a scissors

scissors VOCABULARY. "Do you have _a scissors?_" [ie. some scissors, a pair of scissors] [Question asked by Peter Neary and addressed to Mrs. Jean Halley in the DNE centre, Floor 2. Arts/Admin building. M.U.N. The question was repreated by the speaker in exactly the same form, showing that...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/42570
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/42570 2023-12-31T10:19:24+01:00 a scissors 1973/08/01 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/42570 eng eng S J.WIDDOWSON 38 EDALE U.K. AUG 1 1973 AUG 1 1973 PETER NEARY UNIV.LECTURER 30s Bell island (St. John's) References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 22195 S_22195_scissors http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/42570 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 1973 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:36Z scissors VOCABULARY. "Do you have _a scissors?_" [ie. some scissors, a pair of scissors] [Question asked by Peter Neary and addressed to Mrs. Jean Halley in the DNE centre, Floor 2. Arts/Admin building. M.U.N. The question was repreated by the speaker in exactly the same form, showing that it was [reverse] not an accidental usage. When I commented on it, he said he had said "Do you have _the_ scissors?" but this was not the case, especially as he didn't know if any scissors were there or not so would not have used the determiner _the_ on this occasion. some scissors, a pair of scissors Not used Not used Withdrawn NFLD FOLKLORE SURVEY Reverse of card at S_22196 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description scissors VOCABULARY. "Do you have _a scissors?_" [ie. some scissors, a pair of scissors] [Question asked by Peter Neary and addressed to Mrs. Jean Halley in the DNE centre, Floor 2. Arts/Admin building. M.U.N. The question was repreated by the speaker in exactly the same form, showing that it was [reverse] not an accidental usage. When I commented on it, he said he had said "Do you have _the_ scissors?" but this was not the case, especially as he didn't know if any scissors were there or not so would not have used the determiner _the_ on this occasion. some scissors, a pair of scissors Not used Not used Withdrawn NFLD FOLKLORE SURVEY Reverse of card at S_22196
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title_short a scissors
title_full a scissors
title_fullStr a scissors
title_full_unstemmed a scissors
title_sort scissors
publishDate 1973
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation S
J.WIDDOWSON 38 EDALE U.K. AUG 1 1973 AUG 1 1973 PETER NEARY UNIV.LECTURER 30s Bell island (St. John's)
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
22195
S_22195_scissors
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