Boston States

Boston n "Tom went off to [work in] the Boston (sometimes pronounced 'Bosting') States last month." Years ago most families in the outports had a son/daughter (or more) who went to the U.S.A. to work, and who sent money home from time to time to the parents, and this tided the fa...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6915
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/6915 2023-12-31T10:19:16+01:00 Boston States 1970/02/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6915 eng eng B Avalon Pen References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 11752 B_11752_Boston n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6915 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 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z Boston n "Tom went off to [work in] the Boston (sometimes pronounced 'Bosting') States last month." Years ago most families in the outports had a son/daughter (or more) who went to the U.S.A. to work, and who sent money home from time to time to the parents, and this tided the family over many a hard time. I think most of them went (at least the men) to Boston, Gloucester and places like that to fish. DNE-cit JH JH 2/70 Not used Not used Withdrawn Withdrawn but no stamp; Card marked DNE-cit, but not used. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Boston States
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description Boston n "Tom went off to [work in] the Boston (sometimes pronounced 'Bosting') States last month." Years ago most families in the outports had a son/daughter (or more) who went to the U.S.A. to work, and who sent money home from time to time to the parents, and this tided the family over many a hard time. I think most of them went (at least the men) to Boston, Gloucester and places like that to fish. DNE-cit JH JH 2/70 Not used Not used Withdrawn Withdrawn but no stamp; Card marked DNE-cit, but not used.
format Manuscript
title Boston States
title_short Boston States
title_full Boston States
title_fullStr Boston States
title_full_unstemmed Boston States
title_sort boston states
publishDate 1970
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6915
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation B
Avalon Pen
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
11752
B_11752_Boston n
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