_unpossible_

unpossible This word is used by some people to mean impossible. This word was given me by a High School Student by the name of Wayne Gosse. Wayne is from the community of Dildo and he heard (over) [reverse] and still hears this word quite often on the government wharf in Dildo . . . . I have heard t...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1956
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/68580 2023-12-31T10:16:46+01:00 _unpossible_ 1956/07/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/68580 eng eng U 19 71-131 C 71-131 Kinsley Welsh, 27 Ang Islington - July 5/71 Wayne Gosse Student - 16 Dildo Dildo Ang He heard it on the whard in Dildo & still hears it. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13011 U_13011_unpossible http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/68580 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 1956 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:39Z unpossible This word is used by some people to mean impossible. This word was given me by a High School Student by the name of Wayne Gosse. Wayne is from the community of Dildo and he heard (over) [reverse] and still hears this word quite often on the government wharf in Dildo . . . . I have heard this word used myself . . . maybe about 20 yrs. [ago]. I heard it from my great grandmother, . . . from Victoria, Conception Bay. She was blind at the time and about 85 yrs. old. Yes DICT CEN. DNE-cit DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1956 Not used Not used Not used NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY, reverse is at U_13042 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description unpossible This word is used by some people to mean impossible. This word was given me by a High School Student by the name of Wayne Gosse. Wayne is from the community of Dildo and he heard (over) [reverse] and still hears this word quite often on the government wharf in Dildo . . . . I have heard this word used myself . . . maybe about 20 yrs. [ago]. I heard it from my great grandmother, . . . from Victoria, Conception Bay. She was blind at the time and about 85 yrs. old. Yes DICT CEN. DNE-cit DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1956 Not used Not used Not used NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY, reverse is at U_13042
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Kinsley Welsh, 27 Ang Islington - July 5/71 Wayne Gosse Student - 16 Dildo Dildo Ang He heard it on the whard in Dildo & still hears it.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13011
U_13011_unpossible
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