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I am in a province with "New" in its name. I am on an island.
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I am in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (to use the province's full name).
I have a funny connection to Newfoundland (though I've never been there). My friend Max in Boston always boasting of his WASP pedigree which included his grandmother who was from a prominent Newfoundland family. Years later, after I moved to Texas, some relative I never met did genealogical research on my maternal grandmother's family. It turns out that her mother was born in Newfoundland. As soon as I found out, I called Max and said "Guess what? I'm a Newfie!" His classic response was "You can't be! I won't allow it!"
Over to you, Kent!
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Ha! I never knew until the year I lived in St. John's that "Newfie" was a bad word, although they are usually okay with Yanks saying it vs. Canadians, as to us it lacks the scorn Canadians (especially Torontonians) sometimes attach to it.
Okay, where am I?
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quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: Ha! I never knew until the year I lived in St. John's that "Newfie" was a bad word, although they are usually okay with Yanks saying it vs. Canadians, as to us it lacks the scorn Canadians (especially Torontonians) sometimes attach to it.
It's kind of like "Yankee", I guess, which is a word no one applies to themselves. There's the old E.B. White bit about it ultimately meaning someone in Vermont who eats pie for breakfast. Of course, most New Englanders, being Red Sox fans, particularly dislike the word.
Are you in North America (as defined before also to include Central America and all those islands in or near the Caribbean)?
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Or maybe it's like the "n" word. If you're black, you and your friends sometimes call each other that. But if you're not, you can get into a lot of trouble calling someone that.
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