Add to ORKGfish[In American cities] The Newfoundlanders' long-standing and honorable place in the high steel industry has given them distinctive nicknames: Fish in the city of New York and Chokers in Philadelphia. The article is drawn from current research into these high-steel workers by an anthropologist.William J. Kirwin Memorial University, St. John's Nfld. 10 Mar 1987NicknamesUsed INot usedNot use
Proclaiming the joys of a fisherman's life. Incorporates some interesting local and technical terms....
johnny1n_"Johnny Penny's"_ [PT] JW These words refer to short cut-off rubbers worn by fishermen a...
cor(r)e fish n[The SWALLOW and SQUIRRELL] reached the coast of Newfoundland. They took soundings a...
herringThis is a word used by many Newfoundlanders to describe Nova Scotians. I heard it in the lob...
high[PT]JW _Fish Killers_ - This is a term used to refer to men who always got a great amount of f...
herring292. I have always heard the Nova Scotians referred to as Blue Noses and New Brunswickers re...
fish'Fish', for the Newfoundlander, means cod and cod alone - cod, the great founder, and future, ...
This is a collection of articles by the author and others meant to highlight current problems within...
fish_Fish Killers_- This is a term used to refer to men who always got a great amount of fish. Some...
fishUnlike many Newfoundland localisms, fish killer is easily translated. It means what the rest of...
seal nSo remarkable was the seal 'fishery' (a natural and useful term, not least because, quite log...
fishThe seal nets are rarely taken up before the cod "strikes the shore" or a "sign of feesh" appea...
fat...characteristic Newfoundland occupations furnish a rich field of investigation. From the seal-...
fishWhen Newfoundlanders talk about "fish" they almost certainly mean cod.G.M.Story AUG 1970JH A...
BankSo, too the vast colonies of the Grand Banks, at a considerable distance from the shores, diff...
Proclaiming the joys of a fisherman's life. Incorporates some interesting local and technical terms....
johnny1n_"Johnny Penny's"_ [PT] JW These words refer to short cut-off rubbers worn by fishermen a...
cor(r)e fish n[The SWALLOW and SQUIRRELL] reached the coast of Newfoundland. They took soundings a...
herringThis is a word used by many Newfoundlanders to describe Nova Scotians. I heard it in the lob...
high[PT]JW _Fish Killers_ - This is a term used to refer to men who always got a great amount of f...
herring292. I have always heard the Nova Scotians referred to as Blue Noses and New Brunswickers re...
fish'Fish', for the Newfoundlander, means cod and cod alone - cod, the great founder, and future, ...
This is a collection of articles by the author and others meant to highlight current problems within...
fish_Fish Killers_- This is a term used to refer to men who always got a great amount of fish. Some...
fishUnlike many Newfoundland localisms, fish killer is easily translated. It means what the rest of...
seal nSo remarkable was the seal 'fishery' (a natural and useful term, not least because, quite log...
fishThe seal nets are rarely taken up before the cod "strikes the shore" or a "sign of feesh" appea...
fat...characteristic Newfoundland occupations furnish a rich field of investigation. From the seal-...
fishWhen Newfoundlanders talk about "fish" they almost certainly mean cod.G.M.Story AUG 1970JH A...
BankSo, too the vast colonies of the Grand Banks, at a considerable distance from the shores, diff...
Proclaiming the joys of a fisherman's life. Incorporates some interesting local and technical terms....
johnny1n_"Johnny Penny's"_ [PT] JW These words refer to short cut-off rubbers worn by fishermen a...
cor(r)e fish n[The SWALLOW and SQUIRRELL] reached the coast of Newfoundland. They took soundings a...