something, but it has no validity at all really, and the terms Edinburghians and any others are just made up and so rarely used as to be irrelevant (I have never seen Edinburghian used by a local in any context before).

So 'Edinburgh folk' is as close to a correct answer as you can get.

queenb357

How about Scottish????? I believe the term you're looking for, though, is Edinburghers.

crabbitbitch

how about foriegners cause like most cities at this time of the year it is full of tourists.

sinisterish d

smack heeds!

china doll

Scots!

I, Candy

Snooty b*stards

old know all

Edinbourgois

Cautious Norm.

Jocks.

AnnOnnyMouse

Interesting question, at the risk of saying 'just find one and ask', I'll tell you my theory which is that there is no sense at all in that some towns have collective terms for their inhabitants and some don't. We can have Londoners and Parisians, but Romans sounds a bit odd and archaic. We can have Glaswegians and Dubliners, but apparently not Corkers. It's always fun to make up new words though, so there is no harm in trying.
I think there may be something between Glasgow and Edinburgh in that each refer to their inhabitants as coming from 'the other city' but I only half remember it and am not sure.

shaun f

sweaty socks

Angel

Jocks,

xerinx

scotts. (scotland)
or Edinburers. lol (made that up myslef)
i dont think they have an affical name.
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