The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #98121   Message #1939576
Posted By: GUEST,Terry McDonald
17-Jan-07 - 12:38 PM
Thread Name: RadioNewfoundland.net
Subject: RE: RadioNewfoundland.net
During the 1948/9 negotiations to bring Newfoundland into Canada, civil servants in Ottawa were taught to say underSTAND Newf'nLAND in order to get the pronunciation right.