Buddy Wasisname ljc

Subject: Buddy Wasisname ljc
From: little john cameron
Date: 11 May 02 - 11:07 AM

Buddy and the chopper.Throttle here

Subject: RE: Buddy Wasisname ljc
From: C-flat
Date: 11 May 02 - 11:26 AM

Thanks ljc, I have enough trouble reading your posts without trying to decipher this guy! What IS that accent? Sometimes he sounds Irish, then Cornish and then he throws in a little deep-South U.S.A.! Very amusing though.

Subject: RE: Buddy Wasisname ljc
From: little john cameron
Date: 11 May 02 - 11:32 AM

Ah,that is a central Newfoundland accent. ljc

Subject: RE: Buddy Wasisname ljc
From: C-flat
Date: 11 May 02 - 12:10 PM

No wonder the "Newf'ies" get such a hard time!

Subject: RE: Buddy Wasisname ljc
From: little john cameron
Date: 11 May 02 - 01:07 PM

Whit kind o' hard time wid that be then?? ljc

Subject: RE: Buddy Wasisname ljc
From: C-flat
Date: 11 May 02 - 01:09 PM

I understand that they're the butt of many jokes in the way the Irish have been in the U.K.

Subject: RE: Buddy Wasisname ljc
From: CarolC
Date: 11 May 02 - 01:11 PM

Newfoundlander accents are the best accents in the world, with Scots accents being a very close second.

Subject: RE: Buddy Wasisname ljc
From: C-flat
Date: 11 May 02 - 01:20 PM

And like the Scottish accent it takes a while to "tune into". I'm always amazed at how there aren't more regional variations in the U.S. Here in the U.K. if you travel 20 miles in any direction you come across another dialect, some of which are really hard to pick up and follow. It certainly has given comedians plenty of material though!

Subject: RE: Buddy Wasisname ljc
From: little john cameron
Date: 11 May 02 - 01:33 PM

The variety o' accents here in Newfoundland is amazing.The St johns,or townie accent,is practically indestiguishable from the Waterford valley in Ireland.The southern shore is rural Ireland.Conception bay is Dorset.i could go on,but you get the picture.
However,I admit that"Buddies"accent is slightly overdone to cater to the humour of other Newfoundlanders.
One of"The other fellows" has an old song"Sarah"that he sings in his natural accent.I will post it shortly. ljc

Subject: RE: Buddy Wasisname ljc
From: little john cameron
Date: 11 May 02 - 02:25 PM

Ah cannae find Sarah,bit here is "Bridget and John" sung and written by their sonBridget and John

Subject: RE: Buddy Wasisname ljc
From: C-flat
Date: 11 May 02 - 02:32 PM

Thanks for that ljc, sounds positively Irish but easily understood!

Subject: RE: Buddy Wasisname ljc
From:
Date: 11 May 02 - 05:33 PM

BTW. the Source of the original Newfoundlander jokes is Newfoundland itself. As with the Cape Bretoners, they told the original jokes about themselves to the world.

It takes a bit of getting used to, LJC's "spelling". Personally, I suspect it is a ploy to keep the American CIA from understanding his messages. Sort of like the WWII trick of using Navaho (sp?) communications clerks.

Subject: RE: Buddy Wasisname ljc
From: little john cameron
Date: 11 May 02 - 06:04 PM

Crivvens George,you an' yer muckle mooth!Noo ah'll hae tae gang undercover again.Whit aboot the man formally kent as ljc.

Subject: RE: Buddy Wasisname ljc
From: CarolC
Date: 11 May 02 - 07:17 PM

If you want to hear a great variety of Newfoundlander accents (without being in Newfoundland), listen to the fishing report on CBC1 out of St. John's. It's on sometime during the afternoon, Newfoundland time. I think maybe sometime around 3:00 or 4:00PM. Peope call in to the show from all over the Island, and you can hear a lot of different of accents.

http://www.cbc.ca/audio.html

Subject: RE: Buddy Wasisname ljc
From: little john cameron
Date: 11 May 02 - 07:23 PM

Carol,you are just going to HAVE to get down here some time.If you want more of Buddy,pm me. ljc

Subject: RE: Buddy Wasisname ljc
From: CarolC
Date: 11 May 02 - 07:33 PM

I know, ljc. I really want to go there some time. Not sure when that's going to be, though. Ten-four on the PM.