Newfoundland English 1

Newfoundland is known for its colourful expressions and vocabulary. Try your hand at this quiz to see how you'd fit in with the locals!

1. In literature, Dumbledore is the name of a famous wizard; but in Newfoundland, a dumbledore isa) a foolish or clumsy personb) a strong wavec) a bumblebee
2. If you're offered a bare-legged cup of tea, it will be served withouta) a saucerb) foodc) sugar
3. The forecast is for scuddy weather!a) It's going to be a rainy day.b) There will be sudden gusts of wind.c) There's a chance of a hailstorm.
4. At the end of the day, his mother told him to alley-coosh.a) go to bedb) have a bathc) get his pyjamas on
5. Her grandmother made bangbelly every Christmas.a) roast gooseb) cranberry saucec) pudding
6. The three-year-old was some taffety.a) a very fussy eaterb) very stubbornc) very cranky
7. Callibogus has been served in Newfoundland for over 200 years. It's a drink made witha) Newfoundland screech, orange juice and lemonadeb) spruce beer, molasses and dark rumc) Vodka, pineapple juice and molasses