Lord Byron dogs into the water, each with an arm in the ship Captain’s new scarlet waistcoat, to the annoyance of the Captain and the amusement of the crew. Byron had a great love of animals, most notably for a Newfoundland dog named Boatswain. When the animal contracted rabies, Byron nursed him, albeit unsuccessfully, without any thought or fear of becoming bitten and infected. Although deep in debt at the time, Byron commissioned an impressive marble funerary monument for Boatswain at Newstead Abbey, larger than his own, and the only building work which he ever carried out on his estate. In his
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