POLL: How Hahd Do You Speak Mainah?
Some people speak "Mainah" with a wicked accent, and others that have grown up here and spent their whole lives here barely have any accent at all.
Relevant Downeast Magazine diversion: "Now ain't she some awful friggin' cunin'?"
Many people think that the older generations are more likely to have thicker accents, but we all know guys in their 20s that live in the sticks that speak Mainah wicked good! ('membah Lil' Peters?)
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