Once upon a time high up north there is a place called Edinburgh. This city has been the capital of Scotland since 1437. Dùn Èideann, which means Edinburgh in Gaelic, is divided into old and new town, wherein the older part only consists of two streets. Although it is not very known everywhere it is one of the most incredible and beautiful places all over the world. Edinburgh is the second biggest city in Scotland with about 486.000 inhabitants and one particularly dog. By the way: My name is Bobby and I’m going to guide you to extraordinary places. Furthermore there are plenty of interesting stories which are worth mentioning. The famous dark side of my home city is nothing for me but be surprised...Let’s get it started! Team CTR Edinburgh March 2013

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3. CONTENTS
FACTS: > Art
> Bobby
> Language
> Short history time
line Lifestyle:
> Things to do in the
capital of Scotland > vintage shopping
> Old Town Bookshop
> Second hand book
Typically Scottish: shopping
> Pubs and Nightlife
> Kilts and bagpipes
> The Tartan Weaving
Mill
> Scottish Sweets and Dark side of Edinburgh:
Desserts
> Shortbread House > Ghost Tour
> Scotch Whisky > Jekkyl and Hyde
> Haggis Rezept > 10 ways to die
> Music in and from
Scotland
> Traditional folk Politics:
music
> Ceilidh > Parliament
> Independence
Culture and Sights:
Surroundings:
> Arthurs Seat and the
Royal Botanic gar > Rosslyn Chapel
dens > St. Andrews
> Literary Edi > Borders
> Storytelling Center > Highlands
> David Hume > Loch Ness
> The Scott Monument
> Fairytales
> Camera Obscura
> Lickety Splits

4. Photo by Johanna Lesnik

5. Language
Chan eil mi ‘tuigsinn Gàidhlig
– I don’t understand Scottish Gaelic
by Elfi Heinke
tish Gaelic also called
Gàidhlig – the lowest figure
ever. Those live mainly in the
Highlands (a’Ghaidhealtachd)
and in the Western Isles (Na
h-Eileanan an Isa). But there
are also Gàidhlig speakers
in Glasgow (Glaschu), Ed-
inburgh (Dùn Eideann) and
Inverness (Inbhir Nis).
Gaelic belongs to the Goidel-
Scotland without Gael- ic branch of Celtic languages
ic would be like a country and was spoken by the Scots of
without heather moorland. the Kingdom of Dalriada. It
is closely related to Irish
Languages are always part of and Manx Gaelic. All of them
the culture of a country and descended from Old Irish,
of course of its history. In which was brought to Scotland
Edinburgh you will not meet around the 4th century AD.
many people who can speak In the 800s the Scots domi-
Gaelic. But if you want to nated the Picts. Because of
discover western and north- this Pictish was replaced by
ern Scotland it is maybe Gaelic across a large part
very helpful to know a lit- of Scotland. Still later
tle bit about this old but Gàidhlig succeeded in dis-
very interesting language. placing Old Norse in many
of the Viking-dominated ar-
About 60,000 people in Scot- eas in north and west Scot-
land (Alba) can speak Scot- land. In South East Scotland

6. this language never gained language was afforded a de-
much of a foothold because gree of official recogni-
the main language there was tion. Gaelic was also adopt-
the Middle English spo- ed as the primary language
ken by the Angles dominat- of the Western Isles Coun-
ing this part of Scotland. cil. Meanwhile road signs
In 1755 289.772 22.9% of all across the Highlands appear
Scottish inhabitants could in a bilingual form. To re-
speak only Gaelic. Just new a Gaelic revival in Scot-
136 years later the picture land BBC launched a Gaelic
had changed utterly – Gael- only news channel, called
ic-only speakers were not BBC Alba. In 2006 a Gaelic
much more than 1% of a pop- only secondary school opened
ulation of 4,025,647. Only in the city of Glasgow.
about 5% were bilingual in
Gaelic and English. And it Scotland without Gael-
was getting worse and worse. ic would be like a country
In 1971 Gaelic-only speak- without heather moorland.
ers had declined to 477. There would be nobody who
There are a lot of reasons has to starve as a result
for the decline in Gaelic. of it, but the nation would
The most important one has be immeasurably poorer.
been the historical domi-
nance of Edinburgh in par-
ticular and central Scot- DID YOU KNOW TH
AT:
land over the political and
economic development of the > the Scottish
Gaelic
country. In this area they alphabet is wr
itten with
never spoke Gaelic. Because just 18 letter
s?
of that it was rather their > every letter
of Scottish
language influencing the Gaelic alphabet
is named
others. Other reasons are after a tree or
shrub?
the growing ruling class- Like: B = Beit
h (Birch),
es of English. If you want- C = Coll (Hazel
ed to be part of the upper ),
G = Gort (Ivy),
classes it was not enough M = Muin
to speak Scots. This lan- (Vine)
guage became anglicised, now If you want to
known as Scots English. Any- learn more
Gaellic, have
way the Highlanders were at a look on
this page:
best second class citizens.
The Scottish Parliament’s http://www.bbc
.co.uk/scot-
Gaelic Language Act 2005 land/alba/fogh
lam/beag_air_
should change something. The bheag/

7. „Scots is a key part of our nation‘s
heritage and culture. It is also a living
language.” Culture Minister Fiona Hyslop
by Alisa Eßlinger
Scots a dead language? No way! of Scots. Since the Angles
Nowadays, Scots is being re- had a massive impact on the
vived in schools. More and Northern English language,
more books in Scots are be- the Old Northern English de-
ing published so children veloped differently to the
can learn it, and use it spoken English in the South.
automatically for the rest The former language of Scot-
of their lives. Besides, tish Kings, Gaelic, was re-
Scots is spoken in the ev- placed by the new Germanic
eryday life of many Scottish language called“Inglis. How-
families. There are plen- ever, in 15th century, the
ty of people who say “Aye” English spoken in Scotland
when they are asked if they was so different that it was
speak Scots. Either you are called “Scottish” or “Sots”.
standing in a queue in a As you can see, at the present
supermarket or if you take time English and Scots are
a guided tour through the sister languages. But they
Parliament buildings, you are autonomous languages.
will hear Scottish words. However, times were chang-
There is often a debate if ing. As James VI became King
Scots is either an autono- of both Kingdoms, England
mous language or a dialect and Scotland, Scots lost its
or even slang. It is true status in Scotland since En-
that Modern English and glish became the language
Scots have the same ances- of services and adminis-
tor, namely Old English. tration. More educated peo-
In the Middle Ages, the ple wanted to forget about
tribes of Angles and the the Scots language and the
Saxons invaded Celtic Brit- culture. Many poets or phi-
ain. The present English de- losophers such as Robert
veloped from the Germanic Burns and David Hume were
tongue of the Saxon, while not afraid to show their na-
the Angles’ Germanic lan- tionality in the language
guage is the mother language they used. Robert Burns kept

8. the almost forgotten tongue
alive in literature. Without
IMPORTANT WORDS:
him, it’s not certain wheth-
er this particular Scottish
NOO - NOW
language would still exist.
MOCKIT - VERY DIRTY
Nevertheless, the question of
LAVVY - OUTSIDE TOILET
Scots is not completely solved.
WHEESHT - BE QUIET
Has a dialect its own dialects?
EEJIT -IDIOT
You see, Scots has its own as
SHUG -HUGH !
for example Glaswegian, Dor-
ic, Ayrshire and Shetland. Just joking. Useful sen-
Overall, most Scottish peo- tences are following...
ple consider that Scots
has a high impact on his-
tory, on culture but most
of all on local identity.

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