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I'm flying in from the States on Sunday. Any advice for a hillbilly from Tennessee on what to expect? My main interest is learning more about the pubs.   
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Hire a translator. 
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What, no one there speaks hillbilly!?! 
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Same thing when you are stupid.
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Nay, lad, nary a one.
The Edinburgh accent is a lot softer than a Glaswegian accent so you should be ok.
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The Halfway House (24 Fleshmarket Close) did good beer and haggis when I was there.
You can probably find a few more on Camera's site: Pub Finder[^]
If you've got time between pubs, The Real Mary King's Close[^] is well worth a visit, as is the Camera Obscura[^].
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Awesome! Thanks. I'll be sure to check them out. Looking forward to some real haggis.
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Same thing when you are stupid.
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Donathan.Hutchings wrote: Looking forward to some real haggis.
Ask them to remove the legs before they cook 'em - they only leave 'em on for tourists as a "speciality dish" (Otherwise known as "they taste gawd awful" and nobody else will choke 'em down...)
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As a person with plans to one day visit the great land of sheep and... um... sheep... with the intent to eat some authentic haggis while there, could you explain what this means?
What exactly are the legs, and why does it make the haggis taste bad? (I assume it isn't sheep leg meat, which I assume tastes, at least, okay.)
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Ah, you're a man who knows his haggis then!
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Didn't I get that link from you a few weeks back? 
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The bit about Haggis Poaching was my favorite part!
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As a young lad, growing up in South Africa, my mom would sometimes prepare a special treat consisting of a sheep's brain cooked in the smaller stomach of the sheep. Yummmmie! She could also cook liver to perfection. Sadly my wife (and I have to tread carefully here) is a more contemporary lass, who wouldn't touch liver and brains, so I have been deprived of those delicacies since our marriage many decades ago!. 
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You are not alone, I have not had lambs fry for decades for exactly the same reason. Compensation, she cooks a fantastic Swedish lamb.
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RAH
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The wife and I are going there. She purchased tickets for the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo[^] for the both of us, which includes dinner at the Scotch Malt Whisky Society[^] along with 4 shots of whiskey of our choosing. 
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Same thing when you are stupid.
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Donathan.Hutchings wrote: whiskey
Make sure you drop the "e" whilst you're there.
Whisky - Names and spellings[^]
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You're right. I forgot about the "e".  I much prefer the old ways of distillation as compared to the modern alcohol common in the States.
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Same thing when you are stupid.
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Ever seen Trainspotting?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Hold onto your wallet. The fringe is on.
This space for rent
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Distilleries during the day, then retire to the pub until they roll you out the door and lock it behind.
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Donathan.Hutchings wrote: Any advice for a hillbilly from Tennessee
Sure:
If you're going to The Original Place, don't qualify the place name with the country name (because that really does make you sound hicky), e.g. there's Paris, and there's Paris, Texas. "Paris, France" sounds too Billy-Bob.
Edinburghians have a sharp, sarcastic wit that responds to that kind of "error" quite mercilessly.
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Made it to Edinburgh!
Thanks for all of the advice. I'm looking forward to going to the pubs, the tattoo, and having real haggis.
Thanks guys! 😀
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Congratulations PV Sindhu for winning Silver in RIO 2016.
Thanks & Regards
Ritesh Kumar
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really amazing play by sindhu....shown the real power of indian women in olympics..proud of you...!!!
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