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Newfoundland Boy

Newfoundland Boy

By: Wayne Jones
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Newfoundland Boy is about the Canadian province of Newfoundland. There's a new episode every Saturday, available (with transcripts) wherever you get podcasts. Logo art: Untitled painting by Wayne Jones ››› Music: "slowmotion montage where we fall in love" by human gazpacho, via Free Music Archive under CC BY-NC Creative Commons license ››› © 2025 by Wayne Jones

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Episodes
  • Traditional Newfoundland Food: Cod and Other Seafood
    Jul 26 2025

    Traditional Newfoundland cod and seafood preparations.

    Thanks to my friends Gwen and Chris for their help with the cod section.

    Sources

    ¦ “Seal Meat,” Wikipedia, last edited February 21, 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_meat ¦

    ¦ “Flipper Pie,” Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles, 3rd edition, https://dchp.arts.ubc.ca/entries/flipper%20pie¦

    ¦ “Capelin,” Wikipedia, last edited May 23, 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capelin ¦

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    7 mins
  • Newfoundland Food: Traditional and New
    Jul 19 2025

    A commentary on foods both traditional and new in Newfoundland

    Sources

    ¦ Newfoundland Boy, hosted by Wayne Jones, episode 22, "Newfoundlanders and Bologna: A Love Story," September 3, 2024, https://newfoundlandboy.buzzsprout.com/2358060/episodes/15686708-newfoundlanders-and-bologna-a-love-story ¦

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    9 mins
  • The Need for an Update to the Newfoundland Dictionary
    Jul 12 2025

    The state of the Dictionary of Newfoundland English and other books about and including Newfie words

    Sources

    ■ “About the OED,” Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2025, https://www.oed.com/information/about-the-oed |

    ■ Sandra Clarke, Newfoundland and Labrador English, Edinburgh University Press, 2018 |

    Dictionary of Newfoundland English, 2nd edition with Supplement, edited by G.M. Story, W.J. Kirwin and J.D.A. Widdowson, Heritage Newfoundland & Labrador, 1982, https://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/ |

    ■ Mike Ellis, Newfoundland Slanguage: A Fun Visual Guide to Newfoundland Terms and Phrases, Gibbs Smith, 2019 |

    The Flanker Dictionary of Newfoundland English, edited by Garry Cranford, Flanker Press, 2018 |

    ■ Memorial University, Digital Archives Initiative, Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Slip Forms, “skeet,” https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/elrcdne/id/49823/rec/7 |

    ■ Nellie P. Strowbridge, The Newfoundland Tongue, Flanker Press, 2008 |


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    9 mins
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