They pahk the cah in Hahvahd yahd.Is this where they 'pawk the caw in the backyawd'?
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Speaking of the main accent. I do not hear it when Stephen king is doing an interview on tv or a recording. Did he train himself to not talk alike a person from Maine? I hear it in tabby. Oddish.
Some people are very good at changing their dialect on the spot, maybe King is?
Perhaps
Yes indeed, perhaps.
Not everyone in Maine talks like the stereotypical accent that is expected of them by those who live from away. For example, there are few Mainers who say ayuh anymore but it seems that everyone thinks that's common. A lot has to do with what part of Maine you're from, how your family spoke, and how thick you want to lay it on. I was born here and have now lived here the majority of my life but I couldn't talk in a "Maine accent" if you paid me a million dollars. My family doesn't speak like that so I never have either. That may be the case with Steve as well.
wow that is fascinating Ms Mod. yeh that could be, because In this video i hear it more with tabby then Steve, and I dont hear it with Joe or Owen. I just thought that steve had trained himself to talk more like the rest of america due to him being on tv. .
The stereotypical Maine accent most people think of is a Down East Maine accent. A-yuh, you can't get they-uh from he-yuh like Fred Gwynne in Pet Sematary.
The Bangor area is just west of Down East, so you really don't hear it much there, or in most of Maine. About 45 years ago, we attended a church spaghetti suppuh in Maine, and the elder man in overalls and ball cap that was collecting the money was the living example of that stereotype!
Even the stereotypical Boston accent is fading away over time, becoming less harsh. Yes, depending on the neighborhood, its still comes out in full force, but sooo many people from all over the US and the world relocate here that you hear it less and less.
Soooo, i'm far away but i have no Idea, what a Maine Accent should sound like (I have no Idea about US Accents at all)
Here's the link to a sample of the audiobook for Drunken Fireworks. This is the typical Down East accent that Larry O mentions above and what a lot of people think all people from Maine talk likeSoooo, i'm far away but i have no Idea, what a Maine Accent should sound like (I have no Idea about US Accents at all)
I will have you know that SwiftDogs do indeed pRonounce theiR R's! It's because they are wicked smaaaht!
And i must say....i have no Problem to understand what he's saying.
It's "Loud n Clear" to me
The Blonde Girl in "Castle Rock", talking to Henry at the Bar....she was hard to understand
It's "Loud n Clear" to me
The Blonde Girl in "Castle Rock", talking to Henry at the Bar....she was hard to understand
…I agree with the whole homogenization concept....with a very mobile society and the ever present Mass Media, people have begun losing some of what made them unique and that's their native accents....with my broadcast career, I was expected to lose the Southeastern Ohio accent and idioms, so that you could work/fit in anywhere in the US, but it's sad to me that many no longer have their unique voices... I love hearing them.....
Wasn't he the
caretaker that worked for Mike Noonan. He did maintenance work on Sara Laughs, right? 
Wasn't he thecaretaker that worked for Mike Noonan. He did maintenance work on Sara Laughs, right?
...you mean little old Billy Dean?....