[Sherylcatmom]

Originally Posted by square peg

Yupper! I used Jeezum Crow growing up in Concord, NH. Thought I brought it with me to VT, but I guess there was no need. I always considered it as a G-rated version of Jesus Christ.

That's what I thought it was, too. Like saying "jiminy cricket," or "gosh" instead of "god."

Originally Posted by square peg

Yupper (with the accent on the 2nd syllable) is a term I picked up here and use it only in the humorous sense.

I learned Yupper from a Boston friend freshman year of college.

[arel]

At least I haven't heard "What's a bagel?" I don't know if I could handle that.

[Sherylcatmom]

LOLOL!!! Just don't try ordering one here with "a schmear."

Originally Posted by arel

At least I haven't heard "What's a bagel?" I don't know if I could handle that.

[jenny1951]

Originally Posted by Sherylcatmom

LOLOL!!! Just don't try ordering one here with "a schmear."

Haha! There's a place in White River that is pretty close to a NYC bagel...haven't asked for one with a schmear, though!

[quickdraw]

Originally Posted by vter

LOL! I pronounce garage as "gararge". I don't know why. Always have and probably always will!

the extra "r" balances the always skipped "n".

Ver-mot

moutain



the last letters are pronounced very briefly. the t in "Vermot" is barely pronounced

[OhBeeHave]

Originally Posted by quickdraw

the extra "r" balances the always skipped "n".

Ver-mot

moutain



the last letters are pronounced very briefly. the t in "Vermot" is barely pronounced

In French, isn't the T in Mont Blanc and the Ts at the ends of Mont Tremblant essentially silent?

Would Ver-mot be an extension of the original French pronunciation?

[OhBeeHave]

Originally Posted by Sherylcatmom

That's what I thought it was, too. Like saying "jiminy cricket," or "gosh" instead of "god."



I learned Yupper from a Boston friend freshman year of college.

I attended school in Albany for one year and picked up yupper up there.

[pauldorell]

Originally Posted by OhBeeHave

In French, isn't the T in Mont Blanc and the Ts at the ends of Mont Tremblant essentially silent?

Would Ver-mot be an extension of the original French pronunciation?

In French, the "t" in "mont" isn't pronounced, but it is slightly in "monts." Since "Vermont" is based on "Verts Monts," it could be pronounced in French as "vair-monts." However, the name "Vermont" was made up at the time the republic was formed, before statehood. It was known colloquially as the "Green Mountains" but was originally to be called "New Connecticut." I don't know whether anyone called it "Verts Monts" before 1777, except perhaps the French settlers.

[swanstone1]

Originally Posted by Sherylcatmom

That's what I thought it was, too. Like saying "jiminy cricket," or "gosh" instead of "god."



I learned Yupper from a Boston friend freshman year of college.

But, remember it's "gawrsh" instead of gosh! That R is getting in there somehow!

[Lonnie]

Originally Posted by Sherylcatmom

"So don't I." I don't think I've heard that anywhere else.

I've heard it in upstate New York, even decades ago. Curious as to how an affirmative became a negative but still means an affirmative.