Dialects of Ontario / University of Toronto

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Parf of speech: Verb, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: OE

The phrases to hear say , hear tell, etc., of which some are still in dialectal or colloquial, and occasionally literary, use.

Example	Meaning
Yes, I have heard tell that they came with the United-Empire-Loyalists.	heard about

Speaker: Frank Stanley, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 73, Interview: 1975, Belleville

Example	Meaning
Oh yes. I have heard tell of those but I never saw one.	heard about

Speaker: Melene Corde, Gender: Female, Age at interview: N/A, Interview: 1975, Belleville

Example	Meaning
I never heard tell of him doing any dynamite in his life.	heard about

Speaker: Mrs. Small, Gender: Female, Age at interview: 73, Interview: 1975, Belleville

Example	Meaning
And I- it's the first time I ever heard tell of it. But that's the only place that I can think of that it would be…	heard about

Speaker: Moira Kent, Gender: Female, Age at interview: 69, Interview: 2010, North Bay

Example	Meaning
Interviewer: No? Speaker: Tell you a story. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Maybe you've heard tell of him. We had a fellow in the neighbourhood at Rosetta there who had ah an-	heard about

Speaker: Wesley McKinnon, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 89, Interview: 2012, Almonte

Example	Meaning
Ah, the first chemical I ever heard tell was called Killex (sp) and it was for louse powder for cattle.	heard about

Speaker: Jesse Farrington, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 73, Interview: 2014, Tay Valley