Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

MaybeImNaked t1_jeggt8s wrote

Bend is beautiful but a little too isolated. How much of your dissatisfaction do you think is due to that aspect? Vs living somewhere in the Portland area, for example, where you still have decent access to the outdoor activities but also more people / other things to do.

2

MaybeImNaked t1_jegg8ov wrote

Go do it, it's worthwhile of a week-long summer trip. Fly into SF and drive over to Yosemite/Kings Canyon/Sequoia for a few days, and then drive back to the coast (maybe San Luis Obispo area) and drive back up along the 1 through Big Sur to SF before flying home. You likely can't fit in Shasta/Redwoods unless you prioritize that over the Yosemite area or take a 2 week trip.

Just know the water is freezing all along the CA coast basically all times of the year.

2

knockinforthesugar t1_jegflce wrote

As a CT native who moved to the south it is actually pretty funny when I see people trying to say y’all there. It sounds really unnatural and forced lmao. I’m in my late 20s and as a kid and even a young adult you would absolutely be made fun of (not bullying just teasing) for saying y’all. Times seem to be changing. The only instance where it’s historically natural is when used by some African American people, as AAVE is obviously linguistically distinct and that’s different. That being said language is constantly evolving and it is moving into the overall national parlance.

But people not from the north often don’t use y’all as southerners would. I notice people not from the region will use it sparingly and in conjunction with more northern phrases. Northerners also never tend to use different types of y’all’s like y’all’s or y’alls, or even you all. So in that sense it’s funny because people are trying to adapt it, but don’t have the experience of just how many ways one can use y’all and just how often it is used down here. A southerner would also never say you guys lmao.

So you guys can clown this guy all you want, but they do have a point about it being an unusual phenomenon of recent nature.

Anyway that’s my two cents.

2