some good b'y
some intens Meaning very good. This expression is common in the St. John's area and I also heard it used frquently in Bonavista during the school year 1964-65. A person might be heard to say: "That cake she gave us was 'some good b'y'." In this case b'y' is an...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/58172 2023-12-31T10:15:21+01:00 some good b'y xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/58172 eng eng S Gerald Duggan English 340, 67/68 Bonavista, St. John's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 18259 S_18259_some intens http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/58172 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 2023-12-04T11:29:37Z some intens Meaning very good. This expression is common in the St. John's area and I also heard it used frquently in Bonavista during the school year 1964-65. A person might be heard to say: "That cake she gave us was 'some good b'y'." In this case b'y' is an abbreviation for "boy" an is also commonly used in Newfoundland. I heard it used years ago, 1950 on. very good Used I and Sup Not used 1 Not used wonderful, right Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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some intens Meaning very good. This expression is common in the St. John's area and I also heard it used frquently in Bonavista during the school year 1964-65. A person might be heard to say: "That cake she gave us was 'some good b'y'." In this case b'y' is an abbreviation for "boy" an is also commonly used in Newfoundland. I heard it used years ago, 1950 on. very good Used I and Sup Not used 1 Not used wonderful, right |
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