"CHEWING THE FAT"

Mind you, we also had difficulty with the British ones. Not expressions from our neck of the woods so to speak! Here are a few we do use, see what you make of them.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THESE WORDS MEAN????

A Scottish puzzle from Fochabers
Scottish word	Queen's guess	the real answer		Scottish word	Queen's guess	the real answer
fiel	?	?		fleg	flag? a mutant flea? a mutated flea?	a fright
michty aye	some kind of rare eye disease? hello?	a greeting / hello / yes		tourie	tour? tour? go on a tour?	a hat
scoob	annoying person? a nickname for Scooby doo (on t.v)? annoying person?	teacher's pet / swat / a sook / goody-goody		bide	fill in your time? kind of like obey? fill in your time?	where you stay or live
bairn	children? a farm building gone wrong?	a child		clipe / grass	?	?
duke / skive	to skite or brag? to wag school? to skite?	skip school		doss	do you? something on the computer? do you?	cool / magic
chuffed	pleased? to be happy or pleased? pleased?	pleased		tag / tawse	a game? game? game?	the strap / belt / corporal punishment - not used any more

From Class 1F1 Milne's High School
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Guesses by Jenny, Tracy, Sarah and Jo-Anne, Monique, Amber and Nedra and Anna, Emma, Erin D, Olivia, Amanda, Kelly and Erin - the girls from 3 Watson, Queen's High School Dunedin.

Now take a look at Queen's classic Kiwi phrases.... see if you can figure out that they mean!

Another Scottish puzzle from Fochabers
flunkie	?		quine	?
loon	?		scaffie	?
dreich	?		neep	?

From Class 1F2 Milne's High School
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