Perhaps you need a native translator- Kendall?

Your friend might like to review the following article, just published yesterday in fact

http://midcoastmillennial.bangordailynews.com/2015/06/01/home/the-outta-statahs-guide-to-maine-slang/#.VW9YVWY9KIV.facebook

Of course, it's not so much the words and the pronounciation. Years ago we actually created a Berlitz style learning tape...

ayuh
Julia