Break your path

break v Example: "I was never one to break my path for anyone." To break one's path means to attempt to avoid meeting another person by taking a different route. This is a form of evasion practiced when two people are not on the best of terms and one person does not wish to approach a...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1965
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11614
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/11614 2023-12-31T10:19:31+01:00 Break your path 1965/11/02 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11614 eng eng B 77 66-13 Ronald G. Noseworthy English 340 19Grand Bank, F. Bay. Miss Christie Pardy (fellow emplayee),postal clerk, 40,Grand Bank She had known this from childhood in Grand Bank, about 1938-40 Last week in August, 1965. Grand Bank October 29, 1965. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 8955 B_8955_break v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11614 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 1965 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z break v Example: "I was never one to break my path for anyone." To break one's path means to attempt to avoid meeting another person by taking a different route. This is a form of evasion practiced when two people are not on the best of terms and one person does not wish to approach another, probably through embarassment or fear of another argument. This can be construed as an admission of guilt because the very xxxx act of evasion can be said to prove that the person who "breaks his path" before another is in the wrong. In the two instances that I have heard the phrase, it referred to quite serious matters, though this may not necessarily be the general rule This saying is used among the adults and is not as common as formerly. DNE-cit Corrected from Sept 23 NOV 2 1965 [check] Used I Used I 2 Used I Source appears in DNE I as C 66-13 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Break your path
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description break v Example: "I was never one to break my path for anyone." To break one's path means to attempt to avoid meeting another person by taking a different route. This is a form of evasion practiced when two people are not on the best of terms and one person does not wish to approach another, probably through embarassment or fear of another argument. This can be construed as an admission of guilt because the very xxxx act of evasion can be said to prove that the person who "breaks his path" before another is in the wrong. In the two instances that I have heard the phrase, it referred to quite serious matters, though this may not necessarily be the general rule This saying is used among the adults and is not as common as formerly. DNE-cit Corrected from Sept 23 NOV 2 1965 [check] Used I Used I 2 Used I Source appears in DNE I as C 66-13
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title Break your path
title_short Break your path
title_full Break your path
title_fullStr Break your path
title_full_unstemmed Break your path
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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77 66-13
Ronald G. Noseworthy English 340 19Grand Bank, F. Bay. Miss Christie Pardy (fellow emplayee),postal clerk, 40,Grand Bank She had known this from childhood in Grand Bank, about 1938-40 Last week in August, 1965. Grand Bank October 29, 1965.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
8955
B_8955_break v
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