Wad-he-call Or Watchy-call

what-you-call-it I've heard the following terms used at Sop's Arm by my parents and playmates; and a Jackson's Arm by my wife and her parents and friends. I've heard them used as far back as I can remember (around 1945). The terms are used by someone when he can't remember,...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72524
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/72524 2023-12-31T10:19:14+01:00 Wad-he-call Or Watchy-call xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72524 eng eng W Claude Hamlyn Engish 340, 67/68 Sop'sArm, W.B Jackson's Arm References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14846 W_14846_what-you-call-it http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72524 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 what-you-call-it I've heard the following terms used at Sop's Arm by my parents and playmates; and a Jackson's Arm by my wife and her parents and friends. I've heard them used as far back as I can remember (around 1945). The terms are used by someone when he can't remember, off hand, the correct name of a certain object. He may call it a ting-a-bob, wossnim, chummy, chummy thing, do-jigger, wad-he-call, watchy-call, or ting-a-ma-jig. Not used 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
Wad-he-call Or Watchy-call
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description what-you-call-it I've heard the following terms used at Sop's Arm by my parents and playmates; and a Jackson's Arm by my wife and her parents and friends. I've heard them used as far back as I can remember (around 1945). The terms are used by someone when he can't remember, off hand, the correct name of a certain object. He may call it a ting-a-bob, wossnim, chummy, chummy thing, do-jigger, wad-he-call, watchy-call, or ting-a-ma-jig. Not used
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title Wad-he-call Or Watchy-call
title_short Wad-he-call Or Watchy-call
title_full Wad-he-call Or Watchy-call
title_fullStr Wad-he-call Or Watchy-call
title_full_unstemmed Wad-he-call Or Watchy-call
title_sort wad-he-call or watchy-call
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url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72524
genre Newfoundland
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation W
Claude Hamlyn Engish 340, 67/68
Sop'sArm, W.B Jackson's Arm
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14846
W_14846_what-you-call-it
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