Vermontese

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    People from Vermont. plural, plural-only
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The dialect spoken in Vermont.

    "And yet it turns out that one vestige of Vermontese lingers, and, in fact, is spreading: the glottal-stopped t in words like "Vermon'" or "Mil'on," which is mysteriously increasing among young people."

Example

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"And yet it turns out that one vestige of Vermontese lingers, and, in fact, is spreading: the glottal-stopped t in words like "Vermon'" or "Mil'on," which is mysteriously increasing among young people."

Etymology

From Vermont + -ese.

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