“My favourite story about a Newfoundland accent, though, is much older. About 40 years ago, the mother of a Newfie friend was visiting out west. She was from the previous era, of course, and the advent of Canadian media hadn’t impacted her in quite the way it has in the most recent generation.
I loved listening to her talk, although sometimes I wasn’t quite sure what was being said. The gist of it was that she was having a problem with the local Stephenville council over driveway access, and since she wasn’t getting much help from the bureaucrats, she had to consult what she said was a liar.
I interrupted her, and said, “Excuse me, but did you say “liar” or “lawyer”?
A twinkle came into her eye, and she responded, “Well, me son, I tink I said a bit o’ both!”