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World Service,08 Dec 1999,4 mins

The Dictionary of Newfoundland English

My Century

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One of Annie Proulx's inspirations for her novel The Shipping News was The Dictionary of Newfoundland English which captures the unique and vibrant dialect of that place. Proulx chooses this dictionary as her book of the century.

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