dreadful

dreadful We, in turn, were amused by the way the people from Mussel Harbour (later, Kingwell after Parson Kingwell) on Long Island used the word "dreadful." Everything with them seemed to be dreadful. "I'm DREAD-ful fond of them polar bars," or " 'Tis a DREAD-ful n...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1976
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19775
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/19775 2023-12-31T10:19:24+01:00 dreadful 1976/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19775 eng eng D 1975 GUY Sea Urchins 63 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14645 D_14645_dreadful http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19775 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 1976 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z dreadful We, in turn, were amused by the way the people from Mussel Harbour (later, Kingwell after Parson Kingwell) on Long Island used the word "dreadful." Everything with them seemed to be dreadful. "I'm DREAD-ful fond of them polar bars," or " 'Tis a DREAD-ful nice day" or "The weather is a DREAD-ful kind of poor." Things could also be a DREAD-ful kind of good. Even three miles across the harbour at Bordeaux the inhabitants used certain phrases which could cause much merriment at Arnold's Cove. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1976 JH JAN 1976 Used I Used I Used I Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 27 Jul 2016 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
dreadful
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description dreadful We, in turn, were amused by the way the people from Mussel Harbour (later, Kingwell after Parson Kingwell) on Long Island used the word "dreadful." Everything with them seemed to be dreadful. "I'm DREAD-ful fond of them polar bars," or " 'Tis a DREAD-ful nice day" or "The weather is a DREAD-ful kind of poor." Things could also be a DREAD-ful kind of good. Even three miles across the harbour at Bordeaux the inhabitants used certain phrases which could cause much merriment at Arnold's Cove. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1976 JH JAN 1976 Used I Used I Used I Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 27 Jul 2016
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title dreadful
title_short dreadful
title_full dreadful
title_fullStr dreadful
title_full_unstemmed dreadful
title_sort dreadful
publishDate 1976
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19775
genre Newfoundland
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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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1975 GUY Sea Urchins 63
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14645
D_14645_dreadful
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