20 things people from New England say?

[kingricefan]

20 Things Only People From New England Say
I heard of most of these from our beloved author's books but there were a couple of new ones in there. Ayuh! It's a corkah!

 

[staropeace]

20 Things Only People From New England Say
I heard of most of these from our beloved author's books but there were a couple of new ones in there. Ayuh! It's a corkah!

Actually, New Englanders and Newfoundlanders say a lot of the same things. These expressions are not new to me

 

[swiftdog2.0]

The only one of these I haven't heard is the slang term for catfish.

 

[Moderator]

There were a few I hadn't heard before, partly I think because they are regional even within NE like the Rhode Island hot dog thing. Have only heard grinders used in Connecticut, otherwise they're subs or Italians. I grew up using hornpout instead of catfish, swiftdog2.0, so maybe it's a Maine thing--didn't even know that was a catfish. Just know it scared the crap out of me when I would catch one when I was a kid.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Is it true people from Maine think "Grumpy Old Men" was a documentary?

 

[Blake]

What It Means To Talk Like a Mainer
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[DiO'Bolic]

 

[Moderator]

Is it true people from Maine think "Grumpy Old Men" was a documentary?

Ayuh, based on men living in the Poconos.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Ayuh, based on men living in the Poconos.

Well, we do use it as our fashion guide.

 

[Blake]

There was a lady who said she deprived of smoking cigarettes at Moody's and that was back in the 1980's and she would have been 65 I'd say.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

The Poconos do have some things in common with Maine. Middle of September means a trip this weekend to the hardware store for some shear pins and a replacement drive belt for the snowblower, taking out some trees you know won’t survive the winter and calling up a relative with a wood burning stove to haul away the wood, buying new snow tires, stock up at the liquor store, and picking up some sexy lingerie for the wife consisting of a flannel nightie with only 8 buttons and fleece socks.

 

[prufrock21]

Is "f--k me, Freddy" one of their expressions? Just curious.

 

[Moderator]

Is "f--k me, Freddy" one of their expressions? Just curious.

Not one I've heard outside of The Dreamcatchers but might just be the circle I associate with.

 

[Spideyman]

The Poconos do have some things in common with Maine. Middle of September means a trip this weekend to the hardware store for some shear pins and a replacement drive belt for the snowblower, taking out some trees you know won’t survive the winter and calling up a relative with a wood burning stove to haul away the wood, buying new snow tires, stock up at the liquor store, and picking up some sexy lingerie for the wife consisting of a flannel nightie with only 8 buttons and fleece socks.

Don't forget a new mailbox!

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Don't forget a new mailbox!

LOL. I have my temporary emergency mailbox stored away with a couple of 4”x4” pressure treated posts. I buy the new mailboxes afterwards depending on the level of destruction. And I'll need to get some more numbered decals.

I will be picking up one of these though...

And a 60-inch long 18-pound wedge point crow bar because I’m tired of digging post holes in frozen ground.

 

[Spideyman]

LOL. I have my temporary emergency mailbox stored away with a couple of 4”x4” pressure treated posts. I buy the new mailboxes afterwards depending on the level of destruction. And I'll need to get some more numbered decals.

I will be picking up one of these though...

And a 60-inch long 18-pound wedge point crow bar because I’m tired of digging post holes in frozen ground.

 

[Blake]

I'm from Australia, but I know Maine is the Pine tree state, so I was wondering if lumberjacks still use chainsaws in Maine.

 

[Moderator]

I'm from Australia, but I know Maine is the Pine tree state, so I was wondering if lumberjacks still use chainsaws in Maine.

My guess would be it depends on how much and where they're doing the cutting.

 

[Blake]

My father was up in Aroostook, Maine, in around 1952 or 53 visiting like a relative and he said they were weird up there.

 

[mjs9153]

I'm sure they do use them to some extent,but now it is much faster and more efficient to use the automatic logger/bark stripper..