A poem of Mainah words...

Found this today during a Google search. It was posted in March 2005 but I had missed it before:

'While Lookin' Out Thuh Winduh'

Check it out!

New word

Bookin' it - to go wicked fast
ex.: "Man, I tell yah, he was bookin' it tryin' ta make tha last boat out ta tha island!"

- from LB (Bangor, ME)

Who's reading?

Occasionally I will do a Google search to see who has been reading/citing the Mainah Glossary. Here are a couple recent/new examples:

- Nettie's First - best if read out loud

- Kalloch Family Maine Links

- All Things Maine

And, if I wasn't anti-Wikipedia, I would update this site.

A couple new words...

Smiggin
n., (pronounced with soft “g”) Wicked small porchun. “Want ‘smoah lobstah?” “Jista smiggin!”
- Submitted by BEM (as told by his fahtha, one Mainah to anutha)

Purchase
n., Grasp or grip. “Heft up that theyah crow bah ‘an git 'smoah purchase.”
- Submitted by BEM (as told by his fahtha, one Mainah to anutha)