That's certainly true, but you're not a true Mainer ("Maniac" would work
ever so much better, but I was told otherwise) until you've learned to
quite casually give mostly indecipherable and quite thoroughly wrong
directions to tourists.
tourist - n. Anyone not resident in Maine continually for at least 35 years.
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 5:48 AM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> It's a staple of the local lexicon in Maine. "Wicked good," wicked sharp,"
> etc. Of course you must remember to drop all r's and put them where they
> would not normal go. "Wicked shaap," for example.
>
> --Bob
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