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hail 1972 ANDERSEN & WADEL (eds) 125 'I never can be sure just how much a man has on his boat on a given day. You're only fairly certain of his total catch when he gives his last hail for the trip.' The manager's expectation that something is wrong with his information is sub...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/34098 2023-12-31T10:19:30+01:00 hail n image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34098 eng eng H 1972 Andersen and Wadel (eds) 125 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13047 H_13047_hail http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34098 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 2023-12-04T11:29:24Z hail 1972 ANDERSEN & WADEL (eds) 125 'I never can be sure just how much a man has on his boat on a given day. You're only fairly certain of his total catch when he gives his last hail for the trip.' The manager's expectation that something is wrong with his information is sub-stantiated by discrepancies apparent in a comparison of recorded daily hails, the manager's estimates of the actual catch by his 'decoding' of the hail, and the hold log kept by the skipper at approximately the same time. [The indeterminacy of the 'hail' is the result of very guarded radio reports by trawler captains to disguise the daily or period catch of fish so that fellow-captains remain ignorant or uncertain of the productivity of a given fishing ground.] p. 125 note 8 Substantial variation between hail and logged catch is a partial consequence of the schooling characteristics of the diverse species hunted. G. M. Story AUG. 3 1989 Used Sup Used Sup Used Sup Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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hail 1972 ANDERSEN & WADEL (eds) 125 'I never can be sure just how much a man has on his boat on a given day. You're only fairly certain of his total catch when he gives his last hail for the trip.' The manager's expectation that something is wrong with his information is sub-stantiated by discrepancies apparent in a comparison of recorded daily hails, the manager's estimates of the actual catch by his 'decoding' of the hail, and the hold log kept by the skipper at approximately the same time. [The indeterminacy of the 'hail' is the result of very guarded radio reports by trawler captains to disguise the daily or period catch of fish so that fellow-captains remain ignorant or uncertain of the productivity of a given fishing ground.] p. 125 note 8 Substantial variation between hail and logged catch is a partial consequence of the schooling characteristics of the diverse species hunted. G. M. Story AUG. 3 1989 Used Sup Used Sup Used Sup |
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