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Word Quiz
- Which six letter word, often put before lass, is Scottish slang for "beautiful"?
- What in Edinburgh are often called 'bairns' and in Glasgow 'weans'?
- Hoachin’ means that you are what?
- What food are neeps?
- What word beginning with 's' is still used to refer to English people, mostly negatively?
- What is the six letter abbreviated slang word for a potato?
- What does "to haver" mean in Scottish slang?
- What is the five letter word of Scottish origin now in general English useage meaning careful, or clever?
- What part of the body is an oxter?
- When applied to a person, what is a blether?
- What creature is sometimes called a puddock?
- What item of clothing is a goonie?
- Mawkit is generally used as a description for something what?
- The word "geggy" is used to describe someone's what?
- Tassie is a Scottish slang word meaning what?
Answers
- Bonnie
- Small children
- Very busy
- Turnips
- Sassenach
- Tattie
- To talk foolishly
- Canny
- Armpit
- Gossip, or chatter-box
- Frog or toad
- Nightdress, or dressing gown
- Something dirty
- Mouth
- Cup