Shoppers in Newfoundland react to Target closure

Target shoppers in St. John's Nfld react to news that stores are closing across Canada.
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[@Aaron-he3qd]

As an Irish person, this is the freakiest thing I’ve ever seen. Like to have a place so far away that speaks the same way as everyone in my local area

[@temmy9]

it wasnt that long ago that irish celtic was spoken as a mother tongue in certain areas of newfoundland. Generally speaking, the catholic newfies speak like irish, and the protestant newfies speak like west country english.

[@lifesimmercanada5401]

When I first moved away from home (Newfoundland) I was so so homesick. I was dropping my son off at daycare one morning and I heard this glorious (what thought to be) Newfoundland accent and practically bowled this poor lady off of her feet. Turns out she was Irish and probably saved my sanity. Through her I met this AMAZING Irish community in Saskatchewan and it was like I was home again! Every weekend there was a kitchen party, my traditional music was their traditional music, our holiday traditions were the same and most importantly, THEY KNEW WHAT A CLOTHES LINE WAS!! (Everyone else looked at me like was insane when I asked where to buy one). They were amazed I could sing along with all their songs 😂

[@lifesimmercanada5401]

@@temmy9 Very right! There were also Scottish Gaelic communities as well. My husband's grandfather spoke Gaelic. Codroy Valley.

[@jackosullivan6784]

Honestly man this is so bizarre that guy with the glasses and grey hair could easily pass as Irish

[@spiceweasel8966]

Dunno if it's just me or what, but I literally did not hear a single Irish accent in this video besides the old white-haired guy. The rest sounded pretty stereotypical to me. But what do I know. I only live an island over.

[@dabigchina]

Love the steady progression from standard Canadian English to full on newfoundland dialect.

[@chloekronebusch3193]

True!

[@eb.3764]

accent*

[@TheCrazyCanuck420]

lol I clicked this video to hear the accent. The first one was a disappointment.

[@Prokastrynator]

It’s gypsy Irish

[@ryannafe9252]

That last guy was absolutely hilarious. You could tell he was frantically searching for something to say, but all that came out was, “They have a good assortment of things they have.” 😆

[@dagoose.]

@louis george No one cares about target when it was here though. It was way too expensive

[@eninety]

“just opened a couple of years ago and they’re closing already….kind of a ..poor business model” ahahahahaha

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

Business model : open and then close

[@moc9893]

Sounds very Irish, and the second woman when she says 'yeah' she took an inhale, that's the most Irish thing ever.

[@patriciakeats5823]

Even this inhale is going away for me now...makes me sad the accent is disappearing so quickly.

[@moc9893]

@@patriciakeats5823 modern world I suppose, I'll keep it alive anyway as long as I'm breathing

[@patriciakeats5823]

@@moc9893 good 😀

[@spiceweasel8966]

Not sure what your definition of an Irish accent is, if you heard that from the old lady. The only one in the whole video I didn't expect to hear an "eh" at the end was the older feller near the end there.

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

Fer sure, feller.

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

These accents could pass for Irish, what I like about them is that there isn't one Irish influenced accent, I can hear influences from several different Irish accents.

[@GChan129]

Only one sounds Irish. The rest sound more North American than Irish.

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

@@GChan129 More doesn't disqualify it being Irish sounding, also I disagree they all sound very Irish, you clearly don't know what Irish accents sound like.

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

@@GChan129 0:36 sounds most like a Waterford accent. 1:03 sounds like a Dublin accent. 1:42 is Dublin or cork. Undeniably all have an Irish influence to one degree or another, some stronger than others, so you're flat out wrong. 0:15 The first girl has the most American accent but I can hear an Irish element as well.

[@GChan129]

@@thenextshenanigantownandth4393 I’m from wexford and live in Dublin. I stand by my statements.

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

@@GChan129 well you're deaf then.

[@fnito9844]

My family is irish and originated on an island off the coast of blacksod, Mayo. On an island called Inishkea. I recently visited the abandoned island and was told if I were to sail for hours north of where we were facing, I would come across Newfoundland. And that’s what the Irish did. That’s why all these Canadians have Irish language and culture 😅 such a fascinating thing

[@brianm2881]

There is this legendary account of the Irish saint, St Brendan, who was supposed to have undertaken a journey out into the sea to the west of Ireland, i.e. the Atlantic, some time in the 6th century, along with some other monks. Tim Severin, the explorer, did a recreation of the voyage in a replica of the type of boat that would have been available at the time and took a route through the North Atlantic that he felt would have best suited Brendan's cryptic account of the voyage, and he landed the boat at Newfoundland. So, there is a tenuous theory that Brendan may have actually been the first European to set foot on the North American continent.

[@purpleturtle8841]

That sounds like an old wive's tail...

[@caitlinhickey6]

No it’s not. Newfoundland was a British Colony for most of its history, not connected to the rest of North America. That’s why SOME Newfoundlanders have Irish language and culture. There’s also a significant Anglican population of English ancestry here who have different accents and a different culture.

[@richlisola1]

Newfie accents aren’t quite Irish. But the Irish like to claim everything

[@mech528]

Jesus they actually DO have an Irish accent. Lads we have successfully colonized Canada 🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@laika6661]

Its kinda funny as someone who spends my year in Nova Scotia and summers in PEI, one thing that all the maritime provinces have in common is that breathy inhale that people use almost to say 'yeah' during a conversation. My family in PEI do it, my coworkers in Nova Scotia do it and so do the Newfies!

[@IaHarbour]

Not just martimes/NL. It's also in Maine. There's a breathy inhale for the word "ayup" most of the time

[@TimothyCHenderson]

So true, even east coasters with the mildest accents. It's always a give away.

[@vidiia]

interestingly this is called ingressive speech, common with 'yeah/ja' in a lot of languages, most notably in scandinavia. it's also apparently a feature of irish english, so this makes sense!

[@catsandkittys]

My Newfie relatives do it. My Grandma does it all the time. I’ve heard it referred to as a Gaelic gasp 😂

[@spiceweasel8966]

The joke is that we don't breathe when we say short words like "yeah". She was preparing herself.

[@anidfan2]

Oh jaysus i wasn't expecting Irish accents 🤣

[@CeLticFire1251]

As a first generation Irish-American whose whole family has accents, I would have assumed these Newfies were Irish if I didn’t know lol

[@spiceweasel8966]

Well the whole string of eastern islands were originally UK colonies. You can hear Irish, Scottish, and the occasional attempt at a British accent along the coast.

[@thomsboys77]

@@spiceweasel8966 You mean English accent? Scottish is a British accent

[@_shane_7272]

Doing a deep dive on Newfoundland accents because I can’t believe how similar it is to the Irish accent. I need to look into the connection between the two

[@caitlinhickey6]

Those accents belong to people of full Irish ancestry living in a British colony for most of their history. That’s the connection.

[@patriciakeats5823]

@@caitlinhickey6 You don't have to have full Irish ancestry to have a Irish accent.

[@patriciakeats5823]

@@caitlinhickey6 Made up of mostly people with English, and Irish ancestry.

[@littleretroship6403]

That’s stjohns and the Avalon that’s like irish

[@spiceweasel8966]

Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick. If it's an eastern island there is a good chance it was until recently, still under British rule. Some claim we still are unofficially. So you'll hear all sorts of UK accents across the eastern seaboard. Even a bit bri'ish like me!!

[@pj1995____]

These accent sound very Irish, especially the older man

[@barryconnolly9162]

Weird mix between Belfast / Galway and canada

[@spiceweasel8966]

Go one island over. You'll be in for a culture shock! Scotts and Irish and the occasional Brit all getting along rather well!!

[@chitsb]

My god they’re so unbearably polite

[@tsunamix0147]

I love how everybody is just heading to that one part where the old dude is speaking in the Newfoundland dialect just to try and decipher what he said lol

[@alisharosey7948]

I came here because I was watching a documentary where two men in NewFoundland were being interviewed and I was confused because they sounded exactly like they were from the West Country in England. Then I come here and they sound Irish too !!

[@davidogorman6660]

The West Country England WTF

[@lordshardik]

That one lady does the Scandinavian thing where they say "yeah" while inhaling. Do they do that in Newfoundland?

[@sammelina12]

I noticed that as well!!!! I didn't think so, I've heard it done in Iceland and Norway when I was there but I've never heard it anywhere else in Canada (I'm from Canada). I'm glad someone else noticed it as well!!!

[@duanner4086]

Yes it’s really common for Newfoundlanders

[@patriciakeats1621]

Yes, we (Newfoundlanders) do inhale with the word yes...I didn’t know it was a Scandinavian thing too. That’s neat. 🙂

[@patriciakeats1621]

It's_ellie_baby.... that makes perfect sense then. We are mostly British and Irish in Newfoundland. Our accents around the island certainly reflects that.

[@roblewis3147]

Yes we do, we inhale while saying alot of different words it's almost a Newfie "concern inhale" When your talking about a certain subject. My mother does it all the time.

[@tecumsehcristero]

They sound kinda Irish

[@roblewis3147]

Cause most of us ARE of Irish decent, with a little bit of everything else, a Newfie slang word to describe the way our culture is, We're a "Heinz 57 culture" it means we got a little bit of every culture in the way we speak,how we pronounce thing's and how we carry ourselves in general.

[@TheAnagnostis]

@@roblewis3147Are you sure about that?! Most Newfies are English ancestry; it’s much more Protestant than Catholic as well.

[@AngloTracks]

​@@TheAnagnostismost of them are West Country ethnics, if you listen to more accents it comes apparent that it's just a west country and a Irish accent in one

[@roblewis3147]

And before I leave the comment section, I to am wondering why this video is two year's old, and it's popping up in my recommendations now, sure Jesus, I've been a newfoundlander for the past 41 years.😂

[@wdh47211]

I can't believe they're closing.....the store wasn't ever crowded and plenty of stuff on the shelf......well there you go

[@brianmardy9860]

In Edmonton they renovated the premises and they announced they were closing when they couldn’t stock the shelves!

[@evilmistressofdarkness]

Never realized meself that target closed until mudder told me.

[@evilmistressofdarkness]

@@caitlinhickey6 I've lived in newfoundland for the past 15 years man. Around the Goulds and quidi vidi.

[@porscheflat]

My ..brudder

[@HardcoreIrishhistory]

Blindboy what have you got me watching?

[@verybooky]

Blind boy made me come here too😭🤣

[@jacksonp2397]

*hyaeh*

[@shaunfossett]

This is the most Canadian thing 😊

[@joebazooks]

the waltons run 'em out of business?

[@MicroSausage]

Always had stuff on the shelves? Lol… ok

[@dudeivealreadydonethis5tim289]

Last guy sounds like trailer Park boys

[@domki366]

This is the video that comes up when you look up "Newfoundland accent" and now I see why

[@AngryCanadian1971]

And that's what you get when an American company buys out a traditional Canadian company, depletes stock and jacks up prices. Serves them right. Guelph pilot store was always empty, huge buggies and no selection. Bring back Zellers.

[@MonkeyspankO]

went to one, once. Didn't have what they advertised. Left. haven't come back.

[@AngryCanadian1971]

Dunning Kruger HA, ha. That was good.

[@JamesLeonardGraham]

Zellers was owned by an American 'Richard A. Baker' whom is the president of HBC.

[@AngryCanadian1971]

James Graham Correction. HBC "IS" owned by America. Not "WAS". Good try though.

[@mikekoz68]

Dunning Kruger Who'd be stupid enough to pay good money for a horrible book like that?? Unless they were out of toilet paper....

[@Bigolbean13]

Me watching this after reading the comments being like omg we do sounds weird lol

[@shaunaoneill7238]

Blindboy again :)

[@ConorB150]

I literally just came from his podcast and the second woman in this video does an ingressive "yeh" 😂

[@shaunaoneill7238]

Haha and the worst thing is, I didn’t notice it 😂 brilliant

[@liadhnifhalluin7665]

@@shaunaoneill7238 Haha also came here from the podcast!!

[@sillynelson1]

I didn’t know Newfoundland was in Ireland.

[@patriciakeats5823]

haha

[@spiceweasel8966]

Come to Nova Scotia. You would be sure your bordering most of the UK. Irish & Scottish mostly. Then there's a handful like me. Like the queen never left.

[@SobrietyandSolace]

@@spiceweasel8966First thing that struck me watching Trailer Park Boys was how insanely Irish a chunk of the cast sounded. Similarly with Letterkenny

[@jamespocknee8410]

Some of them sound very Irish

[@rustyshakelford1279]

0:57 if Boomhauer were Canadian.

[@graciegilmartin9866]

anyone else here from blindboy?

[@PigeonLivered_Ratbag]

What language is this💀 Yes, I know it’s English but it certainly doesn’t sound that like it.

[@doonydoesstuff]

Hello from New York

[@liadhnifhalluin7665]

POV you're here from Blindboy

[@NIGHTSTALKER973]

I thought people were joking when they said a Newfoundland accent sounded like an Irish accent but man the second woman and in particular the man after her sound very Irish if they didn't say they were from Newfoundland they could easily be mistaken for someone from Ireland 😂

[@julieerin115]

"yah...come here at least twice a week..."

[@krunkerdylan6146]

The old mans a dub for sure

[@ruairimaguire220]

Sounds like he may as well be Johnno from Finglas who spent a few years in america

[@atn362]

My friend worked at Target corp in the cities and he said the Canada roll out was disastrous.

[@louayankit2888]

As a non native english speaker I'm imagining going into a bar and ordering 2 drinks, then start a conversation with someone next to me and they have this thick of an accent, I'd probably believe I'm drunk already💀💀

[@roachdoggjr2988]

I got a bunch of wrong number calls from these really old people in Newfoundland and for months I didn't even know what language they were speaking

[@worldmusicatlas4664]

SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cameronmoylan]

came from blindboy and you can even hear the "yeh" at 0:40

[@JohnSmith-qn3ob]

My left ear enjoyed this

[@Sheboobellach]

The old guy with the thick accent is a national treasure. There needs to be a federal department dedicated to preserving and strengthening the Newfie accent. It's music to my ears. One of the crown jewels of Canadian culture fr

[@dunkie5863]

0:42 she also does this really cool thing found in the maritimes (and i think irish ppl do it too) called the gaelic gasp, an affirmative sound!

[@shaggydog9789]

I had no idea that the Newfoundland accent sounded like this, if I didn't know better I'd have thought that this video had just taken some Irish people and filmed them in Canada.

[@ZeranZeran]

WELCOME TO TURRRRRGET

[@ciaranwalsh96]

What's even weirder than the accents is that they all have Irish heads, especially the older woman and man.

[@Holeyguagaamoley]

Newfoundland accent is actually very similar to West Country accents

[@seankinsellasean]

3rd guy has a working class Dublin accent

[@NarnieJacks]

My left ear enjoyed this video.

[@paulbell3682]

Sounds pretty similar to the Northern Irish accent.

[@Mallory-Malkovich]

Good news everyone!

[@jaredwood9683]

1:06 That is clearly a walrus their interview there

[@GordiansKnotHere]

0:16 Cute girl...

[@robertpirsig5011]

You guys sound like us Irish. It's nuts

[@charleneboyle5870]

Jesus they sound like every Irish country

[@zilch292]

this target remains abandoned as of august 2022. the adjacent costco closed in 2019 and is also abandoned

[@Dierdre_Barlow]

So so Irish 😅

[@chaos523]

*lmao*

[@Wolf-xu1fj]

The question is, why do they have that accent?

[@spiceweasel8966]

If you mean the supposed "Irish" accent, which quite frankly I hardly hear in the video. It's cause most of the residents of the eastern islands are descendants of the Irish, Scottish & British colonists. Nova Scotia for instance, the further from the north you go, the less Irish ya hear. I've been told I sound a bit bri'ish myself.

[@Karl-bw8rp]

Mad how they sound so Irish

[@Jack-sd1ug]

So weird

[@henryr315]

Tough times

[@asjesscos]

0:34

[@QuantumNetwork]

0:40 the inhaled "yeah" is signature irish ahahahah

[@redfishswimming]

They should all be given honorary Irish citizenship immediately! This is great!

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

It's quite clear how the American accent formed. It's a dialect of the Irish settler accents.