old a / old man

oldterm of address People would come up to the stage.. and say, "Well, old man, 'tis no harm to say that you had that [song] right 'cause I remember..." 72 I said, 'By Jesus, Sim, old man, I don't know. I got a feeling we should probably go for two thousand [copies].' NB. Not taped conversation. Rather re-created situation, with dialogue. Therefore this even might be a device to _suggest_ the way "we talk." English Harbour West common in Burgeo. Term of affection and cordiality to males. Through trust and good relations. I would guess even more common among teen-agers and 20s-30s than among older seasoned fishermen--but no evidence. All these problems not being worked on. distribution of old man/my son. old man as here, and one's father. Both these/boy, b'y.term of addressPRINTED ITEM DNE SupNOV 13 1988 G.M.StoryWKUsed I and SupUsed I and SupUsed Su