Why Edinburgh is Split in Two
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00:00 Intro
01:19 The Geology
03:54 The Old Town
06:23 Ad Break
08:14 A Unique Town
11:24 How to Expand
14:31 The New Town
16:15 The Scottish Enlightenment
17:02 Becoming a Modern City
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Ah, i wanted to hear him pronounce cockburn street
It is pronounced Ho – short o, as in not – lyrood. Not holy.
I left a comment a few videos back about how this channel is just perfect for me as someone obsessed with maps and urban development – and now you're covering my old home! Did my bachelors here, miss the city enormously
Wait until u find out why glasgows split in 2
Thank you for this beautiful and really interesting video about my hometown š You've made me super homesick now! Glad you enjoyed yourself!
I lolled a lot at the inclusion of the famous āitās Edinburgh you w**kā clip. In Scotland we pronounce it ābuh-rahā as two distinct syllables, in England they kind of pronounce it the same but it gets rolled up into one syllable like āburaaā. There are many Scottish dialects and they all sound quite different from one another but one common theme is heavily expressing the letter R, sometimes called rolling your Rs due to the shape you have to make with your tounge. It is truly comical to hear the amount of mispronouncations of Edinburgh, for the record it is āEh-din-buh-rahā 4 syllables, the ābuhā sounds as in ābuckā and the ārahā as in ārashā. It definitely isnāt āEEDINBROā as you sometimes here though š
P.s. you did a great job, slightly weird that the map guy from the library mispronounced loads of things, heās obviously not local!
Sorry to have to do this but I have to put my educational piece on what Great Britain, and the United Kingdom are, as it really annoys me when they are used wrongly or interchangeably.
The British Isles are a group of hundreds of islands just off the west coast of continental Europe. The largest of the islands is called Great Britain, the second largest is Ireland, then Lewis and Harris, Skye etc etc. Here I am talking about islands, geographical entities, not countries.
The island of Great Britain is split into 3 countries; England, Scotland and Wales. All 3 of England, Scotland and Wales extend to other islands too, most notably Scotland which extends to the large island groups of the inner and outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland among others. England doesnāt have many additional islands, the Isle of Wight is probably the most notable one, same applies to Wales, Anglesey is the only one I can think of but Iām sure there will be more. The island of Ireland is split into two countries; the Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland.
Now for politicsā¦
England conquered Wales away back in the 13th century and made it a principality (interestingly it is for this reason that the heir to the English throne is called the Prince of Wales). At some point in history Wales became a proper country again (Iām afraid I donāt know when) but the rule, politics and governance of England and Wales have always been essentially been one of the same and are closely intertwined (until recent years with Welsh devolution and the creation of the Welsh assembly). Scotland and England were always very different, the Romans never made it to Scotland and the Vikings, although present on the mainland, didnāt exert the same influence as in England (the Scottish islands were a different story and were and are very much influenced by Viking culture). Scotland did and still does have a separate legal system that is different from the largely Roman derived English system for example. Scotland and England warred on and off for several hundred years until in 1603 where the incumbent king of Scotland, James IV, was also the heir to the throne of England and Wales. Thus James became James I of England in addition to being James IV of Scotland. The crowns were united, but this was not the creation of the āUnited Kingdomā as we know it today, that didnāt come until later. In 1707 a treaty was passed that created a political union between Scotland, England and Wales called the āKingdom of Great Britainā. To be pedantic, it also included the other islands that formed each constituent country.
In 1801, another act of parliament was passed that united the kingdoms of Great Britain (see above) and the Kingdom of Ireland. Prior to this the Kingdom of Ireland had been ruled by English kings as a personal union in much the same way as Scotland and England were between 1603 and 1707. Thus in 1801 was created the āUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelandā and formed the UK as a country, or a country made of countries, (itās quite odd to be honest, simlilar in a lot of ways to the states of America but in other ways not like it at all).
So it continued for 121 years until 1922 with the partition of Ireland. This carved off the āIrish free stateā or Republic of Ireland as it is known today as a completely separate country with no formal political or monarchical (which I am surprised to learn is a word, I thought I just made it up) ties. That gave the UK its current full name of āThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelandā.
Sorry that turned into a very brief history of the British Isles. It is way more complicated than that, Irish independence for example is a massive topic all of its own and a very complicated subject and I havenāt even mentioned the Jacobean wars or religion!
So there we have it, England, Great Britain and UK are not all the same thing and the terms cannot be used interchangeably. We donāt help ourselves by doing weird things like calling our Olympic team āteam GBā when to be correct it should be āteam UKā as it also includes Northern Irish athletes, although it is worth pointing out that Northern Irish athletes can choose to represent Ireland if they so wish. Sport gets funny too, in rugby there is one team for the whole island of Ireland where in football the Republic of Ireland and Northen Ireland have separate teams. Interestingly under FIFA and UEFA rules, the football teams of Scotland, England, Wales and Northen Ireland wouldnāt be allowed to exist and it would have to be a single UK team, but we get off with it as all the teams are older than FIFA and UEFA themselves. Right Iāll stop now, no idea how this got onto sportā¦
Please get your pronounciation right. Itās PRINCES STREET GARDENS , ITS ON THE OLD MAP! Not Prince. And JACKOBITE, Not JAYKOBITE . and Locccchhh not loch. I live here , your history telling is brilliant but please say the places properly ā¤ you do say EDINBURGH correctly š
Please for the love of god go watch a video from a guy from Edinburgh and learn how to pronounce shit
surely the oldest structure in Edinburgh would be the roman ruins in Cramond
Princes Street Garden š
we say "holly" rood. not "holy" rood.
Yeah you pronounce shit is abit trigger
I studied in Edinburgh and worked in a pub that was next to the water of Leith. It was a lovely community pub that I tried to visit when I went back to the city some years later. I found the pub wasn't there anymore because it had FALLEN INTO THE WATER OF LEITH DURING A STORM
It's not Prince street garden, it's Princes street gardens.
It's "Princes Street". Let's say that together "Princes Street". It's not "Prince Street". You've repeatedly shown maps which state ,"Princes Street". What went wrong?
The Fact is GB was formed without the permission of the people of scotland and we want it back and it will happen at some point.
Regards the pronunciation of Holy Rood. The name derives either from a legendary vision of the cross witnessed by David I, or from a relic of the True Cross known as the Holy Rood or Black Rood. I do not think anyone would pronounce it as a Holly Cross. Anyway to each their own.
I have lived in Edinburgh my whole life and actually learned a lot from watching this video, thank you!
"Edinburgh is what Paris ought to be" – Robert Louis Stevenson
@danielsimssteiner did you enjoy my city?
Am i the only one who pronouces it edinbruh? non of this posh scots pronoucing all your letters š
Edinburgh is such a beautiful city. Nowhere else like it. Both sides of the city are stunning and different.
Being told how to pronounce Edinburgh at the start or the video and then continuing to mispronounce it throughout is crazy.
Holyrood is also pronounced "Hollyrood".
Source: born and live in Edinburgh
I was also captivated by Edinburgh, so much that I moved there for 9 years! I really love the way you blend history and geography, and show that the way cities are today is not an accident but the product of many generations living their lives.
Itās weird seeing videos abt where I go on nights out cowgate and niddrie street got good bars nd a nightclub with a very mixed reputation ( if ur from area you probably know the club lol )
Best city in the United Kingdom
Holyrood, is pronounced, Hollyrood, ….dude.
as someone literally sitting in the living room of my edinburgh flat and has lived in Scotland my whole life, I learned so much š thank you
a video that nicely mirrors its subject as it only contains english and american accents