janney-talk

janny n When the janneys come to a house they wish to visit, they open, without knocking, the storm-door, stick their heads inside the 'porch' and 'sing out': "Any janneys in tonight?" in the high- pitched, squeaky voice that janneys always use - 'janney-talk'...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37934
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/37934 2023-12-31T10:19:19+01:00 janney-talk xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37934 eng eng J 1969 HALPERT and STORY Christmas Mumming 211 Old Perlican, Colin Penny June 24, 69 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13580 J_13580_janny n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37934 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 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z janny n When the janneys come to a house they wish to visit, they open, without knocking, the storm-door, stick their heads inside the 'porch' and 'sing out': "Any janneys in tonight?" in the high- pitched, squeaky voice that janneys always use - 'janney-talk'. [see 'cramp' talk, 'cramped' PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I 3 Used I cramp talk, cramped, janney, jenny, johnny, FOOL, MUMMER n., go out in the jannies, janny-night, janny-talk, jannie Checked by Adrian young on Tue 02 Jun 2015; Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 15 Jul 2015 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
janney-talk
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description janny n When the janneys come to a house they wish to visit, they open, without knocking, the storm-door, stick their heads inside the 'porch' and 'sing out': "Any janneys in tonight?" in the high- pitched, squeaky voice that janneys always use - 'janney-talk'. [see 'cramp' talk, 'cramped' PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I 3 Used I cramp talk, cramped, janney, jenny, johnny, FOOL, MUMMER n., go out in the jannies, janny-night, janny-talk, jannie Checked by Adrian young on Tue 02 Jun 2015; Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 15 Jul 2015
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title janney-talk
title_short janney-talk
title_full janney-talk
title_fullStr janney-talk
title_full_unstemmed janney-talk
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url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37934
genre Newfoundland
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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1969 HALPERT and STORY Christmas Mumming 211
Old Perlican, Colin Penny June 24, 69
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13580
J_13580_janny n
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