tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38749589.post244934543689723968..comments2023-11-12T13:16:00.150-03:30Comments on My Fair Isle: Knitting Sprawl - Toronto, Ontario, Part 2Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06391086267728343589noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38749589.post-92198392735240175002009-10-05T19:20:55.536-02:302009-10-05T19:20:55.536-02:30I don't doubt that you know more than double a...I don't doubt that you know more than double about Canada than most Americans, Helen! <br /><br />In my experience, Newfoundlanders don't really mock Toronto. For a very long time it was where everyone went in search of work. It was a poor substitute for home but a necessary evil. Now that has shifted to Alberta.<br /><br />And just so you know....it is considered in very bad taste to use the term "Newfie" unless you are from Newfoundland and even then, it's sketchy. This is largely because of just what you allude to - that was a derogatory label used as a put-down and to connote being stupid.Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391086267728343589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38749589.post-19960125136294116342009-10-05T14:03:35.337-02:302009-10-05T14:03:35.337-02:30i know twice as much about canada as the average a...i know twice as much about canada as the average american (which is not saying much!) but do Newfee's mock Toronto the way the rest of canadians mock Newfee's? (since i do know Newfee's are often the butt of canadian jokes--they are the 'blonds' of canada)<br /><br />Still the only Newfee's i know, are you and friend (with a PhD in biology--hardly a dumb blond!)--so my impression of Newfoundland is skewed in the other direction!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05396678842259578953noreply@blogger.com