List of Maine words per request

[ebinmaine 62,949]

@ztnoo

...and all others...

 

As requested in another thread I've paraphrased, redefined, added to and minusized from a couple places to come up with a pile o local speaks to help you understand, comprehend, fathom, take in, grasp, figure out, identify with, know, perceive, appreciate, follow, master, conceive, be aware of, recognize, interpret, cognize, see through, learn, find out, ken, see (into), catch, note,  and demystify ... The tongues of the nawtheest.

 

Yah cahnt get they-uh frum heeya: Used when one is giving directions. 

 

 

 

Ayuh: Less like a word and more like a muted grunt, this is an acknowledgment that the speaker agrees with you or just plain heard that ya said something. If used at the end of a sentence, it indicates the speaker agrees with himself.

 

Bah Haba: Bar Harbor, the most populous and most visited town on Mount Desert Island, e.g.: “Ain’t noweahs to evha pahk the cah in Bah Habah.”

 

Beeyah(s): Beer(s).

 

Beetah: A very old truck or cah, likely only drivable on one’s own property, as it is unsafe to drive on town roads... But doesn't stop ya from doin' so.

 

Bummah: That is unfortunate.

 

Buttah: Butter. A condiment that is served by the pint with a lobstah dinnah. Some folks use it on othuh stuff too.

 

Buzz on: If the speaker has a “buzz on” or is “buzzed up,” he or she has had one too many beeyahs.

 

Cah: Car.

 

Chout: Watch out.

 

Chuppta?: What are you up to?

 

Creamuh: Stuff ya put in ya coffee.

 

Cunnin’: A very odd word meaning, “cute.”

 

Deeah: Dear. Next to “wicked,” you’ll likely hear “deeah” the most when in conversation with a Mainer, as in, “How can I help you, deeah?”

 

Dinnah: The last meal of the day. (See also: suppah.)

 

Doe-ah yahd: The front yard.

 

Glay-ass: Glass.

 

Hahd tellin’ not knowin’: I don’t know.

 

Hammah down: To drive really fast or pass someone.

 

“I’m tellin’ you”: An expression preceded by a statement or opinion, e.g.: “It’s wicked cold outside, I’m tellin’ you.”

 

Jeezum crow!: Holy cow!, e.g.: “Jeezum crow that truck was hammerin’ down, I’m tellin’ you!”

 

Jimmies: Sprinkles on ice cream.

 

Lobstah: Lobster.

Memba?: Do you remember?

 

Mutha: The woman who gave birth to you.

 

Old lady: Someone’s wife or girlfriend; this phrase has nothing to do with age.

 

Out straight: Extremely busy.

 

Pitchah window: Large piece of glass, usually on the front side of the house.

 

Sea glaahs: Highly sought-after pieces of broken glass that have been smoothed out and rounded by salt water and ocean waves. They make wicked good jewelry.

 

Shooah: Sure.

 

Shoogah: More Stuff ya put in ya coffee.

 

Sneakuhs: Any kind of Footwear you would install to do any kind of sport. Athletic shoe.

 

Steamah: Steamed clams.

 

Suppah: An early dinnah.

 

Statie: State Trooper, e.g.: “Chout for those/them staties on I-95.”

 

Stove up: 1) Exhausted, 2) Badly damaged.

 

T’aint litely: Something that is not likely to happen.

 

Wicked: Very; so; e.g.: “That was wicked awesome!” or “I had a wicked bad day.”

[WHX?? 46,682]

Me thinks you just might have a little too much time on yer hands EB...

[JCM 8,609]

I have been coming to maine for 43 years but have only lived here for 10.You sure gut that down pat, yessah.

[ebinmaine 62,949]

6 minutes ago, WHX21 said:

Me thinks you just might have a little too much time on yer hands EB...

You are correct.

A rare "rest night" for me.

Worst part is Trina's helping me.

 

Addendum:

 

Ankle-bitah: Small child, toddler.

 

Bitnippy: Not particularly warm outside.

 

Blinkah: Turn signal on a vehicle.

 

Bookitt: Go fast.

 

Dub, Dubbah: A person who is not all that intelligent.

 

Honkin: Big, large.

 

Oletimers: Senior citizens

 

Peaked: Sick

 

Puckahbrush: Any type of shrubbery or vegetation that could scratch up ya legs.

 

Sodon' I: Me too.

 

Thatthemtheyuh: Those. Eg; Thatthemtheyuh Frost heaves up on Route 52 ah sumpin' fierce.

 

Willie-wacks: Mainers don't go out to the country. They go out to the Williewacks.

 

Yahd onnit: To push pull or move something with maximum effort.

 

[ebinmaine 62,949]

Just now, JCM said:

I have been coming to maine for 43 years but have only lived here for 10.You sure gut that down pat, yessah.

Hahahahahaha.

 

Well I had help from my grandparents. Country folk from Central Mass.

My "Grammy" would go to the gahden to get sum peeyuhs and green beeyuns fuh suppah.

[ztnoo 2,298]

Hey wait a minute!

There's plenty of time to be an author and philosopher in Maine in the winter.

You think and write in between stoking the stove or fireplace.

Seems to me more people need more time to think rationally, without political wrangling and external pressures.

This might be an excellent start to an informative treatise here.

 

It will take me a while to come up with potential titles...............the possibilities are virtually endless, it would seem.

 

[JCM 8,609]

I have spent many years enjoying dover-foxcroft area and I was at a gas station filling up a new gmc 2500 hd when a youngin pulled up for gas and his truck looked like it had been through thru the ringah  and it was also a 2005 and I asked him what he got for mileage and he said I run her prity haaaaaaaaad I get bout 9.

Edited February 1, 2019 by JCM

[Mike'sHorseBarn 2,610]

I seriously need to vacation in Maine sometime. Very rarely do I get to hear that New England accent! Around here we just speak redneck haha

[WHNJ701 4,164]

what's the deal with red hot dogs?

[Razorback 1,032]

We have a Maine-iac friend here.....

 

I learned that normal people pronounce “elementary” with emphasis on the 3rd syllable.... 

Maine-iacs emphasize the 4th.... sounds really funny. Same with “complimentary”.... 😄

[ebinmaine 62,949]

6 hours ago, jabelman said:

what's the deal with red hot dogs?

Why... They're colored for  . People of course !!!

 

Hehehe... Good question. I guess they only exist in New England.

Get some odd looks from folks when they see em.

 

@Mike'sHorseBarn jump in the cah and head up. 

[squonk 38,844]

I haven't been to Maine in 50 yrs, but I heard all those words in French!   Only word I use is Honkin!  As in, "There's a big honkin spider about to bite you in the ahhas! "

Edited February 1, 2019 by squonk

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MAINEack 

Noun \ˈmā-nē-ˌak\

1 - A resident of Maine.

2 - A resident of Maine driving in Massachusetts at a VERY high rate of speed.

3 - A resident of Maine driving ANYWHERE in the continental United States at a VERY high rate of speed.

How to call someone a MAINEack:

"Look at this MAINEack, I'm doin' 90 and this kid passes me like I'm standing still. That's wickid ahhsome kid!"

"Wahtch out kid, thah's a MAINEack closing in on us wickid fast."

A MAINEack in action:

 

[JoeM 7,607]

might be a Rosetta Stone for learning to speak Down Easter in 30days!

[WHX?? 46,682]

10 hours ago, OILUJ52 said:

a Rosetta Stone for learning to speak

 

I've got a Rossetta stone.... I keep it with the rest of the stones out by the fire pit and after a few 'tails around the fire it learns me to speak Yooperish.... Yah der hay der....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Peninsula_English

 

You clowns are either stooping down to my kinda humor or I'm stepping up to yours...ain't quite figured it out yet .....

Edited February 1, 2019 by WHX21

[LengerichKA88 1,881]

Being raised in Indiana, I just learned to speak English 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

 

We have some “Hooseirisms” but our lack of accent doesn’t enhance them quite the same as any other region in the country does haha. 

[The Tuul Crib 7,332]

As we say here in Tennessee 

 

DO WHAT?

[Stormin 9,975]

Eh up, Eric. Sum o them seyin's cud a cum frae Cumbria, marra.

[midpack 804]

You think you guys are... different.

 

I belong to a Shetland Island group. It's a very small island off the coast of Scotland. 

It's a family heritage thing.

Anyway, most I can understand perfectly but some of the people there speak a special kind of English

And, I know it really is English but...

[Marv 845]

14 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Why... They're colored for  . People of course !!!

 

Hehehe... Good question. I guess they only exist in New England.

Get some odd looks from folks when they see em.

 

@Mike'sHorseBarn jump in the cah and head up. 

Got em in NC too.

Marv

[ztnoo 2,298]

53 minutes ago, KyleLengerich said:

We have some “Hooseirisms”

 

I believe that would be Hoosierisms.

It kind of goes back to the basic rules of spelling thing ............. "i" before "e", except after "c".

[ebinmaine 62,949]

1 minute ago, ztnoo said:

 

I believe that would be Hoosierisms.

It kind of goes back to the basic rules of spelling thing ............. "i" before "e", except after "c".

Steve. Ya got to be nice to Kyle. He did after all state in that same post that he JUST. Learned. English.

[WHNJ701 4,164]

15 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Why... They're colored for  . People of course !!!

 

Hehehe... Good question. I guess they only exist in New England.

Get some odd looks from folks when they see em.

 

@Mike'sHorseBarn jump in the cah and head up. 

I got an odd look when I asked for a porkroll, egg and cheese up there 

[LengerichKA88 1,881]

2 hours ago, ztnoo said:

 

I believe that would be Hoosierisms.

It kind of goes back to the basic rules of spelling thing ............. "i" before "e", except after "c".

I said we had Hoosrierisms, not a good public school system 😂

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Steve. Ya got to be nice to Kyle. He did after all state in that same post that he JUST. Learned. English.

If something can bite me in the butt, it usually does 🤷🏻‍♂️😂. I opened the door, and let it slap me on the way out. 

 

That ones a Kyelism

[ebinmaine 62,949]

I was boilin' up some coffee this fine mornin and another New England word popped in to my feeble brain head. 

 

Simmah. That's what happens to watah just 'afore it boils.