In Newfoundland we speak a dialect (well, several dialects) of English that features significantly words and expressions from 19th century sailor's English, and speech patterns. Here, when one excoriates someone or give them a dressing down, we use the expression "go aboard", as sailors in...

Hello Perry, Thanks for your welcome. Yes, I suspect I will be making posts from time to time, this is a wonderful website; I wish I had found it years ago. I love my language and enjoy learning more about it. Whilst a bit of a stickler for Queen's English, I enjoy learning new things about it and s...

Interesting, have never seen the spelling of 'clue' (i.e. something evidentiary) as 'clew'. Here in Newfoundland we have an everyday expression "to clew up", meaning to finish a task, as in "When I'm after getting all these reports clewed up I'll leave the office." As we are a ma...