Guests visiting Maine, especially for the first time, are always amazed at the accent and sayings used by Mainers. Some think they actually speak a different language! The accent varies in different parts of the state such as coastal verses Aroostook county.
I am going to list a number of these sayings below. Hope you enjoy reading them and will listen for them on your next visit to Ocean Point Inn.
Pekid - ill
Book it - hurry
Holiday - missed a spot painting
Side board - counter top in kitchen
Just a deet - a little bit
Greasy - icy or slippery roads
Cunin’ - wicked cute
Wicked - exclamation as wicked good lobstah
Ankle biteah - young child
Beetah - old beat up car
Buggin’ - catchin’ lobstah
Cawkah - wicked good
Cunin’ - wicked cute
Dinne bucket - lunch pail
Doah yahd - driveway by doorway
Down Cellar - basement
Gumma - no teeth
Hoppa - toilet
Huss - horse
Justa wailin’ - going fast
Long way around Robin Hood’s Barn - not taking the shortest route
Year round summah visitah - permanent resident from away
Puchah brush - wild growth
Since Moses wore knee pants - long time ago
Stove Up - banged up the car
Slower than molasses going up hill in January - taking a long time
Spider - cast iron fry pan
No more sense than Carter’s got liver pills - not too clever
Pea soup fog - thick fog
Over ‘t’ East Podunck - out in the country
Hoosgowe - jail
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