tissed

tished p ppl I once heard a chap from Bay Bulls look at a slightly iced over pond and say it was just tissed. He said [when asked] that they used to use the expression when they were children on Fogo Island. He claimed that the word tissed (pronounced tished) came from the word tissue, since tissues...

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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/75731
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/75731 2023-12-31T10:19:06+01:00 tissed xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/75731 eng eng T Mercedes Ryan, 68-19/164 Fogo References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14234 T_14234_tished p ppl http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/75731 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 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z tished p ppl I once heard a chap from Bay Bulls look at a slightly iced over pond and say it was just tissed. He said [when asked] that they used to use the expression when they were children on Fogo Island. He claimed that the word tissed (pronounced tished) came from the word tissue, since tissues are so thin, just like thin ice. DNE-cit JH 7/71 Used I Used I Used I CATCH (OVER), SISH partially cited under C 68-19 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
tissed
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description tished p ppl I once heard a chap from Bay Bulls look at a slightly iced over pond and say it was just tissed. He said [when asked] that they used to use the expression when they were children on Fogo Island. He claimed that the word tissed (pronounced tished) came from the word tissue, since tissues are so thin, just like thin ice. DNE-cit JH 7/71 Used I Used I Used I CATCH (OVER), SISH partially cited under C 68-19
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title tissed
title_short tissed
title_full tissed
title_fullStr tissed
title_full_unstemmed tissed
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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Mercedes Ryan, 68-19/164
Fogo
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14234
T_14234_tished p ppl
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