Think You Know Scots? – Quiz

The Chambers Dictionary in Edinburgh prides itself on its rich coverage of Scottish vocabulary. It includes words like messages and tablet, familiar words in English that have a unique meaning in Scotland, as well as words like outwith that are so familiar to Scots that often they don’t realize the words are Scottish at all. It also includes those words that are distinctively and undoubtedly Scottish, like tourie, capernoity and numpty.

But how well do you know your Scottish words? Try the quiz to find out!

1: If you are blate, what are you?
beautiful
tall
bashful

2: If children play peevers, what do they play?
rounders
hide-and-seek
hopscotch

3: What is a bauchle?
a rumour
a worn-out or clumsy person
a cluster

4: What is howtowdie?
gossip
a dish of boiled chicken
good society

5: What does unco mean?
very
uncool
uncle

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