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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker
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It reminds me of my father, who can always guess pretty accurately where a Newfoundlander is from based solely on a picture. And if he hears them speaking, he could tell you the town. I wish I had that level of understanding.  I mean, I can tell you which part of St. John's someone is from, or if they're from Grand Bank or not, easy. But I'm not familiar with enough of the island to do it like Dad does, without exception. |
Local people are more attuned to differences within their local areas, in the old days towns that were just one mile apart could have different accents, but now it's more blurred, and to me some Nflders. today often sound like they are from Nova Scotia. Conversely, much of it is also "put on" and I can usually tell; young professionals today are speaking in the uneducated fishermen's accents of the 1960s. When I watched the recent election coverage much of the accent seemed to disappear.
