biff n

biff n 'Biff is the name given to a bird, officially named the Lapland Longspur (_Calcarius lapponicus_) by long time residents of communities at the extreme northern tip of the Northern Peninsula, L'A_nse-aux-Meadows, Ship Cove, Straitsview and probably other nearby communities. This is o...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1988
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Lapland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10163
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/10163 2023-12-31T10:19:28+01:00 biff n 1988/02/04 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10163 eng eng B Bruce MacTavish 37 Waterford Bridge Rd St John's, Nfld A1E 1C5 = P 161 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 3791 B_3791_biff n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10163 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1988 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:32Z biff n 'Biff is the name given to a bird, officially named the Lapland Longspur (_Calcarius lapponicus_) by long time residents of communities at the extreme northern tip of the Northern Peninsula, L'A_nse-aux-Meadows, Ship Cove, Straitsview and probably other nearby communities. This is one of the few areas of Nfld where the Lapland Longspur is common enough to be noticed by the average person. 'It is a common spring and fall migrant and often fed in old potato[-]e[-] gardens and I often heard people in L'Anse-aux-Meadows call them "Biffs". The people in L'Anse-aux-Meadows assured me that it was a well known name in the adjacent communities named above'. See cited quotation. _DNE_ _erratum_ DNE Sup G. M. Story FEB. 4 1988 WK FEB 4 1988 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used Sup Manuscript Newfoundland Lapland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
biff n
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description biff n 'Biff is the name given to a bird, officially named the Lapland Longspur (_Calcarius lapponicus_) by long time residents of communities at the extreme northern tip of the Northern Peninsula, L'A_nse-aux-Meadows, Ship Cove, Straitsview and probably other nearby communities. This is one of the few areas of Nfld where the Lapland Longspur is common enough to be noticed by the average person. 'It is a common spring and fall migrant and often fed in old potato[-]e[-] gardens and I often heard people in L'Anse-aux-Meadows call them "Biffs". The people in L'Anse-aux-Meadows assured me that it was a well known name in the adjacent communities named above'. See cited quotation. _DNE_ _erratum_ DNE Sup G. M. Story FEB. 4 1988 WK FEB 4 1988 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used Sup
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publishDate 1988
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10163
genre Newfoundland
Lapland
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Lapland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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Bruce MacTavish 37 Waterford Bridge Rd
St John's, Nfld A1E 1C5 = P 161
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
3791
B_3791_biff n
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