Reddit reviews Dictionary of Newfoundland English: Second Edition
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> This is the main thing here. Canada doesn't feel like my country. I don't feel any difference visiting New England than visiting Ontario.
I suggest you travel more if you're able! If you can, go to L'Anse aux Meadows, and Moncton, Sudbury and Brandon, Moose Jaw and Kamloops, and yes even Vancouver and Toronto. If you visit those places and all you can see is New England, then I'm sorry my friend, the problem is with you. Seriously, no rational person can spend a night with a bunch of drunk newfies and think to themselves "this language I'm hearing is very much English just like others speak".
Canada is home to a very rich diversity of cultures, and a multitude of nations (within nations), all with the common goal of working together collectively.
And yes, we all have tragedy in our pasts. We're largely a nation of immigrants. Life sucks, the world sucks, countries/governments suck. You had relatives that were wrongly imprisoned or abused, some going back centuries. /u/Tartra probably has a list a mile long as well. As do I, where my relatives had all their land stolen, and those that couldn't flee were raped/beaten/starved/and killed.
People don't come to Canada to give up their lives of being Kings and Barons in their past country, they came here to start over (Unless you are First Nations, in which case you were conquered by the French/English/Spanish by guns and pox).
The defining trait of Canadians isn't that we all have these tragedies in our past, it's that we move past it and work together to create a better future. I'm glad you're part of it, even if you're not!
Newfoundlander here, and I agree. Whenever I hear an Irish accent, I automatically associate it with the south coast of our island haha.
We do have some very unique language and terminology though. We even have our own dictionary!
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