Vermont English
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Vermont English is a dialect of English Language spoken in the state of Vermont. Although a New England state, the variety of English spoken in most parts of the state generally has more in common with the accent spoken in nearby New York State and parts of the Midwest. Features include:
- The [æ/] in words like 'bad' and 'cat' is tensed in most environments to [eə], though rarely to the same extreme as Northern Cities Vowel Shift dialects.
- As with many other northern US dialects, the nuclei of [aʊ] in 'house' and 'about' is slightly more back, usually expressed [ɐʊ].
- As with Connecticut, Western Massachusetts and some Great Lakes English, glottal stopping of 't' is common.
- As with Maine and New Hampshire, 'caught' and 'cot' are usually merged, in this case to [ɑ].
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State of Vermont Montpelier (capital) |
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Constitution | Culture | Geography | Government | History | Images | Towns | Villages in Vermont |
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Champlain Valley | Green Mountains | Mount Mansfield | Northeast Kingdom |
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Addison | Bennington | Caledonia | Chittenden | Essex | Franklin | Grand Isle | Lamoille | Orange | Orleans | Rutland | Washington | Windham | Windsor |
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Barre | Burlington | Montpelier | Newport | Rutland | South Burlington | St. Albans | Vergennes | Winooski |
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