Re: YAEDT? Syntax in dialects of English

For some of the stronger newfoundland accents the phonology can be hard to
get past as well, not most of them, but some of them.

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Larry Sulky <larrysulky@...> wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 6:03 PM, David McCann <david@polymathy.plus.com
> >wrote:
>
> >
> > In Canada, Newfoundland sounds as if it has an interesting dialect,
> > judging by Tanya Huff's "Summon the Keeper" (one of the funniest books
> > I've read in years): e.g. "I'm after calling 911" for "I'm going to call
> > 911".
> >
>
> Yes, Newfies have a goodly number of variances. The past participle
> replaces
> the simple past most of the time; that is to say, it's so regular that if
> there are exceptions I haven't noted them. You'll also hear "some" for
> "very": "You're some smart, by" = "You're very smart, boy/buddy".
>