Guest Roop Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 What truly world class things has Edinburgh given the world? It can be anything you like. I'll start us off with a few people: Sir Chris Hoy, Tony Blair, John Napier, David Hume and that author I've forgotten the name of and Sir Sean Connery surely counts as well. Then there's Grand Theft Auto - Edinburgh had a big hand in developing that series. The Edinburgh Festival (even though it gets on my nerves). Don't think we can really claim Harry Potter, can we? Anything else? Distinct lack of musicians from Edinburgh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysthereinspirit Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Telephone and TV are pretty much a worldwide thingymajig to be pretty proud of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towzer Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 penecillan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roop Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Telephone and TV are pretty much a worldwide thingymajig to be pretty proud of. Forgot the telephone but can we really claim TV? Edit - not sure Fleming was from Edinburgh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towzer Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Greame Souness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJack Horseman Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towzer Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Forgot the telephone but can we really claim TV? Edit - not sure Fleming was from Edinburgh. Fleming never invented the telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambojackbilly Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Gorgie Boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therapist Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Edinburgh has provided the definitive academic case studies on how not to build a tram line or a parliament building. Not sure if I'm proud of this though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWL Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Telephone and TV are pretty much a worldwide thingymajig to be pretty proud of. We invented neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 and that author I've forgotten the name of JK Rowling? Robert Louis Stevenson? Sir Walter Scott? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roop Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 JK Rowling? Robert Louis Stevenson? Sir Walter Scott? She's not from Edinburgh either. I'll Wiki who I was thinking of later.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 She's not from Edinburgh either. Hence the big smiley mate. She's not even Scottish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cigaro Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Who wrote the Where's Wally books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 James Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roop Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Hence the big smiley mate. She's not even Scottish. Woops. Sir Walter Scott - that's him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Do The Dance Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deesidejambo Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Cocteau Twins. Lorne sausage Belhaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysthereinspirit Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 We invented neither. Then whom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldar Hadzimehmedovic Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Had Alexander Graham Bell not long gone by the time he invented the telephone? Both Canada and the US claim the phone as their invention. Also, all three countries included Bell in their Greatest Ever...TV programmes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 The Scottish Enlightenment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 The National Covenant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Saltansauce as opposed SaltanVinegar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletch92 Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 chloroform Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Weathers Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Ken Buchanan - one of the best ever lightweight boxers. Boards of Canada - Electronic music producers from Edinburgh. Heart of Midlothian FC - the greatest name in world football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therapist Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Alexander Graham Bell Well, he knew darned well That he could find the only way To talk across the USA Telephone, telephone Never be on your own Many many years ago He started something with his first "Hello, hello" Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham, Alexander Graham Alexander Graham Bell :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup: Sadly, they don't write them like that anymore. And the most poignant thing is that the singer's brother was Mark McManus of Taggart fame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester copperpot Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 If Edinburgh didn't have Hibs as their team, then there's no doubt in my mind that Brazil would not be the superpower they are to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 JK Rowling? She's not from Edinburgh either. I'll Wiki who I was thinking of later.. Muriel Spark? Incidentally Rowling isn't from Edinburgh but wrote the Harry Potter stories after moving here. Conan Doyle was from Edinburgh but wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories after leaving so you should be able to claim at least one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Grand Theft Auto (Rockstar North) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roop Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Grand Theft Auto (Rockstar North) Have you bothered to read half of the posts above? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irontart Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I had never heard the term 'diddy ride' until i entered Edinburgh! To this day i have not a clue what it means!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboSean Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I had never heard the term 'diddy ride' until i entered Edinburgh! To this day i have not a clue what it means!! It's a really rubbish taxi journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside1874 Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 The penalty kick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside1874 Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Golf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodethejambo Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Anaesthetics - James Simpson 'Dolly' The Sheep hypodermic syringe - Alexander Wood Digestive biscuit was invented by McVitie's in Edinburgh in 1892 by Alexander Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside1874 Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Natural logarithms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigieboy Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.J Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I had never heard the term 'diddy ride' until i entered Edinburgh! To this day i have not a clue what it means!! It's one of the most exciting journeys a man can take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Pupkin Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE,creator of SHERLOCK HOLMES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambos are go! Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 There is much debate about Alexander Graham Bell inventing the telephone. Most thinking now is that he stole the patent from an Italian who died before he could sue. Stephen Fry put this forward on QI a wee while ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felix Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Anything else? Distinct lack of musicians from Edinburgh. Shirley Manson . And not so musical, but owing his academic learning to auld reekie....the anti creationist Charles Darwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randle P McMurphy Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 the first skyscrapers were built in Edinburgh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tott Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Cocteau Twins. Thought they were from Grangemouth Anaesthetics - James Simpson Born in Bathgate and is one of there most famous sons. Kirsty Gallagher is also from Bathgate or least her auld man is. Logie Baird was from somewhere near Helensburgh,Bell didnt invent the telephone( according to Q.I) Lorne sausages named after some bloke fae Kirkintilloch. Belhaven is in ****ing dunbar surely? -50 if this was Q.I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 There is much debate about Alexander Graham Bell inventing the telephone. Most thinking now is that he stole the patent from an Italian who died before he could sue. Stephen Fry put this forward on QI a wee while ago. I think that's more broadly accepted than just QI (although Stephen Fry's seal of approval pretty much settles it). Bell worked in a patent office. The Italian chappie lodged the patent for his invention but didn't have enough money to see the process through and, as you say, died before he could finish it off. Bell discovered the paperwork, tippexed out the Italian's name and put the thing forward as his own. If we're claiming Alexander Graham Bell, we should also claim Burke & Hare!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only a Game Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Floodlights Flare football Shirt sponsorship Electric scoreboards Bridges of Doom Incontinent Taxi Drivers Massage Parlour stalkers Record cup failures for a major city football club The list is endless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmfc_steve Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Wouldn't have been any radio, television, radar etc without one of the greatest scientific minds of all time .... Edinburgh's own James Clerk Maxwell ... even Einstein had James's framed photo on his wall... and revered him. Terrible that he doesn't get the public recognition he deserved ... but amongst his peers, he's regarded to have had the most profound ideas alongside Newton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheriff Fatman Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Musicians Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull spent his early years here. Shirley Manson Idlewild The Exploited The Bay City Rollers Sir Harry Lauder Others Magnus Magnusson spent much of his childhood here Alister Sim Dario Franchitti Gavin and Scott Hastings John Knox David Hume (Philosopher and Historian) David Wilkie Sir Douglas Haig John Witherspoon (signator of the American Declaration of Independence Jimmy Finlayson (actor, regularly worked with Laurel and Hardey and gave Homer Simpson his catch phrase) was educated here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboinglasgow Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 world's first municipal fire service, founded in 1824 by James Braidwood. He formed it after a massive fire hits Edinburgh. Went on to create the London Fire Brigade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.J Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 world's first municipal fire service, founded in 1824 by James Braidwood. He formed it after a massive fire hits Edinburgh. Went on to create the London Fire Brigade. Edinburgh has also given us JiG's dance moves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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