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Line 7: − + − People from Dundee are officially known as Dundonians but are colloquially known as 'Cogies' which is a reference to the one time lack of sanitation in the city (''cogie'' is the [[Scots]] word for bucket) . The population of the city is a rapidly shrinking 120,000.
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The fourth largest city in Scotland, '''Dundee''', which lies on the northern bank of the [[River Tay|Firth of Tay]].
The fourth largest city in Scotland, '''Dundee''', which lies on the northern bank of the [[River Tay|Firth of Tay]]. The population of the city is approcimately 143,000.
The ship which [[Scott of the Antartic|Robert Scott]] took to Antarctica on his first voyage (the ''RRS Discovery'') was built in Dundee, and is now moored there, despite Scott's final and most famous expedition having largely been paid for by the people of Cardiff (from where the ill-fated crew set off).
The ship which [[Scott of the Antartic|Robert Scott]] took to Antarctica on his first voyage (the ''RRS Discovery'') was built in Dundee, and is now moored there, despite Scott's final and most famous expedition having largely been paid for by the people of Cardiff (from where the ill-fated crew set off).
Controversy was caused in 2006 when Hasbro, the manufacturers of British versions of the board game [[Monopoly (board game)|Monopoly]], proposed replacing the Go to Jail square on the [[Aberdeen]] version with a Go to Dundee square. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/5153684.stm</ref>. The plan was later dropped.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6069164.stm</ref>
Controversy was caused in 2006 when Hasbro, the manufacturers of British versions of the board game [[Monopoly (board game)|Monopoly]], proposed replacing the Go to Jail square on the [[Aberdeen]] version with a Go to Dundee square. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/5153684.stm</ref>. The plan was later dropped.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6069164.stm</ref>
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