Newfoundland dog Newfoundland dog that will do as much." Henry David Thoreau "Walden" "Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed Beauty without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity, and all the Virtues of Man, without his Vices. This Praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery if inscribed over human ashes, is but a just tribute to the Memory of Boatswain, a Dog." George Gordon, Lord Byron, Epitaph to a Dog. "That boat, Rover by name, which, though now in strange seas, had often pressed the beach of Captain Delano's home, and, brought to its threshold for repairs, had
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