aunt

aunt n Neither of them had children of their own and though they were only in their thirties, they and their husbands had been given the honorary titles of Uncle and Aunt, as it was often the customary practise in many Newfoundland outports to grant childless couples such titles. [Add to DNE aunt, 1...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1987
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/3497
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/3497 2023-12-31T10:16:46+01:00 aunt 1987/10/20 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/3497 eng eng A 1984 KELLAND 15 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13616 A_13616_aunt n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/3497 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 1987 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z aunt n Neither of them had children of their own and though they were only in their thirties, they and their husbands had been given the honorary titles of Uncle and Aunt, as it was often the customary practise in many Newfoundland outports to grant childless couples such titles. [Add to DNE aunt, 1977 cite, noting the 'childless' status as relevant to use of the term] PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup G.M. Story OCT.20 1987 [check] WK Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used UNCLE, his aunt had he/she Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Mon 08 Sep 2014; Card marked DNE Sup, but not used. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
aunt
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description aunt n Neither of them had children of their own and though they were only in their thirties, they and their husbands had been given the honorary titles of Uncle and Aunt, as it was often the customary practise in many Newfoundland outports to grant childless couples such titles. [Add to DNE aunt, 1977 cite, noting the 'childless' status as relevant to use of the term] PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup G.M. Story OCT.20 1987 [check] WK Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used UNCLE, his aunt had he/she Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Mon 08 Sep 2014; Card marked DNE Sup, but not used.
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title aunt
title_short aunt
title_full aunt
title_fullStr aunt
title_full_unstemmed aunt
title_sort aunt
publishDate 1987
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/3497
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 A
1984 KELLAND 15
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13616
A_13616_aunt n
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