Newfoundland Boy

One Year and Three Days in a New City 06.11.2024 8:40 ↓

— Wayne talks about the one-year anniversary of his move from Ottawa to St. John’s — Source — Jonathan Swift. Letter to Alexander Pope. Sept. 29, 1725. In The Correspondence of Jonathan Swift, Vol. III: 1724–1731 , edited by Harold Williams. Oxford University Press, 1963, p. 103.  https://archive.org/details/correspondence-of-swift-jonathan-1667-1745-4/correspondence%20of%20Swift%2C%20Jonathan%2C%...

A Few Things about Newfoundland English 27.08.2024 10:34 ↓

SHOW NOTES ▬ There is not just “one” Newfoundland English. There are many variations in vocabulary and pronunciation and grammar across the province. But some things are very common. ▬  Sources:  → The Dialect Atlas of Newfoundland and Labrador . Memorial University. 2012.  https://dialectatlas.mun.ca/ . || → Dictionary of Newfoundland English . 2nd ed. with supp., edited by G. M. Story, W. J. Kir...

Moving Home 25.06.2024 7:32 ↓

 ▬ Is home the place where you were born, the place where you’ve lived your life, a place that you love, or a place you never really find? ▬  Sources:  → “ Government Unveils New Provincial Licence Plate for Come Home Year,” VOCM 16 Nov. 2021, https://vocm.com/2021/11/16/government-unveils-new-provincial-licence-plate-for-come-home-year/   → Samuel Johnson, The Rambler , number 6, 7 Apr. 1750, Eig...

Tension 07.05.2024 9:53 ↓

— How I became calm —  Source — Georgios Kakarinos and Theodoros Koutsomitros, “Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP),” July 7, 2019, in EFPT Psychotherapy Guidebook , https://epg.pubpub.org/pub/istdp/release/5 

Being the New Guy in My Old Birthplace 04.05.2024 7:30 ↓

— I haven’t been from Newfoundland in a very long while — Sources — ○ “List of municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador,” Wikipedia , November 1, 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_municipalities_in_Newfoundland_and_Labrador — ○ Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills, St. John’s Population and Labour Market Overview Census Metropolitan Area...