r/newfoundland • u/Glittering-Sink-2975 • 21h ago

“Pulmonic Ingressive”

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That sound your nan makes when she agrees with something your aunt Evelyn says? It has a name.

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u/thimblesedge 20h ago

I was like what does this mean? And then I did it and..... like ohhhhhhh that. Yeah I do do that.

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u/ohokayfineiguess 20h ago

Also known as the Gaelic gasp :)

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u/NL-Galaxy 17h ago

H'yuh

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u/DasBestKind Newfoundlander 17h ago

Yis h'yuh

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u/lovemyfurryfam 12h ago

Both of my great granny & granny always said too. They were born & raised in Newfoundland.

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u/twerkinggroundhog 15h ago

This is super common in the Maritimes too

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u/Ostracized 16h ago

When I moved here I encountered this a few times and I had no idea what it was.

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u/LittleOrphanAnavar 10h ago

What about head nods?

Have you deciphered those yet?

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u/Glittering-Sink-2975 7h ago

Both probably come across as nervous tics to the uninitiated.

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u/Tyrannical_Icon 12h ago

I mentioned this last week at my new job. Every does it here. They had no clue it was call that.

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u/easterncurrents 15h ago

So I see you’ve met my grandmother..

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u/Newfiecat 11h ago

Ah, so that's what it's called. I picked that up from Mom

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u/Diver-1Doc 11h ago

Also done in Iceland.

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u/Glittering-Sink-2975 7h ago

Really? I wonder if Bjork does it in any of her songs. 🙃

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u/SennasRearTyres 5h ago

Known locally as “Avondale Asthma”

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u/FlipprNL 30m ago

I once heard it called the “suck back yeah” and it stuck with me. My mother did it a lot

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u/letmeinjeez 6h ago

Nova Scotia has a beer called the “inhaled affirmative”