"Watchable wildlife" & ethnic jokes

[Mark A Mandel]

On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:

#Ruth King has done some work on the use of the term NEWFIE as a regional
#slur. she claims that people are generally highly offended by the term.

I first heard the word at an Ian and Sylvia concert. Ian was drinking
something he told us was "Newfie screech". = US "moonshine"?

-- Mark A. Mandel
   Linguist at Large