barren bitch

barren a We brought that seal up and when we pelted un - we thought he was no good to eat [phonetic transcription], you know - but that was what they call a barren bitch. Now that's a seal [that] never haves any young. Yes [I prefer to transcribe this as [phonetic transcription] rather than [ph...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1964
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5840
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/5840 2023-12-31T10:18:55+01:00 barren bitch 1964/06/09 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5840 eng eng B Gordon J. Dyke T C29 64-10 Tan R1028 Salvage, Coll. HH, JW June 9 (?) 1964 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 10538 B_10538_barren a http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5840 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 1964 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:23Z barren a We brought that seal up and when we pelted un - we thought he was no good to eat [phonetic transcription], you know - but that was what they call a barren bitch. Now that's a seal [that] never haves any young. Yes [I prefer to transcribe this as [phonetic transcription] rather than [phonetic transcription as I hear only one syllable. Cf. na'rn etc.] Used I Not used Withdrawn [see 'smutty bitch', perhaps - JH] Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)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
barren bitch
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description barren a We brought that seal up and when we pelted un - we thought he was no good to eat [phonetic transcription], you know - but that was what they call a barren bitch. Now that's a seal [that] never haves any young. Yes [I prefer to transcribe this as [phonetic transcription] rather than [phonetic transcription as I hear only one syllable. Cf. na'rn etc.] Used I Not used Withdrawn [see 'smutty bitch', perhaps - JH]
format Manuscript
title barren bitch
title_short barren bitch
title_full barren bitch
title_fullStr barren bitch
title_full_unstemmed barren bitch
title_sort barren bitch
publishDate 1964
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5840
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 B
Gordon J. Dyke T C29 64-10 Tan R1028
Salvage, Coll. HH, JW June 9 (?) 1964
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
10538
B_10538_barren a
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