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aelius_aristides t1_itd7e6c wrote

I mean Vermont is a French name, so perhaps conflating it with Canada isn’t so unreasonable. The changed spelling is curious though 😁

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Whole-Structure11 t1_itdh38h wrote

Vert is basically up and green in French. Northern green mont. Vert mont.

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No-Tomorrow1576 t1_iteh4g5 wrote

It originally was Vert Mont then the T was dropped and the other two words were put together to make it “Vermont” I learned this in teaching my kids about Vermont from homeschooling

*edit to fix “Month”

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aelius_aristides t1_iteiwdt wrote

Dropping the T seems quite natural, the name rolls of the tongue better without it. Interesting!

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Emerald_196 t1_itf2g1q wrote

Also you don't pronounce the T in Vert Mont. So by default it sounds like Very Mont, or Vermont.

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aelius_aristides t1_itgfu8y wrote

Well French speakers don’t ofc, but obviously English colonists using the name did pronounce the T, or they wouldn’t have reason to drop it. I would think anyway.

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