Newfie slang

Newfie Slang

Newfoundland Sayings

Proper English:	Newfie Slang:
Turn around, she is behind you.	Turn around, she's bind ya.
How is she getting on/ How is she doing	Owshegettinonb'ys
Isn't that foolish	Idn't dat fulish b'y
It's Shocking	Shockin' dat is, shockin b'y
I'll be over in a while	I'll be over now, d'once
Give us some of that	Giv us a bitta dat luh
My nerves are bad	Oh me nerves, de got me drove
Mummers are people who dress up in silly clothing during Christmas, and go from house to house. It's asked before entering the house.	Any mummers loud in?
A really slow person	Your as slow as cold molasses runnin' up a hill
You have a face that only the persons mother could love, meaning you're ugly	Ya got da face only a mutter could luv
Where are you from?	Where you 'longs to?
Stay where you're at until I get there	Stay where your at and I'll come to where you to
Moving really fast	Goin'? She wudden't goin' now I know
Watch your language (Your using vulgar words)	Mind ya mouth now
You're guaranteed, which means someone agrees with what someone else says	Garnteed b'y
No fish were caught today	nar fish de day b'y
This is someone saying something cruel about how someone looks	If I 'ad a face da likes a yers, me son, I'd walk backwards
Note: Sometimes at the end of Newfoundland sayings, Newfoundlanders have a habit of adding "b'y," where as Canadians usually put "eh," there.

For some Newfoundland words click the link below.