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Anybody else seen this thing? (Original Post) 2naSalit Oct 18 OP
For me, trouble 😵‍💫 OnDoutside Oct 18 #1
A nor'easter, I think Deuxcents Oct 18 #2
Ayuh... 2naSalit Oct 18 #3
Me, too! Batten down the hatches, as they say Deuxcents Oct 18 #6
Great dialect response Attilatheblond Oct 18 #7
Well... 2naSalit Oct 18 #8
Always wanted to see Vermont and Maine. Husband said 'You can't see Maine. There are millions of trees blocking the view Attilatheblond Oct 18 #10
He's right about the trees! 2naSalit Oct 18 #12
Bahama Buzzsaw bucolic_frolic Oct 18 #4
Cyclone..................... Lovie777 Oct 18 #5
A cyclone for certain! BComplex Oct 18 #9
My crew down here in Florida call them nasty swerly blowy things..mon...nt mitch96 Oct 18 #11

2naSalit

(91,935 posts)
8. Well...
Fri Oct 18, 2024, 02:48 PM
Oct 18

As I always tell people when they hear me speak, you can't get far enough or stay away long enough for that tattletale accent to disappear. I grew up along northern Casco Bay and the south shore of Cape Cod.

Attilatheblond

(4,091 posts)
10. Always wanted to see Vermont and Maine. Husband said 'You can't see Maine. There are millions of trees blocking the view
Fri Oct 18, 2024, 03:01 PM
Oct 18

He was from Vermont.

Had a pal from California who did a summer in Maine as dispatcher for a volunteer fire department while he did field studies. He's impression of a call from a farmer whose "Bahn was a'fire" requesting: 'mebbe you fellas could come out and help me?' was amazing. But then, my pal was an anthropologist in training and paid close attention to speech.

When my granny in Missouri died, my older sister and I drove back for the funeral and to see family. When we got back to AZ, none of our western born/bred grown kids could understand a thing we were saying. Yeah, old speech particulars come creeping back no matter what.

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