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". When I asked him about it he said that they used to use the expression when they were children living on Fogo Island. He claimed that the word "tissed" (pronounced &quo...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/76585 2023-12-31T10:19:18+01:00 Tissed xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76585 eng eng T Mercedes Ryan English 340, 67/68 Fogo Island, Bay Bulls References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14235 T_14235_tished p ppl http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76585 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 2023-12-04T11:29:23Z tished p ppl I once heard a chap from Bay Bulls look at a slightly iced over pond and say it was just "tissed". When I asked him about it he said that they used to use the expression when they were children living 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. Heard from John Delaney, teacher, aged 24, of Bay Bulls, who couldn't remember when he first heard this expression. 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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Tissed
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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". When I asked him about it he said that they used to use the expression when they were children living 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. Heard from John Delaney, teacher, aged 24, of Bay Bulls, who couldn't remember when he first heard this expression. 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 English 340, 67/68
Fogo Island, Bay Bulls
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14235
T_14235_tished p ppl
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