“Some day on clothes” is just another way which we describe the weather. It relates to how we dry clothes in Newfoundland. We hang it on a clothesline… usually a very fine day, the wind is blowing, and it’s fluttering in the breeze. Great day for drying clothes. And so we would use that satisfaction
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Cuffer’s another way of saying, “to have a conversation.” 1 2 or 3 people. I mean it wouldn’t necessarily just be 2. And there’d be a frank exchange of whatever it is they want to say. And so there there might be laughing and sharing. It’s a very, it’s a very loving situation as opposed
A dipper is a container that you use to put your berries in when you’re picking them. And it can be anything. Like a saucepan could be a dipper. My mother-in-law, she punches two holes in the side of a yogurt container and puts a string in them so she can put the dipper around
Gut-foundered would usually be used to describe your state of hunger at the end of the day. Your mind wanders when you’re gut-foundered. Is it going to be takeout? Is it going to be pizza? What do I have home in the fridge? What is in the car? What’s in the glove box? What might
If you hear somebody say “hands,” it’s basically a synonym for “people”. You could use the word hand, or say “a good hand” if you’re talking about somebody who’s adept at something. He’s a good hand at carpentry. He’s a good hand to fix your car. Situations where you might use “a few hands” –
Crooked is a bad mood. That you usually you wake up in. If you take cantankerous and grumpy, and ill-tempered – I think all of those things are crooked. It’s the way you look at people, and the way you look at the world and the way you’re taking things on that day, and everybody
Chaw Bag is something that you’d call somebody if they were really gossipy, and you know, really talkative – liked to talk about other people. Chaw bag, I’m thinking, came from the word “chaw” which I’ve heard before. And you know your mother used to say, “Don’t go chawing on your gum!” You know, your
Scuff, in the simplest form, is simply a dance here in Newfoundland. A dance held in an intimate place, generally a kitchen, sometimes at a church hall, or even a one-room schoolhouse – people would meet. All hands would be dancing, right from the children, up to the grandparents even. The music supplied locally by
Twacking, um, is sort of like shopping but it’s a little bit different in the sense that you probably have no intention on buying anything You might come across some treasure, and you might break down, and buy something that you don’t need but you really really want. But it’s more like poking around, and
If someone says “I dies at you!” they’re paying you a very high compliment. Because they think you’re really, really funny. When I dies at somebody, that’s when my laugh reaches another level. It goes completely silent. It’s just air – there’s no noise. People think I’m choking. There’s definitely tears coming out of my