>Newfoundland is predominantly English-speaking

That's quite generous of you to say.

For anyone wondering, over 98% of Newfoundland's population speaks only English.

https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/society/language.php

Yeah, Newfies speak English just like Scottish speak English. Those words might be English, but it's the phrasing that makes no sense.

What're you at 'der b'y?

Can confirm, I've only ever heard a chain of the word "woof" from a newfie.

Yes b'y, Newfoundland English is best kind sure.

Newfoundlanders you mean.

Fairly sure Newfie is broadly used as a colloquial term of endearment in the rest of Canada, by Newfoundlanders and non-Newfoundlanders. There's just too many syllables

How about Newfoundland-and-Labradorean? It's funny that the only ones insulted by Newfie are the non-newfies.

I am a Newfoundlander and I don’t appreciate that term.

It is not. It is insulting and derogatory. Don’t use it thanks.

While that's not how it's ever been used in my life, I can accept that it's perfectly valid for you and presumably many others to feel differently.

Having grown up with so much predominantly east coast originating comedy, and around so many Newfoundland diaspora, I guess it never occurred to me that there was any real negative connotation whatsoever, beyond poking a bit of fun at some of the presumably antiquated cultural stereotypical differences via self-deprecating jokes that most people from smaller places have their own versions of and don't take too seriously.

Curious that.

The English did force the French population out of there and down the Mississippi to become Cajuns.

And the children of the native Abenaki population were sent to English Schools.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians


   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system

Acadians were in Nova Scotia. There were already a bunch of French in New Orleans/Louisiana. Hence "Louis"iana, new "Orleans", "De-troit" etc. It was all new France.

And the residential schools happened well after the formation of Canada, and a lot of happened at the behest of the Catholic Church (ie: French Canadians). see Vital Grandin.

Well sure. Lots of shitty things were done that caused the current state of affairs to come into being.

I was just describing the present day, not defending whatbwas done to create it.