rudge [Newfounalnd dialect note]

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1970
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/20722

dialect This, _en passant_, was my first experience of the Newfoundland dialect - one of the most marvellous composites on earth. To the home Briton it cannot fail to be most diverting. For the first five minutes you are confident you are conversing with an Irishman - the next five minutes you are highly amused at your mistake. The man is a Scot - probably from Skye or Shetland or some remote community you have never visited. The next five minutes you ask how long he has been from Devonshire. Sometimes he brings all three nationalities to bear on you in one sentence, as did a Placentia man with whom I climbed a hill. When he had reached the summit, (over) [reverse] "Aweel, sor, ye're afther being athwart the rudge," he said. "Athwart the rudge" is pure West County. ,as Mr. Blackmore can testify. PRINTED ITEM W.J. KIRWIN JUN 1970 JH JUN 1970 Not used Not used Not used 'RE-file 1/80' written on attached note, Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Mon 26 Jan 2015; reverse side of D_13357