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Is the Name Newfie Derogatory or Not? I am probably really late to this party, however, I just had to comment on this term after reading about it in one of my wife's friends' Downhome magazines.
I have been married to a Newfie for 44 years, and she is one of the most wonderful and agreeable people on the planet. She comes from a family of most wonderful people, some as agreeable, and some a bit more caustic, but all loving ... click to read moreI am probably really late to this party, however, I just had to comment on this term after reading about it in one of my wife's friends' Downhome magazines.
I have been married to a Newfie for 44 years, and she is one of the most wonderful and agreeable people on the planet. She comes from a family of most wonderful people, some as agreeable, and some a bit more caustic, but all loving people. As I was raised in a normal (ie: dysfunctional) household, I was totally amazed to find a family that did not fight with each other all the time, and got along pretty much the same amount of time. They are all Newfies to me, which means happy, agreeable and loving. I lived among them, on the Rock, for a while, and they were good years. I have been called a mainlander by some Newfoundlanders, and although it was probably meant in a derogatory manner, it did not bother me, because as compared to those born on the Rock, I am from the main land of Canada. After all, what, really, is in a name? I have not yet been called an Upalonger, but aside from imbuing me with a confused expression, that also would not bother me. As one who has used the term Newfie for quite some time now, let me assure all of you upstanding Newfoundlanders, it is not used insultingly. Not by me anyway. Judging by all my in-laws, if Newfie means backwards, then I wish my family had been as backwards. If I do not know you, I will not grace you with the name Newfie, as, in my mind, you have not yet earned it, but if I know you and like you, and you HAVE earned it, I will.
From a mainlander (or maybe an upalonger)
Thomas Dickieson
North Bay, Ontario ... Hide full submission
This picture I have here was taken just a couple of days ago here off the dock on Bell Island. We had a few days of heavy fog on the sea, so I thought this picture would be cool to take. The Flanders coming out of the fog.
This is one of the places we went ashore from our cruise ship Freedom of the Seas, Trunk Bay, St. John, the Virgin Islands. My son Ron, his girlfriend Sheila, her mom Ann and me with the Downhome. Thanks to my son it was the trip of a lifetime for me...fantastic cruise.
