Newfie

• “Don’t use the term Newfie to identify residents; it is considered derogatory.”

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• “On visiting some of the links discovered blogs and forums where people, most of whom are from other parts of Canada, gleefully spend their time defending the use of the word Newfie with whatever convoluted logic their limited brain capacity can muster.”

  Progressive Bloggers

• “Maine, of course, sounds somewhat Newfie, which is something else entirely.”

  tongues

• “Despite the federal government's broken promises, despite out migration, despite 'Newfie' jokes...”

  Newfoundlander and proud, yet again

• “As for calling you 'Newfie', well, you probably fit into that mainland stereotype, in fact it's ignorant, narrow-minded, uneducated fools like you who gave the ammo to the mainlanders in the first place.”

  Another blog, a cut above

• “Newfie," this massive dog is 26-28 inches tall at the shoulder and weighs 100-150 pounds.”

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• “Bars offer shots of dark rum and those who repeat a "Newfie" saying become "honorary Newfoundlanders.”

  Local News from The Lakeland Ledger

• “A quick search on Google confirmed the article's assertion by turning up more than 460,000 web sites matching the query "Newfie".”

  Progressive Bloggers

• “Newfie" in either their title or prominently in the content.”

  Progressive Bloggers

• “When Newfoundlanders themselves display such an obvious ignorance of the connotations of that particular term they help perpetuate the long standing Canadian tradition of "Newfie" jokes and the stereotype of the "Stupid Newfie".”

  Progressive Bloggers

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