_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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35611
id ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/35611
record_format openpolar
spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/35611 2023-12-31T10:18:53+01:00 _he'd pins_ image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35611 eng eng H 38 71 - 94 Frank Dominie 34 Ang. Cape la Hune -P.A.B July9/71 From memory Cape la Hune References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16850 H_14113_head n (verso) http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35611 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 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z 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 Not used [see 'stick pin'] NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
op_collection_id ftmemorialunivdc
language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
_he'd pins_
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description 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 Not used [see 'stick pin'] NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY
format Manuscript
title _he'd pins_
title_short _he'd pins_
title_full _he'd pins_
title_fullStr _he'd pins_
title_full_unstemmed _he'd pins_
title_sort _he'd pins_
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35611
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 H
38 71 - 94
Frank Dominie 34 Ang. Cape la Hune -P.A.B July9/71 From memory Cape la Hune
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16850
H_14113_head n (verso)
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35611
_version_ 1786823065987973120

Similar Items