this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2024
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[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 34 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I wholeheartedly disagree with this comparison. Newfoundlanders are super kind and welcoming like most Maritimers.

This comparison is just so mean to them, you should apologize.

[–] cdf12345@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I was just about to say the exact same thing. Otherwise we would all be hyped for GTA6: Newfoundland

[–] TerraNova@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

Watch the Donnie Dunphy video Havin a Time

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Newfoundland isn't part of the Maritimes. It's part of Atlantic Canada, but isn't a maritime province. Same way that BC is in the West but not part of the prairies.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh? I didn't even know there was a distinction. I learned something new today.

They're still nice people tho.

[–] LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

The distinction isn't universal and is often made by people from the three other Atlantic provinces.

The name "the Maritime Provinces" predates Newfoundland joining Canada, so most people from Prince Edward Island (like myself), New Brunswick, or Nova Scotia will draw a distinction between Maritime provinces (which do not include Newfoundland) and the Atlantic Provinces (which do include Newfoundland).

Most people will not even bat an eye if you call Newfoundland a Maritime Province unless they're from another Maritime province.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 24 points 10 months ago

You have a fundamental misunderstanding of both Newfoundlanders and Floridians if you think this is true.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 22 points 10 months ago

This is a false equivalent .... as an Ontarian, some of the best Canadians I've ever known were Newfies.

Canada was made more whole, much stronger and a hell of a lot funnier when Newfoundland joined us in 1949.

I'd fight any Newfie to win that argument and have a good laugh about it too.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Now Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.

[–] TerraNova@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

I saw this and was like wut?

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

What would be the Labrador?