trublusince1982 243 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 (edited) Yeh, cheers Craig, from her genuine Twitter account posted after all this had taken place. even worse was alex salmond yesterday after everything was known doing the same his comments..... Fantastic scenes in Auld Reekie today. A great reception for the team. Congratulations yet again to @HibsOfficial after a 114 year wait. Edited May 23, 2016 by trublusince1982 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,203 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Does anyone really call Edinburgh "Auld Reekie"? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,429 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Does anyone really call Edinburgh "Auld Reekie"? Nope!........................ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Older generations definitely do. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk 158 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 (edited) Older generations definitely do. My mum (in her 70s) lived there for a while and she's never said it, I also worked in Edinburgh for nearly 30 years and I honestly can't recall anyone saying it, (apart from a line in a daft herts song) Edited May 23, 2016 by johnnyk 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 My mum (in her 70s) lived there for a while and she's never said it, I also worked in Edinburgh for nearly 30 years and I honestly can't recall anyone saying it, (apart from a line in a daft herts song) I used to live there and my Grandpa would always be asking me, "How's things in Auld Reekie?" He's passed away but would be about 105 now, so we're talking much older generation. My mum is in her late 70's and while not using it much, would certainly know exactly what you were talking about and wouldn't be surprised by its use. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk 158 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 (edited) I used to live there and my Grandpa would always be asking me, "How's things in Auld Reekie?" He's passed away but would be about 105 now, so we're talking much older generation. My mum is in her late 70's and while not using it much, would certainly know exactly what you were talking about and wouldn't be surprised by its use. I think we all know what it means but like I said never heard anyone call it that that i can remember, Living in Tranent growing up, Edinburgh was 'up the toon' to us, now living further west it's called much worse Edited May 23, 2016 by johnnyk 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 My Grandpa also used to call London, "the Big Smoke", when my brother lived there. Football aside, I've always preferred Edinburgh to Glasgow... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooponthewing 1,139 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Wouldn't expect anything less from Salmond and Sturgeon. I'm sure we all know what they are up too now, their programme of unionist dehumanisation, at least I hope we do. The irony of their initials?? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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