In a message dated 12/11/06 10:49:01 PM, [email protected] writes: > What do you make of ' leaning towards sawyers ' ?  That's a real curious > Hi Joe, All I can tell you is that my Mom (now in her 100th year) always placed it with Boothbay Horbor where Sawyer's Mill was. Jan

In the ' old days ', they were fishing a lot on the shoal Grand Banks. When a sudden storm arose, ships would hopefully slip their cable ( cut away their anchor and rode ) and, hopefully sail off the banks , many times under just bare poles. Those less fortunate , particularly in real shallow conditions, might just bottom out on the ground as the water went away, only to return minutes later as a large wave and crash down on the grounded- out vessel. Whole crews were lost this way. Another cause of great losses was the fashion to design shoal draft vessels which would sail like the wind, but would not be able to stay upright in a beam sea. Many vessels just rolled over, lacking underwater resistance offered by a full length, deep keel that had been abandoned. They willingly, or naively traded lives for speed and profit. Getting fish to market was more important than the tragic loss of whole crews, back ' in the day.' Joe

We had friends in Maine - Edner and Dexta

They are , indeed, listed on the monument, along with every name before and since, known.

Back in the 1980's I was sailing in the Norwegian square rigged ship SORLANDET, from Gosport, England, bound for Bermuda. One day, somehere off the coast of France, I was engaged in repairing and overhauling some sails. I sat on a bench with a Swedish fellow, the ship's sail maker. As he proceeded to instruct me in the ancient trade, I discerned a bit of a 'Down- East ' twang in his voice. Stunned, I listened even closer and was astonished to hear that he was mimicking Marshall Dodge, the late, great humorist known for the old Bert and I records. Knowing a bit of the old routines, myself, and being a bit of a mimic, I quickly engaged myself in the venerable Down East dialect. For a good half hour we went back and forth with routines we knew and some we borrowed from other tales we knew, back and forth. It was just a hoot for us both. I called him ' Bert ', he called me ' Ephriam '. While we were engaged in this delightful banter, the captain, a Norwegian, happened to wander behind the sail makers bench and listened intently to a language that must have sounded like nothing ( nawthin' ) he had ever heard on God's blue ocean. He listened for about ten minutes, turned away and left shaking his head, not understanding a thing we were saying. He prided himself on the fact that he spoke reasonably decent english, but this just baffled him altogether, as he later confessed to the sailmaker, aka, ' Bert '. Joe

Wesley Isaiah Chetwynd was lost from his dory in a storm on the Cape Shore Fishing Grounds, SW Nova Scotia, from the schooner ASPINET, November 27, 1912. He was the son of Samuel and Rebecca ( Malone ) of Woods Harbor, NS. Wesley had just survived an earlier brush with death when his single man dory was lost overnight his previous trip in the Aspinet, only weeks prior. He was rescued by another shipmate who was also lost overnight, but who had been able to not loose his oars and sail. Their story was later published on the front page of the Glocester Daily Times, describing Wesley and his rescuer as ' lucky dogs '. Two weeks later, Wesley was again a front page story, this time relating his loss at sea. He was 36 years old. His brother, Amasa Chetwynd ,soon after losing Wesley, headed out to the Pacif Northwest, to fishing's newest boom town, Prince Rupert, BC, Canada. He might have fished there but a few years, when he and his dory mate, a Swede, J. Iverson, were lost in a sudden storm while fishing from the steam schooner CHIEF SKUGAID.. They were the first two casualties of this newly established haddock fishery. These two men, Wesley and Amasa were my great uncles. The stories of their deaths were never told to me or my siblings by my father, who most likely never heard their stories from his own father and mother. Both brothers died well before my father was born. Such was the custom of those times, never to talk about the unpleasant past, or present, for that matter. My cousin, Jim's middle name is Wesley, however. He never knew up until now, for whom he was named. I only learned about their deaths from first learning about Isaiah's name on the Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial from Mrs Gail Sheehy, who was so instrumental in getting that project realized. Sadly, she passed away only recently from cancer. From there, I happened upon a listing for a court document in Boston Probate Court under the name of Amasa Chetwynd. After getting a copy, I learned it was a distribution of his estate, $250.00 in a bank account in Boston, divided evenly among his parents and siblings, as he died intestate. It led me to Prince Rupert, BC. as his place of death. Since then I have obtained a copy the newspaper accounts from Prince Rupert dated March 15, 1915, reporting the deaths of ' M.C ' ( Amasa, pron. Emsee ) Chatwind (sic) and I ( or J.) Iverson. Remarkably, the vessel, CHIEF SKUGAID, is still active in the fishing industry at Prince Rupert, at least ninety one years old. There are several other Chetwynds, along with some Malones, a few Nickersons and a few Perry's, all from the Wood's Harbour area of Shelburne County, NS also listed in the various rolls of those lost at sea, I have since learned. Are there any others of you who have family members among these rolls, too ? Joe the Calker

Thanks - will do.

Look at the entire list - go to: http://web.archive.org/web/20011126020455/downtosea.com/cenotaph/memorial6.htm Look at 1991 for the men of the perfect storm. Amazing to review the entire list and see all those names and as you read them from year to year notice how the names change from the "old immigrant" families to the "newer immigrant" families. Also interesting is how there was such a large loss of life in the early days compared to the modern era, better equipment and more stringent safety measures should be the reason. But the fishing business still remains one of the most dangerous, sad when you think of the loss of life and the impact it must have on the families left behind.. =================================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 9:17 PM Subject: Re: [MASUFFOL] Gloucester Fishermen's Memorial > > In a message dated 12/11/2006 9:16:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > What about those men that went down on the Andra Gail in the "no name > strom" > in 1991/92, the one the Perfect Storn was based on. Several men lost > their > lives on that ship, and I know they are suppose to be on the memorial. > > > Yeah I own a copy of the movie and have watched it ten times at least and > it > breaks my > heart every time > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hey! No ain'ts allowed. You must speak propaly. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph T Chetwynd Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 12:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MASUFFOL] How to pronounce Massachusetts Town Names Dear Prisciller, t'aint it a bit ' niyce t' be able ta write in the same nat'rul axsent wut we were tot t'e speek in as chidrin ? Ey yup. Joe The Calker ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.15/581 - Release Date: 09/Dec/06 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.15/581 - Release Date: 09/Dec/06

In a message dated 12/11/2006 9:16:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: What about those men that went down on the Andra Gail in the "no name strom" in 1991/92, the one the Perfect Storn was based on. Several men lost their lives on that ship, and I know they are suppose to be on the memorial. Yeah I own a copy of the movie and have watched it ten times at least and it breaks my heart every time

What about those men that went down on the Andra Gail in the "no name strom" in 1991/92, the one the Perfect Storn was based on. Several men lost their lives on that ship, and I know they are suppose to be on the memorial.

Bin thehyah. Dun that. Hows 'bout yew ?

Dear J, What do you make of ' leaning towards sawyers ' ? That's a real curious one. Joe

Dear "J" Those are 'finest kind ' of old expressions. With your dear departed grandmother's kind permission, I would like to borrow a few of those and begin slipping them into my daily conversations, if appropriate, of course. We are too quickly loosing our national regional dialects and language. Hold onto it all as tight as you can. Once it is gone, it is gone. Thanks, Joe

I didn't eliminate enough syllables. Is that with an "eye" sound or more like the "i" in "if"? Sue On 12/11/06, Joseph T Chetwynd wrote: > > Tings-bro > >

Oh, you aren't the only ones laughing. You're making think of my aunts and cousins, hearing their voices. My family left Boston and moved West when I was 2 years old. I clearly remember the one and only time on the telephone I said "aunt" like "ant" to my Aunt Mary. She said "Ants crawl around on the ground. Aunts are your parent's sisters". Then there was the time I was going to visit another aunt in Florida. My Aunt Mary asked if I was going to "Get my shots". This had me quite concerned, but my mother laughed and told me that that she was talking about "shorts". I've been updating more towns in the vital records. So, how you you folks say Tyngsborough? Sue

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Have any of youe folks from Glawsta ever bin ta Bah Haba? Did'ja eat lobsta? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph T Chetwynd" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 2:06 PM Subject: Re: [MASUFFOL] [MAMiddle] How to pronounce Massachusetts Town Names > See, there, now. It ketchin' on. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It is not only Massachusetts that pronounces their town names strangely. I live close to Kittery, Maine. Beleive it or not it is, locally, Kittr'y! As in "I'm goin'ta Kittr'y" Yes, things are slower than cold molasses running up in in January! Many folk from away, (tha't MA and NY) call antoehr town Sayco, it si really Sawco (Saco. Maine) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 4:11 PM Subject: [MASUFFOL] Descriptive Language > There is a great nostalgia on my part for the wonderful and colorful > expressions used by my great aunts and uncles while growing up in Maine - > maybe these > will jog memories of a few others. > > Bless My Stars and Garters (aka bless my stahs and gahtahs) which I guess > denoted astonishment > > Leanin Toward Sawyers (Sawyahs) > > smells worse than clams at low tide > > busier than a cat on a marble floor > > slower than cold molasses going up a hill in January > > So- whether we natives pronounce Worcester as Woostah, Gloucester as > Glostah, > Havehill as Hava-ill- or make sure that all one sylabble words become two > (e.g., four becomes fo-ah), celebrate the differences! Ten to one- the > expression "Goucester/Manchester by the smell" was originated with the > natives- we do > have a sense of humor about ourselves! > > J. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

--This has been the best thread in ages! It really takes me back. After laughing out loud at Priciller's reply, hubby came in to find out what was so funny, so I read it to him. He, having grown up in NJ, and spending most of his life driving the big rigs, reminded me of the time he was in MA, and was looking for Pea Body! Finally, totally lost, he stopped to ask for directions. After asking the man the whereabouts of Pea Body, the man asked to see his bill of lading, because he never heard of Pea body! John showed him the bill, and the man said "Oh, peebuddy, yer in it!" You've kept me chuckling all evening! Thanks! Jan LIVE, FREE genealogy help at www.genealogyforum.org ---- [email protected] wrote: > There is a great nostalgia on my part for the wonderful and colorful > expressions used by my great aunts and uncles while growing up in Maine - maybe these > will jog memories of a few others. > > Bless My Stars and Garters (aka bless my stahs and gahtahs) which I guess > denoted astonishment > > Leanin Toward Sawyers (Sawyahs) > > smells worse than clams at low tide > > busier than a cat on a marble floor > > slower than cold molasses going up a hill in January > > So- whether we natives pronounce Worcester as Woostah, Gloucester as Glostah, > Havehill as Hava-ill- or make sure that all one sylabble words become two > (e.g., four becomes fo-ah), celebrate the differences! Ten to one- the > expression "Goucester/Manchester by the smell" was originated with the natives- we do > have a sense of humor about ourselves! > > J. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message