Mainespeak

English

Etymology

Maine +‎ -speak

Noun

Mainespeak (uncountable)

1. (informal) The dialect of the U.S. state of Maine.
   • 2007, Ted Williams, Something's Fishy: An Angler's Look at Our Distressed Gamefish and Their Waters - And How We Can Preserve Both, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     And, insulated as they are by forty feet of epilimnion, lake trout—“togue” in Mainespeak—were nearly as prolific as they'd ever been. With the increase in angling pressure more landlocked salmon were being stocked, so, if anything, ...

   • 2015, George Beahm, The Stephen King Companion: Four Decades of Fear from the Master of Horror, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 388:

     Now you're ready for the rules of Mainespeak. 1. Words that end in “er” are pronounced “ah.” Mainer = Mainah. Car = Cah. Mother and Father = Muthah and Fathah. Water = Watah. You get the drift. 2. Conversely, words that end in “a” are ...

   • 2018, Brian Huey, Perpetual: Assassins, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 246:

     "Where's your Mainespeak? Say chowder.” “Chowder,” Matthew said. “No, you're supposed to say, Chawdah.” “Speaking of—what's up with your accent?” “What's the national seashore north of Bangor and the town north of that?