good by

boy n "good by" -- A mispronunciation of "good boy". From my knowledge when during Christmas and other festive occassion old men would group together and sing old songs. They would always have to hold hands and tell each other that he was a good by. For the longest time hearing t...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4535
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/4535 2023-12-31T10:19:06+01:00 good by 1971/08/05 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4535 eng eng B 09 71 -89 MARgAReT COLLINS 21, R.C. Freshwater P.B. (From Memory) Aug 5/71 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 8822 B_8822_boy n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4535 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 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z boy n "good by" -- A mispronunciation of "good boy". From my knowledge when during Christmas and other festive occassion old men would group together and sing old songs. They would always have to hold hands and tell each other that he was a good by. For the longest time hearing this I thought they were saying good bye to each other for no apparent reason, but Yes DICT CEN. (Christmas) Used I and Sup Not used 2 Not used See B_13549 for reverse. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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good by
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description boy n "good by" -- A mispronunciation of "good boy". From my knowledge when during Christmas and other festive occassion old men would group together and sing old songs. They would always have to hold hands and tell each other that he was a good by. For the longest time hearing this I thought they were saying good bye to each other for no apparent reason, but Yes DICT CEN. (Christmas) Used I and Sup Not used 2 Not used See B_13549 for reverse.
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title_full good by
title_fullStr good by
title_full_unstemmed good by
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publishDate 1971
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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 B
09 71 -89
MARgAReT COLLINS 21, R.C. Freshwater P.B. (From Memory) Aug 5/71
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
8822
B_8822_boy n
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