_The_ Green Bay
_The_ Green Bay The article "the" is always used before the name "Grren Bay", at least my Newfoundlanders who are accustomed to referring to it. I noticed this several times used by people who have lived in that area of the island. I checked with Mr. Boyd Trask who has lived in v...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/72712 2023-12-31T10:17:05+01:00 _The_ Green Bay xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72712 eng eng T Janice Hudson July 1968 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16421 T_16421__The_ Green Bay http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72712 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 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z _The_ Green Bay The article "the" is always used before the name "Grren Bay", at least my Newfoundlanders who are accustomed to referring to it. I noticed this several times used by people who have lived in that area of the island. I checked with Mr. Boyd Trask who has lived in various communities throughout Newfoundland, and he agreed that this was the standard way of referring to Green Bay, but no other bay in the province has this distiction. One would say, however, Nipper's Harbour, Green Bay. "The" is only used when the bay alone is being referred to, and not a specific community in it. Not used Not used Withdrawn Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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_The_ Green Bay The article "the" is always used before the name "Grren Bay", at least my Newfoundlanders who are accustomed to referring to it. I noticed this several times used by people who have lived in that area of the island. I checked with Mr. Boyd Trask who has lived in various communities throughout Newfoundland, and he agreed that this was the standard way of referring to Green Bay, but no other bay in the province has this distiction. One would say, however, Nipper's Harbour, Green Bay. "The" is only used when the bay alone is being referred to, and not a specific community in it. Not used Not used Withdrawn |
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