pass oneself

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/66693

pass v Many older Newfoundlanders who have very little of what they call "book-learning", often feel that they are "just as well off" as the "young set" when it comes to "passing themselves" in society. By this they mean that although young people today get more formal education then they got they have few of the"good man- ners" which the older people have. As a result they (the young x set) find it difficult to be accepted in many social situations. I have heard this feeling expressed by the older people - (60 years and older) in several areas of Newfoundland. People of different areas have their oen reasons for saying this. In some areas they blame it on the influence of television or the theatre (if these things are available in the community)and in others it may be blamed on the teacher, the school in general, or even upon the local minister. I was reminded of this today during a class dis- cuss of education in today's society. I remember this from the early 1950's; I have heard it on the west coat and in Northern Newfoundland. Various phrases Used I Used I Not used