_he'd pins_
head n A _PEN_ to a person from the south coast of nfld. is an instrument for writing. But a safety pin or _stick pin_ [PT] was pronounced with a lengthened form of the "e" sound and became "_safety peen_". Of course there were no stick pins, they were _he'd peens_" in...
| Format: | Manuscript |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35301 |
| Summary: | head n A _PEN_ to a person from the south coast of nfld. is an instrument for writing. But a safety pin or _stick pin_ [PT] was pronounced with a lengthened form of the "e" sound and became "_safety peen_". Of course there were no stick pins, they were _he'd peens_" in Cape La Hune and in other parts of the SouthWest Coast. [my instructor in this course [reverse] tells me that he has never heard the term "stick pin" to mean a pin with a head. To him it is simply a "pin". You had to have some way of distinguishing between a safety pin and a stick pin, so that is probably why we have to two terms. From the age of around 11 when I moved to Port Aux Basques I heard the term "stick pin" for the pin with the head. This term is in general use in all parts of nfld I visited Yes DICT CEN DNE-cit JW Used I and Sup Used I Not used [see 'stick pin'] NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY |
|---|