Newfoundland English is a term referring to any of several accents and dialects of Atlantic Canadian English found in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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12 Facts About Newfoundland English
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Many Newfoundland dialects are influenced by the dialects of England's West Country, in particular the city of Bristol and the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and Somerset, while in terms of general cultural heritage, one estimate claims 80 to 85 percent of Newfoundland's English heritage came from England's southwest.
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Dialects that comprise Newfoundland English developed because of Newfoundland's history as well as its geography.
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Newfoundland English was a British colony until 1907 when it became a Dominion within the British Empire.
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Today, some words from Newfoundland English have been adopted through popular culture in other places in Canada.
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Historically, Newfoundland English was first recognized as a separate dialect in the late 18th century when George Cartwright published a glossary of Newfoundland words.
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Newfoundland English traditionally lacked Canadian raising; however in the generations since Newfoundland's 1949 merger with Canada this has changed to some extent.
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Newfoundland English often follows the Northern Subject Rule, a legacy of settlement from South East Ireland which in turn was influenced by Anglo-Irish settlement from Northern England into Ireland.
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Use of ownership in Newfoundland English is characterized by pronouncing "my" as "me", a characteristic common to Irish, Scottish, Northern English, Western English and some overseas dialects, as in Australia.
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One example of these constructs found in Newfoundland English is Throw grandpa down the stairs his hat, a dative construction in which the hat makes the trip, not the grandfather.
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