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References
- Hip-hop on the East Side: A Multi-sited Ethnography of Breakdancing and Rap Music from St. John’s and Grand Falls, Newfoundland. Kelly Best, Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, Volume 22, Number 1 (2007)
- How To Speak Like a Maritimer. Gregory Pike, Vice, August 7 2012
- ^ Sandra Clarke (2010). Newfoundland and Labrador English. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 151–. ISBN 978-0-7486-2617-5.
- Skeets they Aren’t just for Shooting Anymore. Elliott Barrett, Sporting Life 360, May 15, 2007
See also
- Gazeebow Unit, a Newfoundland rap group with skeet cultural references
Further reading
- ‘Not the Cream of the Crop’: Using the Word 'Skeet' as Vernacular Speech in Newfoundland . Leslie Pierce, Folklore Department, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2006.
- Best of St John's: Best of Local Slang. The Scope, 4 January 2012
- Hip-hop in a Post-insular Community: Hybridity, Local Language, and Authenticity in an Online Newfoundland Rap Group Sandra Clarke, Journal of English Linguistics, 2007