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Tag Archives: Newfoundland dialect
Slowcomes & Shags: Nicknames in the DNE
While the snow continues to pile up on the streets and sidewalks and the long and hungry month of March approaches, beat the winter blues by taking a minute away from the day-to-day to find a little humor in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogs, Dictionary of Newfoundland English, elrc, humor, labrador, local, Newfoundland, Newfoundland dialect, Newfoundland words, nicknames, Weather, winter, words
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Pudsie, puss-and-duck, blind-buck-and-davy: Childhood games in the DNE (part 2)
This month’s Twig is all about childhood games, but first, some business. The 30th anniversary of the Dictionary of Newfoundland English is quickly approaching. You’ll hear more about the plans for celebration over the next little while. The English Language … Continue reading
Foxy Toms and Hairy Palmers: Gardening in the DNE (Part 3)
The votes are in on this magnificent summer. Everywhere you go, people are adamant that this summer has thus far been 100% better than last summer. The sun has been splittin’ the rocks as each week rolls by, every day … Continue reading
A weed by any other name: Gardening in the DNE (Part 2)
By now, many of you have your garden plots and flower beds prepared and probably have lots of plants in the ground. Perhaps you’ve already started to notice shovings, or potato sprouts, in the garden. With all the recent beautiful … Continue reading
Gombeens and grongers: Card games in the DNE
While the calendar says it’s the spring of the year, the thermostats are still on, the sweaters have yet to be put away, and some nights it’s still too cold to venture outside. With the hectic pace of life, there … Continue reading
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Tagged 120s, 45s, card games, cards, Dictionary of Newfoundland, DNE, Labrador English, Newfoundland dialect, Newfoundland English
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Boggers and burneys: Childhood games in the DNE (part 1)
Now the days are getting longer and the weather is slowly starting to climb out of the winter-worthy temperatures. Many of you have been stuck inside a lot over the past couple of dreary months and some of you have … Continue reading
Tea time!: Words related to ‘tea’ in the DNE
Now that Halloween is over and Christmas is quickly coming, every night we go to bed wondering if we’ll wake up to a blanket of white stuff on the ground or glitter all over the trees. The weather is getting … Continue reading
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Tagged Cold, Dictionary of Newfoundland English, DNE, elrc, English, Howley, Labrador English, language, language history, Newfoundland dialect, Newfoundland English, Tea, tea words, Warm, winter, words for tea
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Autumn in the DNE
Yes, I know. “Is it almost November already?” is the indignant cry as the shelves at our local stores fill up with Christmas stock. The children are deep in the throes of the school year, post-secondary students have already … Continue reading
Dumbledores, Dows’y Polls, and Pitchy-paws: Insects in the DNE
Virtually limitless in colour, shape, and behaviour, insects are more diverse and numerous than any other animal group on the planet. They’ve also been here far longer than most, with fossils dating back to 400 million years ago. Before humans, … Continue reading
Growlers, Rollers, and All Manner of Ice
Spring is the time of icebergs in Newfoundland and Labrador. Mammoth and majestic, they drift through our waters between March and July, although June is usually the best time to see them. Most started their journey about a year earlier, … Continue reading
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