tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post8587155704802812781..comments2024-03-05T06:52:06.523-05:00Comments on Mainely Write: A to Z on a Plate - TDonna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-18255555758601383582016-04-23T22:44:07.471-04:002016-04-23T22:44:07.471-04:00We are slowly losing all these accents. It's a...We are slowly losing all these accents. It's a shame to see them go!Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-87384330561875699402016-04-23T22:43:18.574-04:002016-04-23T22:43:18.574-04:00Wish I'd recorded it. Maybe for next week'...Wish I'd recorded it. Maybe for next week's Poetry Friday. Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-30734022510237614042016-04-23T22:42:12.104-04:002016-04-23T22:42:12.104-04:00Thanks, Lynn!Thanks, Lynn!Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-37772497034360076352016-04-23T22:41:50.286-04:002016-04-23T22:41:50.286-04:00I've lived in RI and though they do have an ac...I've lived in RI and though they do have an accent, it's not quite the same. We have a few different stresses on words that have to be heard and don't come through with writing!Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-44254014246316491182016-04-23T22:39:57.923-04:002016-04-23T22:39:57.923-04:00It has variations depending on which state you are...It has variations depending on which state you are in and even in Maine, the farther north you go the more Canadian it gets. Some parts are heavy French-Canadian even in southern Maine, though. Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-91929999208806122332016-04-23T22:37:16.152-04:002016-04-23T22:37:16.152-04:00It's easier said than written!It's easier said than written!Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-16752615574049673292016-04-23T22:36:18.991-04:002016-04-23T22:36:18.991-04:00You'd be summah folk or from away if you was f...You'd be summah folk or from away if you was from anuthah state. <br />A faw'nah would be from out the states, don'cha know. Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-90889619651109115412016-04-23T21:57:10.988-04:002016-04-23T21:57:10.988-04:00Love, love your poem. I'd have a horrible acce...Love, love your poem. I'd have a horrible accent if I visited Maine. You'd think I was a foreign-ah <br />(oh, wow, I don't think I wrote that right.)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lexicalcreations.weebly.com/jens-blog/" rel="nofollow">JEN Garrett</a> JEN Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11223454346963493011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-3889568174735775682016-04-23T18:25:04.290-04:002016-04-23T18:25:04.290-04:00Now that is a cute poem to explain how people in M...Now that is a cute poem to explain how people in Maine talk :)<br /><br />betty<br />http://viewsfrombenches.blogspot.com/bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323135450742337670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-19151953249903318092016-04-23T11:49:49.547-04:002016-04-23T11:49:49.547-04:00Great Main-ah verse. :-) The accent works all ovah...Great Main-ah verse. :-) The accent works all ovah New England. :-)<br /><br />fly a kite indoors<br />juggle cupcakes and teapots<br />oh, to be Thing Two!<br /><br />I'm tempted to do another for Trout, but I doubt I have time to. So tempting, though. Perhaps I'll be back.Brenda at FriendlyFairyTaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13368709489341876324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-950481674022239392016-04-23T11:14:33.596-04:002016-04-23T11:14:33.596-04:00Haha I love this oneHaha I love this oneLynn Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349867270815243053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-65690590986749317962016-04-23T09:40:43.696-04:002016-04-23T09:40:43.696-04:00Works for us Rhode IslanDAHS too! lol
#AtoZWorks for us Rhode IslanDAHS too! lol<br />#AtoZThe Plagued Parenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879046456397171159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-15872209960308106152016-04-23T09:21:26.116-04:002016-04-23T09:21:26.116-04:00LOVE that poem!! I didn't realize that I had a...LOVE that poem!! I didn't realize that I had a Maine accent until I went to New York for a college visit. My host made mention of it after about my third or fourth use of 'wicked good.'<br /><br />Teach-Ah is a perfect plate for a Maine teacher. :)M.J. Fifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15626475963328519693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-62109784058727613582016-04-23T08:01:41.031-04:002016-04-23T08:01:41.031-04:00I didn't realize the accent was there until I ...I didn't realize the accent was there until I moved to Minnesota for 10 years. When I returned, it was shocking to hear my parents speak; but after a while, it was business as usual again!Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-51857831298117018982016-04-23T07:56:53.221-04:002016-04-23T07:56:53.221-04:00Oooh, maybe I should try recording it and putting ...Oooh, maybe I should try recording it and putting it here.Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-81825182022868485502016-04-23T07:44:57.423-04:002016-04-23T07:44:57.423-04:00This one just BEGGED to be read aloud! So. Much. F...This one just BEGGED to be read aloud! So. Much. Fun. "Fay-um," indeed!! HUZZ-AH!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-74703091015589403442016-04-23T07:00:24.735-04:002016-04-23T07:00:24.735-04:00That's hilarious!That's hilarious! Liz Steinglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14614059299412727544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-23340034636046107842016-04-23T00:20:27.828-04:002016-04-23T00:20:27.828-04:00Oh my. That is one of the hardest poems I've e...Oh my. That is one of the hardest poems I've ever read aloud! But I get the picture... or rather, the sound! ;) Great job!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com