I love a true Maine accent - can't stand the parodied ones as done by the idiot who does the Marden's adverts or Tim Sample. They just make me want to throw something at the TV. I cannot understand why people prefer those exaggerated accents to the real thing.

There is no a strong resemblance between the Maine Downeast accent and the Cornish accent of today. Some of the words still in use in Maine are redolent of older English and the accent will have its roots in that area. However, if places were named after the town that the first settlers came from, they originated from many different parts of the UK.