Thursday, August 14, 2014

How Scottish are you? A test.


 

Below are two columns of words.  Match the Scottish word from the left column to the American word on the right column. 

Brae
Wee
Burn
Pigeon House
Bracken
Old
Tablet
Inlet from sea
Peedie
Climbing Mts of a minimum height
Neeps
Hunting Guide
Tatties
Sugar Candy
Auld
Hill
Bairn
Potatoes
Bonnie
Narrow street
Glen
Baby
Loch
Church
Ben
Dance Party
Ceilidh
Ferns
Croft
Lake
Doocot
Circular ditch with a bank
Coos
Stream
Firth
Valley
Gillie
Cows
Laird
Mountain
Henge
Turnips
Kirk
Estate Holder
Munro Bagging
Sport similar to field hockey
Shinty
Beautiful
Wynd
Farmers House
Close
Narrow alley

 

90% +    Clan warlord

80-89%  Welcome to the clan

70-79%  You’re invited to the Highland Games to spectate

60-69%   Feel free to buy all the souviners you can take home.

Less than 60%  You’re getting soaked in the rain.

 

Answers:

 

Brae    Hill
Burn    Stream
Bracken  Ferns
Tablet    Sugar Candy
Peedie    Wee
Neeps     Turnips
Tatties     Potatoes
Auld         Old
Bairn        Baby
Bonnie     Beautiful
Glen          Valley
Loch          Lake
Ben           Mountain
Ceilidh      Dance Party
Croft       Farmers House
Doocot   Pigeon House
Coos        Cows
Firth         Sea Inlet
Gillie        Hunting Guide
Laird        Estate Holder
Henge      Circular ditch
Kirk           Church
Munro Bagging  Mountain Climbing
Shinty  Field hockey sport
Wynd   Narrow street
Close   Narrow Alley

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