Shit

shit There are all types of things said about the weather at Seal Cove. The old people have nick-names put on almost everything, and snow is no exception. I have heard my grandfather call it "dung-mixin", "shit", and other words as well, such as "the devil's blanket,&qu...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/42142 2023-12-31T10:19:26+01:00 Shit xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/42142 eng eng S Oliver Langdon Engloh 340, 67/68 Seal Cove, F.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 23129 S_23129_shit http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/42142 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 2023-12-04T11:29:33Z shit There are all types of things said about the weather at Seal Cove. The old people have nick-names put on almost everything, and snow is no exception. I have heard my grandfather call it "dung-mixin", "shit", and other words as well, such as "the devil's blanket," "devil's feathers". These words show disapprov- al of it, especially when there is a lot of it on the ground and prevents him from doing his work. All the old people don't want to see too much snow, at Seal Cove, it just poisons them. These words are used more by old people (50 - oldest) more so than by younger people. Heard from grandfather, Bert Langdon, fisherman, aged 67. Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Raji Sreeni on Sat 15 Aug 2015 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description shit There are all types of things said about the weather at Seal Cove. The old people have nick-names put on almost everything, and snow is no exception. I have heard my grandfather call it "dung-mixin", "shit", and other words as well, such as "the devil's blanket," "devil's feathers". These words show disapprov- al of it, especially when there is a lot of it on the ground and prevents him from doing his work. All the old people don't want to see too much snow, at Seal Cove, it just poisons them. These words are used more by old people (50 - oldest) more so than by younger people. Heard from grandfather, Bert Langdon, fisherman, aged 67. Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Raji Sreeni on Sat 15 Aug 2015
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Oliver Langdon Engloh 340, 67/68
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References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
23129
S_23129_shit
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