Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:19 PM 10/14/04 -0230, Greg Locke wrote: >Abbreviation for the island of Newfoundland. Currently the island portion of >the Canadian province of Newfoundland & Labrador. Residents of Newfoundland have achieved a rare status, being viewed by other Canadians as the USians view folks from West Virginia. "Newfie" jokes abound, all being capable of rapid conversion into Polish or West Virginia jokes by the simple substitution of the appropriate ethnic minority as in, "A Newfie wanted Canada to send a manned mission to the Sun. A prominent scientist objected, stating, "My man, you will burn up long before you reach the sun!" And the Newfie simply grinned and replied, "That's all right, Doc. We'll go at night." Newfoundland does include some Gaelic-speaking communities, I recently learned. A fascinating area and I, too, have questions about the 1948 referendum. Marc msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!