Editing Newfie (section)

==Usage==
During the [[World War II|Second World War]], sailors on [[Atlantic convoys|convoy]] duty nicknamed [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]] ''Newfiejohn''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dunlop |first=Daniel T |title=The Sinking of U90 |url=http://www.noac-national.ca/article/Dunlop/The_Sinking_of_U90.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627153417/http://www.noac-national.ca/article/Dunlop/The_Sinking_of_U90.html |archive-date=2007-06-27 |access-date=2008-06-25}}</ref>

The first edition of the ''Gage Canadian Dictionary,'' published in 1983, and the second edition of the ''[[Random House Dictionary of the English Language|Random House Unabridged Dictionary]],'' published in 1987, both include usage notes describing the term 'Newfie' as offensive.  However, neither the second edition of the ''[[Canadian Oxford Dictionary]]'', published in 2004, nor the current edition of the ''Dictionary of [[Newfoundland English]]'', published in 1998, make such a mention.<ref>"[http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/azindex/pages/3053.html Newfie]".  ''[http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/ Dictionary of Newfoundland English]'', 2nd ed.  1998.  Story, G. M.; Kirwin, W. J.; & Widdowson, J. D. A., eds.  {{ISBN|978-0-8020-6819-4}}.  [[Toronto]]: [[University of Toronto Press]].</ref>
  
In March 2006, an [[Edmonton]] police officer was disciplined for using the word ''Newphie''{{sic}} to describe the apprehension of an individual under the Mental Health Act.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-03-12 |title=edmontonsun.com - Edmonton News - N-word draws flak |url=https://edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2006/03/12/1484123-sun.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205071851/http://www.edmontonsun.com:80/News/Edmonton/2006/03/12/1484123-sun.html |archive-date=2008-02-05 |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=[[Edmonton Sun]]}}</ref>