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This is a saying many mainlanders seem to have trouble with. Primarily it is asking someone what they are doing. It can be used in a number of ways depending on the situation one would care to blurt it out. For example, in an everyday situation in it's most common use, when greeting a fellow person. "hey, what ya at?" The appropriate response to this regardless of what you are doing is " not too much b'ye, (then what you are doing followed by) what a you at?" then proceed to have your conversation.
EX: Newfie 1 comes up to Newfie 2 who is fixing his bike. NEWFIE 1: Hey what ya at? NEWFIE 2: Not too much b'ye just fixin the bike, what a you at?
As you can see this is a fairly easy concept to grasp. But like anything in the Newfie language, a word or phrase can mean more then one thing depending on the tone it is used and in the situation in which it is said.
EX: Newfie 1 comes up to Newfie 2 who is completely dismantling his buddies new bike. NEWFIE 1 : (SHOUTING) WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU AT? NEWFIE 2 : (timidly) Not much b'ye just lookin at y'er bike
Hopefully by now you are getting the idea of what I am talkin about. There is in fact a complete Newfoundland dictionary available and should you talk to a newfie and wonder if the word he used in scrabble was in fact a real word please click on the like to the NEWFOUNDLAND DICTIONARY
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