As for Gordon...y'all need to listen more carefully. Gordon wasn't born in Maine, remember. However, if you'll listen to him speak and to many of his songs, you'll indeed hear some time-honored Maine dialect honestly picked up during his lifetime here. As in the Appalachian region, Maine and New Hampshire backcountry dialects include many pronunciations and terminology that can be traced back to Scotland, England, Ireland, as well as other Mother countries.

I agree, gnu...I love many dialects, but the Northeast accents are among those most dear to my heart. Couldn't be due to my TL's N' Hampsha' lingo, or friend Gordon's high-toid tales, or the sound of my Northeast Canadian friends, eh.

Maeve