Phonetic change in an Antarctic winter (2019)

Re:Phonetic change in an Antarctic winter (2019) by CoastalCoder on Sunday August 20, 2023 @05:14PM (#37202993)

I grew up in S.E. Connecticut, and we called them milkshakes.

First time I heard frappe was on a visit to Rhode Island.

(A pretty short distance, granted.)

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Re:Phonetic change in an Antarctic winter (2019) by pard68 on Sunday August 20, 2023 @05:29PM (#37203093)

One of the wildest things about New England is how a short distance gets you a totally different culture. I used to go to New Britain (CT) a lot, what a different world from the Windsor area.

I was really given a wake up call one day when I realized that the trip to the airport here in Missouri is longer than driving all the way across CT. Heck, I think to get to the nearest airport is about the same distance as driving to Portland Maine from the CT border (fourish hours)

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Re:Phonetic change in an Antarctic winter (2019) by CoastalCoder on Sunday August 20, 2023 @06:02PM (#37203336)

And yet, driving 30 minutes through CT is more boring than 4 hours through MO :)

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Re:Phonetic change in an Antarctic winter (2019) by pard68 on Sunday August 20, 2023 @08:12PM (#37204163)

Yes CT highways are soul sucking. The endless monotony of urban sprawl is mindnumbing. It is little wonder I hated driving anywhere as a child.

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