"Nicknames for family-place are also more common: Junior, Trey (the third), Quin/Quince (the fourth)" *boggle* Shouldn't Quin be the fifth? Fourth would be Quart or Quad.
"Airing dirty laundry about your relationship, your family, your spouse -- that's okay, in many New England communities. Screaming fits between partners, in public restaurants and parking lots, oh, whatever." This may be something that happens in New England, but I haven't seen it, and it is not traditional Yankee behavior. Yankees have a strong sense of privacy. We don't necessarily show negative emotions in public either, if we think it wouldn't be productive; the difference is just that we don't paste a fake smile on top.
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Date: 13 Jan 2011 01:50 am (UTC)*boggle* Shouldn't Quin be the fifth? Fourth would be Quart or Quad.
"Airing dirty laundry about your relationship, your family, your spouse -- that's okay, in many New England communities. Screaming fits between partners, in public restaurants and parking lots, oh, whatever."
This may be something that happens in New England, but I haven't seen it, and it is not traditional Yankee behavior. Yankees have a strong sense of privacy. We don't necessarily show negative emotions in public either, if we think it wouldn't be productive; the difference is just that we don't paste a fake smile on top.