| Summary: | young a This adjective is frequently prefixed to the name of a child (generally one under 10). Eg. "Mom, young Donnie is playing out in the street again.' It is never used when ad- dressing the child himself- only when talking _about_ him. I have often eard the word used in this way in St. John's, but while visiting cenral Newfoundland in the summer of 1961 I was particularly stuck by the excessive use of it, even in re- ferring to members of one's immediate family. In fact the name of a child was rarely used (except in direct address) without "young" in front of it. In St. John's it is used mostly by older people, and often has a derogatory ring to it, eg. when speaking disparagingly about neighbourhood children because of thier rowdiness or bad manners, etc. Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Withdrawn
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