It's because of how many immigrated over, they came from all over Ireland. Some of my family still lives in my homeland and I can't understand a word they say but still love em.
Yeah and perhaps the fact that many Newfoundlanders were descended from Cork, County Wexford and other parts of Ireland builds up with a sense as to why Newfoundland has a ton of different accents and unique dialects!
Every bay got its dialect. The east side has the strongest Irish. The west coast of the island has also a lot of influences from the West Counties of English. Then there's area on the West coast that have Acadian French influence. Labrador has others as well
Oh my goodness. I will be visiting Ireland next week. A black woman from New York City.. I hope they enjoy my accent, just as much as I do enjoy theirs. 💚
So my grandfather was a child of two Irish-Canadians that settled in Newfoundland. And when he was 15 they moved to Winnipeg. And he had my mom and aunt. And when he retired and they were graduated and had their own careers he moved back to the east coast to Labrador. So for most of the summer and winter I would go stay with my grandfather and my grandmother and I can defiantly confirm that every time that I come back from their house I start to sound more Canadian with a Irish twang. And even at home I’ve had people ask me if I’m from NF/L or if I’m actually from Ireland.
Well it would make sense because Newfoundland has a very thick Irish descent accent, so it’s pretty cool to see that you still have a bit of twang of that!
The accents in newfoundland come from Waterfort and Cork, yes I spelled it waterfort on purpose, not Northern Ireland doesn't sound anything like a wee ulster accent auch.
@@Maestro4759depends where you go in NI tbh but I agree that it sounds more like southern accents. still, southern Irish accents feel more like home to us than most Canadian ones lol I think that’s what op was getting at
So crazy not far off from the Scottish-Tex accent my fam speaks and my Dad is English-Tex both since 1820s, everyone would be like what country you from?? Tejas, gurl!
My family hails from Newfoundland as far back as I can trace. My gran emigrated to the USA when she married a Johnny during WW2- bringing my mother (child from her first marriage) with her. She used to sing to me all the time and, when she was feeling maudlin and in her cups, would sing the old songs to me from the fishing boats she was on as a young girl…. She lived a long life and always instilled in me the importance of heritage. I hope, one day, to visit Western Bay and Placentia and see where my mother grew up …… till then, enjoy the squid jiggin and thank you for the beautiful reminder of my amazing gran, Wilhelmina Wilcox
It's a direct descendent of Hibernian English, but it's a descendent of the way Hibernian English used to be. Tbh I think this is hands down the coolest dialect of North American English, and I have about as much trouble understanding it as I do extremely remote villagers in Appalachia...possibly even more difficulty. I hope they don't lose their accent because it's quite spectacular.
The funny thing about newfie land is that their accent is an amagalmation of scottish brogue, english and irish. quoting my newfie HS librarian when i asked him if he was a newfie "Of course im a fookin newfie, newfoundland is just a melting pot of irish, scottish, and english lad! and we all laughed our asses off because he climbed up unto a desk when he yelled "Of course Im a fookin newfie!" much love to the newfies even though we laugh at you all the time.
??? If we looks out this way ??? We got a half mile of visibility, so beyond that I’d say we’re 3000 miles away from Ireland, and that would be why we sounds why we sounds.
I'm Irish. You sound like a Canadian who's spent time in Ireland and adopted the accent but you still sound like a Canadian with a quare aul twang on ya
It's usually just the baymen in newfoundland with thick accents like this, people in St. John's have a much more watered down accents. Newfoundlanders call people from st John's townies, and say they're not real newfies 😂
i am from the Appalachian part of Kentucky in the states, and i am absolutely fascinated by this. firstly, because i can understand this feller just fine, not even tryin. and second, because the majority of Appalachian people are descended from europeans, with a healthy dose of Scots Irish influence fer good measure. and third, because the Appalachian mountains go from as far south as Alabama and Mississippi, north all the ways up to Newfoundland. and my fellow Kentuckians is often thought of as being unintelligible by the rest of our countrymen, lol. our accent's more banjo than this though. twangier and more nasally. and with a lot of weird random old words we made up, and a ton of vowel swappin. he just sounds like a Irish feller, not a Canadian feller. accents are so interesting though
My mother is west country English and Father is Waterford Irish, it's both odd and really cool how much the accent works for me, i think if i was living there Id pick it up as my day to day voice quite quickly 🙂❤️
I live a lot closer to Ireland than 3000 miles and my native language is german 😆 So I don't know if the distance to Ireland has a lot to do with it...
Lol it's largely due to immigration, the east coast of Canada is largely self-isolated and the populations are largely due to massive irish immigration long ago. The Irish actually make up for a very large part of our population in general, it's mostly English, irish and Scottish with French being the obvious heritage for Qubec although due to the French embracing catholicism back in the day, they offered a bit more of a warmer reception to the Irish catholics back In the day than other groups of people in another time. There's also the native populations who also speak with an accent which you can sometimes hear from time to time across the country but the canadian accent, with variations depending on location, owes a lot to the UK
As an Irish person he sounds like a mix between Irish and Australian accents, the funniest part is that both of those countries are really far away from canada
To me (as an American who grew up in Florida) it sounds more like a mix between Irish and southern American! It kind of reminds me of my dad’s accent, he immigrated from Venezuela straight to North Carolina, and this sounds like his accent if you replaced the Spanish with Irish
I definitely hear the Irish influence but there really isn't anything that relates it to Australian English. I grew up in both the US and Canada, am of Irish descent and had friends from Newfoundland. One of my lecturers in uni was from Newfoundland and sounded very Irish.
@@onetowelperguestIt sounds closer to an Irish accent but not really anything from the American South unless you consider Tangier Island off the coast of Virginia to some extent.
Newfoundland is 1,865 miles away from Ireland according to Google Earth. Not sure how accurate that is. I reckon if Newfoundland was 3,000 miles away from Ireland, they may have accepted the invitation to join the American Revolution.
Wisconsin and every northern / Arctic realms of Canada (Newfoudland, New Brunswick etc.) had 2-3 ships of settlers from Ireland or maybe even more. They are all cute as bunnies and teddies (but ferocious as bears when aptly required), hardworking and all have that wholesome homely accent! Don't ever lose that beautiful accent, good people, please treasure and safeguard it! If I hear a child speak this way, my heart will stop from being unable to handle too much cuteness!
Fr I agree and as a Canadian myself, I couldn’t differentiate other regional accents until I had to listen carefully. The Quebec, Newfoundland, and the Maritimes accents do indeed have a stronger difference in their dialect than the rest of Canada does.
It is actually more likely influenced from the old England English accent. Namely, Shakespearean 16th/17th century English accents, as it sounded very much like how Irish accents sounds nowadays. Accents aren't fixed in stone; they change over time. The English (the West country folk, in particular) founded and settled Newfoundland, not the Irish.
@@finn7497 I know but it’s still amazing considering he’s on the other side of the world. It’s like he’s got an Irish accent but with the rhythm or tone of something else
He was saying "there's a good reason we sound Irish, if we look over there but it seems there's a lot of fog so we only have about half a mile of visibility, so besides that we're only about 3000 miles away from Ireland and that is why we sound Irish.
There's a mix. The immigration from England was mostly West Counties, south England. Some of the accents from the Upper Peninsula are really had to understand.
So strange, his accent is literally a hodgepodge of 4 or 5 different Irish accents
It's because of how many immigrated over, they came from all over Ireland. Some of my family still lives in my homeland and I can't understand a word they say but still love em.
Yeah and perhaps the fact that many Newfoundlanders were descended from Cork, County Wexford and other parts of Ireland builds up with a sense as to why Newfoundland has a ton of different accents and unique dialects!
Every bay got its dialect. The east side has the strongest Irish. The west coast of the island has also a lot of influences from the West Counties of English. Then there's area on the West coast that have Acadian French influence. Labrador has others as well
And to be honest some Old Yorkshire and Cumbrian.
@@caleviwin that’s nonsense. Complete garbage
As an Irish person I now want to visit here just for the craic.
as a newfoundlander, i can fully understand his accent
As an Irishman I can understand everything he said as well😂
Same as an aussie
As a Feller from the Gulf of St Laurence South of Labrador (Aka a coaster) I understood it all as well. Sounds like home.
I’m from NB
Most of my family is from Newfoundland so I can understand it 😂
"so beyond that we are only about three thousand mile away", 🤣👏
It's not only the accent, it's the deadpan humour as well.
It really touched me when he said “blehejr bleurbh bleuhayrh eh”
Newfoundlanders have the best accents of all the english speaking Canadians god bless em
Oh my goodness. I will be visiting Ireland next week. A black woman from New York City.. I hope they enjoy my accent, just as much as I do enjoy theirs. 💚
As a Newfoundlander this accent is normal ❤😂
I definitely appreciate the newfoundland sarcasm
Dammit it happened again. Someone mentions the silmarillion and I end up in a 45 minute rabbit hole
This 💯 😂😂
Same. Every time
Haha that made my day! 😂😂
Lol this happens me every so often too and here I am again haha
My moms a Newfie and this man is speaking pure newfie
So my grandfather was a child of two Irish-Canadians that settled in Newfoundland. And when he was 15 they moved to Winnipeg. And he had my mom and aunt. And when he retired and they were graduated and had their own careers he moved back to the east coast to Labrador. So for most of the summer and winter I would go stay with my grandfather and my grandmother and I can defiantly confirm that every time that I come back from their house I start to sound more Canadian with a Irish twang. And even at home I’ve had people ask me if I’m from NF/L or if I’m actually from Ireland.
Well it would make sense because Newfoundland has a very thick Irish descent accent, so it’s pretty cool to see that you still have a bit of twang of that!
As UK Northern Ireland person It’s only the part of Canada that I can relate to because of its twang. It’s like home.
The accents in newfoundland come from Waterfort and Cork, yes I spelled it waterfort on purpose, not Northern Ireland doesn't sound anything like a wee ulster accent auch.
You're welcome to visit anytime me'son!
@@Maestro4759depends where you go in NI tbh but I agree that it sounds more like southern accents. still, southern Irish accents feel more like home to us than most Canadian ones lol I think that’s what op was getting at
Little Canadian leprechauns 😅
Newfoundlanders are the cutest people on earth I stg
Sounds like Captain Sham from a Series of Unfortunate events 😂😂😂
Wow I'm irish and this is something for sure, pretty cool.
Never heard a real Irish person saying for sure before...
@@colmsmyth3234 irish people are not a hive mind mate, we say what we want.
@@loafheader say you're a bandwagon job probably claim you're 1/128th Irish. Go back to England with your 'mate'
@@colmsmyth3234 and?
@@loafheader for sure
This is a seriously cool mixture of accents i hear everyday..only topped by the accents of the Black Irish of Montserrat..
So crazy not far off from the Scottish-Tex accent my fam speaks and my Dad is English-Tex both since 1820s, everyone would be like what country you from?? Tejas, gurl!
Amen der by ! Lard thunderin Jesus lol
My family hails from Newfoundland as far back as I can trace. My gran emigrated to the USA when she married a Johnny during WW2- bringing my mother (child from her first marriage) with her. She used to sing to me all the time and, when she was feeling maudlin and in her cups, would sing the old songs to me from the fishing boats she was on as a young girl…. She lived a long life and always instilled in me the importance of heritage. I hope, one day, to visit Western Bay and Placentia and see where my mother grew up …… till then, enjoy the squid jiggin and thank you for the beautiful reminder of my amazing gran, Wilhelmina Wilcox
G'won b'y, dats only a rock trow away 'cross da pond😅
It's a direct descendent of Hibernian English, but it's a descendent of the way Hibernian English used to be. Tbh I think this is hands down the coolest dialect of North American English, and I have about as much trouble understanding it as I do extremely remote villagers in Appalachia...possibly even more difficulty. I hope they don't lose their accent because it's quite spectacular.
No its not a direct descendant,they developed independently as irish was spoken there until the 1920s
As a Canadian who’s lived in either side of the country, I
take pride in understanding all my brothers and sisters outrageous accents.
Hahaha that is brilliant 👏 don't ever lose your heritage!
I didn't miss a word 😅😅
The funny thing about newfie land is that their accent is an amagalmation of scottish brogue, english and irish. quoting my newfie HS librarian when i asked him if he was a newfie "Of course im a fookin newfie, newfoundland is just a melting pot of irish, scottish, and english lad! and we all laughed our asses off because he climbed up unto a desk when he yelled "Of course Im a fookin newfie!" much love to the newfies even though we laugh at you all the time.
Is it only me or does he kinda look like jacksepiceye
Sorta, but imo MattShea looks more like Jacksepiceye if you ask me lol
Sound like it too ☠️
??? If we looks out this way ??? We got a half mile of visibility, so beyond that I’d say we’re 3000 miles away from Ireland, and that would be why we sounds why we sounds.
Your accent has some strong Irish roots, but is classic Canadian Newfie
Good thing. African Newfie would be unusual.
Loyalist Irish moved to Canada
Ahhh! I thought you guys sounded a lot Irish! So, thank you for this video!!
Tree tousand 😂 classic Dub
Jeeesssus man me cousin from another landmass!!
I'm Irish. You sound like a Canadian who's spent time in Ireland and adopted the accent but you still sound like a Canadian with a quare aul twang on ya
It's usually just the baymen in newfoundland with thick accents like this, people in St. John's have a much more watered down accents. Newfoundlanders call people from st John's townies, and say they're not real newfies 😂
He's not to strong. But you should hear when a group of old bayman get together and drop into their dialect.
@@alanmacification I'd probably feel at home
There was a large influx of Irish that settled in Newfoundland.
Like ya buddy about 300 years of Irish settling in Newfoundland
@@sheteg1 Yes mate.
You do sound incredibly Irish.
i am from the Appalachian part of Kentucky in the states, and i am absolutely fascinated by this. firstly, because i can understand this feller just fine, not even tryin. and second, because the majority of Appalachian people are descended from europeans, with a healthy dose of Scots Irish influence fer good measure. and third, because the Appalachian mountains go from as far south as Alabama and Mississippi, north all the ways up to Newfoundland. and my fellow Kentuckians is often thought of as being unintelligible by the rest of our countrymen, lol. our accent's more banjo than this though. twangier and more nasally. and with a lot of weird random old words we made up, and a ton of vowel swappin. he just sounds like a Irish feller, not a Canadian feller. accents are so interesting though
My mother is west country English and Father is Waterford Irish, it's both odd and really cool how much the accent works for me, i think if i was living there Id pick it up as my day to day voice quite quickly 🙂❤️
What the hell are you saying???
- Sincerely, BC
Hahaha do you actually know how irish u are fair play my man
hope that they always keep that
This is so fucking cool
Pretty interesting eh?
Why we sounds why we sounds
He sounds like someone from Minnesota trying to do an exaggerated Canadian accent.
Not near an exaggerated Canadian accent.
@@johnbrowne2170 that’s why is said “trying”
@@Weeping-Angel Fair enough. lol.
I just found out about this accent and my mind is blown
Im Irish and I sound Canadian and it's just so confusing
I live a lot closer to Ireland than 3000 miles and my native language is german 😆 So I don't know if the distance to Ireland has a lot to do with it...
Lol it's largely due to immigration, the east coast of Canada is largely self-isolated and the populations are largely due to massive irish immigration long ago. The Irish actually make up for a very large part of our population in general, it's mostly English, irish and Scottish with French being the obvious heritage for Qubec although due to the French embracing catholicism back in the day, they offered a bit more of a warmer reception to the Irish catholics back In the day than other groups of people in another time. There's also the native populations who also speak with an accent which you can sometimes hear from time to time across the country but the canadian accent, with variations depending on location, owes a lot to the UK
I think it was a joke mate.
And they say Germans have no sense of humour. Lol.
As an Irish person he sounds like a mix between Irish and Australian accents, the funniest part is that both of those countries are really far away from canada
To me (as an American who grew up in Florida) it sounds more like a mix between Irish and southern American! It kind of reminds me of my dad’s accent, he immigrated from Venezuela straight to North Carolina, and this sounds like his accent if you replaced the Spanish with Irish
I definitely hear the Irish influence but there really isn't anything that relates it to Australian English. I grew up in both the US and Canada, am of Irish descent and had friends from Newfoundland. One of my lecturers in uni was from Newfoundland and sounded very Irish.
@@onetowelperguestIt sounds closer to an Irish accent but not really anything from the American South unless you consider Tangier Island off the coast of Virginia to some extent.
You do!🤭🥰
This is so crazy to hear as an irish man
Yeah subconsciously im trying to pinpoint what county that accent is from but all im getting is an error
I’m Irish, and bro….. this ain’t even sound like… its just the speed.. not the talking.
@@conlangknow8787 hahah, mix between west cork and Wexford I’d say
@@trackstxar it’s sounds very similar not just the speed 😱😱😂😂
@@daithi154 It's Wexfort, Wexford is the English call it.
The way I put it, is we speak Celtic in Newfoundland same as the bhys from Scotland and ireland
Good percent of newfoundlanders have hard Irish and hard English ancestry. Being so isolated helped keep our natural dialect as well... yeaii
Some Canadian accents are very similar to Irish accents! It’s crazy… I keep mistaking Canadians for Irish people…
There are far more Irish people living everywhere but in Ireland now 😂
Newfoundland is 1,865 miles away from Ireland according to Google Earth. Not sure how accurate that is. I reckon if Newfoundland was 3,000 miles away from Ireland, they may have accepted the invitation to join the American Revolution.
That’s mad hahahaha
This is really making me proud of my Irishness and Kilkenny. 🖤💛⬛️🟧⚫️🟠. 🐈⬛ 🐈 🐱😁😁😁😁🇮🇪🇮🇪
Wisconsin and every northern / Arctic realms of Canada (Newfoudland, New Brunswick etc.) had 2-3 ships of settlers from Ireland or maybe even more. They are all cute as bunnies and teddies (but ferocious as bears when aptly required), hardworking and all have that wholesome homely accent! Don't ever lose that beautiful accent, good people, please treasure and safeguard it! If I hear a child speak this way, my heart will stop from being unable to handle too much cuteness!
That's mad. He sounds like an wexford man spent 5 years in Canada
Canadian jacksepticeye
Oh, just 3,000 miles...pshah!
Imcomprehengsible
Limerick accent 🎉
100% newfie.
If you here tree insted if 3 that's Irish accent
Or a French Canadian speaking English
Just a short swim from Inch beach so.
Holy fuck!!!!!
Yes B"ye 🌝 !!!
Gotta love rdf
This sounds rather orcadian (Orkney Islands)
i’m from vancouver and it’s nuts how much the accepts vary
Fr I agree and as a Canadian myself, I couldn’t differentiate other regional accents until I had to listen carefully. The Quebec, Newfoundland, and the Maritimes accents do indeed have a stronger difference in their dialect than the rest of Canada does.
@@nolimitjs7917 there are some pockets in Ontario where people speak with a New York City style accent. It’s crazy.
It is actually more likely influenced from the old England English accent. Namely, Shakespearean 16th/17th century English accents, as it sounded very much like how Irish accents sounds nowadays. Accents aren't fixed in stone; they change over time. The English (the West country folk, in particular) founded and settled Newfoundland, not the Irish.
Ireland by way of long island. Very ted
Buddy you're a gem! 😍💎
Torbay accent
Haha skeet’s up that way
Wexford
He sounds like a Mississippi man trying to sound British lol
Not really. Just sounds like a pure irishman to me.
He sounds irish
@@laoisesioal not really. He'd stand out so much with an accent like that here
@@finn7497 I know but it’s still amazing considering he’s on the other side of the world. It’s like he’s got an Irish accent but with the rhythm or tone of something else
@@laoisesioal a lot of people in newfoundland have Irish and English ancestry, newfie accent is basically the two mixed together.
Welcome to Belfast ship yard
Interesting
Letterkenny
If I sounded like another accent because I’m 3,000 miles away from that country I’d sound Spanish and I’m English
Ya lek degz?
Looks like American
A bit exaggerated to me, and I’m from the southern shore.
Does anyone else really want to visit British Columbia
Can’t understand
He was saying "there's a good reason we sound Irish, if we look over there but it seems there's a lot of fog so we only have about half a mile of visibility, so besides that we're only about 3000 miles away from Ireland and that is why we sound Irish.
Enough of these people already... they left and welocomed them back why ? They're gross
You sound Devonian to me not Irish
Definitely Irish.
There's a mix. The immigration from England was mostly West Counties, south England. Some of the accents from the Upper Peninsula are really had to understand.
@@pierregarigue1658 Not really sounds Irish mixed with like a few Irish accents, could easily pass for someone in Ireland.
Unlucky