Re: CHAT: Newfs (was: Getting into the intro game)
| From: | wayne chevrier <wachevrier@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 15, 2002, 16:31 |
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Michael Poxon nevesht:
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>We have a similar mode of address in Norfolk, usually written 'bor' (rhymes
>with 'door'). I'm not sure whether this is also a form of 'boy' or possibly
>from Dutch 'boer' - it is purely a rural form after all.
IIRC, Norfolk was in the Danelaw, so perhaps from Norse, meaning "brother"?
-Wayne Chevrier
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