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Scottish words
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:21 pm
by Lesley Jeavons
Happy Burns Night everyone!
Does anyone know if any Scottish words are allowed on Countdown? Such as OCH, BAIRN, WISNAE, BEN, KEN, BRAW, DROOKIT etc...
Re: Scottish words
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:29 pm
by jeff wharton
Not too sure about them all,but I would think that bairn would be ok.I am pretty sure that the Scottish word for a small dwelling,bothie has been used on Countdown.
Re: Scottish words
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:37 pm
by Ian Volante
A good few will be certainly, not as many as in Scrabble I suspect, but that goes for anything really...
A gallus wee thread yeh've started.
Re: Scottish words
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:15 pm
by Jennifer Turner
Aye, lots of Scottish words are allowed. Scottish lexicographer Phiona Stanley was very good at spotting them.
Re: Scottish words
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:18 pm
by Jason Larsen
I was surprised about WIFIE!
Re: Scottish words
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:32 pm
by Joseph Bolas
EEJIT is a word that has come up a few times before, that means an idiot.
Re: Scottish words
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2022 3:25 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
And in case anyone wondered what had happened to Phiona Stanley...
https://www.napier.ac.uk/people/phiona-stanley
Re: Scottish words
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2022 4:36 pm
by Ian Volante
For some reason I'm reminded of Pheeona Haahlahm.