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    What is the nickname for a person from Edinburgh?

    Question #88557. Asked by author. (Nov 15 07 8:04 AM)


    playnice

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

    Nov 15 07, 9:55 AM
    author

    		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.

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

    Nov 15 07, 10:49 AM
    baldricksmum

    		According to this site:

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

    Edinbourgeois, or Edinburgher (frowned upon)

    Nov 15 07, 5:38 PM

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