# How do you pronounce "Edinburgh"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 23, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070 "2012-06-23T13:54:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/1 "2012-06-23T13:54:37Z")
I won’t post a poll, because there are too many combinations of pronunciation and location. I guess the two main ones are “Edinbruh” and “Edinburrow”. I tend to hear the latter from Americans, but not exclusively so. There may well be others I’m not familiar with. I pronounce it “Edinbruh” and I’m from the UK. OK, I will post a poll. But it’s not comprehensive. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/2 "2012-06-23T14:01:25Z")
Ed’n’burra, which wasn’t an option listd. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/3 "2012-06-23T14:32:20Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > Ed’n’burra, which wasn’t an option listd. +1. I’m from the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/4 "2012-06-23T14:45:03Z")
Ed’n’burra. From U.S. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/5 "2012-06-23T14:59:03Z")
Embra, more or less. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/6 "2012-06-23T15:07:54Z")
Ed’nbruh. From the US. I’m surprised “Edinberg” wasn’t an option. I’ve heard that from several people. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/7 "2012-06-23T15:08:50Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > Ed’n’burra, which wasn’t an option listd. That’s how a Scot told me to say it. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/8 "2012-06-23T15:16:57Z")
I am from Canada, and I chose Edinbruh, but it’s really somewhere between that and “Ed’n’burra”. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/9 "2012-06-23T15:21:33Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > Ed’n’burra, which wasn’t an option listd. If I had seen this post before I clicked on “Edinburrow,” I’d’ve said the same thing. :mad: I’m from the US, but have lived in the UK (England and Scotland). ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/10 "2012-06-23T15:24:25Z")
> [@chizzuk](#): > > I’m surprised “Edinberg” wasn’t an option. I go with “Edinburrow” but my first instinct is always “Edinberg.” ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/11 "2012-06-23T15:26:37Z")
I basically try to say 'Edinbruh", but it gets mangled a little bit via my Texas accent into “Edinburuh”, hence the reason I chose “Other”. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/12 "2012-06-23T15:58:03Z")
_Edinburrow - from elsewhere_ (US), but only because I know/assume it’s in the UK somewhere. Pittsburgh ain’t pronounced Pitts-burrow or Pitts-bruh, after all. ETA: And yeah, count your blessings if you’re not hearing Edin-burg from many Americans. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/13 "2012-06-23T16:02:48Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > Ed’n’burra, which wasn’t an option listd. This. Also from the US. When I was in Edinburgh last year that’s how I heard it pronounced. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/14 "2012-06-23T16:04:17Z")
Either Ed’n’bruh or Embra, depending on how clearly I feel like articulating my words. From Scotland. ---
**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/15 "2012-06-23T17:35:15Z")
Yes to Ed’n’burruh. From the US. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/16 "2012-06-23T18:09:28Z")
This thread reminds me of an old George Carlin routine, in which he’s a newscaster. _“Police are looking for a deranged geography teacher who shot six people because they did not know the capital of Scotland. They say he is armed and dangerous, and remind you that the capital of Scotland is Edinburgh.”_ Carlin, an American, pronounced it Edinburrow. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/17 "2012-06-23T20:01:05Z")
You Yanks do now realize that **Edinburrow** is quite wrong, I hope. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/18 "2012-06-23T20:09:19Z")
Another vote for “Ed’n’burra” ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/19 "2012-06-23T22:49:54Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > If I had seen this post before I clicked on “Edinburrow,” I’d’ve said the same thing. :mad: > > I’m from the US, but have lived in the UK (England and Scotland). That’s what I was trying to get at with that poor phonetic illustration. Edinburrow is supposed to be that burra pronunciation. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/20 "2012-06-23T23:46:15Z")
> [@gwendee](#): > > Another vote for “Ed’n’burra” Same here, but only after I stop and think: This is the one that isn’t pronounced “berg”, right? I can’t claim innocence of linguistic snobbery, but I can’t get all slavish about making sure I pronounce every placename like the locals do. How many of you non-Westerners pronounce Nevada and Colorado like the locals? I’ve converted to “Orig’n” from “Ori-gone” since I’ve moved out west, but haven’t change my pronunciation of the other two. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070.md?page=2)