Boos

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/8548

boo n JW. Now you say here that a _Boo_ is a louse in the head or it's something in your nose.Now is it always in the plural? Is it always _Boos_? You said here,actually,' a _Boo_.' Can can you get hold of one of these.? N. Well you could have a _Boo_ in your head. You'd have _Boos_ in your nose! JW. Yeah. So. N. I think you do.I think.just say you JUST SAY YOU'VE GOT _a Boo_ in the nose. JW. Yeah. So you could have it either way? Now what about these other funny words that I've heard,like _Bully-boo_? Have you heard that before? N. Yeah. JW. What does that mean? N. Well you.'You look like a _Bully-boo_! ' you know,if your hair is all a mess or you're dressed shabbily. JW. Nothing.Yeah,so noxxxxx .nothing scarey about it,anyway? N. No. JW. It just means something peculiar-looking or.? N. Yeah. JW. What about _Boo-baggers?_ N. I don't know that. JW. Never heard of those. Do you remember anything else about _Bully-boos_? N. No. just that probably you.if you were dressed shabbily.OR you don't take .you don't take xxxxxx pains over appearance,you know,your mother might say,'Well,you look a _Bully-boo_! ' See cited quotation. Yes 1207 J. WIDDOSON [check] Used I and Sup Used I 2/3 Not used _Boo_, _Boos_, _BULLY-BOO_,_BOO-BAGGER_ Phonetic transcripts appear throughout quote, but are not reproduced here (database cannot reproduce necessary symbols).