Review by Melanie Maddix. When I first read Mary Dalton’s Merrybegot (Audio Book | Print Version), I was immediately taken in by its musicality. This book loves language. The idioms of Newfoundland take some getting used to, and I must confess that I still don’t know what they all mean. For the most part it can be guessed at by the context, or if you are the studious type, Dalton provides a web link for The Dictionary of Newfoundland English. A few poems are taken directly from the dictionary. Dalton formed “She” from a usage example for saucy: Was as good a gun As ever was put to your face, And she could kill anywhere. All you had to do