"hes one little Anti Christer!" (Aunt Enid continued..)

[roder51]

So nice to see "Aunt Enid is still on Utube" GOD LOVE YA!

[glblb3030]

you look hot bb

[punchion]

There's no such thing a "a newfoundland accent". The accent changes from place to place. We think mainlanders sound sooooo funny!

[1LitreofCola]

Are you by chance from around the bay?

[colleenr825]

I'm using this video for a linguistics project! (Not recording or distributing it or anything, don't worry. Just transcribing it and talking about the dialect.) This is fascinating! I'm from California, so this accent isn't one that makes it our way very often, to say the least. I love Enid! Thanks for posting :)

[theantidentite]

Where in newfoundland is she from? I Grew up in the bay of Islands!

[s61fixer]

Oh my, I loves this woman. I am laughing so hard. I would love to but her a double double and chat...

[sgtcrab1]

My legs was dented up dat bad! LOL

[drzipperhead]

lol tim hortons.

[Musmon]

LOL I like the accent sounds more British than American actually

[marktka]

@Musmon That's cos Canadians don't sound American... I'm a Kiwi (NZ) and I can immediately tell the difference between Americans and Canadians - Americans talk through their nose, a real 'twangy' nasal accent. Some are really horrible to listen to... Canadians and especially this one have cool accents :)

[barhamo]

Whats a British accent exactly? It sounds Irish.

[gdawe1986]

I love you Enid, and I love being a Newfoundlander ever more :)

You're awesome

[sunchyme77]

Love the intro with the Tim Horton's coffee cup, maybe Tim's could do a commercial with aunt Enid!!!! ....."Me f#@%& legs were all dented....." LOL!!!!!

[redacer99]

"lord jesus christ" lmfao hahaha

PEI,

[giiwed]

hahah i love canada......tims is an epidemic here

[purcekimmy]

peerfect. haha i wanna meet this ladyy!! :)

[SweetWaterGringo]

;O)

[SweetWaterGringo]

Americans are much more familiar with accents of Ontario and the Plains than this. Most Americans notice that Canadians frequently use "eh" as a tag and and that you pronounce the "ou" diphthong differently than we do. Oh, and you call a knit cap a "tuque."

[lovestwilight1234]

omg newfie's are soo funny reminds me of my aunt alice

[awakebythesea]

ahh makes me miss the east.

this is glorious.

[flon57]

i love the newfie accent, just hate the bad grammar,

[WildkatPublishing]

OMG I got heartburn from laughin so hard!

[HibbsWeld]

Great Video! She reminds me of my Aunt Florences accent Central Newfoundland Exploits Valley! Loves IT! One lil Anti-Christer! Heheh

[roder51]

The Woman's a Newfoundland Movie star.I haven't

laughed this much in years.She's Fabulous! Thanx byes.

[Constructionbear41]

HA HA HA HA "Dented legs"!!!

[RyanNS]

LOves the accent like luh!

[AMG93]

I love my accent.

:)

[sjunor]

Aww, she's cute!

[domtar76]

Christer! I haven't heard that since I moved out on my own (my mom is a newfie).

[kerpenguin]

sometimes it's Irish, sometimes New York, sometime Australian...brilliant!

[Dublian]

It's never New York, what are you on?

[folkspraak]

Could the accent possibly come from the old Newfoundland Irish language?

[janeyintokyo]

it does :) you are good!

[oliverburke]

"Chunk of oice" :)

Reminds me a bit of a Kiwi (NZ) accent.

Irishish too, ain't it?

Precious.

Story telling is a great time to get the feel of an accent. Thanks for the clip! :)

[janeyintokyo]

it is.. pure Newfoundland :) Im glad you liked it...! Aunt enid is my favorite :)

[Dublian]

I wouldn't call it pure Newfoundland. Newfoundland is pretty solid Irish. Or there's those like Danny Williams who have a weaker accent, but one none the less.

[DanPayne]

Newfoundland is a mixture of English, French, Irish, Scottish, and indigenous groups. There is no "Newfoundland" accent, rather a wide array of dialects and expressions, varying in many cases from community to community. In a few places it's very reminiscent of Irish dialects, but not everywhere, not even most places. So to conclude, Dublian, you're wrong.

[mogashumitt]

Bull! The accents from St. John's and the Southern Shore are Irish based, most of Placentia Bay, and then specific areas off the Avalon. Get away from that and you get into accents that are descended from the speech of the West Country. This "Newfoundlanders are all Irish" idea is just nonsense.

[Dublian]

Might I ask who exactly said that all Newfoundlanders were Irish origin?

[mogashumitt]

Your previous post:

"Newfoundland is pretty solid Irish"

[Dublian]

That doesn't mean they're all from Ireland.

[spfmwa]

alot of english decendants in newfoundland,in labrador especially.

[roder51]

Suppose you make up your mind

[whatsonthego]

danny williams has a pretty strong accent

[gdawe1986]

But he rocks big time

[theantidentite]

@whatsonthego sadly he's leaving politics in two weeks :(((((

[marktka]

@oliverburke A few similarities with our Kiwi accent :) This has more 'Irishness' if you like though!

[meerkat7]

definitely the craziest english-speaking accent I've ever heard. It's like brooklyn/irish/i don't even know.

fascinating for a linguistics student :)

[janeyintokyo]

its a Labrador Newfoundland mix.. :) Glad you enjoyed it!

[meerkat7]

makes me want to visit both those places. I just read a book based in Newfoundland (The Shipping News by E Annie Proulx, it's a brilliant book) and now I can imagine all the characters talking like this! thanks for posting it.

[janeyintokyo]

Just do not watch the film and think that those accents are anywhere near how we sound--nor how those people behave is anywhere like our own habits. The film is a wreck of a brilliant book, I believe. But I am so glad that you enjoy it.. and if you ever did manage to go to the island, look me up--I will take you for a real drink ;)

[meerkat7]

To be honest I'm really not interested in seeing the film - the book is totally brilliant and it's so atmospheric that I think seeing the film would ruin the book for me. And believe me, I don't think you're all like that at all! I definitely want to make it up to wither Labrador or Newfoundland at some point, but I live in London so it's a very long way to go!