Newfoundland English

Listen for Newfoundland expressions for everything, from food terms like scoff (a big meal), touton (fried bread dough), and duff (a pudding), to words to describe the fickle weather, such as leeward (a threatening storm), airsome (bracing cold), and mauzy (foggy and damp). "The sun is splitting the rocks!" is something you might hear on a fine day.

A plethora of terms relate to the fishing industry: a flake is where you dry fish, perhaps after having caught them in your dory, a small rowboat. A bedlamer is a young seal. And, of course, there are plenty of words to describe all manner of people: a gatcher is a show-off and a cuffer tells tall tales.

A drung is a narrow road, a scuff is a dance, to coopy means to crouch down, and if you're going for a twack, you're window-shopping. If you're from Upalong, that means you're not from here.