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Are you saying I adhere to Canadian Speech Stereotypes?

cuz if i am its not ment to be

   

People are often surprised when I tell them I'm a Newfie. Guess my accent is very slight. Been around these bloody mainlanders too long.

How to tell your talking to a Newfie without asking?..........The letter H........A Newfie has a deep resentment for the letter H......So much so that a Newfie will not pronounce the letter when it should be, and they will pronounce it when it should remain silent. Also they will substitue TH combinations with D's.

Ex.......

1.....That becomes Dat
2.....This becomes Dis
3.....House becomes Ouse
4.....Head becomes Ead or just Ed


Got a friend who is Newfie.....just pay attention and you shall see regaurdless how slight their accent is. #3 is my give away!

   

Capers are just as bad. Thirty becomes turdy, three becomes tree.

   

I have several Newfie friends and all that is true. Especially in times of excitement due to intoxication!

   

Newfie's do the 3 thing too....... ...We invented it!

   

that's good , but i think the Micks beat you to it by a few centuries. But then aren't most of you Newfs, just displaced Irishmen?

   

Haven't seen the "Republic of Newfoundland" flag have you? The island in the tree colours of the Irish flag on a white background.......I'll try to fund it.

*edit....sry we had pink instead of orange.

   

Two things I notice when talking to my American friends are how they pronounce roof and creek. I hear ruf, like a dog, and crick, like I have a crick in my neck. Everyone I know says roof (Roo) and creek (cree).

When I lived in Japan, I taught ABC English (A=American, B=British, C=Canadian), basically because British and American pronounciations are the 2 dominant overseas English dialects. Look at some of the words and you'll see that our English usually falls somewhere between the two, but on occaison, it is original.

I know what I'd say, but I'll leave them blank, here are some examples...


American British Canadian

Apartment Flat ____________

Bar Pub ____________

Candy Bar Chocolate ____________

Crazy Mad ____________

Cuffs Turn-ups ____________

Dish Towel Tea-towel ____________

Drug Store Chemist ____________

Elevator Lift ____________

Eraser Rubber ____________

Fall Autumn ____________

Freeway Motorway ____________

Garbage collector Dustman ____________

Custodian Caretaker ____________

Line Queue ____________

Movie Film ____________

Napkin Napkin ____________

Pants Trousers ____________

Potato Chips Crisps ____________

Restroom Toilet, lavatory, loo ____________

Rubber Condom ____________

College, University Uni ____________

Sneakers, Tennis shoes Gym shoes ____________

Soda Fizzy Drink ____________

Truck Van, lorry ____________

Underwear (for women) Knickers (for women) ____________

Vacation Holiday(s) ____________

Whole Wheat Bread Whole Meal Bread ____________

Knit Cap Wooly Hat ____________

Zipper Zip ____________

   

Two things I notice when talking to my American friends are how they pronounce roof and creek. I hear ruf, like a dog, and crick, like I have a crick in my neck. Everyone I know says roof (Roo) and creek (cree).

When I lived in Japan, I taught ABC English (A=American, B=British, C=Canadian), basically because British and American pronounciations are the 2 dominant overseas English dialects. Look at some of the words and you'll see that our English usually falls somewhere between the two, but on occaison, it is original.

MODERATOR -- Double post, please delete

   

Apartment
Pub
Chocolate (bar)
Crazy
Cuffs
Dish Towel
Drug Store
Elevator
Eraser
Fall
(highway)
Garbage (man)
(janitor)
Line
Movie
Napkin
Pants
Potato Chips
Restroom
Condom
College, University
Sneakers
(Pop)
Truck
Underwear
Vacation
Whole Wheat Bread
Knit Cap
Zipper

   

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