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UK Dialect
Explore 15 medium UK Dialect questions on Cockney slang, Scottish, Geordie, West Country and Yorkshire words and meanings.
Questions and Answers
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1. In Cockney rhyming slang, what word means 'phone' in the phrase 'dog and bone'?
Answer: phone
2. Which Scottish word means a small stream or creek?
Answer: burn
3. In Geordie dialect, what does 'bairn' mean?
Answer: child
4. What West Country dialect word is commonly used for 'yes'?
Answer: aye
5. In Yorkshire speech, what does 'nowt' mean?
Answer: nothing
6. Which Liverpudlian term is commonly used to mean a friend or mate?
Answer: la
7. In Scots, what does the adjective 'wee' mean?
Answer: small
8. What Northern Irish word can mean a foolish person or an idiot?
Answer: eejit
9. In Black Country dialect, what does 'babby' mean?
Answer: baby
10. Which Welsh English term is often used affectionately to mean 'dear' or 'love'?
Answer: butt
11. In East Midlands dialect, what does 'mardy' usually mean?
Answer: sulky
12. What Cornish dialect word is used for a narrow lane between hedges?
Answer: holloway
13. In Glaswegian speech, what does 'greet' mean?
Answer: cry
14. Which British dialect word means to throw, as in 'to chuck' or 'to lob', and is common in Northern England?
Answer: hoy
15. In Multicultural London English, what does 'peng' mean?
Answer: attractive