OT: 17 ways to tell someone is from connecticut

[DarthGrumpy]

Also, what about Package Stores. People in NY, NJ and Mass have no idea what those are.

Plus, how many kids got depressed going to UConn (pre-UConn 2000), SCSU, WSCU, ESCU, CCSU and the state of those campuses after having friends who hooked them-up to parties in high school at Choate, Hopkins, Loomis, Suffield Academy, etc?

 

[Excalibur]

So can you explain it to me? Did nobody's parents ever leave the house?

fwiw I think it's also to a smaller degree a Mass thing.

Not so much, but many of our parent's houses were like museums and there was no way to conceal what had gone on.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

Ditto here and I have not lived in CT since the late 1990's. My last ticket was actually in Wolcott several years back on Rte 69 as I was avoiding yet another mess on I-84 just before Cheshire on my way back to Jersey. I also remember the time I got a ticket for doing 37 in a 35 MPH zone going down a hill on Rte 42 from a state cop who was trailing me and I was on the brakes the entire way down.

 

[SubbaBub]

I never thought Connecticut people had accents. A friend from Jersey told me to say these 2 words:
Mary and Merry.
Most Connecticut people pronounce them the same similar to Southerners with "all" and "oil".

I don't get this, is one of the r ' s said too short or too long?

Or is it (Mare'ree)for the name and (Maree') for holiday, vice versa?

Every xmas special says them the same, or was Jimmy Stewart a closet nutmegger?

 

[Dove]

We bang u-eys. We love bangin' u-eys. I have banged u-eys since I was 16.

 

[Waquoit]

I don't get it. Many worse states for tickets like MD and OH. Never got a ticket in CT.

 

[#1 PA Husky Fan]

We used to have keg parties in a sand bank. Today, the Foxwoods Casino sits o top of it. Also, I always say that FF County is part of NY.

 

[Danzz]

I don't get this, is one of the r ' s said too short or too long?

Or is it (Mare'ree)for the name and (Maree') for holiday, vice versa?

Every xmas special says them the same, or was Jimmy Stewart a closet nutmegger?

The "ah" sound is the same for the "Ma" in Mary and the "Me" in merry. It isn't said the same in every Christmas special, you just don't recognize it because you are from Connecticut. You may think you say it like Jimmy Stewart but you don't to someone outside Connecticut. Best way to find out :try saying merry without an "ah" sound. It is really hard to go for us.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

We used to have keg parties in a sand bank. Today, the Foxwoods Casino sits o top of it. Also, I always say that FF County is part of NY.

Even the car commercials said, it, 'offer valid in CT except for Fairfield county.' Fairfield county was also included in the metro NYC advertisements. I wonder if Jim Delany knows this?

 

[huskiemaniac]

The "high school parties in the woods" really got me laughing, something I always heard my CT friends talk about but never really understood

You never had to worry about making sure there were no traces of a party left behind for parents to find, lots more open space for unlimited people, no time restrictions, we loved being outside, anyone who over indulged only needed to walk into the woods away from everyone to get sick.,,lots of good reasons...but big bonus if you were by a body of water. Lots of parties at the reservoir where we could skinny dip and even if you were just by a river, we all seemed to be drawn to the water.

 

[Husky25]

I'd a thought you'd realize after the second ticket that the emergency U-turn just before exit 86 is a favorite speed trap location and slow down coming off the bridge. Could it be user error as opposed to the cops' fault?

 

[TRuconnfan]

I don't get it. Many worse states for tickets like MD and OH. Never got a ticket in CT.

I agree...Be careful if your ever driving in NC, speed traps everywhere and they never give out warning, always tickets.

 

[Rocktheworld]

The "ah" sound is the same for the "Ma" in Mary and the "Me" in merry. It isn't said the same in every Christmas special, you just don't recognize it because you are from Connecticut. You may think you say it like Jimmy Stewart but you don't to someone outside Connecticut. Best way to find out :try saying merry without an "ah" sound. It is really hard to go for us.

Mary: the vowel sound is like in "air"
Marry: the vowel sound is like in "apple"
Merry: the vowel sound is like in "error"

I find that people from CT really nasalize their vowels, which is why this happens after the nasal consonant "m"

 

[Durks07]

I hit 15 out of 17. I'm as Nutmeger as it gets.

 

[pnow15]

Ditto here and I have not lived in CT since the late 1990's. My last ticket was actually in Wolcott several years back on Rte 69 as I was avoiding yet another mess on I-84 just before Cheshire on my way back to Jersey. I also remember the time I got a ticket for doing 37 in a 35 MPH zone going down a hill on Rte 42 from a state cop who was trailing me and I was on the brakes the entire way down.

Try moving to Florida. The cops here will give you a speeding ticket for backing out of your driveway too fast. Hell, they'll pull out of a funeral procession to give you a ticket. My legless neighbor got a ticket on his motorized handicap scooter(absolutely true). In Florida, people put up billboards warning you to get off the road(Rt. 301) before you get a ticket. They'll give you a ticket for pushing your shopping cart too fast out in the parking lot.
In fact the only thing in Florida they won't give you a ticket for is running over a black guy wearing a hoodie.

 

[CallMeBruce]

Mary: the vowel sound is like in "air"
Marry: the vowel sound is like in "apple"
Merry: the vowel sound is like in "error"

I find that people from CT really nasalize their vowels, which is why this happens after the nasal consonant "m"

These are the British pronunciations.