Thursday Links
Locals Confused by Bus Route Changes [NY Times] City Barred From Hiring New Firefighters [NY Times] Aretha Talks About Her Concert Cancellation [NY Post] Lopez Got Ccash from Winning Hospital Bidder [Brooklyn Paper] Pratt Library School Receives $971,407 Grant [Brooklyn Eagle] City to Charge for Property Tax Hearings [TRD] Brooklyn Man Charged In Fatal Beating…
Locals Confused by Bus Route Changes [NY Times]
City Barred From Hiring New Firefighters [NY Times]
Aretha Talks About Her Concert Cancellation [NY Post]
Lopez Got Ccash from Winning Hospital Bidder [Brooklyn Paper]
Pratt Library School Receives $971,407 Grant [Brooklyn Eagle]
City to Charge for Property Tax Hearings [TRD]
Brooklyn Man Charged In Fatal Beating [NY1]
A Food Crawl Through Williamsburg [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
Brooklyn Industries Blames Heat for Bad Rumor [Gothamist]
Extreme Makeover: Williamsburg Townhouse Duplex [Curbed]
Photo by Denton Taylor from the Brownstoner Flickr Pool
..or you could ask ditto and end up sounding like the newt thing on the GEICO adverts…
You’re only going to get into trouble if you ask a Northerner for advice on pronounciation.
Does anyone see the pic? I don’t, and since it’s mine, it matters!
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tybur, where I come from we say “Edinbru”, with the final syllable rhyming with “huh?” not “brew”.
Its better if you roll the R a bit.
Oh and Scotland is awesome, tybur. Both Edinburgh and Glasgow are fantastic cities.
The New Town in Edinburgh and the West End of Glasgow will make you wonder what all the fuss is about re brownstones!
Hope the weather is OK. It’s crappy over there right now but there is enough time for that to change several times before you go.
Hard to write, but kind of like Edinbrah (with a short ‘a’).
If you’re going to Glasgow as well I’d spend the time trying to attune your ears to that accent – it’s a challenge. East of Scotland / Edinburgh is usually quite a clear accent. NE Scotland accent sounds almost Scandinavian.
I’m not from Scotland, I’m from northern England, where of course everyone speaks perfectly.
tybur6, did Mr. B decide that the final g was to be dropped for all login names and replaced with a “6”?
From Prince Philip (Phil the Greek)…
“How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?”
Said to a driving instructor in Scotland, he asked. BBC, March 1, 2002
etson — How do you say Edinburgh properly? I’ll be there for 5 days, I should at least try… or maybe I’ll pronounce it as the Dutch do.