
we sometimes use this word instead of ‘have’ to mean in the past.

Example: “It’s some cold out.” or “She’s right pretty.”.Though originally a short form of ‘boy’ it’s actually gender neutral and isn’t interchangeable with ‘boy’.
SLANG NAME FOR THE SPACE IN BETWEEN A GIRLS LEGS FULL

It might sound a little like the Irish, but it’s really its own unique thing. One of the things I love about my current home and parents’ homeland is the language. It’s some cold out, wha?” or “ I’m after squatting my finger in the door” make perfect sense to me but left some of my fellow WITS attendees scratching their heads. Phrases like “ I’m rotted with the weather.

I don’t have the accent – I prefer to call mine “Generic Maritime” – but I’ve picked up a lot of Newfoundland sayings and slang from my parents and my almost dozen years of living in St. I’m always reminded after spending some time off the island, hanging out with mainland folks that, even though I wasn’t born and raised in Newfoundland, I sometimes still talk like I was.
