Since I have started my job at the local school I have come to learn many unique colloquialisms that describe the various people who inhabit this area. In most places people are just that people they may have different features or beliefs, but they are united through the bonds of their community,that is not the case here. The following is a list I have compiled of the various terms I have heard to describe the groups of people living here, and yes there are many, many groups.
Donut people. Don't let the name fool you there is nothing fried, rolly polly, or glazed about these people the donut people are people like my parents. Outsiders who with all their high fluting ways have come in to buy up all the nice spots on the water while the locals have to inhabit the inside of the donut which as we all know is just an empty hole. My question is what if the donut is jelly filled does the analogy still work?
Next there are Summer people. Now summer people can also be donut people in which case they would be called summer donut people. The summer people flock to the islands in well yeah you guessed it the summer but leave the harsh winters to the locals. Summer people go in for all the fancy cafes and restaurants that the locals avoid. "I mean who ever heard of paying four dollars for a cup of coffee and just what is Starbucks?" Darn those summer people.
And don't forget the Down Islanders. The down islanders are people who were all born and bred here but live on the islands that are down from us and everybody knows that in this town we don't associate with the down island crowd. Those down islanders with their big city ways and fancy school that has two hundred students to our fifty students. I don't know how the donut summer down island people can even look themselves in the mirror? At first meeting do you have to introduce yourself that way. "Hi my name is Bob I am a down island summer donut person." Fun!
So you might ask who are we. Well not me of course I am the offspring of summer up island donut flatlanders. I might as well banish myself from town right now. The people who I currently reside around are the up islanders people who have lived on this land for generations and know everything about everyone and their grandma literally. They are a clan who fish from the lake winter and summer, love their camouflage, could single handedly bring back the mullet for men and women, (judging by many hair cuts), and take pride in their roots.
They are not bad people just people well versed in their ways. So for all you flatlanders (this is the term for anyone not from Vermont, yes people from Colorado, Montana, Idaho etc. with huge glorious mountains that includes you. You haven't seen anything till you've seen these bumps we call mountains.) You can come and visit, you can even stay awhile, but don't be surprised if you are introduced to a seventh generation member of the Vermont royalty who let's you know in so many terms that you are just a summer donut up island down island flatlander and offers to give you a mullet.
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