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What is the nickname for a person from Edinburgh?

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If this resource can be believed the answer is a CHOOKTER.
link http://www.urbandictionary.com/author.php?author=Caz

Nov 15 2007, 9:55 AM
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According to this site:

Chookter is a misspelling of the Scottish word Teuchter. Teuchter is a Lowland Scots word used mainly for Northern or Highland Scots.

If this is true, the name does not refer to people from Edinburgh.

link http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Chookter&defid=622517

Nov 15 2007, 10:49 AM
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According to this site:

link http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1452531&displaytype=printable

Edinbourgeois, or Edinburgher (frowned upon)

Nov 15 2007, 5:38 PM
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