The state of the Dictionary of Newfoundland English and other books about and including Newfie words

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Sources

■ “About the OED,” Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2025, https://www.oed.com/information/about-the-oed |

■ Sandra Clarke, Newfoundland and Labrador English, Edinburgh University Press, 2018 |

■ Dictionary of Newfoundland English, 2nd edition with Supplement, edited by G.M. Story, W.J. Kirwin and J.D.A. Widdowson, Heritage Newfoundland & Labrador, 1982, https://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/ |

■ Mike Ellis, Newfoundland Slanguage: A Fun Visual Guide to Newfoundland Terms and Phrases, Gibbs Smith, 2019 |

■ The Flanker Dictionary of Newfoundland English, edited by Garry Cranford, Flanker Press, 2018 |

■ Memorial University, Digital Archives Initiative, Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Slip Forms, “skeet,” https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/elrcdne/id/49823/rec/7 |

■ Nellie P. Strowbridge, The Newfoundland Tongue, Flanker Press, 2008 |

SHOW NOTES

I unknowingly happen to rent an Airbnb place in the heart of Pentecostal Newfoundland.

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Sources

››› “Bible Belt,” Wikipedia, June 11, 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_Belt ››› |

››› Drew Brown, “Newfoundland Needs to Chill the Fuck Out,” Vice, May 16, 2018, https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/society/salvation-army.php ››› |

››› Patrick Butler, “The Hidden Abortions of Newfoundland’s ‘Bible Belt,’” CBC News, October 20, 2023, https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/mobile-abortion-clinic-newfoundland-bible-belt ››› |

››› Get REAL, “About Us,” The Get Real Movement, https://www.thegetrealmovement.com/aboutus ››› |

››› “Lewisporte,” Wikipedia, March 19, 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewisporte ››› |

››› Liza Piper, “The Salvation Army,” Heritage Newfoundland & Labrador, 2000, https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/society/salvation-army.php ››› |

››› Hans Rollman, “Religion in Newfoundland and Labrador,” Heritage Newfoundland & Labrador, October 2016, https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/society/religion.php ››› |

››› Statistics Canada, Distribution (in Percentage) of Religious Groups, Newfoundland and Labrador, 2011 and 2021, December 16, 2022, https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/as-sa/fogs-spg/alternative.cfm?topic=10&lang=E&dguid=2021A000210&objectId=2 ››› |

››› Statistics Canada, Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population Newfoundland and Labrador, Province, December 16, 2022, https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/as-sa/fogs-spg/page.cfm?topic=10&lang=E&dguid=2021A000210 ››› |

››› Statistics Canada, Distribution (in Percentage) of Religious Groups, Canada, 2011 and 2021, December 16, 2022, https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/as-sa/fogs-spg/alternative.cfm?topic=10&lang=e&dguid=2021A000011124&objectId=2 ››› |

A friend and I discover the military past and the industrial past on Placentia Bay |

Sources

› “Argentia,” Wikipedia, updated September 3, 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentia. |

› Boskalis, “Equipment Sheet: Triumph: Semi-Submersible Heavy Transport Vessel,” Boskalis.com, https://boskalis.com/media/3p4noap4/triumph.pdf (viewed June 24, 2025). |

› Dale Jarvis, Place Names of Newfoundland and Labrador, Flanker Press, 2022. |

› Alan Rayburn, Dictionary of Canadian Place Names, Oxford, 1997. |

› Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population: Census Profile: Newfoundland and Labrador, modified August 2, 2024, https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/search-recherche/lst/results-resultats.cfm?Lang=E&GEOCODE=10#resgeo. |

› Troy Turner, “Residents of ‘Canada's Smallest Town’ Are Moving Out,” CBC News, May 19, 2025, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/residents-of-canada-s-smallest-town-are-moving-out-1.7537408. |

› Wayne Jones, Photos of Placentia and Argentia, https://photos.app.goo.gl/RAPjejY7Cb4mL2BH6 |