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When people ask my New Zealand bride,"Where'd you get that accent?" her standard reply is, "Right here, I never had one until I moved here." So I guess in Maine, y'all don't have an accent untill you go elsewhere?
"The broken french/english dialect (from way up north and parts of lewiston) isnt so bad-unless they get wound up and go full speed into french"
Kit Pelletier from St Francis used to say, "I from de Valley. I don' speak English an I don' speak French too either." He would switch languages in mid-sentence. When he spoke to somebody he knew did not understand French he would just have these long pauses where the French would have been. We could piece it together reasonably well. You couldn't stand too close to Kit or you would be hit by a flailing arm.
When people ask my New Zealand bride,"Where'd you get that accent?" her standard reply is, "Right here, I never had one until I moved here." So I guess in Maine, y'all don't have an accent untill you go elsewhere?
I would of said, What part of Maine are ya from? That would always explain it.
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Originally Posted by Northern Maine Land Man
"The broken french/english dialect (from way up north and parts of lewiston) isnt so bad-unless they get wound up and go full speed into french"
Kit Pelletier from St Francis used to say, "I from de Valley. I don' speak English an I don' speak French too either." He would switch languages in mid-sentence. When he spoke to somebody he knew did not understand French he would just have these long pauses where the French would have been. We could piece it together reasonably well. You couldn't stand too close to Kit or you would be hit by a flailing arm.
Up North in the French Speakin' Side of the Hills you may read... Breakfast Menu Reads:
"Two eggs side by each on a pair of toast." $3.95
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Originally Posted by retiredtinbender
I've known people like that. Tie their hands to their sides and they would go mute. Great fun at parties.
I married one... I'll have to sigh for him if something interfers with his hands being unavailable.... he admits it with a smile.
"The broken french/english dialect (from way up north and parts of lewiston) isnt so bad-unless they get wound up and go full speed into french"
Kit Pelletier from St Francis used to say, "I from de Valley. I don' speak English an I don' speak French too either." He would switch languages in mid-sentence. When he spoke to somebody he knew did not understand French he would just have these long pauses where the French would have been. We could piece it together reasonably well. You couldn't stand too close to Kit or you would be hit by a flailing arm.
This cracks me up! Hadn't thought of it in many years, but back in the late sixties I worked with a guy named Paul Charpentier who was from southern Quebec. Like Kit he was very animated. I used to liken him to a comedian whom told the kind of jokes that took a minute to sink in.
One Monday he uncharacteristicly didn't show up for work. Tuesday we asked him if he had been sick. His reply was, "No,my good friend Ray, he died de odder day and I had to be a ball bearing at de funeral." Another time we were discussing a fight that had been on tv. He said, "It was o.k. but der was too much clinking."
no-one ever thinks they have an accent, as its from the place they live, thats the norm for us all. If you heard me talk, youd think i had an accent but its what im used to.
I have heard Mainers talk a few time, one was on 'Stephen Fry in America, and it seemed normal until a couple of words, where the emphasis went on a few words that had 'ar' in them. Like, 'Water' and even 'Harbour'
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This "Tin Bender" Has the strongest non~Down Eastern Accent I have ever heard around. 
(*pulled right out of the salt water `-I'm sure.)
