tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post3148266763615739780..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: #4 - On The New Hampshire Accent/DialectAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-36424368399059046902019-12-18T14:13:49.686-05:002019-12-18T14:13:49.686-05:00I had never heard of that pattern, but it makes in...I had never heard of that pattern, but it makes intuitive sense. If you were heading out from the East to settle, you would have an idea of how much frontier you were willing to tolerate and head towards that. If you had wanted to go to southern Indiana to start with, you would have headed there. While some people might come up against as far as they wanted to go and would turn left, right, or back a bit to find somewhat more congenial digs, those would be few, and string out along the north-south line with odd distribution. If they were part of a group this would not change much. A loosely associated group of families from Vermont might decide the place they arrived at was not suitable and move in any direction, but they wouldn't go far.<br /><br />As some had arrived via the Ohio River, those would also mostly move only through the NW quadrant from there.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-64875481348989303142019-12-18T13:10:44.961-05:002019-12-18T13:10:44.961-05:00If you drive north to south through Indiana or Ill...If you drive north to south through Indiana or Illinois you can see the westward migration patterns in the place names. There wasn't a lot of north-south movement until you got to the Missouri River, and people headed towards southern California.Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-3173644025092057082019-12-18T11:38:56.099-05:002019-12-18T11:38:56.099-05:00sykes.1 - when I started encountering undergraduat...sykes.1 - when I started encountering undergraduates in Ohio, my thought was that it was more of a sudden change rather than a gradient -- same around Indianapolis, it seems you cross a county line, and suddenly the voices in the next diner could as easily be in suburban Kentucky. A particular example that springs to mind is from<br /><br />I note that the 41°N latitude corresponds to the southern boundary of the "Connecticut Western Reserve" (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Western_Reserve_Including_the_Fire_Lands_1826.jpg) so perhaps that has historic implications in settlement patterns.<br /><br />When we moved to our current town, I felt "right at home" quite quickly in a way that I had not anticipated. In doing research about the town's history, I found that many of the earliest ethnic-European inhabitants 200+ years ago had come from a New-England town where I'd spent many summers, and even subsequently found that the earliest farmer/owner on our home's deed documents was also a transplant from the same place some 50 years later.Douglas2https://www.blogger.com/profile/11290012200563917585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-63213033213177442992019-12-17T16:44:59.252-05:002019-12-17T16:44:59.252-05:00I grew up in Methuen, briefly Nantasket, and Dorch...I grew up in Methuen, briefly Nantasket, and Dorchester, so I still think in terms of tonics, frappes etc. In 1966 I went to graduate school at Purdue from Northeastern. Talk about a culture shock! But I grew to like it, especially big time college football, which is missing from New England. You’re not really part of Greater America without big time college football. Of course, New England lacks the high quality public universities of the Big 10, ACC (BC doesn’t count), SEC, Big 12, or PAC12. Michigan, Texas, and Berkeley are on a par with Harvard. UMass, UConn, et al., are on a par with U. Akron.<br /><br />In Indiana and Ohio there is a strong accent gradient from north to south, north being Medina, OH, and south being Appalachian. In McPherson’s great Civil War history, “Battle Cry of Freedom,” he distinguishes between the Southron culture of corn, pigs, and whiskey and the northern culture of cows, wheat, and milk. The line is roughly 41 N latitude, or about Mansfield, OH. That pretty much matches up with the Nine Nations.<br /><br />For the last 35 years i have lived in the woods of north central Ohio. It is sorta rough country like eastern NH and MA. I like it, but I’ve gone feral. My family is mostly in southern NH, with some in MA, CT, and NC. My wife’s are in IL, WI, MN, and MO. Out here we have subs and milk shakes (with ice cream) and sodas. But bourbon is best.sykes.1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10954672321945289871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-804339677943432462015-01-16T15:57:55.913-05:002015-01-16T15:57:55.913-05:00Great post, thanks so much for sharing this. I thi...Great post, thanks so much for sharing this. I think my friends at <a href="http://www.homeinstead.com/608/Pages/assisted-living-laconia-nh.aspx" rel="nofollow">Home Instead Assisted Living</a> in Laconia will get an absolute kick out of this. I'll be sure to share it!<br /><br />- SueAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09424178758586739931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-50287623432903238912007-02-02T16:55:00.000-05:002007-02-02T16:55:00.000-05:00Dad, your comment assumes one of my brothers will ...Dad, your comment assumes one of my brothers will get married.GraniteDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851407860883846133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-64193881086673662962007-01-31T21:17:00.000-05:002007-01-31T21:17:00.000-05:00At a minimum, what's the life expectancy of Jonath...At a minimum, what's the life expectancy of Jonathan and Heidi's projected youngest child?Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-19215733570347059792007-01-31T20:07:00.000-05:002007-01-31T20:07:00.000-05:00I still use a lot of those, and some of them I alw...I still use a lot of those, and some of them I always will. I'm unlikely to ever abandon "aunt." The mispronouncing morons elsewhere can snicker all they want.<br /><br />Do you have an estimate how long "aunt" will last in New England?Ben Wymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491745981357751416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-50645143485656727942007-01-30T21:51:00.000-05:002007-01-30T21:51:00.000-05:00The new website at work for data programs is "datr...The new website at work for data programs is "datr." We assume that some developer not originally from New England is making fun of us, but it's still fun to say.GraniteDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851407860883846133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-68493968325665326682007-01-30T18:43:00.000-05:002007-01-30T18:43:00.000-05:00Oh, that's music to my eauhs!
I feel younger now,...Oh, that's music to my eauhs!<br /><br />I feel younger now, thanks for reminding me of how I used to sound!Jerub-Baalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17011380665828984398noreply@blogger.com