Scottish Quiz…. All about Scotland 7.
Ok Guys I expect a lot of you to get this right lol
In the Scots language what does it mean to ‘haver’?
- Talk profoundly?
- To Boast?
- To brood in silence?
- Talk nonsense.
As always Winner/s will be posted later… good luck..
Well I am impressed guys, Congrats to Suzette, Susan,Allan, and David The answer indeed is number 4 Thank you all for taking part and hard luck to Quantez Xihuitl you nearly got it..
The correct answer is Talk nonsense In spite of its popularity among Scots speakers today, haver or haiver is a relative newcomer to the language, the earliest quotation in the Dictionary of the Scots Language dating from as late as 1776.
(Scots Language Centre)
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Number 4. I believe but…I could be havering..
Thank you sweet..
Talk profoundly
Thanks friend..
To talk nonsense.
Thanks Allan
Number 4.
Thanks Susan x
I reckon I’ve come across ‘haver’ before – maybe in a Rebus book because I’ve read a few. But not having bothered to look up the meaning at the time, I’m guessing talking nonsense.
4
Thanks mate…