The New Brunswick Phrase Book [antikvár]

IntroductionIn the velvet, uplifters, bang bellies, wangan, and thewalking boss. Restigouche Sam or Restigouche Toothpick?And what about Tanty-Wanty, waterhaul, or bare poleversus a setting-pole? What's the difference between theBig Hawk and the big house, a boondoggle, calibogus,or cockaninny? We may know the distinction between abox lunch and a bed lunch, but what about bushed anda boom, a camp as distinct from a cottage? Both contactmen and preventatives were government appointees inNew Brunswick during the Great Depression but what'sa platform man? If we think we know New Brunswick,then is it cuffer down or come-uppance? Couple a few orcouple a dozen? A gawker and a geezer, gorby and Gorney,hello fer going at Mistake Cove or was it DisappointmentLake?These strange names and sayings were once widelyused in New Brunswick. How people speak can tell us alot about a community, and the expressions they use areeven more revealing. So too are the names and nicknamesthat bring to mind one-of-a-kind descriptions of places andevents.What we speak in New Brunswick is a fascinatingassortment of expressions, phrases, old sayings, and oddlingo, and this language is a mixture of contemporary