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Jessisun
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How do you say this in English?
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Hi, everyone! I need some help with a expression in English. Yesterday one of my students asked me how to say in English when a student decides not to go to school without their parents � knowledge; that �s to say when a student pretends to attend to class but s/he goes to somewhere else such to a shopping centre or to a ark or any other place and they go back home as if they had been at school. I hope you can help me with this!!! Thanks a lot! |
24 Jul 2013
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mariontx
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I think it �s "to play hooky." |
24 Jul 2013
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MarionG
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the casual way to say this would be "to skip school/class"
or "to play hooky/hookie" (but somehow that sounds a bit old fashioned, is it still used?)
The more official term is �truancy � or to �be truant �
hope this helps |
24 Jul 2013
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alien boy
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In Australia we�d commonly say �wag �.
i.e. I�m going to wag school tomorrow.
I�ll be wagging maths this afternoon.
An English co worker said he�d most likely use �skip �.
i.e. He�s skipping school today.
He�ll skip Science in 6th period.
Hope that helps!
Cheers,
AB
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24 Jul 2013
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Jessisun
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Thank you all of you for your replies!! They helped me a lot!!! |
24 Jul 2013
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alex076
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I thought it was "skive off school" ...is this expression wrong? Thanks, Alex |
24 Jul 2013
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alien boy
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Hi Alex!
I�d forgetten all about skiving! I�m more used to using that in relation to work rather than school... but that could just be a difference in vernacular.
Cheers!
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24 Jul 2013
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cunliffe
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In the last school I was in, the kids used to �wag �. In the last but one, they used to �twag. � �Truant � is the correct form. �He �s truanting. � �Skip � would apply to one lesson rather than a whole day. I haven �t heard �skiving off school � but kids use �skive � all the time for internal truanting i.e. missing a lesson here and there. |
25 Jul 2013
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almaz
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Like most kids in Glasgow, I used to use �doggin� it�* for truanting. It�s still used, but when I started teaching further along the west coast of Scotland, I was hearing �skidging� a lot. At various times, I�ve also heard - usually from colleagues from other parts of the country - �plunking (off)�, �bunking (off)�, �skiving (off)� and a few obscure others which escape me at the moment.
*get your mind out of the gutter (you know who you are  ) |
25 Jul 2013
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joy2bill
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There �s also the expression " bunking" or "doing a bunk" to mean skiving or wagging.
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25 Jul 2013
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