![]() Guildhall, Vt., in the Northeast Kingdom. The real, old-time Vermont accent still exists in the Northeast Kingdom - Essex, Orleans and Caledonian counties. The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.”Ĭomedian Rusty DeWees jokes Vermonters don’t measure snow in inches, they measure it in bee-uhs. Noted zylophile Homer Simpson discovered a stash of beer in the Vermont woods when he made the classic observation: “Ah, beer. Many zylophiles consider Vermont the Napa Valley of craft beer. You can get Heady Toppah from Alchemis’, Hahlan from Hill Fahmstea’ Brewery or Brave Little State from Lawson’s Foinest Liquids. One way to practice the Vermon’ accen’ is to order a lot of different kinds of beer (bee-uh). You might try a maple latte at a gas station. It’s “hawkey.” Green Mountain Coffee is Green Moun’ain Cawfee. Hockey: You hear this in the rest of Northern New England, too. Bernie pronounces this the way a Vermonter would: “bahn.” The flat A, as in most of New England, turns “car” into “cah,” “bath” into “bahth” and “dance” into “dahnce.” Bahn boots, along with winter camouflage, suspenders and hunter’s orange hats, form the basis for many a Vermon’er’s wardrobe. So the Green Mountains become the “Green Moun’ains.” Unlike Keow and foight, moun’ain and Vermon’ are gaining steam among young people.īarn. Mountain: Vermonters do to the T in mountain what they do to the T in Vermont. Then there’s “fight.” They like to turn the I into OI, so “fight” sounds like “foight.” Another one on the way out, according to Roberts. ![]() University of Vermont professor Julie Roberts says that idiosyncrasy is dying out among everyone else. Vermonters pronounce “cow’ as “ke-ow.” At least the old male farmers do. ( Vermont does not have more of them than people, by the way.) Five Ways To Talk Like a Vermonterįive key words can make you sound like Fred Tuttle. senator from Vermont without a Vermont accent, Patrick Leahy. Tuttle easily defeated his primary opponent, a flatlander who ran in Vermont because it was easier than running in his home state of Massachusetts. Senate in 1998 because it was easier than farming. A dairy farmer born in 1919 in Tunbridge, Vt., he decided to run for the U.S. ![]() You can lose a hell of a lot.If you really want to sound like an old-time Vermonter, find a video of Fred Tuttle. The drink-driving conviction would be his first and last, he said. I don't like them being dragged through the mud because of one idiot mistake by one idiot driver." ![]() He also regretted his actions may have harmed the reputation of Ritchies and his colleagues. "I saw on their faces that they were surprised." His biggest regret was upsetting his passengers - a couple of regulars were on the bus when he was arrested, Simpson said. He had no plans to get back behind the wheel after his disqualification ended. Simpson was caught about 6.30pm, near the end of his 12-hour-plus shift, and said he had not eaten any food that day.Īsked if he was the worst bus driver in New Zealand, Simpson said: "Believe me, I don't think that's the case." there were various issues, but I'm not going to go into them. "It was a one-off event and I'm very sorry. Simpson - who has resigned from his job - told the Herald on Sunday that during a break he drank alcohol that was stored behind his seat. Simpson was fined $600 and disqualified from driving for a year and a day. Ten passengers were on the Takapuna-bound Ritchies bus on July 10 on Albert St, in central Auckland. ![]() Simpson had a 687mcg reading when he was intercepted by police, who had been contacted by a concerned motorist. Tony Trevor Simpson admitted in the Auckland District Court this week to driving with a breath alcohol level of more than the legal limit of 400 micrograms per litre of breath. Tony SimpsonA bus driver who drove drunk with passengers on board says he's not the worst bus driver in the country. ![]()
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