Scottish English Trivia

1. If someone told you it was a "braw" day, which would it mean?

From Quiz Scotland the Brains - Scottish Words Quiz

Answer: The weather is extremely clement today

As Harry Lauder used to say "It's a braw, bricht, moonlicht nicht, the nicht" or "It's a beautiful bright moonlit night tonight" Braw means lovely, delightful as I'm sure the Braw Lads and Lasses of Galashiels would agree. http://www.galashiels.border-net.co.uk/gathering/week.html Thanks to larkydarky for that one.

From Quiz Scottish Sayings, Words and Phrases

Answer: Fed up

This word is much used in Scotland, it is to be negative about something. Feeling sleepy, starving or cold could result in feeling 'scunnered' but not necessarily.

From Quiz Basic Scottish Terminology

Answer: someone who drinks a lot of tea

Refers to tea-drinkers of either sex.

From Quiz Scotland the Brains - Scottish Words Quiz

Answer: Tell tale

A clipe is someone who runs to tell authority whenever they see someone doing something they shouldn't be doing. It can also be used as a verb as in "Mum! He cliped on me!" tizzie741 has obviously been cliped on in the past!

From Quiz Scottish Sayings, Words and Phrases

Answer: Staring, open mouthed

For someone to be doing this they would be open mouthed, looking at something or someone with a silly vacant expression. Sniffing, yelling or sobbing loudly is not the definition of this expression in this case.

From Quiz Basic Scottish Terminology

Answer: a schoolmaster

In Dutch dominee (from Latin dominus or Sir) is a protestant minister. In Scotland 'dominie' traditionally referred to another person of some importance: the schoolmaster whom you also address with 'Yes, sir' 'No, sir'.

From Quiz Scottish English

Answer: Same sound as in gate

Scottish English does not always signal the differences in pronunciation with Standard English. Broun, flouer, hous and mous are actually pronounced with the oo of soon, and not with the sound of loud as they are in English. Not the ou of soul either.

From Quiz Scotland the Brains - Scottish Words Quiz

Answer: It's a roundabout

Dundee is full of these junctions, known elsewhere in Britain as roundabouts, but to Dundonians they're "Circles". They're certainly circles to tizzy741

From Quiz Basic Scottish Terminology

Answer: septs

Skerries are small rocky islands. Shinty is a game played between two opposing teams of twelve players. It has some common traits with hockey in that you don't 'kick, catch or throw the ball', but hit it with a stick called the 'caman'. Shenachies were those employed by the clan chiefs to record the history of the clan. Now the word refers to anyone with an extensive knowledge of Gaelic history and folktales.

From Quiz Scottish English

Answer: i

Other examples are wrunkle for wrinkle and whurl for whirl.

From Quiz Scottish Sayings, Words and Phrases

Answer: Losing his temper

This expression means that someone is having a temper tantrum and is very angry! Ringing a bell does not mean this phrase, although in some way the origins of this phrase must come from the bell source somewhere along the line. Slipping on a banana skin or losing a race may cause someone to do this on occasion depending on the person!

From Quiz Basic Scottish Terminology

Answer: it refers to a kind of fish-soup

The soup is made from smoked haddock, potatoes, onion and milk. In this context the name skink means "watery soup" or "essence". Cullen is a fishing-village on the shores of the Moray Firth. Skink is normally the Scottish word for shin of beef, related to "shank" and to Dutch "schenkel". In this context no such "skink" is used.

From Quiz Scottish English

Answer: b

The dropping of B after m is much more frequent in Scottish English than in standard English, which leaves the b unpronounced in lamb, dumb, comb, etc. but still writes it. Other consonants that create funny effects are: r that often changes position within the word: buRnt becomes bRunt and keRb becomes cRib.The other way round: scRatch becomes scaRt and and chRisten becomes kiRsen.

From Quiz Scotland the Brains - Scottish Words Quiz

Answer: Eat it

You would eat it raw. Syboes are spring onions (or green onions in the US), delicious in salads. maygrayuk could tell you all about them.

From Quiz Scottish Sayings, Words and Phrases

Answer: Make yourself comfortable, relax and raid the cookie tin

This phrase means "relax and make yourself at home!" whilst eating all the cookies without having to be polite! There is no need to sit still and not touch anything, the skies the limit!. Doing all the housework to save old auntie from doing it is allowed of course! If amnesia or the 'one too many drinks' is the situation, then raiding the cookie jar and drinks cabinet is, in effect, ok too!

From Quiz Basic Scottish Terminology

Answer: 1st or 3d of May

31st of December is Hogmanay, the Scottish name for New Year's Eve. Lammas, one of the Scottish quarter- or termdays is celebrated on the 1st of August. Candlemas, another of the four quarterdays, is on 2nd of February. The other quarter-days are Whitsunday and Martinmas (11th of November). Note: these quarterdays are not specifically Scottish.

From Quiz Scottish English

Answer: sound as in feet

Other basic phonetic rules are that British English -all mostly becomes -aw, also spelled -aa. Examples: baw, caw, faw and waw for ball, call, fall and wall.

From Quiz Scottish Sayings, Words and Phrases

Answer: Small child

It normally means small child in Scotland If it were a small cat - it would be 'wee cat' If it were a small dog - it would be 'wee dug' If it were a small yak - although not entirely impossible, it would be amazing and improbable to find a yak (big or small) playing in one's garden in Scotland!

From Quiz Scottish English

Answer: a pretty girl

It's a mistaken belief that all bonnies are 'over the Ocean' in America these days.

From Quiz Scottish Sayings, Words and Phrases

Answer: Nowhere

This word in translation is 'home will do me!' so it means they are going nowhere and staying at home. The north coast of Scotland and south of France have many nice places to visit for vacation but not with this name. 'anywhere' is 'anywhere'! and not necessarily home.

From Quiz Scottish English

Answer: turnips

Neeps is a shortened form of turnips. What is actually most commonly used is the swede, a yellow turnip that gets its name from its Swedish origin. It is elsewhere called a rutabaga. As should be clear from the name cock-a-leekie soup, neips are not leeks. Cabbage is Scottish english keil and comparable with standard English kale. In spite of all the horror stories about the haggis, the dish can be neatly presented and charmingly arranged as a kind of yellow, brown, white national 'flag'. Probably Scottish nouvelle cuisine.

From Quiz Scottish English

Answer: holiday

Possibly a foundling (abandoned orphan) found on a holiday.

From Quiz Scotland the Brains - Scottish Words Quiz

Answer: They are angry, get out of their way.

If someone is beelin they are annoyed, angry even. It is usually modified by the adverb fair (which in this case means very) - "She's been stood up by that numpty and now she's fair beelin" translates as "She has been left waiting for her beau, and now she is extremely annoyed".

From Quiz Basic Scottish Terminology

Answer: nickname for Edinburgh

Perth may be famous for its Lady of Perth, but not for its cigars. Aberdeen, the Granite City may smell of fish and North Sea oil, but is not called Auld Reekie. A famous 'Smokie' is Arbroath smokie which is smoked haddock. There is also the finnan haddie, also a smoked haddock. Another famous 'auld' phrase is the Auld Alliance, which refers to Scotland and France teaming up vs. England - until the rise of protestantism changed the political chess game.

From Quiz Scottish English

Answer: dull and dreary

There is also a Scots Gaelic word draik that means 'wet weather'.

From Quiz Basic Scottish Terminology

Answer: a famous pudding or drink made with whisky and honey

The other ingredients are oatmeal and water.

From Quiz Scottish English

Answer: baker

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