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Revision as of 14:18, 26 February 2015 by 142.177.147.198 (talk) (Undid revision 648879297 by Fyddlestix (talk)It's a book)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)In Newfoundland English, a skeet is a stereotype and pejorative epithet in Newfoundland, Canada, describing lower class youth, "uneducated, aggressive and unruly", of low education, often wearing sportswear, and associated with loitering, non-standard English language, drug and alcohol use, and petty crime. The term is similar to the English chav or American white trash or wigger. Sandra Clarke suggests the term may be related to the Prince Edward Island word skite (a young scoundrel).
Famous Skeets
The following is a list of famous skeets in Newfoundland.
- Darrin Newman
- Melissa Kielly
- Kimberly Peddle
- Kristyn Hackett
- Becca Wells
- Barry Cossar
- Gordon Hawkins
- Robyn Leonard
- Kimberly Wakeham
- Nicole Oliver
- Jarrett Douglas Tibbs
- Jessica M Kirby
- Rebecca Furlong
- Ashley Amminson
- Erin Aylward
- Brittany Quilty
- Jessany Mercer
- Sophia King
- Brittany Rose
- Carol Lane Tracey
- Rube O'Shea Sutton
- Melinda Barron
- Amy Grimes
- Laura Elaine Pye
- Don Legge
- Nick Quilty
- Daniel Thornhill
- Shanea Murray
- Megan Hounsell
- Kayla Barron
- Caroline Davis
- Carrie-Ann Bugden
- Shannon Ash
- Andrew Larizza
- Carrie Lee Rose
- Alex Gillespie
- Harry Hunt
- Steven Fraser
- Stephanie Lockyer
- Sean Johnson
- Niki Littlejohn
- Samanda Stroud
- Bethany King
- Michelle Littlejohn
- Staciee Follett
- Andrew Robert Fillier
- Liz Shallow
- Tash Dooley
- John Littlejohn
- Jenn Spurgeon
- Lauren Collins
- Joanna Darlene
- Linda Motty
- Scott Anderson
- Lesley Noseworthy
- John Michael Bennett
- Stephanie Heffernan
- Cheryl Cormier
- Amy Russell
- Angela Churchill
- Chloe Harris
- Jamie Brace
- Chris Smith
- Freddie Hull
- Tiffany Clarke
- Amanda Linthorne
- Ron Ash
- Erica McBee
- Geraldine Littlejohn
- Ashley Barron
- Nick Greeley
- Kevin Wright
- Alma Linda Howell
- Stephanie Mary Courtney
- Kim Kelly Ash
- Meagan Aylward
- Belinda Jane White
- Sean Rose
- Jessica Moriarty
- D'arci Sutton
- Stephanie Jack
- Corinna Hodder
- Justin Sheppard
- Vikki Reid
- Kyanne Levesque
- Steven Neville
- Travis Neary
- Kim Power
- Terry Ryan
- Fred Hodge
- Brian Vardy
- Tolson Barrington
- Bonnie Jones
- Cyril Riche
- Kathleen O'Shea
- Lar O'Shea
- Rachelle O'Shea
- Stephanie Biles
- Daniel Efford
- Bonnie Churchill
- Terri-Lynn Coady
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
- Newfoundland Herald, Issue 98 (December 2014)
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