tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276928526584154953.post875287737388322672..comments2023-11-02T07:29:15.026-07:00Comments on BITTER WATER BLOG: A Maine Writers' LexiconPatrick Shawn Bagleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14832860010935241958noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276928526584154953.post-76936667153793807002012-07-05T09:31:18.440-07:002012-07-05T09:31:18.440-07:00I arrived here looking for the origin of muckle. I...I arrived here looking for the origin of muckle. It was used in my house as a kid meaning to grab on. I never hear anyone use it here in Vermont. My father was born in Sanford Maine. Oh by the way you're the flatlander. You left out christin. I don't think I have ever heard uncunted used before. What a great addition to my vocabulary! As in "Jesus H. Cristin fuck, my christin log truck broke again! Ayuh it's all uncunted. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!georgejunglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07283430196716306515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276928526584154953.post-11510429183454575982009-06-30T08:29:36.859-07:002009-06-30T08:29:36.859-07:00Next time you're in OOB (Old Orchard) pick up ...Next time you're in OOB (Old Orchard) pick up a compass and you'll find that it is actually south of Portland. And I've always called the other Maine northern Mass. From northern mass you can head downeast by driving up rt 1. But you don't truly get downeast until you're north of Schoodic. Also, I guess you didn't include the term from here because no-one is truly from here-or at least they shouldn't admit to it. I was born and raised here, my mom's mom is from here, my dad's mom is also from here, but both of there fathers were summer folk from away. Granted, there must have been some fence hoppin' on both side from here back in the day. Don't get me wrong, both my grandmothers were the finestkind. However, since my grandfathers weren't born here, I'm from away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276928526584154953.post-941499269238258112009-01-21T05:05:00.000-08:002009-01-21T05:05:00.000-08:00Sure, because you have to shove all that snow some...Sure, because you have to shove all that snow somewhere. Come spring, you're picking up all those chunks of sod the plow gouged out.<BR/><BR/>I should also have included "frying pan toss," like the one in your poem about the Harmony fair.Patrick Shawn Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14832860010935241958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276928526584154953.post-13763479847623467392009-01-21T04:59:00.000-08:002009-01-21T04:59:00.000-08:00I've always suspected Walt W. had spent some time ...I've always suspected Walt W. had spent some time in Maine before writing "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed." You might mention that even though a dooryard isn't a driveway, you plow it in the winter anyway so by summertime it has that special dry, driven-on, churned-up-mud look that separates it from the rest of the regular yard.Dawn Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500960150846895633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276928526584154953.post-86590516272594499182009-01-20T08:18:00.000-08:002009-01-20T08:18:00.000-08:00Sounds even less appealing than Bubble and Squeak....Sounds even less appealing than Bubble and Squeak.Patrick Shawn Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14832860010935241958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276928526584154953.post-68251404366536374892009-01-20T06:22:00.000-08:002009-01-20T06:22:00.000-08:00Both grandmother's used the term "Slum Gullion" to...Both grandmother's used the term "Slum Gullion" to refer to any casserole that was made from leftovers in the fridge i.e. Tuna fish, Mac and Cheese, and hotdog chunks all mixed together. I must admit though, Grammy Feero made some God awful slum gullion, while Grammy Rogers resembled actual casseroles.Lyman Feerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02664902181141600106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276928526584154953.post-10185081084397288792009-01-19T13:37:00.000-08:002009-01-19T13:37:00.000-08:00Ellen: I only heard that one when I lived in Frien...Ellen: I only heard that one when I lived in Friendship and worked in Rockland and Camden. And I'm embarassed that I left out "jeezly." That's a good one.<BR/><BR/>Patti: See? You went to the Other Maine.<BR/><BR/>Clair: I met someone from Michigan once. Couldn't understand a damn thing he said. Nah, that didn't really happen. Although...a lot of people had a hard time understanding me when I visited Alabama a few years ago and I don't even have a Maine accent.<BR/><BR/>Anon: I try not to use that one myself, but sometimes it just fits...especially on I-295 during the summer.<BR/><BR/>Victor: You play in your own backyard, dammit. I couldn't handle the competition.Patrick Shawn Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14832860010935241958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276928526584154953.post-82404554899081855712009-01-19T10:23:00.000-08:002009-01-19T10:23:00.000-08:00Wow. Maine truly is another country. Portland had ...Wow. Maine truly is another country. Portland had me fooled.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276928526584154953.post-79485250881041159192009-01-19T08:29:00.000-08:002009-01-19T08:29:00.000-08:00"Uncunted"?? That's a new one on me, Patrick. In m..."Uncunted"?? That's a new one on me, Patrick. <BR/><BR/>In my family, we use "christer" as the noun of "christly." And what about "jeezly" which is one of my favorites. "Joe's out in the dooryard friggin' around with his jeezly truck again!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276928526584154953.post-86312402183655456022009-01-19T08:00:00.000-08:002009-01-19T08:00:00.000-08:00Now I want to write a Maine novel just so I can us...Now I want to write a Maine novel just so I can use all that.<BR/><BR/>But in Louisiana a blue tarp is something that goes on your roof after a hurricane comes through and kicks the shit out of your town.<BR/><BR/>VGVictor Gischlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503919715676328059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276928526584154953.post-46270693553294323572009-01-19T07:46:00.000-08:002009-01-19T07:46:00.000-08:00Ah, memories....I still use Masshole down here.Ah, memories....I still use Masshole down here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276928526584154953.post-68159253816704331492009-01-18T20:20:00.000-08:002009-01-18T20:20:00.000-08:00That's great! Very amusing read for a Michigander...That's great! Very amusing read for a Michigander... and we got our own dialect over this way. <BR/><BR/>We say pop instead of soda to start.Clair D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18081744733758211094noreply@blogger.com