--- Jo Anne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello List -- Gotta love these intros. > > T.Wavis Writ: > > > Hello my ducky! What are ye at tonight, by? > > > > I just use "by", by the way. > > > > But anyway, I'm from Conception Bay, on the > Avalon. > > About 50 km from St. John's. > > > > And now I have two questions: > > > > What were you doing on the Rock? > > > > Do you like Jiggs dinner? > > Conception Bay? Where did you live to?
Conception Bay, yes. But I'm not sure I feel comfortable enough to get more specific than that in a public setting. > 1) Well, my son, me 'usbond worked into the gypsum > at Flat Bay. I'm not > good at speaking Bay anymore, but pride myself for > passing for a native > while living there. Ye mainlanders are all da same, my son. I'd pick ya frum da crowd for a joke! > 2) Now why d'ya tink I needs the salt beef? I > smuggled some in when my > daughter and I went back in 2000, but that is long > gone. Sigh, I can smell > the turnips, the carrots, the cabbage and the bread > pudding now.... Well not everyone uses salt beef solely for Jiggs dinner. There are many applications. In fact, I've seen it cooked with nothing but cabbage! > Funny story: When we first moved there, my husband > (also known as The > Engineer) thought every other man on the mine crew > was named 'Buddy' =+)). Ha! Yeah, every fella on da go is "buddy"! How's she goin', buddy? How's she cuttin'? > We're left coasters now, returning to where we came > from -- Cascadia. I'm > trying to organize friends from Newfoundland for a > 25 year reunion on *this* > coast, but, Jeez, it's hard to get Newfoundlanders > to travel. It's that strong sense of culture and connection that most of us feel. Well that, and the fact that none of us have two nickels to rub together! -Me __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
