mighty-pens

might depend There is a place around three miles from home (Little Heart's Ease) called Gooseberry Cove and the people have two or three slang words that we don't use and they strike us very funny. We call the crowd "mighty pens" becuase whenever you get talking to the men, they...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/58933 2023-12-31T10:19:28+01:00 mighty-pens image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/58933 eng eng M Little Heart's Ease, Rosalind Drodge English 340, 67/6 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13843 M_13843_might depend http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/58933 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 2023-12-04T11:29:23Z might depend There is a place around three miles from home (Little Heart's Ease) called Gooseberry Cove and the people have two or three slang words that we don't use and they strike us very funny. We call the crowd "mighty pens" becuase whenever you get talking to the men, they are sure to find some place in the conversation to say "you mighty pen". Actually they mean "you might depend". For example, one sentence xxxx I've heard is "You mighty pen, boy, I'll be out dere early 'nuf de mar'r marn." (meaning the fishing grounds). I don't know if the older men do, but the young fellows know we make fun of them. They laugh with us and some of them say it just for kicks because it's what we expect. Not used Not used Not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description might depend There is a place around three miles from home (Little Heart's Ease) called Gooseberry Cove and the people have two or three slang words that we don't use and they strike us very funny. We call the crowd "mighty pens" becuase whenever you get talking to the men, they are sure to find some place in the conversation to say "you mighty pen". Actually they mean "you might depend". For example, one sentence xxxx I've heard is "You mighty pen, boy, I'll be out dere early 'nuf de mar'r marn." (meaning the fishing grounds). I don't know if the older men do, but the young fellows know we make fun of them. They laugh with us and some of them say it just for kicks because it's what we expect. Not used Not used Not used
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Original held in the Department of Folklore.
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Little Heart's Ease, Rosalind Drodge
English 340, 67/6
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13843
M_13843_might depend
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