make _strange_
strange a My mother (age 60) remembers her own mother in Conception Harbour, C.B. using an expression to a house guest 40 or 50 years ago. When a person arrived at their house the old woman would say "Don't make strange". This meant "Don't think of yourself as a stranger, an...
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Language: | English |
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1972
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56111 |
| Summary: | strange a My mother (age 60) remembers her own mother in Conception Harbour, C.B. using an expression to a house guest 40 or 50 years ago. When a person arrived at their house the old woman would say "Don't make strange". This meant "Don't think of yourself as a stranger, and make yourself at home." It was a word of hospitality. DNE-cit JH 2/72 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Not used make strange, strange shake-hands Listed as DNE-cit but not used |
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