We share some "colloquialisms" (I think that's the right word) with our friends across the pond, and I've heard my Mom say that something is very "dear", meaning it is very expensive. And I call random strangers anything from "Darling" to "My Lover" to "Sweetheart" or even "My Honey" lol Are they going to think I'm coming on to them? lol

I've also heard that when I wake up my hair is "like a birch broom in the fits" and I'll need a "yaffle" of hair pins to keep it down lol Not sure if these are local to Newfoundland or if they're more terms we've "borrowed" from our British ancestors You can actually buy a Newfoundland dictionary, and sometimes it comes in handy! lol