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sish n How does an ocean freeze, right before your eyes? Well, first it's patches of gray slush.Ship makes pleasant hissing noise passing through. Germans call it _Eisbrei_, 'ice porridge'; Newfoundlanders rather onomatopoetically refer to it as 'sish.' More technically, goo...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1987
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/44090
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/44090 2023-12-31T10:19:14+01:00 sish n 1987/12/08 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/44090 eng eng S 1983 WARNER 80 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16812 S_16812_sish n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/44090 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 1987 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:39Z sish n How does an ocean freeze, right before your eyes? Well, first it's patches of gray slush.Ship makes pleasant hissing noise passing through. Germans call it _Eisbrei_, 'ice porridge'; Newfoundlanders rather onomatopoetically refer to it as 'sish.' More technically, good old British Admiralty _Arctic Pilot_ defines as 'ice spicules and thin plates about one-third of an inch across, known as frazil crystals.' PRINTED ITEM DNE-Sup G.M.Story DEC. 8 1987 WK [Add to DNE sish n, to T-1965 cite] Used Sup Used Sup Used Sup Eisbrei, ice porridge Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description sish n How does an ocean freeze, right before your eyes? Well, first it's patches of gray slush.Ship makes pleasant hissing noise passing through. Germans call it _Eisbrei_, 'ice porridge'; Newfoundlanders rather onomatopoetically refer to it as 'sish.' More technically, good old British Admiralty _Arctic Pilot_ defines as 'ice spicules and thin plates about one-third of an inch across, known as frazil crystals.' PRINTED ITEM DNE-Sup G.M.Story DEC. 8 1987 WK [Add to DNE sish n, to T-1965 cite] Used Sup Used Sup Used Sup Eisbrei, ice porridge
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publishDate 1987
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/44090
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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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1983 WARNER 80
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16812
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