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The Need for an Update to the Newfoundland Dictionary

The Need for an Update to the Newfoundland Dictionary

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The state of the Dictionary of Newfoundland English and other books about and including Newfie words

Sources

■ “About the OED,” Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2025, https://www.oed.com/information/about-the-oed |

■ Sandra Clarke, Newfoundland and Labrador English, Edinburgh University Press, 2018 |

Dictionary of Newfoundland English, 2nd edition with Supplement, edited by G.M. Story, W.J. Kirwin and J.D.A. Widdowson, Heritage Newfoundland & Labrador, 1982, https://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/ |

■ Mike Ellis, Newfoundland Slanguage: A Fun Visual Guide to Newfoundland Terms and Phrases, Gibbs Smith, 2019 |

The Flanker Dictionary of Newfoundland English, edited by Garry Cranford, Flanker Press, 2018 |

■ Memorial University, Digital Archives Initiative, Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Slip Forms, “skeet,” https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/elrcdne/id/49823/rec/7 |

■ Nellie P. Strowbridge, The Newfoundland Tongue, Flanker Press, 2008 |


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