niche

niche When a fisherman counts the fish he says "Two and two is four, two is a couple more, this one that one, and two more is a niche." . . . we weren't familiar with the word niche, which means ten. JH 6/71 Not used Not used Not used 4 6 7 8 and 10 appears in the quote as if counting

Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59286
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/59286 2023-12-31T10:18:39+01:00 niche image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59286 eng eng N Gerald Duggan, 68-5/58 St. John's West References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13261 N_13261_niche http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59286 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 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z niche When a fisherman counts the fish he says "Two and two is four, two is a couple more, this one that one, and two more is a niche." . . . we weren't familiar with the word niche, which means ten. JH 6/71 Not used Not used Not used 4 6 7 8 and 10 appears in the quote as if counting Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
niche
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description niche When a fisherman counts the fish he says "Two and two is four, two is a couple more, this one that one, and two more is a niche." . . . we weren't familiar with the word niche, which means ten. JH 6/71 Not used Not used Not used 4 6 7 8 and 10 appears in the quote as if counting
format Manuscript
title niche
title_short niche
title_full niche
title_fullStr niche
title_full_unstemmed niche
title_sort niche
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59286
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 N
Gerald Duggan, 68-5/58 St. John's West
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13261
N_13261_niche
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