Newfoundland accents
Jul 22nd 2005, 9:57 pm
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Newfoundland accents
wow, I'm watching a really interesting program about a guy who collects things he finds washed up on the beach by his house in North Cornwall (UK) a lot of the items are from fishermen in N.America whos lobster pot tags etc eventually get washed up on the Cornish shores. Anyway, to get to the point, the man often calls people up to let them know and gather infomation about them and I never realised the people of newfoundland had such interesting accents. They are like a mix of Canadian, Scottish and Southern English.. I guess it makes sense if you consider their history, I'd just never actually heard one before... probably doesnt make for an interesting post but nevermind 
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Jul 23rd 2005, 12:13 am
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Re: Newfoundland accents
Originally Posted by Brodel
wow, I'm watching a really interesting program about a guy who collects things he finds washed up on the beach by his house in North Cornwall (UK) a lot of the items are from fishermen in N.America whos lobster pot tags etc eventually get washed up on the Cornish shores. Anyway, to get to the point, the man often calls people up to let them know and gather infomation about them and I never realised the people of newfoundland had such interesting accents. They are like a mix of Canadian, Scottish and Southern English.. I guess it makes sense if you consider their history, I'd just never actually heard one before... probably doesnt make for an interesting post but nevermind
You can get a better idea if you watch he movie "The Shipping News".
Jul 23rd 2005, 10:33 am
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Re: Newfoundland accents
One of best friends is a Newfoundlander and on her own her accent is mild and one could barely tell where she's from but get her and her Newfie husband drunk and there is no mistaking it.
I just searched the CBC archives and found these - you can hear a variety of NF accents (although the Shipping News might be more entertaining):
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-73-564-...d_confed/clip6
-- on this clip you can hear one type of NF accent ... and see Rex Murphy as a young stud
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-75-679-...rcutting/clip8
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-73-1595..._economy/clip6
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-73-1595..._economy/clip5
I just searched the CBC archives and found these - you can hear a variety of NF accents (although the Shipping News might be more entertaining
):http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-73-564-...d_confed/clip6
-- on this clip you can hear one type of NF accent ... and see Rex Murphy as a young stud
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-75-679-...rcutting/clip8
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-73-1595..._economy/clip6
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-73-1595..._economy/clip5
Jul 23rd 2005, 10:46 am
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Re: Newfoundland accents
awesome, thanks a lot! it's such a great accent
Jul 23rd 2005, 5:31 pm
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Re: Newfoundland accents
From the ones I`ve met, you won`t find much nicer people. Oh, and they love a good drink 
Jul 24th 2005, 12:55 am
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Re: Newfoundland accents
Their accent to me sounds rather like a cross between a Cornish/Devon and southern Irish accent.
It is indeed lovely.
The people from Cape Breton NS have a similarly Irish sounding accent.
Maritimers are wonderful people by the way. They're extremely friendly
and love a drink and a laugh.
It is indeed lovely.
The people from Cape Breton NS have a similarly Irish sounding accent.
Maritimers are wonderful people by the way. They're extremely friendly
and love a drink and a laugh.
