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• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/55764

more av _The Boo-man_. _The Boogie-man_. JW. Now you didn't actually put down that you'd ever heard of '_Boo-man_', so I gather you haven't? H. _Boo-man_ [PT] - yes,I suppose,in.very small children,sort of a childish thing,you know.Like two-year-olds,you know. '_The Boo-man_ 'll get you! ' [PT] '_The Boo-man_ is comin! ' [PT PT] JW. Yeah,for the same sort o' thing. Yeah. H. You know,in a sort of playful sense moreso than a . a serious threat [PT]. JW. An' the child wouldn't know what was being talked about and he might be a bit scared in that sense? H. Well,I think the expression on your face would probably give him a few clues!Because I think probably he would raise his eyebrows,you know,just.you know,and the same way that the person telling him would. And [it was] pretty obvious that he was getting the clues! JW. An' what about the _Boogie-man_? H. _The Boogie-man_ [PT] - I. no. The _Boogie-man_ [PT] - I've heardof the _Boogie-man_ [PT], but it's again one o' those cases where I don't know where or don't know under what circumstances. Yes DNE-cit [check] Used I Used I used I