This Irish word: plubairnigh has a meaning no other language in the world has, what is it? a) rain fallen in the evening b) the sound of boiling porridge c) sad when leaving your hometown
the sound of boiling porridge
What does a dog say in English?
woof woof/ruff ruff/arf arf
What's the meaning of this common English saying: TO BEAT ABOUT/AROUND THE BUSH
discuss a matter without coming to the point.
How many languages are spoken in Scotland as a native language? a) one b) two c) three
Three: English, Scots and Gaelic
How many languages are spoken in Europe? a) 130 b) 225 c) 95
225
What's the meaning of this common English saying: ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY?
a person who has failed or been hurt when trying to do something is careful or fearful about doing it again
In how many ways can you pronounce the combination -ough in English? a) 6 b) 5 c) 8
8 A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed
Can you please pronounce the hardest tonguetwister in English? The sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick
YES/NO
Resume is a false friend in English? What does it mean?
begin again or continue after a pause or interruption.
How many languages are spoken in London? a) 200 b) 500 c) 100
200
For more than a century English aristocracy couldn't speak English, what language did they speak?
French
This is one of the longest words in any world's language: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch? What language spoken in the UK does it belong to?
Welsh it translates as: The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio’s of the red cave