Newfoundland: British, not Canadian, until 1949

It is Epic Fail on the part of education in the USA.

 

We have some pretty cool stories up here, too.

Of course, I'll also tell you that education out west is remarkably different than where I grew up. I dated a guy in B.C. and I had to explain to him the origin of the word 'cajun.' I was shocked that he had no idea.

 

Hear hear, Flash. I've been railing against that for years. An enormous hole in our education system.

 

Thanks, but I prefer the Lefty Frizzell original. Lefty Frizzell was a god.

 

The last announcement that will be made on the CBC: "The world is ending at 10 o'clock. 10:30 in Newfoundland."

 

Learn me.

 

Because one of my grandmothers was born there, I actually knew that Newfoundland was British at one time, but I thought it became a part of Canada in 1966.

 

While we're on this, Wolverine was Canadian, not American:

http://io9.com/5031861/who-erased-wolverines-canadian-past

 

I'd like to introduce you to the United States of America. Nothing else counts.

 

Coincidentally, I am in the middle of reading a wonderful book, "The Iambics Of Newfoundland" by Robert Finch.

I've been to the island a few times and there is no place in North America quite like it.

If there were an Olympics in drinking, the entire province would win a gold.

And some of the best place names in the world. My brother and I spent a week there about 30 years ago and made a special detour to visit Dildo.

 

Correct. Despite living within two hours of the Peace Bridge, our high school history classes on Canada were pretty much over with once we learned the names of the capital city, provinces, and territories. (Oh yeah, some of the early explorers were tossed in there, too.) Any additional knowledge I've gained -- and I'll admit I'm no expert -- was acquired entirely on my own, after I found out about the U.E.L. line in our family history.