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    The Newfoundland Tongue
    The Newfoundland Tongue
    The Newfoundland Tongue
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    The Newfoundland Tongue

    By Nellie P. Strowbridge

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    You think you’ve heard everything about Newfoundland and Labrador, but…

    Have you had a meal of padre?

    Have you ever seen a shalandi?

    Have you heard of basket soup?

    Would you find the term dry dough offensive?

    You’ve tried figgy duff, but have you eaten cod sounds?

    Work your tongue through conversational one-liners and much more! This book is a tribute to Newfoundland’s unique culture and way of life. It explores the province’s history and folklore, placing a particular emphasis on traditional language, speech, expressions, and dialect. Read, and experience Newfoundland’s Old English and Irish roots as they come to the fore!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFlanker Press
    Release dateApr 15, 2008
    ISBN9781771171779
    The Newfoundland Tongue
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    Nellie P. Strowbridge

    Nellie P. Strowbridge is one of Newfoundland and Labrador’s most beloved, prolific, and respected authors. She is the winner of provincial and national awards and has been published nationally and internationally. Her work is capsuled in the National Archives as this province’s winner in Canada’s Stamp of Approval Award for a letter written to Canada 2117. A former columnist, editorial writer, essayist, and award-winning poet, Strowbridge has won the NL Arts and Letters Awards a record seventeen times. Al Purdy included her in the Sandburg Livesay Award Anthology No Choice but to Trust, featuring outstanding populist poets around the world. She has been Writer in the Library, a mentor to young writers, an adjudicator in the NL Arts and Letters Awards, an assessor on the NL Projects Grants Committee, and a judge for the WANL Book Awards and Fresh Fish Awards. Strowbridge has held school workshops in Canada and Ireland and hosted a Seminar/Gabfest for International Women’s Day in Cobh, where she was writer-in-residence. The Canadian Embassy in Dublin sponsored a reading and reception for her. She also read from her work during a Scotland bus tour. The author is a member of The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC), The League of Canadian Poets (2009 NL and NS Representative), the Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador (WANL), and Page One.

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