Maine Lingo: Boiled Owls, Billdads, and Wazzats

By John Gould

Book Overview

Maine Lingo was first compiled in 1975, when TV, radio, and other leveling media had begun to seriously erode regional speech distinctions, and this dictionary will furnish anyone interested in Maine... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892720107
• ISBN13: 9780892720101
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Down East Books
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.2"

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A compendium of the terminologies of lobstermen, seafarers, farmers and lumbermen of Maine. Contains lots of lore, an abundance of humor and a lot of solid information about Maine and its inhabitants. Delightful book!