# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/21 "2012-06-24T00:01:50Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > Ed’n’burra, which wasn’t an option listd. This. I’m from the US but listen to a lot of BBC Radio podcasts, etc. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/22 "2012-06-24T00:04:35Z")
I said, “Edinbruh,” because that’s how I said it as I opened the thread. But in real life I often forget and say, “Edinburra,” and if I’m reading it, I might just think, “Edinburg,” or something, if I think about the pronunciation at all. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/23 "2012-06-24T00:06:56Z")
Ed’n’burra - From Ireland ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/24 "2012-06-24T01:00:13Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > If I had seen this post before I clicked on “Edinburrow,” I’d’ve said the same thing. :mad: Same. The other option elided the wrong vowel, edinburrow is a lot closer, but not precisely right. Canadian of Scots descent. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/25 "2012-06-24T01:13:13Z")
Ed-in-burg, like iceberg and Pittsburgh. Because screw you, that’s why. I also pronounce “Worcestershire” as wurr-chester-shire, or at best as wershtisure. Same reason. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/26 "2012-06-24T01:22:36Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > If I had seen this post before I clicked on “Edinburrow,” I’d’ve said the same thing. :mad: Me, too. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/27 "2012-06-24T01:45:39Z")
American. I’d probably say “edenburg.” I’ve heard of this Edinburruh/oh place many times but until those people learn to spell their place names I refuse to play. 🙂 The New England area of the US is just as bad. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/28 "2012-06-24T01:46:41Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > Ed’n’burra, which wasn’t an option listd. I’m American and this is how I learned to pronounce it when my brother lived there. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/29 "2012-06-24T02:09:10Z")
Correctly. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/30 "2012-06-24T02:39:06Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > Ed-in-burg, like iceberg and Pittsburgh. Because screw you, that’s why. I also pronounce “Worcestershire” as wurr-chester-shire, or at best as wershtisure. Same reason. Yeah. When I lived in the US, I used to refer to the state of “Mary-land”. I got fed up with locals laughing at me. Merrilind it is, then. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/31 "2012-06-24T02:57:55Z")
All this time I thought it was Ed-in-burg ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/32 "2012-06-24T03:10:07Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > All this time I thought it was Ed-in-burg It does look that way. But most British town names that end -burgh or -borough are pronounced something like “burra”. ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/33 "2012-06-24T03:36:30Z")
Embra or Edinbura depending to whom I am speaking. (West Coast Scots vs everyone else) ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/34 "2012-06-24T03:47:56Z")
> [@PaulParkhead](#): > > It does look that way. But most British town names that end -burgh or -borough are pronounced something like “burra”. This, I didn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/35 "2012-06-24T05:44:27Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > Ed’n’burra, which wasn’t an option listd. This is the closest to how I pronounce it. From USA, have been to Edinburgh. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/36 "2012-06-24T07:01:13Z")
Since I’ve primarily seen it in print and not heard it, my brain pronounces it as “ed-in-berg” ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/37 "2012-06-24T07:12:05Z")
See, I don’t say Ed’nbruh, but Edd’nburr. I guess there might be a slight uh at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/38 "2012-06-24T08:39:57Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > See, I don’t say Ed’nbruh, but Edd’nburr. I guess there might be a slight uh at the end. From the US and I also say Edd’nburr. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/39 "2012-06-24T08:49:34Z")
The street with that name in my neighborhood in North Carolina was “Edinberg” - The city in Scotland was always “Edinburra” to me. You have to keep in mind that some people in the US go out of their way to pronounce Europen things as American as they can. Which is why Versailles in Kentucky is pronounced ‘ver-sales’ ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070/40 "2012-06-24T11:19:20Z")
> [@PaulParkhead](#): > > It does look that way. But most British town names that end -burgh or -borough are pronounced something like “burra”. Yep. Despite what certain, possibly mythical, Australians think, Loughborough is not pronounced “LoogaBurrooga”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070.md?page=3)