More accurately, who called whom a Newfie? Why, CBC News Online did. Briefly. In the context of an aphasia patient who suddenly started speaking with a Newfoundland accent. (It’s purely apocryphal – there’s barely a detectable accent and it sure doesn’t sound like a Newfoundlander’s.)
CBC had posted then pulled the story... and it reappeared with a new filename that was less controversial.
Original:
cbc.ca/health/story/2008/07/02/
newfie-stroke.html
Pull this kind of shit on Great Big Sea and they’ll walk offstage in a huff and keep your money.
I keep telling people that slugs matter online, but nobody ever believes me. (And now I’m stuck using a platform that doesn’t let me write my own slugs. After only two weeks’ use, I can assure you Blogger sucks.)