Auld Reekie

[nq:1]The nickname for Edingburg is usually "Auld Reekie" (old smokey), but has Glasgow also had this name or has Glasgow ever had the same nickname as Edingburg? If not, what nickname do Glasgow have?[/nq]
Glesga! (Local pronunciation rather than nickname.) BTW, it's Edinburgh, with an h" at the end.
With best wishes,
Peter.

Peter Young, (BrE), Consultant Anaesthetist, 1975-2

[nq:1]What nickname does Glasgow have?[/nq]
During and after the Industrial Revolution, Glasgow was known as the "Second City of the British Empire" ( much of the Victorian era and Edwardian period).
In the 1920s and 1930s, the strength of the unions in the industrial areas (especially the shipyards), and a wider rise of radical socialism attracted the name "Red Clydeside" originally, I su

[nq:2]The nickname for Edingburg is usually "Auld Reekie" (old smokey), ... nickname as Edingburg? If not, what nickname do Glasgow have?[/nq]
[nq:1]Glesga! (Local pronunciation rather than nickname.) BTW, it's Edinburgh, with an "h" at the end.[/nq]
Following this off-the-cuff post, I've looked up Glasgow in Brewer's Britain and Ireland. It doesn't give a nickname, but says that its inhab

[nq:2]Glesga! (Local pronunciation rather than nickname.)[/nq]
Often ****. Gleska, aka Glasgae
[nq:1]Following this off-the-cuff post, I've looked up Glasgow in Brewer's Britain and Ireland. It doesn't give a nickname, but says that its inhabitants are known as Keelies or Weegies, "... connoting a certain degree of hooliganism".[/nq]
Although Glasgow features proudly in Abba's Super Tr

[nq:2]The nickname for Edingburg is usually "Auld Reekie" (old smokey), ... nickname as Edingburg? If not, what nickname do Glasgow have?[/nq]
[nq:1]Glesga! (Local pronunciation rather than nickname.) BTW, it's Edinburgh, with an h" at the end[/nq]
and no g in the middle.

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[nq:1]Often ****. Gleska, aka Glasgae[/nq]
[nq:2]Following this off-the-cuff post, I've looked up Glasgow in Brewer's ... Keelies or Weegies, "... connoting a certain degree of hooliganism".[/nq]
[nq:1]Although Glasgow features proudly in Abba's Super Trouper"[/nq]
To me, it's never sounded quite like "Glasgow". I suspect that originally it wasn't, but they just went along with the mis

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[nq:2]Glesga! (Local pronunciation rather than nickname.) BTW, it's Edinburgh, with an h" at the end[/nq]
[nq:1]and no g in the middle.[/nq]
Edinburgh- of course - but how about Auld Reekie? Is it only Edinburgh who has this name?
Has Glasgow ever had this name?

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[nq:1]Not to my knowledge. Edinburgh had the especially bad sewage facilities at the time the phrase was used.[/nq]
Although "reek" obviously can refer to "smoke" in Scottish (as in "Lang may yer lum reek"), presumably can also has the usual meaning of "smell". "Reekie" - in the sense of "smelly" - would therefore be appropriate. Maybe the Edinburghers just co