didoes

didoes . . . a couple of my sisters were having their usual quarrel. They were there shooting off their mouth to one another. My mother who was observing the quarell said to me "They're cutting the didoes again." She said this an expression used to refer to a fuss or quarrel. It is th...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21839
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/21839 2023-12-31T10:18:59+01:00 didoes 1971/08/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21839 eng eng D Claude Bishop, 69-2/193 Wesleyville References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15859 D_15859_didoes http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21839 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 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z didoes . . . a couple of my sisters were having their usual quarrel. They were there shooting off their mouth to one another. My mother who was observing the quarell said to me "They're cutting the didoes again." She said this an expression used to refer to a fuss or quarrel. It is the only time that I heard it and is rarely used in the community today. JH 8/71 not used Not used Withdrawn Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
didoes
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description didoes . . . a couple of my sisters were having their usual quarrel. They were there shooting off their mouth to one another. My mother who was observing the quarell said to me "They're cutting the didoes again." She said this an expression used to refer to a fuss or quarrel. It is the only time that I heard it and is rarely used in the community today. JH 8/71 not used Not used Withdrawn
format Manuscript
title didoes
title_short didoes
title_full didoes
title_fullStr didoes
title_full_unstemmed didoes
title_sort didoes
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21839
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation D
Claude Bishop, 69-2/193
Wesleyville
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15859
D_15859_didoes
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21839
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