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some intens The people of Newfoundland tended/ and still tend to use the word "some" in a unique way. They use it to express a high degree of excellence. "Some" is used in the following sentence to illustrate this: "She is "some" good at playing tennis." or Sh...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/51570 2023-12-31T10:14:54+01:00 some 1971/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/51570 eng eng S Sheila Devine, 71-11/47 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 18260 S_18260_some intens http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/51570 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 2023-12-04T11:29:26Z some intens The people of Newfoundland tended/ and still tend to use the word "some" in a unique way. They use it to express a high degree of excellence. "Some" is used in the following sentence to illustrate this: "She is "some" good at playing tennis." or She is "some" nice to me, she waits for me evey day after school. I guess "some" in these sense means "very". I have often heard people say that so-and so is "wonderful good". The espression is still used today in many parts of Newfoundland. (Heard the word used inSt. John's, Logy Bay, Torbay, Swift Current. Heard the word 'wonderful' used maily in St. John's) - SD a high degree of excellence; very JH 1/71 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used wonderful, right Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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some intens The people of Newfoundland tended/ and still tend to use the word "some" in a unique way. They use it to express a high degree of excellence. "Some" is used in the following sentence to illustrate this: "She is "some" good at playing tennis." or She is "some" nice to me, she waits for me evey day after school. I guess "some" in these sense means "very". I have often heard people say that so-and so is "wonderful good". The espression is still used today in many parts of Newfoundland. (Heard the word used inSt. John's, Logy Bay, Torbay, Swift Current. Heard the word 'wonderful' used maily in St. John's) - SD a high degree of excellence; very JH 1/71 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used wonderful, right |
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S Sheila Devine, 71-11/47 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 18260 S_18260_some intens http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/51570 |
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