Your Jib and Other Jabber
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Your Jib and Other Jabber
Newfese -- Newfoundland English -- is a distinctive, and occasionally startling, blend drawing from English and Irish dialects and sailors' lore. A few examples:
* Whatta ya at? What are you doing?
* How's she cutting, me cock? How's it going, my friend?
* Owisya? How are you?
* Still in the same ice. Nothing new.
* Stay where you're to till I comes where you're at. Wait there for me.
* Put the wood in da 'ole. Shut the door.
* Long may your big jib draw. Good luck in the future.
For more, see Newfoundland Outport, http:/
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