This woman in Northern Ireland found people who can understand her -- in Newfoundland

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  • Опубліковано 27 лис 2024

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  • @nlpnt
    @nlpnt 7 місяців тому +95

    I have heard Newfoundland described as "Ireland with Chevy pickups".

  • @zzplantlover
    @zzplantlover 4 місяці тому +14

    Not at all surprised. I have lived in Labrador since my teens and when I went to N. Ireland with a friend (from Ontario) I understood everyone perfectly while she struggled. So this makes perfect sense to me.

  • @jamesrein648
    @jamesrein648 4 місяці тому +34

    Honestly I'm surprised you're surprised

  • @redrocksoul
    @redrocksoul 4 місяці тому +30

    I grew up hearing all those words in PEI too - I've heard them from Cape Bretoners too.

    • @ironhell813
      @ironhell813 3 місяці тому +4

      It’s not just Irish either. It’s Gaelic, Scot’s use it as well.
      I’m not sure why this is considered news I thought this stuff was well known😅

  • @OoavastoO
    @OoavastoO 4 місяці тому +24

    It’s not just Nfld that has this linguistic connection to N. Ireland (or ALL of Ireland). It’s all of Atlantic Canada.

    • @Cafeallday222
      @Cafeallday222 4 місяці тому +2

      Yes. I’m just leaving NB and I know these words because my dad grew up here. He’ll say “you’re gonna have the big feed” lol

    • @patbrennan6572
      @patbrennan6572 3 місяці тому +1

      And don't forget the Ottawa Valley.

    • @Countrybananas
      @Countrybananas 2 місяці тому +2

      It doesn't even come close to the accents and dialects in Newfoundland

    • @DontPullOut
      @DontPullOut 3 дні тому

      Not really. The accent in Newfoundland is a thick Irish one. You dont find that anywhere else in Canada.

  • @mellow-jello
    @mellow-jello 4 місяці тому +12

    Wonder if any Northern Irelanders know about Screech? The answer will tell you all you need to know.

  • @bernie.b
    @bernie.b 5 місяців тому +7

    On our visit to Newfoundland last summer we made a point to drive the 'Irish Loop'.......

  • @Dreyno
    @Dreyno 3 місяці тому +3

    Newfie accents are far close to accents from the south of Ireland than Northern Ireland.

  • @justincronkright5025
    @justincronkright5025 2 місяці тому +1

    The most overlooked part of this news story is... that they get to enjoy Mary Brown's Chicken in Northern Ireland now.

  • @Logan_Woods-zd2zi
    @Logan_Woods-zd2zi 4 місяці тому +5

    We say the same words in New Zealand too, but always nice to see Sandy Reynaldo and Garrett Barry anyways.

    • @twinsonic
      @twinsonic 4 місяці тому +1

      Yep, that is correct..chur, bro

    • @scrimshank1
      @scrimshank1 Місяць тому

      Those are terms used in all of Atlantic Canada - with a slightly different twang.

  • @bobwalsh2112
    @bobwalsh2112 3 місяці тому +1

    You can hear those words around Boston Massachusetts as well

  • @DailyDoseOfEFT
    @DailyDoseOfEFT 4 місяці тому +2

    this is super cool! lovely

  • @flipperfryer
    @flipperfryer 4 місяці тому +5

    Newfoundland ,PEI , Nova Scotia all down Easterns and on the same page but don't mess with Newfoundlanders they aren't afraid to stick up for whats right

  • @MrSchizoid405
    @MrSchizoid405 3 місяці тому +2

    The newfoundland Irish accents come from south east of Ireland, nothing to do with northern east of Ireland.

    • @MolloyPolloy
      @MolloyPolloy 3 місяці тому

      Newfoundland accent is so similar to a country wexford accent its bizarre.

  • @mathu6514
    @mathu6514 4 місяці тому +2

    It's like cousins suddenly realizing they are also siblings

  • @randomobserver8168
    @randomobserver8168 3 місяці тому +3

    The least surprising revelation in the field of language and dialect.

  • @michaelfrench5252
    @michaelfrench5252 3 місяці тому +4

    Newfoundland is the next parish West of Galway.

  • @heartman2013
    @heartman2013 3 місяці тому +1

    If we didn't know, it, yet again, shows that we don't learn much in school

  • @TheGiantKillers
    @TheGiantKillers 3 місяці тому +1

    Being a Lisburn person myself, I must go along and try some Canadian chicken next time at at the Leisureplex.

  • @Elvenboadicea
    @Elvenboadicea 2 місяці тому

    Same in Scotland too.

  • @MacVerick
    @MacVerick 4 місяці тому +1

    Same with Vancouver Island and Hawaii.

    • @ironhell813
      @ironhell813 3 місяці тому

      Yes and japan and Hawaii and Vancouver…

  • @Sid-gu5qk
    @Sid-gu5qk 5 місяців тому +8

    Welcome to Muff? 😂😂😂

  • @nickcollins4268
    @nickcollins4268 4 місяці тому +1

    You know yourself, definitely one I've used

    • @DaniHMcV
      @DaniHMcV 3 місяці тому

      “Ya knows yaself”

  • @Joseph13163
    @Joseph13163 6 місяців тому +10

    The irish that came to Newfoundland were from the south east rather than the north,though nevertheless there would still be a lot of similarity

    • @stevef3685
      @stevef3685 4 місяці тому +2

      I'm an Irish Newfoundlander, most of my ancestors were from the south, Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, but I have a couple that came from the North, Ulster, that settled in the Conception Bay area. But, I'm talking 200 years ago.

    • @TheGiantKillers
      @TheGiantKillers 3 місяці тому

      Trust me. Put a Cork and a Belfast person in a room together and they would struggle to understand each other's accents.

    • @jackietcarroll5679
      @jackietcarroll5679 3 місяці тому

      Big Waterford connection

  • @Trevlead
    @Trevlead 3 місяці тому +1

    I use feed, racket and it’s a sin in southwestern Ontario too!

  • @VictorRomeo1917
    @VictorRomeo1917 4 місяці тому +3

    Always seemed pretty obvious to me, just listen. If you weren't already aware of the connection you don't listen well nor know your history. Lard Tunnerin' Jaysus B'y.

  • @pedrothejerk3008
    @pedrothejerk3008 4 місяці тому +2

    I have some that work for me out west and I still need to hire a translator to understand what they are saying.

    • @innov13
      @innov13 3 місяці тому +1

      you're working with irish lads not newfies lol

  • @yerxa420ca
    @yerxa420ca 7 місяців тому +19

    ethnic canadains are irish, english, scottish and french so why are you surpised?

    • @jeycalc6877
      @jeycalc6877 7 місяців тому +4

      FALSE, "ethnic" canadians are british not irish

    • @lifesimmercanada5401
      @lifesimmercanada5401 7 місяців тому +2

      Nope. Just French. You are referring to the Acadians.

    • @spiritcrunch
      @spiritcrunch 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@@jeycalc6877When Canada was founded, Irish was a type of British.

    • @spiritcrunch
      @spiritcrunch 5 місяців тому

      ​@@lifesimmercanada5401Newfoundland is the oldest settled part of Canada and has never been French.

    • @lifesimmercanada5401
      @lifesimmercanada5401 5 місяців тому +4

      @@spiritcrunch lol What? I literally live ON the French shore.

  • @sanyopoweraid1
    @sanyopoweraid1 5 місяців тому +8

    For the Irish it's the north of Ireland, Garrett, not "northern Ireland." We don't forget that the north was taken from Ireland.

    • @spiritcrunch
      @spiritcrunch 5 місяців тому +4

      Southern Ireland separated then complains that the north didn't leave with them. Boo hoo.

    • @sanyopoweraid1
      @sanyopoweraid1 4 місяці тому +12

      @@spiritcrunch someone gave you the wrong history lesson, lad

    • @Les-d1n
      @Les-d1n 2 місяці тому

      ⁠Ireland separated from england but have lived lick a suck calf off england since that time .

  • @James-e3k5i
    @James-e3k5i 4 місяці тому

    We use some of these words in Atlantic canada period

  • @FactRzerO
    @FactRzerO 4 місяці тому

    She simply liked the chicken and went from there. It happens when you're smitten. I've personally never cared for Mary Browns and grew up on the stuff more than 40 years ago, and also speak Irish.

  • @ERC641
    @ERC641 22 дні тому

    See how we are connected

  • @owenator
    @owenator 4 місяці тому +5

    1:28 "Muff"?!! That's the city name?!!

    • @adez13
      @adez13 4 місяці тому +3

      They have a world famous diving club that sells lifetime memberships

    • @TheGiantKillers
      @TheGiantKillers 3 місяці тому +5

      Muff is a tiny village about a mile away from the Northern Ireland/ Republic of Ireland border on the Republic of Ireland side, and, joking aside, yes they do genuinely have a diving club, are aware of the connotations of using the obvious name and instead are known as the Foyle Diving Club, taking the name of the river on which Muff sits.

    • @Sabhoh
      @Sabhoh 2 місяці тому

      Back in the Rock Against Bush days the Evangelists, a punk band from the area released an album, “Muff Against Bush”😂

  • @lewissmith350
    @lewissmith350 3 місяці тому

    Cool.

  • @philipbennett2973
    @philipbennett2973 9 днів тому

    Yes by sure das alright

  • @shmoopiebear
    @shmoopiebear 4 місяці тому

    Newfie from overseas has discovered a piece of Canadiana.

  • @robertarisz8464
    @robertarisz8464 Місяць тому

    I am confused - doesn't everyone talk like that?

  • @nikolaaswright6028
    @nikolaaswright6028 7 місяців тому +11

    Ummmm... it was part of Ireland not 100 yrs ago..
    So this is kinda obvious

    • @athomefitness3089
      @athomefitness3089 7 місяців тому +15

      Ummm no it was not sir😂😂😂

    • @LeMerch
      @LeMerch 7 місяців тому +4

      @@athomefitness3089Yes it was.

    • @lifesimmercanada5401
      @lifesimmercanada5401 7 місяців тому +9

      No it wasn't lol. I am a professional historian. We were a part of England once and on our own for a bit, but we were never ever part of Ireland.

    • @LeMerch
      @LeMerch 7 місяців тому +3

      @@lifesimmercanada5401 you are saying Northern Ireland was ‘never part of Ireland’? 😅

    • @athomefitness3089
      @athomefitness3089 6 місяців тому +8

      @@LeMerch no- we’re talking about Newfoundland genius🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @mattvdh
    @mattvdh 4 місяці тому +2

    Funny how they aren't reporting on the protesting of mass immigration in Ireland but they report on the most unimportant of topics.

  • @jeepstuff4004
    @jeepstuff4004 2 місяці тому +1

    What kind of useless story is this

  • @sweiland75
    @sweiland75 Місяць тому

    Half the video is junk because it's just the guy talking.

  • @johnjordan6736
    @johnjordan6736 3 місяці тому

    Apparently the population of Newfoundland was about 20,000 and 40,000 Irish arrived, they still have very Irish sounding accents.
    Edit: I am born and raised in Ireland.

  • @poposterous236
    @poposterous236 4 місяці тому +1

    The Newfoundland dictionary? Isn't it all blank pages?

    • @johnbrowne2170
      @johnbrowne2170 4 місяці тому +10

      Some books are so that mainlanders can read them.

    • @patbrennan6572
      @patbrennan6572 3 місяці тому +2

      @@johnbrowne2170 Even upside down.

    • @jackietcarroll5679
      @jackietcarroll5679 3 місяці тому

      ​@@johnbrowne2170 wicked burn 😂

  • @nikolaaswright6028
    @nikolaaswright6028 7 місяців тому +3

    Read a gd book

  • @heywoodjablomi8445
    @heywoodjablomi8445 4 місяці тому

    Well, DUH!! Slow ass news day.