Young

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....

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/67920 2023-12-31T10:18:22+01:00 Young xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/67920 eng eng Y Janice Hudson July 1968 St. John's Bishop's Falls area References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13432 Y_13432_young a http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/67920 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 2023-12-04T11:29:29Z 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 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Withdrawn Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Young
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description 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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title Young
title_short Young
title_full Young
title_fullStr Young
title_full_unstemmed Young
title_sort young
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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Janice Hudson July 1968
St. John's Bishop's Falls area
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13432
Y_13432_young a
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