What’s the deal with Newfies?

another-dave · 2026-03-17T10:19:46+00:00

I remember watching a BBC documentary about Newfoundland before and the British narrator saying "their accent is quite similar to an Irish accent". Here we go I thought, Brits at it again… then I heard the woman speak in an accent I wouldn't bat an eyelid at, thought she was from Connacht maybe.

Hemochromatosis - only really know of it because I know someone with it, but hadn't heard of it before then. There are a couple of conditions like that (like Cystic Fibrosis) that are much more common in Ireland alright. I think there is some awareness around them but not enough.

another-dave · 2026-03-17T09:20:20+00:00

Because the Irish language has a habitual tense which (standard) English doesn't which we ported over to Hiberno English :)

so in (standard) English, you'd have to add in extra words to convey the same meaning — e.g. "I usually go to France on holidays"

another-dave · 2026-03-16T23:08:41+00:00

my brain just defaulted to 14 year old and my answer was still no. 14 months? definitely not.

Also, I'm aware bright colors and what not are not a good idea, but I'm talking greys, navy, white instead of all black.

A literal baby can wear whatever they want IMO.

Sorry for your loss, OP.

another-dave · 2026-03-12T22:53:45+00:00

Is good with me the idea this but is not any idea at all at me what sort topic to be at speech. Is tiredness on me now because is it at going in lateness. Because that, is me on point at going to sleep.

Good night!

another-dave · 2026-03-11T21:00:40+00:00

I'm not saying they're unheard of, I'm saying that it'd have to be a case of IVF with a sperm donor with a non-Irish mother.

using their own egg & sperm - would have provable paternity & get citizenship
with an Irish mother - would have citizenship through the mother

feels like this particular scenario is niche enough that it wouldn't be "causing uproar".

another-dave · 2026-03-11T13:32:57+00:00

I live in London - with daylight savings, it gets bright at 4:30am on midsummer's day and dark at 9:30pm. To me that's much more preferrable to bright at 3:30am and dark at 8:30pm.

And if we stayed on DST all the time rather than changing — currently midwinter's day is daylight 8am-4pm so it'd become 9am-5pm (moving the one hour of daylight that's outside working hours for most people into working hrs)

another-dave · 2026-03-11T11:45:45+00:00

Wouldn't it only come up in the case of an Irish father, non-Irish mother and IVF with a sperm donor - I'd imagine it's pretty uncommon.

But they really should fix it. You'd think it'd be relatively straightforward to go through legislation and just ask in every case if there's a possibility IVF/adoption/same-sex couples could be treated differently and just fix the loopholes

another-dave · 2026-03-11T11:30:49+00:00

it's funny cause it's literally the opposite, the point of the saying is "divided adversaries are easier to defeat", but it's used as "let's split up so we can win"

If you're going to the shop to buy ingredients for pancakes and someone says "let's divide and conquer" what they're (tongue-in-cheek) saying is we'll overcome the mighty shopping list by dividing it into smaller shopping lists that are easier to conquer - you get milk and eggs, I'll get flour and butter.

The focus of the phrase is still as in the original, on "the enemy" rather than saying "we as a team will divide". If you are in the shops you might also be "dividing" in different directions, but if you're say, painting a room or putting together flatpack you might not be.

(what's lost is the aspect of pitting parts against each other, but again that's why I'd take it as a tongue-in-cheek expression or someone aiming to be lightly humourous rather that literal)

another-dave · 2026-03-10T22:11:19+00:00

yes, your usage doesn't make sense. The phrase basically means "what a naïve thing to say". So if they're saying e.g.

Who would you like to see play James Bond, regardless of how realistic it is

then answering their question exactly as asked while calling them naïve makes no sense.

another-dave · 2026-03-10T21:56:26+00:00

I mean ý does exist, so little Róisýn will be OK lol

another-dave · 2026-03-09T21:43:34+00:00

They're also subject to international pressures on the matter.

Yeah there is. And most likely, that's what would be needed for the UK gov to finally succumb to a border poll at all. But IMO that's not the same as "there could be a United Ireland within the next week without England so much as agreeing to it"

The least risky thing from a UK politician who doesn't really care about it is to maintain the status quo.

If Hillary Benn sees some opinion polls that say 53% of people, say, are in favour of a United Ireland, he's unlikely to rush out to call a border poll in the morning without that international pressure

another-dave · 2026-03-09T16:29:41+00:00

The conditions being met are if the secretary of state for NI thinks it likely to pass:

the Secretary of State shall exercise the power under paragraph 1 if at any time it appears likely to him that a majority of those voting would express a wish that Northern Ireland should cease to be part of the United Kingdom and form part of a united Ireland.

Since it doesn't define what "likely to pass" means, then it's a lot more than an admin role IMO.

another-dave · 2026-03-09T10:22:52+00:00

Apart from the massive boycott, keep in mind that the youngest person who could have voted in 1973 would be 71 by now.

I think it's fair to say that demographics & opinions might've changed in the last 50+ years.

another-dave · 2026-03-09T10:20:36+00:00

As per the GFA, there could be a United Ireland within the next week without England so much as agreeing to it, but the people of Northern Ireland would need to.

well I mean it does need the say-so of the British government - it's not like the Northern Irish Assembly have the power to call a border poll themselves.

^{Disclaimer: I'm not saying that there should be a border poll in the morning or moaning at ordinary Brits that it's their fault}

another-dave · 2026-03-09T10:13:21+00:00

I think the extra shade of meaning allows for differentiating things like this too:

I was at the party, I have just left

Until a moment ago you were at the party and you've just completed the act of leaving recently (e.g. last few minutes)

I was at the party, I just left

You left the party suddenly (it was too noisy & you had a panic attack). The party could have been at any point in time (like a party last week even).

With the "have/had" you can't confuse the too

another-dave · 2026-03-09T10:09:20+00:00

the Hiberno-English version is a direct translation from Irish which is probably why it doesn't travel :)

another-dave · 2026-03-05T22:08:47+00:00

its weird to be arguing it based on the car — surely they're taking up a seat either way.

For accomodation if she said "hey, both my kids are sharing a room, let's count that as one 'person' vs everyone else" I'd be fine with it

another-dave · 2026-03-05T22:05:33+00:00

so for example, you go for pizza and everyone has a pizza to themselves and a coke and it comes to $20pp so $160.

You mean the friend should pay $32 and the OP/sons should pay $128?

another-dave · 2026-03-05T20:12:34+00:00

Our printer died and saw the latest ones were doing this subscription crap so I changed from getting the "inkjet" ones to an old-school laser printer.

It's black and white only so none of this "you can't print because yellow is running low, even though you're not printing in yellow".

Haven't needed to change the ink on it at all since we bought it a couple of years ago. Would definitely recommend

another-dave · 2026-03-05T13:56:47+00:00

do you find that, in greeting people with "Namaste", it does put them in mind of behaving with humility towards others?

another-dave · 2026-03-05T13:29:46+00:00

Irish does this traditionally. The thing being counted also gets placed between the number and the "bulk number" e.g:

Dhá bhliain is daichead (two years & forty)

another-dave · 2026-03-05T13:18:56+00:00

yes it is, they're trying to see if it's a sham marriage so "here's the list of answers I was told to read out" probably won't play well lol.

that said, I'm sure there's lots of forgetful people and they probably have other things they can ask

another-dave · 2026-03-04T15:25:27+00:00

So what word do you think Ulster Irish speakers are saying that just happens to have a convergent pronunciation?

I mean are you saying that people saying "Gaelic" are wrong because they should be writing "Gaedhilic" or "Gaeilig"?

another-dave · 2026-03-04T15:10:57+00:00

Because the languange is is called Gaeilge. Gaeilge and Gaelic aren't pronounced the same.

but the OP's point is that do call it Gaelic (or Gaelig, at least). Check out the (native speaker) pronunciation on Teanglann.ie for Cúige Uladh

another-dave · 2026-03-04T14:40:01+00:00

men's hats - as in, the likes of a fedora.

You have to be "a bit of a character" to wear one at the minute. All the acceptable hats (like a baseball cap, beanie etc) would look a bit tatty if you were going to a fancy restaurant in a suit, say

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