American Reacts to Newfoundland English 

Their ability to change the way they speak is very real. I live in Alberta and have 3 Newfies at my office. When I talk to them, they sound like they grew up here but when they get together and start talking to each other, I have no idea what they're saying.

As a Canadian travelling on a bus tour in Ireland I wondered why an Irish couple were on the bus with a bunch of Canadians. Found out later they were from Newfoundland

You haven't lived until you've hung out with Newfoundlanders. A friendliness unique in the western world.

Google is pronouncing it wrong. A lot of people mix it up and call it “new” “Fin-Lind” The best way I can describe it is: “Newf” “inland”. There is no break between the W & F We have to pronounce “in” “Land” exactly like it is spelled, and say it together quickly “inland”. There are actually some 800 dialects around Newfoundland. I can tell where someone is from in our province by their unique accent. Edit: some Newfoundlanders like to pronounce it slightly different from the other. Instead of “Newf” “inland”. You’ll sometimes hear “Newf” “unland”

This is fascinating. I'm from Ireland and most of the dialect sounds normal to me. The only thing I haven't heard is "luh". I don't think I would struggle understanding people in Newfoundland if I ever visited

As someone who spent a lot of time in Newfoundland in my younger years. I can tell you, the ability to change how they speak and how much of their natural speech slips through while talking to other people is not born out of a fear of sounding a specific way. Rather it comes from other parts of Canada simply not understanding them. So they change the way they speak based on who is around.

Canadians love our Newfies! They are very warm hearted, generally happy, helpful people with a wonderful language. It’s a beautiful song that is special just for them. Hi from the Prairies to all of our Newfoundland friends!

I work at a call centre and talk to Canadians all day. The amount of times I get "you're from Newfoundland aren't you?" is unreal. I don't hear my own accent and focus on speaking "properly" to make sure those I am talking to understand me... but the more relaxed I get in a call, the more my dialect slips out ha ha. I have to say... if someone calls and they are grumpy, slipping in you're a Newfie is a great way to brighten the mood! Entire attitudes change and I usually get a spiel about how they love newfoundland or its on their bucket list to go. Didn't appreciate the province when I was younger but I am proud to be a Newfoundlander now ♡

Great job. Born and raised in Newfoundland. There are dialects here that I don’t even understand. The people are pretty much all friendly. If you ever decide to visit I’d be glad to help you find a place to stay and communities to visit. I’ve been to many places in the world and this is still the most beautiful place in the world to me

I taught at a Canadian College from Newfoundland, who had established a campus in Doha, Qatar. I will never forget the first evening that I sat around a table of Newfoundlanders and remember thinking "I do not understand a word they are saying". BUT, there are the nicest, most welcoming, funny and giving people I've ever met.

Before Newfoundland joined Canada there was three provinces called the Maritime provinces and to this day they are still called that. The three are: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. If you want to include Newfoundland then you must call them the Atlantic provinces. Living in N.B. I’m a Maritimer, which differentiates us from Canada going westward. Im from the Maritimes. I’m also specifically a New Brunswicker. Newfoundland also has its own time zone.

While working at a call center, a co-worker (who was originally from India) got a call from a Newfoundlander. She couldn't understand a word he said (he couldn't understand her either lol) and was convinced he wasn't speaking English 😂. I volunteered to take the call from her since my childhood babysitter was from the island so I speak fluent Newfenise 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Newfoundland has its own dictionary - The Dictionary of Newfoundland English first published in 1982 to regional, national, and international acclaim, is a historical dictionary that gives the pronunciations and definitions for words that the editors have called "Newfoundland English." The varieties of English spoken in Newfoundland date back four centuries, mainly to the early seventeenth-century migratory English fishermen of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, and Somerset, and to the seventeenth- to the nineteenth-century immigrants chiefly from southeastern Ireland.

As a newfoundlander I was really excited to see this. newfoundland is such a small part of Canada that seeing anyone talk about it makes me so happy

100% Respect Tyler for getting our culture out there. You have earned my subscription! Cheers from Newfoundland!

"I'se The B'y" (also I's The Bye) is a traditional Newfoundland folk song/ballad. "I's the B'y" is in the Newfoundland English dialect, and translates to standard English as "I'm the Boy" or "I'm the Guy". The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame decided to honour the song in 2005, officially accepting it as part of the Canadian Song Hall of Fame. This song was sung by one of my favourite groups Sharon, Lois and Bram ❤

Moved to Newfoundland 11 years ago from Ontario. Felt like moving to a different country. Many bays have different dialects from each other because in addition to the British there is also French and Portuguese history and many bays were not accessible except by schooner. Took me 6 months to understand what an electrician i was working with was saying.

You know what would be neat? If Tyler took time to travel all across Canada, and his viewers/subscribers volunteered to put him up during his stay - or at the very least - act as tour guide at each destination (tourist sites, attractions, restaurants/pubs, etc). Then Tyler could document his entire trip and have lots of content for his channel (especially if he gets to visit some of the places he's talked about in his videos)

I'm from Newfoundland and understood everything said in this video. Glad you enjoyed the lesson, and I give you a hearty "right on b'y".

A great side effect of hearing the Newfie accent a lot is the ability to understand Scottish, British and Irish accents with much more ease.

Great video! I’m a Newfoundlander and it’s cool to see the “rules” explained like that. We never thought about it growing up….it was just how everyone spoke. When I got older, I lived and studied in several different provinces and definitely learned to control how much of the dialect made it into my everyday speech. Now I live in France and my husband is French. My 9 year old daughter always says that my dialect creeps out whenever I’m tired or stressed or talking to someone back home. And definitely when we are physically back in my home province, like right now. She loves it.

The Blue Puttees held a reputation as a fearless fighting unit and were part of the tragic advance at Beaumont-Hamel on July 1, 1916. Since that day, in recognition of the soldiers’ bravery, July 1 is marked as Memorial Day in Newfoundland and Labrador, and the courage and sacrifice of the Blue Puttees will never be forgotten.

I’ve literally gotten into arguments here in Newfoundland, with Irishmen, who would not believe that I wasn’t irish lol they were blown away how much like home it was and how much we sounded like them

I agree with you on Dialects. There’s a lot of snobbery. I’m from the Black Country in the West Midlands UK and ours isn’t just an accent, but a dialect. It’s unique, in that it’s closest to the old Anglo Saxon English, so it’s fascinating to hear Newfoundland dialect.

Many small towns in NL have their own unique accents. When I was a child our schools were amalgamated among regional towns and it was quite remarkable how differently people from as little as 20 miles away spoke. Using different words and expressions and wildly different pronunciations. So much so that it was difficult to understand one another at times. Sadly with the advance of TV and internet we are slowly eroding away much of what make NL a unique place. I loves yur videos b'y!

I live in Ontario but visit family in Newfoundland quite often. I love it there and usually have no problem understanding the dialects. It can be more difficult when they're super happy, angry, excited or drunk, though. Then I just sit back and enjoy the experience.

I'm a Canadian Anglophone. Took French at school, I'm not great; English is my first language. Easier to understand folks in Quebec than in Newfoundland! Absolutely love both provinces and their peeps BTW! ❤🍁

I used to live on the west coast (BC) and I didn't hear much Newfinese. But as I moved further east, I started to hear it a lot. I remember the first time I heard it I told my mom I heard an irish guy in the other isle (in the supermarket (hadn't heard irish irl at that point) ) Mom told me that it wasn't Irish, that's a part of Canada. Fast forward 20 years, I married a newfoundlander :P

I'm from Newfoundland. Still living here. This video was great! Good on ya luh. Deadly ol' video dat was skipper.

I live in the small town of Botwood, Newfoundland. Thank you for this video, we have many people who don't understand our Newfie dialect and you have helped others understand us through your video. Thank you b'y. Blessings to you my friend.

The ability to switch from a dialect to "proper" English is something most Newfoundlanders are very good at (otherwise known as Code Swtiching). From a Newfoundlander transplanted to Ontario, I personally find the ability to Code Switch incredibly useful. I was at a bar in downtown St. John's once and I was chatting outside with two Irish gentlemen while we were all having a smoke. They were in Newfoundland for work and I actually brought up the Code Switching thing and how proficient many NLers are at it. One of them says, "So you can understand what I'm saying?" And I said, "Yes, of course." Then the other said, "And you can understand what I'm saying?" And I said, "Yes!" Then they both laughed and the first one said, "Well that's great, 'cause he's from the north and I'm from the south, and we can't understand each other!" 😂 Also, I've mentioned this before on a few of your videos too Tyler, but The Globe Theatre in London one year put off a number of Shakespeare productions in what they call OP (Original Pronunciation, as in the closest we can get to Elizabethan Early Modern English), and it sounds VERY close to Newfoundland English. The study of how OP actually changes the text and the meaning of the lines, the acting, the scene, even the entire play sometimes when it's done that way is absolutely FASCINATING.

Man! I'm so glad that you're doing a video on this! I grew up on the island, but I've been on the mainland most of my life, but i still consider Newfoundland home. Anyway, i loves it when people learns about Newfoundland. Best kind, me son! Edit: and yes, a lot of us call the Newfoundland dialect "Newfinese". Also, it's not "New-Finland", it's"Newfin-LAND" - emphasis on the LAND. 😂 You'll get dere, b'y.

I live in gander Newfoundland, I'm so happy you went over this. I have to say though not everyone in Newfoundland has a heavy Newfie accent I find that many people that grow up on the bay areas tend to have thicker accents. My grandparents and mom have very heavy accents In my opinion and are from the bay, but my dads side is from gander and it's considerably less. I REALLY hope you do the history of 9/11 in gander Newfoundland and the huge role it played during it. Such important history!

My hubby is a Newfie! 🥰 his Mom has the very 'tick' accent and I love listening to her talk 😅💜🇨🇦 Much love and respect from Eastern Canada! (New Brunswick 🍁)

It's like half Irish, Half thick Canadian accent, with a little tiny bit of Scottish on top. My Parents are both Newfies and so hearing this accent/dialect is heartwarming

The maritime people with their different dialects, are the friendliest people in Canada! 🤗🤗🤗

The unique culture of Newfoundland and Labrador is a product of our English, Irish, French, and Indigenous heritage. This province's history is rich with stories and legends, explorers, and inventors.

Thanks for sharing some of the culture from my home :) A little more about Newfoundland's dialect, is that it has many variations of accents based off of that dialect in each town/community. So much in fact, that Newfoundlanders even have trouble understanding other Newfoundlanders depending on which community they're from, and they can pretty much guess your community based off each others accent. This came about roughly due to years ago, communities were more coastal and isolated from each other, with a mash up of not only the British Isles and Ireland, but many other European countries as well as some Indigenous, known as Beothuk in Newfoundland specifically at the time, Scandinavian and even Jamaican. I won't get into a lot of it here for the sake of brevity lol, but some Jamaican comparisons for example are, "g'wan" which we would use, "g'wan b'y, that's not the truth?" and we call our respective islands, "The Rock". Newfoundland has a rich trading history with Jamacia over Rum, which is how we ended up with our iconic "Newfoundland Screech", Salt Fish, which is both used in Jamacia's "Ackee and Salt Fish", as well as Newfoundland's "Fish n/ Brewis", and of course, Molasses :) Also, in regards to "b'ys". I'm not sure where the speaker of the video was from specifically, but around the bays where I was born, "b'ys" wasn't gender specific. If someone asked you for example, "What was yer at last night Sarah?" she'd reply, "Nothin' just out with the b'ys". Which could've been her girlfriends. It's used more like "mates" of "chums". A lot of fascinating history to delve into with Newfoundland if you wanted to jump down a rabbit hole. Like the Norse landing in North America in Newfoundland, which they called "Vinland", almost 500 years before John Cabot, and the journey they took. The Barbary Pirates slave trade along the coast. The ridiculous amounts of Pirates, with the likes of Peter Easton, the history of the Shipwreckers in Newfoundland, who were whole settlements on the coasts who would lure in Merchant ships into the rocks so they can pillage their cargo etc. There is so much history and discovery still, yet to be uncovered. Apologies for the longer post, Thanks again for the video!

I’d recommend watching an old Newfoundland show called “Land & Sea” it has a lot of great examples of the islands accents and culture in general, would make a good video.

Aww thanks for learning about Newfoundland English ❤ What’s funny is that different parts of the island will also have their own dialects. Like I’m almost certain the man at the beginning of that video was from in and around the Shearstown/Bay Roberts area. I had an uncle from there and we used to always make fun of how he talked cause it was different than my area lol. Also our signature liquor “Screech” is a Jamaican rum, it wouldn’t surprise me if the grammar of “bes” was influenced by the trade with Jamaica!

Being from Newfoundland, I love its history. My parents were born before Newfoundland joined Canada. We usually shorten words and speak fast. All across Newfoundland we say “sot down” For me to stop saying sot down, I had to say, I was sitting because it sounded wrong to say “sat down” I didn’t even know I was saying it wrong!😂 Didn’t learn it in school but we all say it! Mostly English and Irish ancestors. 🇨🇦👍😁

Newfoundlander here! So happy when you post videos about this amazing province! Without being there in person to help you with the pronunciation, think instead of "understand Newfinland" and that's how to say it. You should come sometime and hear us speak in person, b'y! It'd be best kind! :D

In my early 20s, I worked for the Canadian military which, of course, had members from every part of the country. I knew a lot of "Newfies" and when I travelled to Northern Scotland a decade later, had zero difficulty with their thick Scots accent while others around me didn't understand a word. 😅

Newfoundlanders have a remarkable talent for adjusting the strength of their dialect for the convenience of those of us who are "from away." It speaks to their kindness and adaptability. "Going full Newfie" can be pretty baffling for many of us - the grammatical differences, the lightning fast speech, replacing words with a wink. It used to be that there was some mockery or just plain misunderstanding in the rest of Canada that somehow people who speak this dialect could be less intelligent. More recently, as Newfoundlanders move to other parts of Canada, often for work, that perception has changed. Now, Newfoundlanders are widely regarded as the kindest, most generous, hard-working, honest and GENUINE people you could ever know. Through the media and migration, the dialect is more widely spread, and it's looked upon with fondness. We're proud of the rich cultural diversity. Newfoundlanders, best kind.

As an NLer... the fact you were saying Newfoundland more correct than what Google told you is hilarious. It's typically pronounced more like "New-fuh-land", at least here in town. Some people do say "New-found-land". If you want a good pronounciation, look up the NL Government travel commercials.

Newfoundland has its own timezone

There is an entire subculture in Canada that revolves around ''Newfies"" and their "unique" ways.

I’ve been to Newfoundland many times . I love it there ,the people are welcoming ,friendly ,hilarious sense of humour and the accent or dialect is beautiful .I goes as ofen as I can by’ .

I am a Newfoundlander, yes we have the ability, the younger individuals of the province anyways to shift our accent, for me personally if I’m talking to my grandfather or someone around the same age, my accent comes out much stronger, fellow newfies talk like newfies lol, but when I play online video games with people that aren’t from here, most can’t tell I have an accent because I talk like a normal Canadian then. Same for when I travel to places like Toronto, sometimes a Newfoundlander sentence will come out, but for the most part nobody can tell I’m a Newfoundlander.

My grandfather came to Canada from Newfoundland before they joined. Spent years jumping through Canada's immigration hoops. Finally got his citizenship, and six months later, they joined.

Loved this Tyler! Much of this I already knew, but it was so good to have a refresher. There is so much intermingling of accents and dialects in North America, it is a fascinating subject. I would be interested in you looking at Acadian French/Cajun in Louisiana and the French Canadian connection. I think that would be a wonderful video for your audience. Thanks again!

Having grownup in Newfoundland during my early childhood my English was of the Newfoundland dialect. Then during early grade school my family moved to central Canada and it was pointed out to me many times my English was not "Normal". Some people even teased me for speaking Newfoundland English, which was harsh at the time, but over time I learnt how to use more standard English grammar and pronounce words in a more Canadian mainland way, although to this day people still tell me they hear my accent and some even ask if I am Irish.

Bear in mind that your guys's accent down in Louisiana, the Cajuns, were from Eastern Canada. They were known as the acadians oh, they were deported to America. When they got their people were trying to understand where they were from but their accents were so thick, when they were saying they were acadien it sounded like they were saying Cajon

In Ireland, the way we learned to speak English was heavily influenced by how we spoke Irish, so our syntax and grammar would often differ from what is considered standard English, naturally following the flow of Irish. I'd wonder if Newfoundland adopted that aswell? Because for formal settings we obviously write and speak in line with proper English, but conversationally we'd have a huge amount of variation.

I’m Albertan and attended an international union international safety conference in Pittsburg. Meet up with three Newfies. You haven’t lived until you’ve went bar hopping with three drunk Newfie’s. I’ve never laughed so much in my life. The look on locals faces was priceless. Was asked several times “are they French” And yes most Canadians understand them. Newfies are the warmest folks with the biggest sense of humour.

As a Newfoundlander, thank you, Tyler, for highlighting our beautiful island. You should visit, you'd be a changed man, for sure! 😂 Also, my Newfoundland accent comes to the fore when I'm talking to other Newfoundlanders or when I'm drinking. 😂 Otherwise, it's Standard Canadian. As well, because of the Irish influence, because of immigration and the relative isolation of the Island, our accent is closely related to the Irish accent. I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the fine work.

The conversation near the beginning was actually a conversation from an actor from Newfoundland named Alan Hawco, and (another Canadian cultural point), George Stroumboulopoulos (we call him Strombo for short). Gen-X Canadians all fell in love with Strombo as a Punk VJ from Much Music in the 1990's, who has gone on to have his own show on the CBC for a while. He's a great interviewer, and has retained that punk rock ideology on into his now early 50's (sorry, George). Alan Doyle was the leader character in Republic of Doyle, which is a St. John's, Newfoundland themed PI style show. Highly recommended if you want to hear the 'townie' accent. I'm a Newfie (what Canadians call people from Newfoundland, which is short for Newfoundlander). One of the accents within Newfoundland is known to drop the h's. In that way, we have found our own route to the Canadian "eh", though it's more "hey" with the h dropped. "Eh, b'ye" is more of a conversational tone with buddies, which is stating agreement with. "The weather is right nice out," with an "Eh b'ye" to reply that it is indeed nice weather. Along with the dropping of H's, we have the addition of it in other accents. Avondale, becomes Havondale for some. And Holyrood becomes Olyrood. (These are place names on the Avalon peninsula). Personally, I'm from Central Newfoundland, and lived off island for a good number of years. My accent is only there really when I'm talking to other Newfoundlanders, and even then, it's less about the accent, and more about the linguistic differences which bring miscommunication. "I'm after doing some of the payroll" to a boss that came back from lunch, and me trying to inform them what I did while they were out. "That car barmped at me" is another. Honked, I guess would be what most people would count that as. A common, almost joke, "Tell me where you're at, I comes where you're to" is another common one that comes up as being confusing for our guests. This could be someone trying to come visit the 'you' in this sentence. I had a friend come visit from Toronto, and he was very confused by what a homeless man on the street was asking us as we walked by. I turned around and replied to the homeless person, which amazed my friend. He told me that the homeless guy was talking in tongues, until I replied to him. lol. We still talk on that with fond memories. I replied with something equally as cryptic to my friend, btw. So to answer your question, most non-Newfoundland Canadians have a difficult time understanding us, so we slow 'er down and try to enunciate a little more clearly. While we don't have as much of the urge to say sorry and be the more polite style of nice as our other fellow Canadians, we are seen as more laid back, and generous. We're more likely to laugh at you, but not more likely than we are to laugh at ourselves. We'll take strangers in for a feed of Jigg's Dinner, just because we want to share our unique culture with them, for example. We are all essentially excited tour guides waiting for a purpose. Recommendations for things to research when it comes to Newfoundland....Screech in's (A way of making visitors, honorary Newfoundlanders), Gros Morne National Park, L'anse Aux Meadows (where the vikings are proven to have landed), the Cod Fishing Moratorium, 9/11 response and resulting play - Come From Away. Thanks for looking into Newfoundland!

My parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents were born in Newfoundland and grew up as Newfoundlanders. But because I was born after 1949, also in Newfoundland, I've been told I'm a first-generation Canadian (born in Canada from someone who was not born here). Sounds odd, as I am from the same place as my parents and generations before them!

When I first met my brother in law I had to get my husband to translate, for years!!! I eventually understood without need for the translator. This was especially good as I moved to Ft McMurray (in Alberta but has a very high population of Newfies). I agree with the others in that Newfies are very generous, warm, friendly etc etc. Wonderful group

A few of my Newfoundlander friends were in a bar in Quebec talking to a bilingual bartender. She said near the end of the night, "when you guys are talking to each other and not to me, what language is that? Portuguese?" It was so thick she didn't even pick up that it was English! Hahaha

i'es da b'y da builds da boat, i'es da b'y da sails her, i'es da b'y dat catches da fish, and brings it home to Lizer. (Newfie traditional song)

My grandfather was born a Newfie (prior to 1949) and fought WWII in the Royal Navy (Britain). It took me while to understand this because I didn't know the timelines as to when Nfld joined Canada.

I find also that Newfoundland people speak fairly rapidly so if you have a group of them together, between the "different" words they may use and "different" pronunciations and then speaking rapidly I find it's really like a different language. I've never encountered someone from Newfoundland that spoke to me that I couldn't understand though. I think it's great - another of Canada's diversification, we all fit!

I went to Nfld from Ontario a few years ago and absolutely loved it. I rented a car at the airport. There was only 1 baggage pickup. I grabbed my bag and turned around only to find the car rental right behind me. When I went to the counter the lady said Hi Patti. My nouth dropped! I never said introduced myself. Apparently I was the only one picking up a car! Lol Nicest people on the planet and if you go into a store and say hello you'll know their entire family history before you leave

Some10 years ago I was assigned to “translate” about 5 hours of taped conversations between an interviewer from the West Coast and a few prominent Newfoundlanders as to the history and culture of Newfoundland. It was pretty tough going at first and took me all day to do the first tape, but I got the hang of it and was able to speed things up. I was assigned to type as I heard but that was brought up about how they modulated their dialect for the purposes of the taping. Still a challenge for me anyway. Such positive and wonderful people.

Worked with a Newfie and it was hard to understand him but we worked together well and he was a damn good hard worker .

I went to college with a guy from Newfoundland, he was hard to understand on a good day, but when he got drinking forget it. Lmao, he was a great story teller too.

Tyler, this clip just scratched the surface of the culture of the amazing people of Newfoundland. Then you need to check out Cape Breton / Nova Scotia scots/irish/french, the infinite variations of Nova Scotia South Shore French, New Brunswick french ( and the variants in the kingdom of Madawaska) and of course, Quebec. Keep you busy for a while, I guess.

My grandmother spoke with a very thick newfie accent from Torbay and she had a church friend from Alabama, when they spoke on the phone in their dialects both of them understood each other perfectly. Lots of similarities.

Coming from Asia and met in Alberta and married my now husband from Newfoundland. Having visited The Rock and my in laws for the first time was a culture shock. I thought I understood English but being in the breakfast table with 8 family Newfie members and listening to them talk got me terrified as I thought something was wrong with my brain that I couldn’t understand anything they’re saying and I knew that they were speaking in English but nothing made sense to me. I had to ask my hubby is his family speaking English as I couldn’t comprehend anything so there must be something wrong with my comprehension. They all laughed and assured me I’m fine and said they were speaking in their dialect. 🤣 Thanks for the video! It’s quite enlightening. I enjoy learning language and history. Will be visiting family again in The Rock in one week. Wishing myself some luck I will have a better comprehension hopefully this time. ☺️

Great video . As a Newfoundlander from a town with a population of less than 700 people and 3 dialects and 2 accents ( complex crowd lol) I highly recomend visiting . American tourists seem to enjoy the culture here and some are suprized that we were gifted with pieces of the Twin Towers . Given the involvement that Gander, Glenwood, Dover and other communities durring the 9/11 events , there was a bond established and remains.

The dialects varies from the different areas on the island. Some are more Irish sounding than others to the point it is hard to tell if they are from Ireland or Newfoundland.😊 . An Irish documentary team came to do a film on Newfoundland & it is posted on RU-vid.

Spent lots of time in the oil patch, as many newfies up there as on "the rock" (NL) it takes time but a westerner (like myself) can learn to blend into thier conversations... until they have a few drinks, then all bets are off.

Most Canadians have trouble understanding us. Here’s a common sentence not understood. “The car crashed but I didn’t see cause I was back-on” Meaning my back was facing the accident.

I was born and raised in Newfoundland, and people outside the province mistaken me for someone from Ireland quite often. And when traveling outside the province I definitely turn my accent/dialect off so people can understand me. I really enjoyed this video, you should do more!!!

I have learned to appreciate your videos. It is so rare to find an American who is truly interested in Canada . In fact I have learned a lot about my own country by watching you. If you haven't visited Canada for any length of time, perhaps it is time you did so! Actually experience it for yourself.

We visited Newfoundland in 2021 and loved the place. Great people, great cod, beautiful scenery and lots of funny and creative things to impress. Seeing The Mathew ship in Bonavista was the highlight of my trip, a wonderful recreation of the original ship of 1497. Incredible.

I was in customer service for a large corporation many years ago. I remember the first time I spoke to someone in a really rural part of Newfoundland. I hung up from the call and turned to a girl, who I just trained with ( who was originally from Newfoundland) I asked her if she could please call the customer back as I only understood about half of what he had said! After a while though, I came to understand the dialect.

We, Candians refer to people from Newfoundland as Newfies. We love everyone from the east coast. They'll have their special language. Us from the north can decipher the language used from eveywhere. We are united. We the north!! ❤

@11:01 I always thought "luh" was borrowed from their french neighbours. Or that it at least had similar connotations to "la" or "there" in french. Yay, learning!

I am a Newfoundlander and thoroughly enjoyed your video. I love our unique accent and dialect even though it tripped me up a few times in university. Sentence structure looked right to me but was flagged as incorrect….oh well 😊

The Maritimes are NB, PEI, and NS. Atlantic Canada is NFLD+. Great video and commentary. Newfies are wonderful people.

My dads family is Newfie, and Newfoundland is so young, that my grandmother didn’t get her Canadian citizenship until she was a teenager. It was also the first time she had even set foot on mainland canada.

I live in BC, Newfies are the best, friendly, nice, helpful bunch of people ❤️

I'm a newfie,,born into a family of13 kids,the most beautiful and friendliest people live in this province,,loved this piece!! You should visit

Now you need to find a video of 2 or 3 Newfies carrying on a conversation lol😂

Great Big Sea is a very popular band out of Newfoundland. They sing lots of fun traditional Newfie and Irish songs in the original dialects. I highly recommend finding their music.

What wasn't mentioned was the differences between the Townies (Living on land) and the Baymen, whose lifestyle revolves around the ocean. You might enjoy the play "Come from Away" (True story)

I'm an Ontarian, from the Ottawa Valley, and we learned square dancing in public school which was so much fun! And one of the songs we learned was "I's the B'y." And somehow, we seemed to know that it meant, "I'm the boy," But we would have said, if it was an Ottawa valley song, "I'm the guy." Guy is the word my generation used for men, or boys our own age, any male. Everyone was and is a guy. "He's the guy who lives two houses down with his daughter." If it is a mixed group you say, "C'mon guys!" Now, kids, anyone younger uses dude, for guys and girls. Everyone is dude. I like it. Very inclusive. The song was; (I think this is the chorus) "I's the b'y that builds the boat and I's the b'y that sails 'er and I's the b'y that catches the fish and takes them home to Liza Hip yer partner, Sally Thibeau, Hip yer partner, Sally Brown, Forward Twillingate Martin's Harbour All around the circle." I don't remember, but we must have been told it was a song from Newfoundland.

Hello from Newfoundland!!! Awesome video!

I live in Ontario, but grew up with a Newfie mother and grand parents. My Father is born and raised in Ontario. This means I can speak from experience: YES! Other Canadians have a VERY hard time understanding Newfies. It took me 2 months over the summer with my grandparents when I was younger before I really started understanding what they were saying. Even then, I am not great at it and I can barely speak it. But, when my mother was talking with my grandparents, oh boy did they turn that Newfie accent up to 100 and I could barely keep up LOL.

I am from Nova Scotia and even I can't understand it sometimes lol!!! With the age of the internet much of the Newfinese accent has been lost on the younger generation....20 years ago it was very easy to recognize the accent!

I’ve been waiting for you to discover Newfoundland. You’ll find some difference in the language spoken in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick as well. As someone who lives in British Columbia, I was taught some Newfanese in school. I treasure the culture of the Maritime provinces. Even though we have been known to make fun of their dialect, they are unique, they are most friendly and happy people in the country.

"You likes to eat poutine." The most perfect Canadian sentence ever, spoken by an American.

Having been a resident of Halifax I've had the opportunity to watch some TV from Maine and you have some interesting dialect too.

I was pleased to live in Newfoundland for 3 years. Wonderful people :) I do recall people coming from the outports where their accent is so thick, they are hard to understand, and since then I have mistaken some Irish people as Newfies :)

Regarding Government employees speaking dialects. While you were concerned about an individual being allowed to speak their own dialect, that individual must be understood by a vast array of people from many different countries. In cases where everyone needs to understand, a bland, text book delivery is best. Remember, America is a melting pot, Canada is a buffet❤

oh and Newfoundland has some fascinating history going back thousands of years...from the original Indigenous peoples, to Viking settlements, to European contact (although that's when things get sad too). Another great topic to look into with Canadian/Newfoundland history!

Newfoundlander here. Thank you for respectfully explaining part of NL to the world. I worked at a call centre from 05-11 that served all the General Electric employees in the US. After awhile - I started to learn all the different accents of the southern US states. Many of those people simply did not know anything about NL. One sweet man from Texas said: "NEWFINLAAND?!?! Don't you people live in igloos up there?!" And he was so interested in learning about us. To NL'ers - the rest of Canada is made up in two parts: The Maritimes - New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI; and the rest of Canada - called The Mainland. For many years - many people from The Mainland looked down at people from NL. They were very open about calling us: "Stupid Newfies". In fact - the term "Newfie" is still used as a derogative word today. Fun fact: my hometown was first settled in the mid 1600's - and we can trace our ancestors back to western England. Many NL settlers came from England, Ireland, Scotland & France. I could go on about intetesting facts... but I'd be here all day. lol. Maybe one day you can visit!

I can understand Newfies whether they’re drunk or sober. My roots are from Nova Scotia. The two are not so different when it comes to accents. 😂