If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!
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 @art_of_shred said: Well "mount" in French is "mont", and "green" is "vert". Do the math. But ver, is not. Ver = worm. It is was Vertmont, it would be one thing, but it is not. Vert does not appear in the name. 
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 Cause it would look dumb. Vermont flows better. I get it. Call it "commoner's etymology". 
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 @art_of_shred said: Cause it would look dumb. Vermont flows better. I get it. Call it "commoner's etymology". Except we could pronounce it the same, that it is written "Worm Mountain" is the odd bit. 
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 Alligator comes from the spanish term el largarto. Just another word that got butchered...lol 
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 The American English seems to be good at doing this. 
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 @Lauren7060 said: Lauren here from VT. I finally was invited to the cool kids club ;o). Looking forward to learning more about this community.  Welcome - Glad to have you here 
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 @dafyre said: The American English seems to be good at doing this. Yeah, and it's a word, and we all know what it means, so who gives a crap. Move on... 
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 Hi Lauren! Welcome to ML! 
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 Welcome! 
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 Welcome to @csswales 
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 Hi @csswales Welcome aboard! 
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 @csswales Welcome to ML  
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 Hello! Sarah from San Bruno, CA. Was recommended this site by Scott. Joined to bullshit and have some laughs, and maybe learn something in the process.  I will just put this here for giggles.  
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 @nerdyfem4life welcome to the community!! 
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 Welcome to the ML community! Great to see new faces. 
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 @nerdyfem4life Welcome ! 
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 Welcome to everyone! 
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 Hey @nerdyfem4life great to see you here. 
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 Welcome aboard! 
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 Lots of new users showing up this week. Hopefully some of them will get a chance to say hello. 









