missus

missus Older married people in Carbonear don't call each other by their first names. The man is always "Skipper" and the lady is always "Missus." I have never heard my father call my mother anything but "Missus", but she always calls him by his first name. (My moth...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50111
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/50111 2023-12-31T10:18:42+01:00 missus image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50111 eng eng M P 210-69 in the DNE I Victoria, C.B., Pauline Pike, Eng. 340, 1968-69 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13949 M_13949_missus http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50111 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 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z missus Older married people in Carbonear don't call each other by their first names. The man is always "Skipper" and the lady is always "Missus." I have never heard my father call my mother anything but "Missus", but she always calls him by his first name. (My mother is 55 - my father is 65) DNE-cit JH SEP 20 1970 Used I Used I Used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
missus
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description missus Older married people in Carbonear don't call each other by their first names. The man is always "Skipper" and the lady is always "Missus." I have never heard my father call my mother anything but "Missus", but she always calls him by his first name. (My mother is 55 - my father is 65) DNE-cit JH SEP 20 1970 Used I Used I Used I
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title missus
title_short missus
title_full missus
title_fullStr missus
title_full_unstemmed missus
title_sort missus
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50111
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation M
P 210-69 in the DNE I
Victoria, C.B., Pauline Pike, Eng. 340, 1968-69
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13949
M_13949_missus
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50111
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