Arn? - Narn.

arn To further illustrate. The shortest Newfoundland conversation is well known. It occurred when one fisherman met another on the way back from the fishing grounds. The first asked: "Arn?" To which the other replied: "Narn." This translates as "Ever the one?" and "...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/4001 2023-12-31T10:15:06+01:00 Arn? - Narn. xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4001 eng eng A 1975 GUY Sea Urchins 168 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13474 A_13474_arn http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4001 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 2023-12-04T11:29:25Z arn To further illustrate. The shortest Newfoundland conversation is well known. It occurred when one fisherman met another on the way back from the fishing grounds. The first asked: "Arn?" To which the other replied: "Narn." This translates as "Ever the one?" and "Never the one (fish)." Or [stamped] PRINTED ITEM Used I and Sup Used I Used I E'ER, E'ERA ONE Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Thu 14 Aug 2014; Found in DNE but no stamp Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Arn? - Narn.
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description arn To further illustrate. The shortest Newfoundland conversation is well known. It occurred when one fisherman met another on the way back from the fishing grounds. The first asked: "Arn?" To which the other replied: "Narn." This translates as "Ever the one?" and "Never the one (fish)." Or [stamped] PRINTED ITEM Used I and Sup Used I Used I E'ER, E'ERA ONE Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Thu 14 Aug 2014; Found in DNE but no stamp
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title Arn? - Narn.
title_short Arn? - Narn.
title_full Arn? - Narn.
title_fullStr Arn? - Narn.
title_full_unstemmed Arn? - Narn.
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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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1975 GUY Sea Urchins 168
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13474
A_13474_arn
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