Epitaph to a Dog for shame. Ye, who behold perchance this simple urn, Pass on – it honours none you wish to mourn. To mark a friend’s remains these stones arise; I never knew but one -- and here he lies. </poem> Epitaph to a Dog "Epitaph to a Dog" (also sometimes referred to as "Inscription on the Monument to a Newfoundland Dog") is a poem by the British poet Lord Byron. It was written in 1808 in honour of his Newfoundland dog, Boatswain, who had just died of rabies. When Boatswain contracted the disease, Byron reportedly nursed him without any fear of becoming
Newfoundland English late 18th century when George Cartwright published a glossary of Newfoundland words. A dialect atlas that provides further inter-community segmentation of Newfoundland English can be found at https://dialectatlas.mun.ca/app/atlas. Newfoundland English is often called "Newfinese". The term "Newfie" is also sometimes used though it is sometimes considered pejorative when used by people from outside of Newfoundland. The [d] to is used to represent the voiced “th” sound /ð/, and a [t] to represent the voiceless one /θ/ eg. “that thing over there” becomes “dat ting over dere” This is derived from Hiberno-English Both H-dropping and H-insertion occur in many varieties of