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 Newfoundland English - for example, Holyrood becomes “‘Olyrood” and Avondale becomes “H’Avondale” Newfoundland is a rhotic accent like most of North America. In much of Newfoundland, the words "fear" and "fair" are homophones. A similar phenomenon is found in the Norfolk dialect of East Anglia. The merger of diphthongs and to (an example of the line–loin merger) is extensive throughout Newfoundland and is a significant feature of Newfoundland English. Newfoundland English traditionally lacked Canadian raising, however in the generations since its merger with Canada this has changed to some extent. In a move almost certainly taken from Hiberno-English and influenced