Thursday, June 5, 2008

Newfoundland Word For June!

Sleveen:

This is a word I heard my Granddad use often, and it is one of my favourite words in the Newfoundland dictionary. It means: "guileful fellow, a schemer, a trickster. A sly deceitful man; a mean fellow; rascal; a mischieyous child".

I have met a few of them in my time.
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 5, 2008 at 3:14 p.m.

    Uncle Solomon Noddy was a sleveen... or was he a hangashore? I don't remember. :)

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  2. AnonymousJune 5, 2008 at 3:15 p.m.

    Oh... and you are early!

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  3. Nuclear MomJune 9, 2008 at 4:35 p.m.

    I have to wait a whole month to use this word!
    ;-)

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  4. nadinebcJune 10, 2008 at 11:06 a.m.

    Opps! Fixed it!

    I ever got any notification for these comments. Mmmm

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  5. AnonymousJune 10, 2008 at 12:29 p.m.

    Hey! Now that you fixed it, my and nuclear mom's comments seem stupid. What a sleveen you are! ;)

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