Scottish Slang
When someone is fed up
what is ´scunnered’
What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on?
What is a coat of paint
Ask to rearrange a meeting
What is to take a rain check
In this 1960 epic John Wayne is the famous Davy Crockett. This movie has a full star cast, Frankie Avalon and Richard Widmark to name a few
What is The Alamo
To waste time or messing around
what is to lollygag
When staring, open mouthed
What is ’gauping’
What gets wetter as it dries?
What is a towel
No matter what the situation
what is come rain or shine
One of Wayne’s best westerns may have been ‘Rio Bravo ». Who was the prisoner that caused all the problems in the movie
Who is Claude Akins
Another way of saying ‘confuse’ or ‘perplex’ this strange-sounding word is believed to have originated from the word ‘Dumbfound’
What is Bumfuzzle
In Scotland, if someone says ‘that man was fairly going his ’dinger’ the other day‘ what does that mean?
What is losing his temper
What gets bigger the more you remove from it?
What is a hole
They ruin your pleasure or plans
What is rain on my parade
Claire Trevor starred with John Wayne in which early western?
What is Stagecoach
This word often describes something crooked or out of place, such as a painting hanging askew on the wall
What is Cattywampus
If in Scotland, and one asks a person where they are going for this year’s annual vacation or holiday and they reply ‘Oh! Its hameldaeme this year’ where is this place?
What is nowhere
What can you break by doing nothing at all
What is a promise
To be extremely happy
What is cloud nine
Oliver Hardy, of Laurel and Hardy fame, is the Duke’s « sidekick » in which movie?
The Fighting Kentuckian
À word to describe a person who is unkempt, disheveled or dressed in tattered clothing
What is Ragamuffin
If you hear someone from Scotland say ’ I’m spewing feathers’ What does that mean?
They are very thirsty
What belongs to you but is used more by other people
What is your name
To feel fine and healthy
What is as right as rain
Stops to drink coffee
It was first used to refer to the scribbling of signatures on legal documents that were often improperly deciphered.
what is Griffonage