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common _Terminology_ (which caused confusion) While principal of St. Mary's School, (1958-62), I started a Parents' Club and had many of the mothers down from the Blackhead Road. We got on fine together, and yet I felt rather hurt when one after another, they used to tell me:- _'Missu...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/18284
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/18284 2023-12-31T10:19:29+01:00 Common. xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/18284 eng eng C Marjorie Stoker English 340, 65/66 St. John's - Southside Hills References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 17431 C_17431_common http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/18284 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:34Z common _Terminology_ (which caused confusion) While principal of St. Mary's School, (1958-62), I started a Parents' Club and had many of the mothers down from the Blackhead Road. We got on fine together, and yet I felt rather hurt when one after another, they used to tell me:- _'Missus, (or Ma'am), you're a real common woman'_, but obvious- ly they meant something different from what I understood by the words. I was enlightened by Jess Mifflin, who assure me that this was a great compliment (the opposite of what I had thought!) and that it meant that I was'very easy to get on with' or 'not snobbish or stuck-up'. We certainly need to understand each other's languages!! I have heard this word used in this way from 1958 onwards to the present time. DNE-cit Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 05 Jul 2016, stamped but not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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Common.
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description common _Terminology_ (which caused confusion) While principal of St. Mary's School, (1958-62), I started a Parents' Club and had many of the mothers down from the Blackhead Road. We got on fine together, and yet I felt rather hurt when one after another, they used to tell me:- _'Missus, (or Ma'am), you're a real common woman'_, but obvious- ly they meant something different from what I understood by the words. I was enlightened by Jess Mifflin, who assure me that this was a great compliment (the opposite of what I had thought!) and that it meant that I was'very easy to get on with' or 'not snobbish or stuck-up'. We certainly need to understand each other's languages!! I have heard this word used in this way from 1958 onwards to the present time. DNE-cit Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 05 Jul 2016, stamped but not used
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Original held in the Department of Folklore.
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Marjorie Stoker English 340, 65/66
St. John's - Southside Hills
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
17431
C_17431_common
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