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Match the words in the first column to the words in the second column. All the words look ‘English’ but use Ulster-Scots meanings and sounds to pair them off. For example, bait might be paired with lick because both mean to ‘beat’.
1 | Answer | A | Bed |
2 | Bad | B | Croon |
3 | Brave | C | Fox |
4 | Breed | D | Grew |
5 | Clock | E | Lock |
6 | Collie | F | Mane |
7 | Dug | G | Moose |
8 | Gavel | H | Pickle |
9 | Greet | I | Pie |
10 | Heed | J | Piece |
11 | Howl | K | Roar |
12 | Merry | L | Seek |
13 | Near | M | Set |
14 | Poor | N | Sin |
15 | Settle | O | Sit |
16 | Screw | P | Study |
17 | Simmer | Q | Tim |
18 | Square | R | Toy |
19 | Taste | S | Wad |
20 | Tig | T | Windy |
Elspeth Barnes
(Answers below)
1 — M | (both words = ‘to suit’) |
2 — L | (both words = ‘sick’) |
3 — E | (brave lock = ‘good number’) |
4 — J | (both words = ‘bread’) |
5 — O | (both words = ‘brooding hen’) |
6 — C | (collie fox = ‘to mislead or trick’) |
7 — D | (both words = ‘dog’ |
8 — T | (gavel windy = ‘gable window’) |
9 — K | (both words = ‘cry’) |
10 — B | (both words = ‘head’) |
11 — P | (howl study = ‘hold steady’ (stand still)) |
12 — S | (both words = ‘wed’) |
13 — F | (both words = ‘mean’) |
14 — Q | (both words = ‘pour’) |
15 — A | (settle-bed) |
16 — G | (shrew-mouse) |
17 — N | (summer-sun) |
18 — I | (both words = ‘pay’) |
19 — H | (both words = ‘some’) |
20 — R | (tig-toy = ‘tease’) |
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