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belay 34. blar or (blay): I have always heard it referred to as "to blay" rather than to blar. I have never heard it in reference to any particular direction. It was always used to tell someone to turn the boat with a "sculling oar". "Blay her around, ole man! Christ, I coul...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7197
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/7197 2023-12-31T10:19:04+01:00 blar 1973/05/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7197 eng eng B E. J. Evans, Q 71 D Prof. W. Rowe; St. John's ? References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13335 B_13335_belay http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7197 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 1973 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:34Z belay 34. blar or (blay): I have always heard it referred to as "to blay" rather than to blar. I have never heard it in reference to any particular direction. It was always used to tell someone to turn the boat with a "sculling oar". "Blay her around, ole man! Christ, I could blay Aunt Fanny's arse quicker than that." MAY 1973 JH MAY 1973 Used I and Sup Not used 2 Used I This is filed in the BEA drawer after B_3533. Manuscript Newfoundland 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
blar
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description belay 34. blar or (blay): I have always heard it referred to as "to blay" rather than to blar. I have never heard it in reference to any particular direction. It was always used to tell someone to turn the boat with a "sculling oar". "Blay her around, ole man! Christ, I could blay Aunt Fanny's arse quicker than that." MAY 1973 JH MAY 1973 Used I and Sup Not used 2 Used I This is filed in the BEA drawer after B_3533.
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title blar
title_short blar
title_full blar
title_fullStr blar
title_full_unstemmed blar
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publishDate 1973
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7197
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
E. J. Evans, Q 71 D
Prof. W. Rowe; St. John's ?
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13335
B_13335_belay
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7197
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