That’s interesting

puzzles THAT’S INTERESTING...

Each month ADAM JACOT DE BOINOD, former researcher from ‘QI’ and author of The Meaning of Tingo, poses a vocabulary quiz from our local Wiltshire dialect.

CAN YOU GUESS THE CORRECT DEFINITION?

1. BRUCKLE a) the leather strap to bind a hawk’s wing b) to crumble away (as of stone when exposed to the weather) c) a pole slung across a stream to stop cattle passing

2. JARL a) to quarrel b) to talk for the sake of talking c) a slight, tickling cough

3. NURK a) a tree bare of leaves or twigs b) a lean deer not fit to hunt c) the worst pig of a litter 4. SPRONKY a) impulsively; without deliberation b) anything badly formed or out of shape c) said of trees full of short branches

SKIP TO THE LOO The idealised body is all very well to look at, in a painting or beautiful photograph. But in life, of course, bodies are constantly working organisms, managing repetitive functions that we often try and pretend are not actually happening to us. Just look at the string of euphemisms for our regular trips to the loo. We go and...

Check the price of wheat in Chicago (Fife) Empty the ashtrays (Manchester) Empty the teapot to make room for the next cup of tea (Buckinghamshire) See a friend off to the coast (BBC) See the vicar and book a seat for evensong (Isle of Wight) See what time it is on the market clock (Bedfordshire) Shake the dew from one’s orchid (Cumbria) Turn one’s bike round (Suffolk) Water the horses (Cheshire) Wring out one’s socks (Kent) ANSWERS 1B, 2A, 3C, 4C

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