monday ain't no time to wonder why, whoopee, we're all gonna die

[Flick of the Elbow]

It’s a thing North of the border. Where it appears they can’t spell or pronounce the name of their capital city.😏

Possibly because their capital city is written in Old English rather than one of the native tongues ? Dates from the time when the Lothians were part of Anglian Northumbria, ruled from Bamburgh.

 

[Webbo2]

Auld Reeki 😷 is that what you mean.🫣

 

[wakemalcolm]

Auld Reeki 😷 is that what you mean.🫣

Dunedin, I think you'll find 😉.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Dunedin, I think you'll find 😉.

Din Eidyn in the original Brittonic. Dun Eidyn in Gaelic.

 

[Webbo2]

Dunedin, I think you'll find 😉.

Isn’t that in New Zealand 🤷🏼‍♂️

 

[wakemalcolm]

Isn’t that in New Zealand 🤷🏼‍♂️

Founded in 1848 by Scottish settlers who remarked that they'd travelled far enough south to find dreich weather and promptly made it their home.

 

[Webbo2]

Founded in 1848 by Scottish settlers who remarked that they'd travelled far enough south to find dreich weather and promptly made it their home.

Or get away from the reek.😱

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Or get away from the reek.😱

Reek would be a good thing in the cold and wet. Lang may yer lum reek, as they say in these parts.

 

[Webbo2]

Reek would be a good thing in the cold and wet. Lang may yer lum reek, as they say in these parts.

Unfortunately that goes over my head despite great granny being a Mculloch from Glasgow. Sadly I never got to meet her.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Unfortunately that goes over my head despite great granny being a Mculloch from Glasgow. Sadly I never got to meet her.

Reek is smoke, lum is chimney. Long may you have a warming fire in your home.