alphabet fleet
alphabet n Most readers have heard of the Alphabet Fleet, owned originally by the Reid-Newfoundland Railway. The first eight ships built in Scotland just before the turn of the century were given names.each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. They were: _Argyle, Bruce, Clyde, Dundee,...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/4157 2023-12-31T10:14:32+01:00 alphabet fleet 1988/03/29 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4157 eng eng A 1985 A Yaffle of Yarns 127 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13212 A_13212_alphabet n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4157 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 1988 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:28Z alphabet n Most readers have heard of the Alphabet Fleet, owned originally by the Reid-Newfoundland Railway. The first eight ships built in Scotland just before the turn of the century were given names.each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. They were: _Argyle, Bruce, Clyde, Dundee, Ethie, Fife_, _Glencoe_ and _Home_. New vessels were added in subsequent years -- _Invermore, Kyle, Lintrose and Meigle_. were all coastal vessels carrying passengers and freight to every nook and corner of Newfoundland and Labrador. [DNE has _splinter fleet_; we may want to consider this as well] PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup G.M. Story MAR. 29 1988 [check] WK Not used Not used Not used Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Thu 31 Jul 2014; Card marked DNE Sup, but not used. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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alphabet n Most readers have heard of the Alphabet Fleet, owned originally by the Reid-Newfoundland Railway. The first eight ships built in Scotland just before the turn of the century were given names.each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. They were: _Argyle, Bruce, Clyde, Dundee, Ethie, Fife_, _Glencoe_ and _Home_. New vessels were added in subsequent years -- _Invermore, Kyle, Lintrose and Meigle_. were all coastal vessels carrying passengers and freight to every nook and corner of Newfoundland and Labrador. [DNE has _splinter fleet_; we may want to consider this as well] PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup G.M. Story MAR. 29 1988 [check] WK Not used Not used Not used Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Thu 31 Jul 2014; Card marked DNE Sup, but not used. |
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A 1985 A Yaffle of Yarns 127 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13212 A_13212_alphabet n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4157 |
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