Judges are Newfies too

Newfoundland features prominently in the off-beat news beat today, as a woman in Southern Ontario woke up from a stroke recently with an "East Coast" accent that she didn't have before. The rare occurence is called Foreign Accent Syndrome, in this case because there's no such thing as Regional Accent Syndrome. This account of the incident comes from The Record in Waterloo, Ontario.

"She come in my room and there are three other ladies there and she says, 'Who is the Newfie in here?' "
(July 3 2008, Rob Faulkner)


Elsewhere, a Nova Scotia paper reports a Nova Scotia judge is likely to fill the upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court of Canada. From The Chronicle Herald:

"The last thing Stephen Harper is going to do is pay attention to Newfies screaming nationalism," one Newfoundland lawyer said.
(July 2 2008, Stephen Maher)

Now that's a lawyer I'd like to talk to, if I ever get to Halifax.

Remember Beaumont Hamel, here's your sparkler

It's July 1st, the happiest day in all of Canada, and the worst day in Newfoundland history. Take five minutes to go here to find out more.

On to the Newfies, and if you want archetype, Yorkregion.con News has got yer archetype right here. There's a Newfoundland scoff and dance coming up in Richmond Hill. There's Newfoundland steak and a Screech-in. The bum-paddling is a new one though, I'll grant you.

Calling all Newfies — or those who wish they were.
(July 1 2008, Keely Grasser)

Happy Canada Day.