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▬ ME AND NL ▬ Newfoundland Boy is a podcast about me and the Canadian province of Newfoundland. ▬ WHERE TO LISTEN ▬ There's a new episode every Tuesday. Listen wherever you find your podcasts. Or at the host site https://newfoundlandboy.buzzsprout.com/. And even on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/@waynejonespodcasts/podcasts. Full transcripts also available for most episodes. ▬ JOIN MY EMAIL LIST ▬ Receive an email and never miss an episode. Sign up: https://newfoundlandboy.ca/join-my-email ...
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have a comment? text me! Accent on the first or last syllable; never the middle; and no mumbling ▬ Sources: → The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd ed., 2005, https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195418163.001.0001/acref-9780195418163. || → Davy Holden [@davyholden]. “How to Pronounce ‘NEWFOUNDLAND’ for Dummys,” TikTok, March 8, …
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have a comment? text me! Newfoundland is actually Newfoundland and Labrador. Sort of. ▬ Sources: → Canada Gazette, Part II, December 6, 2001, https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2001/2001-12-06-x1/pdf/g2-135x6.pdf.|| → “List of Administrative Divisions by Country,” Wikipedia, August 25, 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_administrative_di…
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have a comment? text me! Newfies like their own kind of steak ▬ Sources: → Coles, Terri. “Why Newfoundland Is Obsessed with Bologna.” MyRecipes, February 13, 2018, https://www.myrecipes.com/extracrispy/why-newfoundland-is-obsessed-with-bologna. || → Nolan, Dick. “Piece of Bologna.” The Best of Dick Nolan. 1975. YouTube, September 24, 2015, https://…
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have a comment? text me! There is not just “one” Newfoundland English. There are many variations in vocabulary and pronunciation and grammar across the province. But some things are very common. ▬ Sources: → The Dialect Atlas of Newfoundland and Labrador. Memorial University. 2012. https://dialectatlas.mun.ca/. || → Dictionary of Newfoundland Engli…
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have a comment? text me! SHOW NOTES ▬ I take a day trip to a community with my last name, but a name that’s not the name of a saint: St. Jones Within ▬ Sources: → Blue Star Juniper. “St. Jones Within.” YouTube, Apr. 26, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkQ8bosW5Ik. || → Chris Anderson. “St. Jones Within.” YouTube, Deb. 11, 2021, https://youtu.…
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have a comment? text me! ▬ My guest is Josh Menchions, who’s a standup comedian and also runs the open mic called Last Minute Comedy at the Peter Easton Pub every Wednesday night. ▬ ▬ Josh Menchions ▬ https://joshmenchions.ca | https://campsite.bio/joshmenchions || ▬ STAND-UP NEWFOUNDLAND ▬ https://standupnfld.ca/ | https://www.instagram.com/standu…
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have a comment? text me! I interview a scholar about the Republic of Newfoundland. I slso spent a great deal of time trying to convince the person who runs the Republic of Newfoundland Instagram page to be a guest on the show as well, to tell listeners about his perspective on what he calls “the movement.” You can see the show notes for the detail—…
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have a comment? text me! The source of my minimalistic tendencies in both my domestic space and my personal relationships ▬ Sources: → Jordan B. Peterson [DrJordanBPetersonClips]. “Say the truth and nothing else.” YouTube, July 11, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_so2g0sH3vY&ab_channel=JordanBPetersonClips → Wayne Jones. Less and Less: Person…
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have a comment? text me! The St. John’s Diocese of the Catholic Church has to pay over $100 million to settle sexual abuse claims at an orphanage ▬ Sources: → John Gushue and Terry Roberts, “$104M awarded to sexual abuse victims of Mount Cashel and N.L. priests,” CBC News, July 5, 2024, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/church-mo…
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have a comment? text me! My interview with Nadine Baldow, a Berlin-based artist whose show Alive Matter runs in St. John’s, Newfoundland, from May 24 to July 6 ▬ Sources: → I visit the exhibition: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8t4qmXugYl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== → Eastern Edge Artist-Run Centre, “Nadine Baldow: Alive Matter…
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have a comment? text me! SHOW NOTES ▬ Is home the place where you were born, the place where you’ve lived your life, a place that you love, or a place you never really find? ▬ Sources: → “ Government Unveils New Provincial Licence Plate for Come Home Year,” VOCM 16 Nov. 2021, https://vocm.com/2021/11/16/government-unveils-new-provincial-licence-pla…
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have a comment? text me! My interview with Marjorie Doyle, author of Mary Foley, Mary Doyle (Boulder Books, 2024) ▬ Sources: ○ Marjorie Doyle’s site: https://www.marjoriedoyle.ca/ ○ Boulder Books: https://boulderbooks.ca/product/mary-foley-mary-doyle/ ○ Amazon.ca: https://www.amazon.ca/Mary-Foley-Doyle-Unravelling-mothers/dp/1989417914/▬…
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have a comment? text me! My interview with Nicole Penney, Assistant Archivist at MUNFLA, Memorial University’s Folklore and Language Archive ▬ Sources: ○ Memorial University, MUNFLA, https://www.mun.ca/munfla/ ○ Painting of W.J. Kirwin, one of the editors of the Dictionary of Newfoundland English, located at the Folklore and Language Archive, St. J…
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have a comment? text me! Newfoundland English, a puzzling complaint for a Zimbabwean doctor to hear, and my own experience with health care in St. John’s ▬ Sources: ○ Canadian Medical Association, How Is Health Care Funded in Canada?, https://www.cma.ca/how-health-care-funded-canada ○ CBC Radio, “Dr. Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia’s Journey from Zimbabwe to…
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have a comment? text me! I celebrate Mothers Day in person with my mother ▬ Sources ▬ ○ Mike Ellis, Newfoundland Slanguage: A Fun Visual Guide to Newfoundland Terms and Phrases, Gibbs Smith, 2019 ▬ ○ “molasses,” Dictionary of Newfoundland English, edited by G.M. Story, W.J. Kirwin, and J.D.A. Widdowson, 2nd edition with supplement, 1990, https://ww…
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have a comment? text me! Is St. John’s the oldest city in North America? ▬ Sources ▬ ○ Joan Rusted. St. John’s: A Brief History. Breakwater Books, 2011 ○ Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/ ○ “List of Oldest Continuously Inhabited Cities,” Wikipedia, May 15, 2024, https://en.wiki…
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have a comment? text me! Sarcastic greeting cards and good people ▬ Sources ▬ ○ Photos of a restaurant, greeting cards, and a dress, https://photos.app.goo.gl/KkXdgY4he9sTwA2U8 ○ Oxford Dictionary of English, 3rd edition, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780199571123.001.0001 ○ “Tilt Cove,” Wikipedia, February 20, 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org…
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have a comment? text me! I haven’t been from Newfoundland in a very long while ▬ Sources ▬ ○ “List of municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador,” Wikipedia, November 1, 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_municipalities_in_Newfoundland_and_Labrador ○ Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills, St. …
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have a comment? text me! ▬ A bit about me, a bit about Newfoundland and this podcast, and a story about my mother’s and my adventure at a skeety donut shop ▬ Sources ▬ ○ “Skeet (Newfoundland),” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeet_(Newfoundland) ○ Dictionary of Newfoundland English, edited by G.M. Story, W.J. Kirwin, and J.D. A. Widdowson…
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