Charlie and Margaret demonstrate the "Back Road Waving Code" - and the proper vocabulary for all those Vermont visitors who want to fit in! Written and performed by Maya and Brent McCoy Produced with HCTV
I'm a flatlander who lived in Hardwick for a while. I had another flatlander friend who moved to the Northeast Kingdom. His daughter was born at St. Johnsbury hospital, so he told his neighbor that his new daughter was a Vermonter. The neighbor replied, "Just because your cat has kittens in the oven doesn't make 'em biscuits!"
I'm a southerner, and we have the same expression for when yankees move down here. Your kid, or even you, may become a southerner, but it's not by virtue of birth. You gotta live that southern life!
I've lived in Vermont my whole life, and it is the only place that has ever been my home. But I wasn't born here. But...the reality is, unless you're Abenaki, you're not really a "True Vermonter" your just another colonist. The xenophobia in our state is real.
@@codyofathens3397ur not a true vermonter until u get kicked out of worthy burger for drunkenly shitting yourself… at noon… on a Tuesday… while trying to hit on ur second cousin. Overdosing at valley bowl is also an acceptable form of vermontation as well though
I've lived in Vermont my whole life (37 years), the same county, three different towns and I never even realized I did these exact things. My dad's side has been here since about 1890 and my mom's side has been here since the Vermont Republic. I've been told my great, great, great however many times grandfather was with Ethan Allen during the raid on Fort Ticonderoga. Never confirmed or discredited that though.
I know one of Ethan Allen’s decedents, went to high school with him in Rutland. He told me that the raid on Ticonderoga left Benedict Arnold behind because it was a drunken 2AM dare. BET YOU CANT ROW ACROSS THE LAKE AND TAKE THAT FORT. HOLD MY BEER. Also, the quote about “In the name of the great jehovah and the continental congress…” what Allen said when he confronted the lobsterback commander at the fort… was actually something profane about his mother.
I have lived in vt all my life except for the time I was in the service. I am 59years old and u guys sound like u r from north Dakota. This is so funny. Great job 👏
Fun little fact, while deployed to Kosovo in 1999 I actually got in trouble because the I was giving the civilians we passed the two finger wave from my Hummer, come to find out they were getting offended as the two fingered wave resembled a VJ which was a common hand sign for the Serbian army.
dang. that's spot on. love the waving tips. the look on outastaters faces when we wave. lol. guess they don't get much waves down country. good stuff. thanks for the entertainment and hope you have a wicked nice weekend. ahhyutt.
I moved from the deserts of eastern Washington to Vermont in 2016 to take a job working in the Kingdom - and I’ve absolutely loved my new life here. Everything in this rings true - with one correction…I learned very quickly that no ‘real Vermonter’ pronounces a ‘t’ in the middle of a word. This is *especially* true in ‘Vermonter’ (or more aptly ‘Vehrmahner’)
I concur. I was born and raised in Vermont and lived there for over 35 years. 15 of those years in Hardwick. Very few people talk that way and its rare to meet someone that does. Yes we do have a few words not common across the states but these two sure they are trying to be comedians but the last shot nailed it to see them standing beside a Prius. I guess I would be considered a outer stater and flatlander since I moved to Missouri but I'm willing to bet I know more backroads across that state then they have ever driven between the both of them their entire lives. Then again they do live in one of the worst towns loaded with drugs next to Newport that is so it's no surprise...
Born in Vermont...ancestry DNA, going back as far as it will go, says my people were there at 1700. I currently live in Alaska because Vermont ruggedness demanded I move to an even harsher environment 😁, but maybe one day I'll move back...
Even though I grew up on the highest hill in Herkimer County, Upstate NY, I wouldn't mind being called a flatlander if I could just move to Vermont. Loved the place since I first visited there over 30 years ago. Been back a bunch of times and look forward to going there again.
"E-yuht". with a soft "t" ont the end. "E-yuht" is a way to say " yes" and acknowledge a whole oidear (idea) or to wholeheartedly acknowledge something. "Ee-yuht" with emphasis on the "Ee" shows enthusiasm or excitement about what is being acknowledged or agreed to.
This is annoying haha. This is when old time vermonters dont want to talk to you and give you rude one word answers. Then after 4 minutes of small talk and then finding out you srent a flat lander until they warm up
Yes - all those for sure! Other Terms that apparently everyone knew that I never heard before moving here: Town Green, Bubbler, Creemee, Sugar Shack, Frost Heave, Stick Season, Mud Season, Sh1t Kickers, 251 Club
I been in Vermont now for 18 years out of Arizona. Funny, my catty-corner neighbor in Arizona was from Vermont. Still had his Vermont plates on his pickup. I would wave to him, but he never would wave back. Not the friendliest people New Englanders! My daughter in law is from northern Maine, and she could teach Vermonters a thing or two about being unfriendly! I do like the old-timers accents though. I hope it doesn't die out.
Across Route 100? It runs through the middle of the state. I’ve lived here my whole life, and nobody besides 70-80 year old farmers add the “ow” to words. Check out Brave Little State from VPR. They have a great piece on the Vermont accent. I know you’re trying to be funny, but stuff like this is why people think we don’t like out-of-staters. We do really care about everyone that comes to see us. We love our state, and we love our visitors!
I grew up in NEK (Caledonia) and honestly didnt hear the term creamy/creemee often at all for soft serve ice cream cone, maybe that was only for the maple flavor variety? Lots of ice cream shops in the area like Carmens @ the Freighthouse in Lyndon, Chapies Ice Cream in East Burke. Maybe they use the term creamy more often now than 20 years ago while I was growing up, but I always thought creamy was more of a Burlington/Chittenden term invented by Ben & Jerry marketing to distinguish it from their more famous hard serve varieties. Also the womans accent sounds more Canadian or Midwestern than the one across northern VT/NH/ME to me. The guys is pretty good tho, sounds like someone who lived in a cabin in a place like Sutton, Newark, Island Pond, etc.
Funny but No, you could say the words, but you don't have the accents. You need some practice.. try a few... Byethejesus and Iguessso.. and Yut... now that's some woodchuck and pladratt talk right there, Mister.
Great observations, but even this Flatlander can smell the Caplin's all over your pristine clothing. The waving must be a northern Kingdom custom. Here in the south (Caledonia/Washington County line) we do a quick nod down for foreigners and summer people, Crippled beer can hand wave with left hand while keeping side of wrist on the steering wheel (cause the right hand is holding the Bud Light) for friends and neighbors; first encounter of the day. Quick downward nod for subsequent encounters. It's a much colder way of life in the metro area of Danville.
It's interesting: who you are (family) vs. what you do for people (need a friend? Etc.) . I live in Vermont. I love the video. I always screw up the "waving" and nodding while driving by smiling way too much and, just in general, too much enthusiasm ☺️💖🕊️☔☀️🫒💦🍀🌺🐇👍🏻🧡💛👍🏼🐰💗🙏🎶🎵🗣️❄️
Yes I do. I'm a real Vermonter and I wear them and flip flops without socks in the winter with a foot of snow out also no jacket and no I'm not joking to make a point.
My family on my dads side has been in Vermont sense 1865 from Canada a French men that was married to a native woman of Canada and we have liver her ever since in Bennington county i say soft served witch is ice cream
I'm in Bennington and lived most of my life in Franklin County, Western MA, just over the border from Brattleboro and there creamee and soft serve lines become very blurred. For me: creamee.
The first step to becoming a real vermonter is to get some dirt and saw dust on them clothes right there. No hate or nutin but yuse fake. Kindo remiunds me O the logger.
Move here, fine. All jokes aside, stop turning VT into Massachusetts, or New York, or Connecticut. Leave our VT traditions, and things we true Vermonters grew up with alone.
Okay your accent are just a bit over done. The accent should have more emphasis on the first or middle syllable. The head goes back slightly when saying hoight. I It’s all because of our French Canadian ancestors that wandered over the border generations ago.
