The word squint

[Gull]

Just read that squint - meaning not straight - is only really used in Scotland ? No way surely 😄 Was an article about Scottish presenter from Homes Under the Hammer, a window was squint and her cameraman didn’t have a clue what she was talking about 😂 So if you don’t say squint what do you say ?

[maidmarian]

Squint means in my language, to squint with your eyes, must be a Scottish thing then 😄

[Gull]

Yeah, we use it for to squint eyes, but if a picture isn’t straight on a wall say, then it’s squint 😄

[maidmarian]

Originally Posted by Gull

Yeah, we use it for to squint eyes, but if a picture isn’t straight on a wall say, then it’s squint 😄

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Weird, it's crooked 😂

[hexagon]

What how could you not say squint. I’m baffled.

[Smilesonfaces]

Squint is your eyes.
Something not straight is skew wiff.

[Gull]

I honestly didn’t realise that this wasn’t used by everyone 😄 I bet there’s loads of words that we don’t think of as being a regional thing, unlike all the words on the other thread where most of us know that there’s lots of words for, if you know what I mean 😂

[scottishmum]

I wouldn’t say it now but growing up in Scotland I would say the picture is “squinty”
Or my mum used to say “squegee” 🤣

[Fluffypenguin]

I’ve always grown up being told I have a squint in my eye? I’m sure it’s a genuine word used as a part of having a lazy eye...😂

[Gull]

Originally Posted by Fluffypenguin

I’ve always grown up being told I have a squint in my eye? I’m sure it’s a genuine word used as a part of having a lazy eye...😂

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Yes that too 😄 So your eye isn’t straight, just like a picture could be not straight = squint 😄