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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Our Maine foliage is turning brilliant shades of red, orange and yellow. Against the deep blue sky and ocean, the vistas are simply spectacular. Driving the River Road yesterday from Boothbay to Damariscotta, there seemed to be a photo-op around every bend in the road! The road was lined with purple wild asters in full bloom and milk weed pods were bursting open shooting hundreds of seeds into the air floating away using their miniature parachutes. Chipmunks raced across the road with cheeks full of acorns for their winter stash.
