bugs

bug n One of the St. Anthony Doctors visiting out-patients came upon a woman who was carefully wrapped in paper. This explanation was offered: "if us didn't use he, the bugs would lodge their paws in we." "Bugs" are flies, and the use of "he" for "it" is...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1975
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/8448
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/8448 2023-12-31T10:19:11+01:00 bugs 1975/04/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/8448 eng eng B 1920 WALDO With Grenfell 40 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14167 B_14167_bug n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/8448 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 1975 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:26Z bug n One of the St. Anthony Doctors visiting out-patients came upon a woman who was carefully wrapped in paper. This explanation was offered: "if us didn't use he, the bugs would lodge their paws in we." "Bugs" are flies, and the use of "he" for "it" is characteristic. A skipper will talk about a lighthouse as he, just as he feminizes a ship, and the nominative case serves also as the objective. PRINTED ITEM APR 1975 G.M. Story JH APR 1975 Used I Used I Withdrawn bug lamp Withdrawn but no stamp Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)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
bugs
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description bug n One of the St. Anthony Doctors visiting out-patients came upon a woman who was carefully wrapped in paper. This explanation was offered: "if us didn't use he, the bugs would lodge their paws in we." "Bugs" are flies, and the use of "he" for "it" is characteristic. A skipper will talk about a lighthouse as he, just as he feminizes a ship, and the nominative case serves also as the objective. PRINTED ITEM APR 1975 G.M. Story JH APR 1975 Used I Used I Withdrawn bug lamp Withdrawn but no stamp
format Manuscript
title bugs
title_short bugs
title_full bugs
title_fullStr bugs
title_full_unstemmed bugs
title_sort bugs
publishDate 1975
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/8448
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
1920 WALDO With Grenfell 40
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14167
B_14167_bug n
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