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How would you characterize the pronounciation of Newfoundland? I'm attaching a link to a youtube video, go to 1:03 to hear a Newfoundlander say the word like five times.
How would you characterize the pronounciation of Newfoundland? I'm attaching a link to a youtube video, go to 1:03 to hear a Newfoundlander say the word like five times.
No, in Newfoundland, the -land is the most stressed of the three syllables. Like "understand". As if there is also a Newfound-sea and a Newfound-air. It is the only place I can think of in which the -land carries a heavier stress than the other syllables before it.
Doyle has a relatively mild Newfoundland accent, Even Rex Murphy has more of an accent than that.
I pronounce most lands just 'lend' but Newfoundland I say 'Newfindlind' because it sounds daft saying 'Newfoundland'.
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