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bidesook n Puzzles me! Is it Esquimo? Right! I didn't inform you. Some writers "preserve" dialect by writing stories and finding old words to flavor the text. These authors want to preserve Beothuk. They have invented a feminist story of a girl, with rich paintings. The characters...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1989
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Beothuk
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6797
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Summary:bidesook n Puzzles me! Is it Esquimo? Right! I didn't inform you. Some writers "preserve" dialect by writing stories and finding old words to flavor the text. These authors want to preserve Beothuk. They have invented a feminist story of a girl, with rich paintings. The characters' names are invented but plausible. By research they have discovered Beothuk words and scattered them, with synonyms, through the story. Maybe a desire to let Young Nfldrs know of their forerunners: cp. Hiawatha, etc. B Splendid! G ? G. M. Story MAY 30 1989 W. K Not used Not used Withdrawn Refers to B_10936

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